Spring 2008 EMSL Videos Series

January 16

Oregon's Ocean

Explores the unique ecology and climate of the rugged Pacific coast of Oregon, and explains the controversies and concerns over the use of this geographic niche.

30 minutes

January 23

Introduction to Furnace Glass Blowing

Glassblower William Gudenrath demonstrates the techniques of glass blowing.

30 minutes

January 30

Arctic Meltdown, Rising Seas: Threatened Lands, Threatened People

32 minutes

February 6

Coal Wars: the Battle in Rum Creek

Filmed in an isolated hollow of West Virginia, this documentary shows the violent clash between miners and the coal companies which dominate their lives. When the strike was settled, the miners felt that both management and the unions had gained, but that workers had lost.

30 minutes

N is for Nanotechnology

Documentary exploring the hypes, hopes and facts of the nanotechnology field as seen through the eyes of award-winning scientists, industry leaders and writers.

34 minutes

February 20

Celilo Falls and the Remaking of the Columbia River

Provides an historical overview of the economic and social importance of Celilo Falls of the Columbia River to Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, and the impacts upon that group that resulted from the erection of the Dalles Dam.

31 minutes

February 27

Lime and the Earth: a natural balance

Explores the origins of lime and how it has been manufactured and used through the ages.

27 minutes

March 5

Wind over Water

In 2001, Cape Wind Associates of Boston announced plans for America's first offshore wind farm -- 130 turbines to be installed in Nantucket Sound off the sourthern coast of Cape Cod. What followed was an impassioned debate about land, energy and the environment.

32 minutes

Spring Break Week, no video

Kilowatt Ours

Documents the devastating consequences of the predominantly coal and nuclear powered economy in the southeastern United States. Solar panels, energy efficient lighting, and geothermal heating are a few of the solutions to reduce energy costs that are demonstrated by home owners and individuals representing businesses and government agencies.

38 minutes

Estuary: Columbia's Link with the Sea

In order to communicate the complexity of the resource issues on the Columbia River, this film takes a look at the relationship between the economic health of the Pacific Northwest and the biological health of the Columbia River and its estuary.

28 minutes

Born in Freedom: Story of Colonel Drake

Tells the story of Edwin Drake's attempts to extract commercial quantities of oil from the earth and of the drilling of the first successful oil well in Titusville, Pa.

28 minutes

April 9

Ecuador

The Ecuadoran government granted Burlington oil a contract to explore and exploit oil in the Achuar Indian territory without consulting with the Achuar. The Achuar are opposed to the oil company's presence in their land.

26 minutes

Deep Connections (Endless Voyage)

Like wind-powered surface currents, the density-driven thermohaline circulation plays a major role in global heat transfer and in distributing dissolved gasses and nutrients. Chemical tracers are just one method used to study these deep water currents.

30 minutes

Velocity: exploring sustainability through wind power

Wind power, the world's fastest growing form of renewable energy is the focus of this documentary. The film features initiatives and renewable energy sources from Austin Energy, New Belgium Brewery in Ft. Collins, Colorado and The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems in Austin, Texas.

30 minutes

Something in the Air (Endless Voyage)

The interaction of the ocean, the atmosphere, and the land form an inseparable system. The atmospheric composition, properties, and circulation of this system as well as the Coriolis effect, wind patterns, and air masses are studied in this lesson.

30 minutes