Reducing your ecological footprint - for iPad/Mac/PC
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 14 years ago -Concerned about your impact on the environment? Interested in learning how to shape a more sustainable future? This album shows you simple ways to adapt your lifestyle and how to think globally. Five video tracks demonstrate how to assess the ‘ecological footprint’ of your household, examine the effects of personal transport on the environment, and explore how your decisions as food consumers are part of a supply chain stretching across Europe and the rest of the world. They feature an energy efficient household in Oxford and pioneering work at the Eden Project and Mount Pleasant Eco Park in Cornwall. This material forms part of The Open University course U116, Environment: journeys through a changing world
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Reducing your ecological footprint
March 08, 2010 02:51 - 1 minute - 1000 KBA short introduction to this album
Transcript -- Reducing your ecological footprint
March 08, 2010 02:51 - 18.6 KB application/pdfTranscript -- A short introduction to this album
Eco-Renovations
April 23, 2009 23:04 - 5 minutes - 54.9 MB VideoReducing your carbon footprint at home. A couple from Oxford talk about the work they've done to their home in an effort to improve energy efficiency.
Transcript -- Eco-Renovations
April 23, 2009 23:04 - 28.1 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Reducing your carbon footprint at home. A couple from Oxford talk about the work they've done to their home in an effort to improve energy efficiency.
Eco-Lifestyle
April 23, 2009 23:03 - 5 minutes - 55 MB VideoTravelling Light. A couple from Oxford describe how they commute and shop for food in an ethical and sustainable way.
Transcript -- Eco-Lifestyle
April 23, 2009 23:03 - 27.8 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Travelling Light. A couple from Oxford describe how they commute and shop for food in an ethical and sustainable way.
Building the Eden Project
April 23, 2009 23:02 - 4 minutes - 44.3 MB VideoStaff explain how environmental principles underpin construction on the site.
Transcript -- Building the Eden Project
April 23, 2009 23:02 - 26.8 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Staff explain how environmental principles underpin construction on the site.
Visiting Eden
April 23, 2009 23:01 - 2 minutes - 30 MB VideoStaff describe how they work to keep visitor's environmental impact under control.
Transcript -- Visiting Eden
April 23, 2009 23:01 - 25.2 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Staff describe how they work to keep visitor's environmental impact under control.
Mount Pleasant Eco-Park
April 23, 2009 23:00 - 4 minutes - 50 MB VideoThe founder talks about the construction of two of his buildings, using local materials and sustainable techniques.
Transcript -- Mount Pleasant Eco-Park
April 23, 2009 23:00 - 28.3 KB application/pdfTranscript -- The founder talks about the construction of two of his buildings, using local materials and sustainable techniques.