The Rise Of Ecology: 10 Disasters That Changed The World

The Rise Of Ecology: 10 Disasters That Changed The World DVD VIDEO DOCUMENTARY Type: Movie Platform: DVD Publisher: France Televisions Distribution Released: 2009 Media: DVD The Rise of Ecology: 10 Disasters That Changed the World The film documents how environmental disasters have played a major role in shaping ecological awareness worldwide. It examines ten significant disasters whose impact is still felt today and traces the milestones of the modern environmental movement. Featured disasters: 1952 — London Smog 1959 — Mercury poisoning of Minamata Bay, Japan 1962 — Silent Spring and massive pollution of the American countryside 1978 — Amoco Cadiz oil spill: over 230,000 tons of crude oil leaked, polluting the coastline of Brittany, France 1984 — Explosion of a pesticide factory in Bhopal, India 1986 — Explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine 1988 — Massive deforestation of the Amazon rainforest 2005 — Hurricane Katrina and the global impact of climate change For each event, archival footage recalls the facts and shows how the incidents were reported in the media. Key witnesses describe what they saw and how they reacted at the time. Key witnesses include: Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel Prize (2007) with Al Gore Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the time of the Chernobyl disaster Lester Brown, founder of Worldwatch and the Earth Policy Institute Sir David Attenborough, award-winning wildlife documentary-maker for the BBC Nicolas Stern, British economist, former senior vice-president of the World Bank (2000-2003) Runtime: 52 minutes For DVD Player (North American NTSC)