Explore Audiovisual resources related to Earth Day.
Toxic clothing (2021) TV series episode in CBC Marketplace.
Matteis, S. (Producer) [Streaming Video]
If you buy cheap fast fashion from online retailers, you might be exposing yourself to potentially toxic chemicals. The Marketplace investigation found that out of 38 samples, 20 per cent had elevated levels of chemicals that experts found concerning.
RiverBlue (2017)
cIlvride, D., & Williams, R. (Directors) [Streaming Video]
Brings awareness to the destruction of some of the world‘s most vital rivers through the manufacturing of our clothing.
An inconvenient sequel: Truth to power (2017)
Cohen, B., & Shenk, J. (Directors) [Streaming Video]
Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight traveling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy.
An inconvenient truth (2006)
Guggenheim, D. (Director) [Streaming Video]
A rallying cry to protect the one earth we all share.
Necessity: Oil, water, and climate resistance (2020)
Haaken, J., & Praus, S. (Directors) [Streaming Video]
Traces the fight in Minnesota against the expansion of pipelines carrying highly toxic tar sands oil through Native lands and essential waterways in North America.
Before the flood (2016)
Dicaprio, L. (Host) [Streaming Video]
A riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.
Last call for the Bayou (2020)
Gill, D. (Director) [Streaming Video]
This 5-part digital series chronicles the lives of individuals who are experiencing that loss in the deepest parts of the Bayou.
Island Earth (2016)
Sutton, C. (Director) [Streaming Video]
Facing the destructive forces of modern agriculture, a handful of Hawaiians seek to use the wisdom of their ancestors to make Hawaii a beacon of hope for an uncertain future.
Bait and switch: Recycling’s dirty secrets (2022) TV series episode in CBC The fifth estate.
Cashore, H. (Producer) [Streaming Video]
A joint Fifth Estate/Enquête investigation shows Canada still routinely ships plastic waste to developing countries, often illegally mixed inside containers of paper recycling.
Borealis (2020)
McMahon, K. (Director) [Streaming Video]
Kevin McMahon travels deep into the heart of the boreal forest to explore the chorus of life in Canada’s iconic wilderness.
The whale and the raven (2019)
Leuze, M. (Director) [Streaming Video]
Illuminates the many issues that have drawn whale researchers, the Gitga’at First Nation, and the Government of British Columbia into a complex conflict.