Films

Films on Climate Change (Special Package Price)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Films on Climate Change (Special Package Price)

Price:Rs 16,720.00

Changing Climates : The Politics

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

2001 was not an auspicious year for international agreement on climate change. First, governments failed to emerge from the Hague climate conference with even a compromise. Next, the new US President, George W. Bush, reneged on his campaign commitment to curb CO2 emissions. This was followed by news that, as far as the new US administration is concerned, the Kyoto Accord — designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — is dead. This film takes a look at how difficult it is to align what science indicates must be done with what the international community is prepared to do. Duration: 27 Minutes Formats available : DVD / VCD

Price:Rs 950.00

Mean Sea Level

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Around 7500 Kms from the heart of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] in Geneva or the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC] secretariat in Bonn, Ghoramara and Sagar islands are going through their own testimony of climate change related phenomena. Duration: 58:25 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

A Water Harvesting Manual for Urban Areas

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

This manual is a comprehensive documentation of localised community-level approaches in urban wastewater management. Besides providing an overview of eco-sanitation and decentralised wastewater treatment technologies, it also captures the emerging trends in this sector. (Pages:35)

Price:Rs 100.00

Paryavaran ki Raajneeti -- The Politics of Environment (Hindi)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Our latest Hindi publication is a crisp compilation of some of the select editorials of Ms Sunita Narain that were published by some of the leading Hindi dailies of the country. The book covers a wide spectrum of environmental issues such as: Air Pollution and Public Transport, Village Republic, Industry and Mining, Wildlife and Forests, Water and Climate Change.
Author - Sunita Narain (CSE) Pages: 156 ISBN: 978-81-86906-54-5

Price:Rs 290.00

Down to Earth

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

‘Carbon capture’ is the new holy grail of scientists working on climate change strategies. How do we soak up the carbon we’ve been releasing into the atmosphere, fuelling global warming? High tech innovation is one approach - but low cost, low tech approaches might be just as, if not more, valuable. Across Mali and Burkina Faso poor farmers have been turning the desert back to productive farmland by planting trees and improving soils. Earth Report explores the key role they’re playing in the battle against climate change. Duration: 26 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Do It Yourself: Recycle and Reuse Wastewater

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

This is the second edition of our Wastewater Recycling Manual. The manual presents real-life case studies of wastewater treatment methods adopted in various parts of India. Presented simply, it will interest architects, engineers, educational institutions, RWAs etc. (Page: 100)

Price:Rs 250.00

Nectar to Poison: A Briefing Paper on Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

A briefing paper on "Arsenic Contamination of Ground Water - an exhaustive set of FAQs on key issues, it's causes, spread and technology available to mitigate the effects. Contains an exhaustive database of resource person and institution working in the area. (Pages: 58)

Price:Rs 100.00

Harvest of Rain

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Dedicated to India’s traditional water harvesting systems. One of the basic principles of water management is simplicity itself – conserve water where it falls. But we tend to chase hydraulic nightmares: big dams and canals. An age-old wisdom lies forgotten. The camera wanders through Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, recording the profound science of the people. Duration: 48 Minutes Formats available : DVD / VCD

Price:Rs 950.00

Fourth Citizens' Report [SOE-4]: Dying Wisdom

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Dying Wisdom: Rise, Fall and Potential of India's Traditional Water Harvesting System provides a comprehensive overview of India's millennia-old traditions of water harvesting. This book triggered a nationwide interest in community-based water management. (Pages:404)

Price:Rs 390.00

REDD Alert

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Could carbon become the developing world's new cash crop? Tropical forests store a quarter of the earth's carbon and suck in 15 per cent of all the CO2 we emit each year. A new international concept called REDD, aims to make tropical forests more valuable as living, breathing ecosystems than if they are cleared for farmland. Earth Report travels to the vast rainforests of Africas Congo Basin, to find out if forests can realistically pay their way as global carbon stores and who exactly will benefit. Duration: 26 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Stolen Fish part-1

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Illegal fishing is a multi million dollar business and one of the most serious threats to global fish stocks. In a 2-part programme Earth Report reveals the ‘pirate’ fishing trawlers illegally plundering the seas off West Africa. In part one we visit local communities devastated by the activities of pirate vessels and watch as one illegal trawler is boarded and caught red-handed. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Agriculture and Environment Special Package

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Package of all 13 films, at 20% discount. Hence you will have to pay only Rs. 9,880/- for the DVD format & Rs.7,800/- for the VCD format.)

Price:Rs 9,880.00

Agriculture and Environment package along with Pesticides and Environment package (Special Package Price)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Note:-
(If you order for the Agriculture and Environment package along with Pesticides and Environment package (19 films),
you will get 25% discount.
Hence you will have to pay only Rs.13,538/- for the DVD format & Rs.10,688/- for the VCD format.)

Price:Rs 13,538.00

The Spirits of Forest

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Sacred groves are found throughout the breadth and length of India and their purpose is to manage and protect forests in the name of God. If they are to remain, two things need to be practiced – local community control must be strengthened and not weakened; secondly we have to rebuild faith in the wealth that our forests provide. Duration: 23 Minutes Formats available : DVD / VCD

Price:Rs 950.00

Films on Water, Climate, Tsunami, Sustainable Energy, and Environment (Special Package Price)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Package of all 20 DVDs at 20% discount !! You pay only Rs 15,400/- for the DVDs

Price:Rs 15,400.00

Earth Report XI: Eden Reborn

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

They called this the Garden of Eden. That powerful idea arose here in the marshes of southern Iraq where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet. Once the largest wetland in southwest Asia, the marshes were destroyed by Saddam Hussein in the early 1990s. It was an act compounded by Iraq’s neighbours damming the rivers that feed the marshes. When Saddam was toppled in 2003, the Marsh Arabs broke the dams holding back the water, and now it is coming back. Earth Report travels through the marshes to see if life too is returning. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Earth Report VIII: Hilltops to Oceans part I

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

The UN Environment Programme has identified 150 ‘dead zones’ in the world’s oceans, where marine life cannot exist due to lack of oxygen. The problem begins on land - fertilizers and sewage are washed into rivers and then out to sea. Excessive quantities of these nutrients cause an explosive growth of algae which, when they decompose, use up the available oxygen and suffocate other marine life. In part one Earth Report visits South Korea, India, Kenya and Vietnam to find out how environmental mismanagement on land is becoming a grave threat to our seas. Duration: 23 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Earth Report X: Energy Wise

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Access to affordable, sustainable energy supplies is a growing concern around the world. This programme looks at successful enterprises that are providing some solutions to this problem: in Scotland, small-scale turbines put wind power within the reach of domestic users; in Sweden, the world’s first train to be run solely on biogas has been developed; in Nepal, biogas stoves are impro ving the quality of life in many ways; in India, agricultural plant waste is being turned into solid fuel briquettes and a solar energy company has developed a wide range of solar-powered applications for lighting, water pumping and purification, TV and radio.. Duration: 23 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Earth Report X: Hands On - Plague to Plenty

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

This Hands On programme explores how we can improve agricultural production. From innovative techniques such as hydroponics, spiritual approaches adopted from Steiner’s philosophy, to methods of tackling devastating crop pests and viruses, the programme highlights some ustainable solutions. Stories covered are: new techniques to combat blight in sweet potato crops in eastern China; latest developments in hydroponics; in Wales, new techniques to improve the yields of popular mushroom varieties; new cheap tests for disease in groundnut crops; the rise in sustainable biodynamic farming in Sweden; and new research aims to combat the Sunn pest in wheat. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Earth Report XII: Blast!

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

In the Philippines fishermen kill their catch with explosives — and Jojo de la Victoria was shot dead for trying to stop them. The Visayan Sea has lost almost 90% of its coral and much of its marine life to overfishing, blast fishing and cyanide poisoning. Jojo’s killer was caught and the blast fishermen have taken a new and surprising tack. Earth Report investigates… Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Earth Report XI: After the Wave

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

When the Asian Tsunami struck in December 2004, over 200,000 people were killed and 1.5 million were left homeless. In this episode of Earth Report we ask what lessons have been learned from this tragedy. With so much reconstruction money flooding into the region, are these countries rebuilding better than before or has this unique opportunity been missed? We travel to Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia to investigate what has happened after the wave. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Earth Report IX: Aliens In The Field

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Genetic modification is a new frontier in science, giving us the power to reconstruct the building blocks of life itself. But when it comes to food, do genetically modified crops offer the hope of a new Green Revolution? Or are they poised to contaminate our environment and make farmers dependent on agri-business bent on maxi mising profits? Do the risks outweigh the benefits ? And who decides? India’s farmers have been attracted by claims of higher yields, while Zambia refused desperately needed food aid because it was GM. Argentina, on the other hand, has enthusiastically embraced GM crops, sowing half of its land with GM soya. Duration: 23 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Earth Report IX: The Eco-Economy Part 1

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

The Eco-Economy programmes travel the world to join field workers taking part in one of the biggest investigations ever made into the state of the world’s environment. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment has taken four years and involves 2000 leading scientists. A key finding is the complexity of the trade-off between economic development and preserving our environment. Many believe we can only achieve one at the expense of the other. In this first episode we visit Brazil, India and Peru. We find areas where the economy is destroying its natural support systems. But we also discover saving the environment can go hand in hand with saving money. Duration: 23 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Earth Report X: Take it Personally (Hands On)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

This Hands On programme takes a personal view of how development can affect lives and livelihoods of people around the world, and how innovative projects are transforming their lives. A new scheme is now adding value to farmers’ produce and giving them the power to earn cash in the market. Duration: 23 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Life IV: Listen to the Kids

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

One in five of the world’s population is aged between 12 and 18. In developing countries, where the percentage is much higher, children and young people often carry a huge burden of responsibility at work and in the home. Yet despite this, rarely are their voices and views taken into account. Life travels from post-conflict Sri Lanka to the back streets of New Delhi Bangladesh and to Nepal to find out what is the reality. Duration: 23 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Slums and Money: WDR 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

The authors of the World Bank’s World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography claim that the free market philosophy has not gone far enough. Ancient China, they argue, fell behind Europe because it closed its doors to the benefits of trade, transport and technology. Now, they say, the world risks repeating China’s mistakes by ignoring barriers to progress which should have long ago been dismantled. Duration: 45 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Burning Bush

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Forest fires raging across Central Kalimantan in Borneo are destroying vital peat swamp forests, and exacerbating climate change. Working 24-hour shifts, Indonesian fire fighting teams have been battling roaring flames above ground, but also struggling to extinguish the more insidious, hard-to-detect underground peat fires. Scientists estimate that deforestation contributes up to 20 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Duration: 24 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Perfectly Cool

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Rising temperatures and growing consumerism have led to a global boom in sales of fridges and air conditioning. But our need to stay cool is not only damaging the ozone layer but also accelerating global warming. Air conditioners don’t just damage the environment – one widely used coolant gas, HCFC, is also destroying the ozone layer.The answer? – a coolant gas that won’t harm the ozone layer and doesn’t act as a greenhouse gas. Duration: 26 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Stolen Fish part-2

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Illegal fishing is a multi million dollar business and one of the most serious threats to global fish stocks. In a 2-part programme Earth Report reveals the ‘pirate’ fishing trawlers illegally plundering the seas off West Africa. In the second of two programmes we learn some of the tricks of the trade as pirate vessels hide their identity behind flags of convenience and see how illegally caught fish are smuggled into Europe. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

The President's Dilemma

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

This film highlights the dilemma facing one man in charge of a vanishing island state in the Pacific. The islands of Kiribati were among the last places to be colonized by mankind. Now climate change and rising sea levels mean they may be the first to be abandoned. 'The President's Dilemma' looks at the challenges President Tong faces from the climate, the wider world and from his own people. Duration: 26 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Lease of Life

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

The magnificence of the Himalayas stands in stark contrast to the impoverished lives of its people. But the poorest of the poor are now in the forefront of a controversial new government scheme to reforest barren hillsides – and planting trees helps absorb CO₂. The scheme has given Laxmi, a poor landless farmer a new lease of life. But wealthier villagers criticize the scheme insisting the land could be put to better use. Duration: 26 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Heads Above Water

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Across south-east Asia, vast areas of coastal mangroves have been cleared to cash in on the shrimp export boom. Now those shrimp farms are under threat from climate-related flooding. A one-metre increase in sea level will destroy much food production in the Mekong Delta and force millions to flee, so the country is fighting back. Duration: 26 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

GLOBAL WARMING, NATURE, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

CSE has pleasure presenting 11 topical Earth Report Films that analyse a wide array of issues closely related to global warming and its impact on every aspect of life. These DVDs cover issues like CO2, carbon-neutral biogas, dry toilets, the impending threat to fish stocks, pollution, energy and a lot more. They explain in simple terms how all these happenings affect nature and the animal population, besides you and me. Formats available : DVD Package price Rs 10,450 Package discount 20% (Rs 2,090) You pay Rs 8,560

Price:Rs 10,450.00 Special Price:Rs 8,560.00

Clean Living

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Earth Report travels to Bangladesh to discover changing attitudes to sanitation. No more ‘open defecation’: instead of top-down solutions, a new approach has eradicated open defecation in more than 300 villages. The bonus? It turns out the strategy has far wider ramifications. Earth Report investigates. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Grounds for Hope

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Since the 1990s the watershed on the Mexico/Guatemala border has come under pressure from agriculture, pollution and poor land management linked to coffee farming in the region. But recently there’s been a sea change driven by the coffee industry itself. Global demand for certified and organically grown coffee is booming – and producing a dividend for river systems in an area that currently produces half the world’s coffee. 40 per cent of the world’s population are without access to a latrine or toilet. In the International Year of Sanitation, Earth Report travels to Asia and Africa to see how attitudes are shifting. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

The Shadow of Kilimanjaro

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

More and more people rely on the waters of Tanzania’s Pangani River basin. It’s meant to produce power, feed people and provide drinking water. But it has too little water to do all that. The glaciers of Kilimanjaro that for years have helped feed the river are melting. Can the situation be turned around to avoid conflict? Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Doomsday Vault

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

The Norwegian government is building an underground vault to guard against a major catastrophe - nuclear war, asteroid strikes or severe climate change. It’s a seed bank on a wild Arctic island 500 miles from the North Pole: a store for all the known varieties of the world’s crops - just in case. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Forgotten Fruit

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

A handful of high-yielding crops feed the world’s ever-increasing population. Have we become too reliant on wheat, maize and rice? What happens when diseases attack them? Can we develop new disease-resistant strains? Or have we lost too many plants, neglecting age-old fruit, vegetable and cereal varieties that could provide theanswers? Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

The Ivory Poaching Wars

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

More than 60 per cent of the world’s elephants were killed by poachers in the 1970s and 80s. Since then an international ban on the ivory trade has helped herds recover. But new evidence is emerging that poaching is again on the rise. Now investigators are using a new DNA technique to identify the killing fields. Earth Report follows the trail from Africa to the US and Japan. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Green Fish

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

With scientists warning that fish stocks could collapse by 2048, Earth Report goes to the Netherlands to find out how supermarkets and top-brand retailers are demanding fish from sustainable sources. It’s putting pressure on commercial fishing fleets to introduce nets that catch fewer immature fish – and so reduce one of the main threats to stocks. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Blue Sky Dreaming

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Four countries and many corporations are now pledging to go carbon neutral. New Zealand, host for World Environment Day, 5 June 2008, plans to be the first to create a completely carbon neutral economy. Their target is 2020 and they have ambitious plans to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions with a big increase in renewable power generation and a switch to sustainable transport like electric cars. But half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions come from their huge agricultural sector – from sheep and cows. So how will they manage? And what does carbon neutrality really mean? Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Waste not Waste

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Every flush of the toilet sends 27 litres of precious drinking water down the drain. Dry toilets seem to provide the perfect answer – especially in arid North Africa. Earth Report visits Morocco and Tunisia where water is scarce, and human waste management a top priority. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Gas, Gas, Gas

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

China’s insatiable demand for energy is hurting the environment. According to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, it’s already over-taken the USA as the world’s biggest producer of C02. But in the remote Chinese province of West Guangxi, simple technology is now allowing millions of poor families to cook and keep warm using carbon-neutral biogas, produced from human and animal waste. It’s saving 13 million tonnes of firewood and nearly eight million tonnes of coal every year. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Plight of the Humble Bee

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Bees pollinate three quarters of the world’s crops. Industrial agriculture relies on industrial scale pollination by millions of bees. Yet in several parts of the world, these bee populations are being decimated by disease. Scientists are relying on diversified honey bee populations to combat this looming disaster. Earth Report travels to New Zealand to investigate. Duration: 22 Minutes Formats available : DVD

Price:Rs 950.00

Health and Environment (Special Package Price)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Health and Environment (Special Package Price)

Price:Rs 6,080.00

Pollution and Environment package along with Health and Environment package (Special Package Price)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Pollution & Environment (Special Package Price)

Price:Rs 12,825.00

Pesticides and Environment (Special Package Price)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Pesticides and Environment (Special Package Price)

Price:Rs 4,560.00

Energy and Environment (Special Package Price)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Energy and Environment (Special Package Price)

Price:Rs 4,560.00

Forests and Environment Package along with Energy and Environment (Special Package Price)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:25 +0000

Forests and Environment Package along with Energy and Environment (Special Package Price)

Price:Rs 14,250.00