China’s Pollution Busters
31 mins, 2009 China’s rapid industrialisation has come at a heavy price – polluted waterways and huge health problems. This film follows two Chinese environmentalists risking threats and violence to locate the factories polluting their water. CHONGQING: The film begins in Chongqing, one of China’s new mega cities, home to six million people, and a… Read more »
All About Economics & Business 1
20 mins, 2009 What is a market economy? How does it work? This lively, wide-ranging film examines the theory and reality of economics. THE MARKET ECONOMY: Economists divide the modern economy into primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. Some organisations are owned by the government – the public sector. Some are based on free enterprise. The… Read more »
All About Economics & Business 2
30 mins, 2009 This film looks at businesses, what they are and how they work. And how are they changing under social and environmental pressures? TYPES OF BUSINESSES: Key to the development of businesses is the idea of limited liability. There are two main types of limited companies – public and private, but there are… Read more »
World Tourism Case Studies
62 mins, 2008 Tourism is a huge global industry which is having a major impact on the economy, culture and environment of many different countries. Five films explore examples from across the world. FILM 1 CHINA: High up in the Himalayas, a poor Chinese community has called itself “Shangri-La” and is looking to tourism to… Read more »
Impact Of Globalisation 1: Bhutan
31 mins, 2008 Globalisation is having a huge impact on countries across the world – but not all countries have bought into the consumerist dream. This film is about Bhutan – a country pursuing an alternative economic path. HAPPINESS: Bhutan is a tiny country in the Himalayas bordering on China and India. Until recent years… Read more »
Fair Trade In Action
29 mins, 2008 What is fair trade? How does it work in practice? What difference is it making to people in the developing world? This is the story of fair trade fashion company People Tree SWEATSHOP LABOUR: The UK fashion business is worth over £40 billion annually. But beneath the industry’s glamorous façade, there’s an… Read more »
Cola Conquest II: How Coke Took Over The World
39 mins, 2008 This award-winning film tells the story of how Coca-Cola became the world’s most famous multinational company and follows its quest to be the globe’s number one beverage. HOW IT STARTS: The Second World War prompts Coke’s global expansion as every US soldier gets a bottle of Coke for five cents. Bottling plants… Read more »
Amazon: The Logging Wars
25 mins, 2008 It’s been called the lungs of the earth. But the Amazon is also a lawless jungle, where criminals and profiteers plunder the forest for its riches. Communities are battling to stop loggers stripping the rainforest of its ancient timber, but many people depend on revenue from the illegal trade. The result is… Read more »
India: 100% Cotton
30 mins, 2007 Why are Indian farmers killing themselves to give us the T-shirts we buy on the high street? This film investigates the “white gold” business – growing cotton. Farmers in southern India switch to growing cotton because it brings in more money than food crops. Anand is one of the farmers who switched… Read more »
An Energy Revolution?
21 mins, 2007 Germany is leading the world in encouraging renewable energy. By 2050, half of its energy could come from renewable sources. But what’s the real cost of its energy revolution? Germany’s landmark EEG law compels power companies to buy electricity at above market prices, from anyone using renewable technology to generate it. “It’s… Read more »
Black Gold: The Coffee Business
47 mins, 2007 Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate an industry worth over $80 billion. But what price are African farmers paying for the price of our coffee? THE CO-OP: Tadesse Meskela is a man on a mission: to save 74,000 struggling Ethiopian coffee farmers from bankruptcy. Tadesse is… Read more »
Biofuel From Brazil
26 mins, 2007 Brazil claims to have stolen a march on the industrial world. It’s developed a cost-effective alternative to petroleum by growing sugar to produce ethanol. Brazil’s sugar crops are a great source of the petrol-substitute ethanol. And now rising oil prices and Brazil’s production of ethanol have led to an automotive revolution in… Read more »