Salmon Move into Deeper Waters

For generations, Native Americans have depended on their observations of nature for their survival. In this video segment adapted from Northwest Indian College, an Elder recalls how fishermen suspected the water was warming after observing salmon retreating to deeper waters.

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Salmon Population Depleted

In this video segment adapted from Northwest Indian College, Lummi Elders explain how a decline in the availability of salmon reflects a threatened environment that must in some way be protected.

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The Seasons Are Moving

In this video segment adapted from the College of Menominee Nation, tribal members share examples of how seasons are changing, and how these changes are affecting local plants.

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Sharks in Our Future

In this video segment from Nature, see the value that sharks can have on the tourism industry in an area.

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Snapshot of U.S. Energy Use

This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at American energy consumption and the resulting production of greenhouse gases.

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Soil Microbes and Global Warming

In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, discover how warmer winters in Alaska may cause soil microbes to release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming.

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Solar House

In this What's Up in the Environment? video segment, an electrical engineer in Virginia and his 13-year-old son explain how they produce electricity in their home. 

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Steve MacLean: Conservationist

In this video profile produced for Teachers' Domain, meet conservationist Steve MacLean, an Iñupiaq from Barrow, Alaska, who works to preserve the health of the Bering Sea ecosystem.

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Studying the Antarctic Sea Floor

Studying life on the seafloor beneath Antarctica's thick ice is a major challenge for ecologists. Learn about a new device that can reach those icy depths in this video segment adapted from WomenInAntarctica.com.

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A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change

This video adapted from the Arctic Athabaskan Council explains how warmer temperatures in the Arctic are transforming the ecosystem and threatening the subsistence culture of the Athabaskan people.

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Sustainable Pacific Island Watersheds

Learn about Pacific Island watersheds, some of the threats they face, and their relationship to freshwater and marine resources, in these videos adapted from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.

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Sustaining Healthy Coral Reefs in Micronesia

Learn about the dual impact of land pollution and climate change on coral reefs, and the steps being taken by communities in Micronesia to protect them, in these two videos adapted from the Micronesia Conservation Trust.

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Teen Advocates for a Neighborhood Park

Learn how 18-year-old Misra and her teen advocacy group, A.C.T.I.O.N., successfully lobbied for a bus route to take her community’s residents to a hard-to-reach city park, in this video from Earth Island Institute's New Leaders Initiative.

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Teen Fights for Toxic Waste Cleanup

Meet a student who successfully lobbied her state legislature about toxic waste sites in her neighborhood, in this video adapted from Earth Island Institute’s New Leaders Initiative.

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This is Their Land

Examine how the human/grizzly relationship has changed since the closing of the Yellowstone dumps, and also learn about the challenges posed to both humans and bears, in this video segment from Nature.

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To List or Not to List

In this video from Nature, learn more about the ongoing debate regarding whether or not the grizzly bear population needs special protection .

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Urban Solutions to Water Pollution

In this KET video segment from Louisville Life, high school students in Louisville, Kentucky describe the benefits of creating rain gardens as a solution to non-point source water pollution.

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The Value of Wetlands

This video segment adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department explores the role of the wetlands in our environment, including providing habitats for wildlife, acting as natural water filters, and playing a part in the greater water cycle.

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Warming Climate and Invasive Species

In this video segment adapted from the College of Menominee Nation, learn about the emergence of invasive forest species and diseases and their possible impact on the Menominee tribal forest.

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West Nile Virus Outbreak in NYC

Learn how doctors in both the veterinary and human health fields unraveled the mystery of the deadly West Nile virus outbreak in New York City in this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival.

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Wetlands

In this video segment adapted from Haskell Indian Nations University, learn about the spiritual role and ecological function of the wetlands adjacent to the university's campus.

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Who Owns the Water of the Great Lakes?

In this video segment from Planet H₂0: Water World, experts and teens inside and outside the Great Lakes watershed provide different perspectives on sharing the water from one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the world.

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Why Does Climate Change Matter?

In this video segment adapted from United Tribes Technical College, listen as six Native American students share their concerns, hopes, and knowledge about climate change.

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Wild Animal Rehabilitation

In this video adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, see how volunteers care for sick or injured animals. Also learn why human interaction is not always the best solution.

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Wildlife Biology

In this What's Up in the Environment? video segment, learn how various indicator species are used to monitor the environmental condition of the Everglades.

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Witnessing Environmental Changes

In this video segment adapted from Haskell Indian Nations University, meet Elders who describe dramatic changes that they have witnessed in their local environments.

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A World Without Humans

This video segment from Nature: "Radioactive Wolves” explores the 1986 meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and its consequences upon the landscape, wildlife, and human population of what has come to be known as the “Exclusion Zone.”

Zoology

In this video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K the Zoo Boise Director, Steve Burns, takes us on a tour of Spider monkeys, cockroaches, Red Panda, tigers and Aldabra tortoises, explaining the role of zoos in conservation and breeding endangered species.

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