2012 New Releases Catalogue October - Learningemall.com

educating kids to be caring and
responsible citizens in the 21st
Century. More importantly, the
practice of mindfulness in schools is
truly the next frontier in education
reform. We will never close the
relentless achievement gap without
this kind of intervention. It's
contemporary, relevant, evidence
based, and it is working!" - Lisa
Villareal, Program Officer, Education,
The San Francisco Foundation
"This is a meaningful, moving, and
gutsy film that gives hope in the face
of adversity. This film provides a
powerful glimpse of what is possible
when mindfulness is offered in a
skillful manner to our youth in their
schools." - Philippe Goldin, PhD,
Department of Psychology, Stanford
University
Item no. : TC01920190
Format : DVD (Closed Captioned)
Duration : 55 minutes
Audience : Grades 11-Adult
Copyright : 2012
Price : USD 250.00
ENVIRONMENTAL
ETHICS
WILD IDEA, A
By Veronica Moscoso
A Wild Idea explores Ecuador's
unprecedented proposal for fighting global
warming and preserving a large area of
pristine rainforest from oil development –
called the Yasuni-ITT Initiative.
In exchange for compensation from the
world community, Ecuador pledges to
leave untouched a large oil reserve, the
ITT block with over 850 million barrels of
oil. If the proposal succeeds, it will protect
one of the most bio-diverse places on
Earth, respect the rights of two of the last
nomadic indigenous cultures who live
there, and avoid the emission of over 400
million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Exploiting the ITT oil reserve seemed a
logical step that Ecuador had to take, as a
relatively poor country that depends upon
oil for a large percentage of its revenue.
But political changes have transformed the
way the country views oil development.
The film takes the viewer to the Yasuni
National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon,
capturing the rainforest's stunning
biodiversity and profiling the tribes that live
there. Through rich archival footage and
commentary from government officials,
environmentalists and others, A Wild Idea
shows how the seemingly utopian ideal of
keeping valuable oil underground turned
into an official proposal. The political twists
and turns that made the proposal possible
could also threaten the success of this
revolutionary idea.
A Wild Idea is a thought-provoking film that
explores the complexity of contemporary
oil development within a fragile ecosystem,
and how creative, new approaches might
be of significant local and global benefit.
Review
"A thought-provoking film…shows
how the seemingly utopian ideal of
keeping valuable oil underground
turned into an official proposal – and
the audience sees what's at stake if
the proposal is not accepted." - Reel
Earth Film Festival, New Zealand
Awards
Best Short Film - Colorado
Environmental Film Festival
Silver Star - Cinema Verde Film
Festival
Best Thesis Film - 8th Annual
ReelHeART International Film
Festival
Best Student Film - Green Screen
Film Festival
Honorable Mention Award Portrayal
of Human vs. Wildlife Interaction
-International Wildlife Film Festival
Honorable Mention Award,
Documentary Short - International
Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration,
and Equality.
Item no. : HF01920191
Format : DVD (Closed Captioned)
Duration : 26 minutes
Audience : Grades 9-Adult
Copyright : 2012
Price : USD 149.00
ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE
JOURNEY TO THE
DISASTER ZONE: JAPAN
311
David travels to Sendai, the city nearest
the epicenter of the quake, where he
witnesses the dynamic relationship
between science and nature. This place
has a long history of monitoring
earthquakes because it's a highly active
seismic region. Here, at their sophisticated
deep earth seismic monitoring lab, David
learns that the equipment was not
designed to measure a quake over an 8
on the Richter scale – they never thought
it would need to. The Tohoku earthquake
was a grave lesson in humility, and one
that revealed the limits of seismic science.
In Journey to the Disaster Zone: Japan
3/11 David presents his quest for answers
to the tragedy, and finds that innovative
technology and the re-assessment of
conventional thinking might turn a
cataclysm into a blueprint for the future.?
Item no.
Format
Duration
Audience
: FH04121275
: DVD
: 45 minutes
: Grades 7-12, Adult
Education, Post
Secondary
Copyright : 2012
Price : USD 188.00
FOOD
PROCESSING AND
PACKAGING
MEAT SCIENCE & FOOD
SAFETY
"THE" approved resource for the National
FFA Meats Evaluation & Technology CDE
written exam (for all contests beginning
2012). This in-depth presentation contains
information regarding animal care, meat
handling and saftey, buying meat, nutrition
of meat, meat cookery, processed meats
and food safety (i.e., foodborne bacteria,
cooking temperatures, etc.)
Item no.
Format
: AS00211386
: CD-ROM (Win,
PowerPoint Presentation)
Copyright : 2013
StdBkNo : 9781614591184
Price : USD 125.00
FOOD PRODUCTS /
PROCESSING
SYSTEMS
RETAIL CUT ID
Featuring the newly-approved retail cuts of
the National FFA and 4-H (for all contests
beginning 2012). Organized by species, a
rotation of each cut allows viewing of all
angles, particularly focusing on the face of
the cut. Special effects, 3D graphics and
expert commentary provide more insight
for harder to identify cuts. Successful
former and current agriculture science
instructors provide tips and advice on
training teams and contest preparation.
Collaborators: Former/current agriculture
science instructors and Randy Harp Ph.D.,
Tarleton State University.
Item no. : PZ00211395
Format : DVD
Duration : 93 minutes
Copyright : 2012
StdBkNo : 9781614590729
Price : USD 195.00
FOOD SAFETY AND
REGULATION
MEAT SCIENCE & FOOD
SAFETY
"THE" approved resource for the National
FFA Meats Evaluation & Technology CDE
written exam (for all contests beginning
2012). This in-depth presentation contains
information regarding animal care, meat
handling and saftey, buying meat, nutrition
of meat, meat cookery, processed meats
and food safety (i.e., foodborne bacteria,
cooking temperatures, etc.)
Item no.
Format
: AS00211386
: CD-ROM (Win,
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