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 »
China and Brazil: Tales Of Two Cities
26 mins, 2007 This film profiles two cities – one in China, one in Brazil – with very different tales to tell. CHONGQING, CHINA: Chongqing in China is already the largest city in the world and it’s growing at a rate that beggars belief. Migrant workers flood in from the countryside and skyscrapers spring up…. Read more »
Refugees And Migrants
50 mins, 2007 The plight of refugees and migrants is a major global problem. Two films provide dramatic case study material from the US and Bangladesh. Film 1: BANGLADESH In the early 1990s, members of the Rohingyas people fled persecution in Burma to seek a new life in neighbouring Bangladesh. But instead they found government… Read more »
Flip Flotsam – An African Recycling Story
26 mins, 2007 This highly visual documentary traces the fantastic journey of Africa’s most popular shoes – the flip-flop – from manufacture in Mombasa Kenya to ultimate recycling and resale as toys and mobiles. In the process it colourfully illustrates a striking form of sustainable development and its impact on the environment and economy of… Read more »
Behind The Boom
27 mins, 2007 Over two hundred million migrants work illegally in China. Coming from the countryside into the cities, they power the country’s massive economic growth. This film features two powerful reports which offer contrasting views of migrants in Shanghai. REPORT 1 Kejun is 33 years old. He comes from one of China’s poorest provinces…. Read more »
Sustainable Development
34 mins, 2006 What’s meant by sustainable development? This film offers a stark account of the dangers threatening the planet and explores what we can do to avoid disaster. INDUSTRIALISATION: The problems started about 250 years ago with the industrial revolution. First coal, then oil, fuelled a world of mass production, mass consumption – and… Read more »
Can You Be Sure Of Shell?
30 mins, 2006 Shell is one of the richest companies on earth. It does business in 140 countries dealing with 25 million customers every day. It claims to be dedicated to renewable energy and sustainable development. But is Shell as green and clean as it claims? This film offers a profile of this famous multinational,… Read more »
Business & External Factors
25 mins, 2005 Much of what businesses do is a result of forces outside their control – external factors. What are these external factors and how do they affect businesses? This film uses real business case studies to demonstrate the importance of P-E-S-T – political, economic, social and technological factors. POLITICAL & ECONOMIC: People… Read more »
The Struggle For Sustainable Tourism
25 mins, 2005 The People of Santa Lucia, a farming community on the slopes of the Andes, were forced to abandon their traditional way of life because of laws brought in to protect the cloud forest where they live. THE ECO LODGE: Before, they were destroyers of the forest. Now, they have learned the skills… Read more »
Tuvalu: Going Under
26 mins, 2004 Tuvalu, the South Pacific island nation, is in danger of vanishing under the sea. The islanders believe it is due to climate change caused by global warming. This film explains what global warming is and why environmentalists say it will cause flooding, not only in Tuvalu, but all over the world –… Read more »
Impact Of Tourism: Thailand
25 mins, 2003 Beautiful beaches, wonderful scenery and friendly people — Thailand seems the ideal tourist destination. But what don’t they tell you in the holiday brochure? The Thai tourist authority is pushing “ecotourism”, which, in theory at least, doesn’t damage the environment. Ecotourists take rafts down river, ride elephants in lush green spaces, visit… Read more »