Istvan Praet on "Natural Catastrophes"
Istvan Praet, Carson Fellow from July to December 2011, talks about the perception of catastrophes among the Chachi, the Amerindian inhabitants of Esmeraldas, a lowland region on the Pacific coast.
Istvan Praet, Carson Fellow from July to December 2011, talks about the perception of catastrophes among the Chachi, the Amerindian inhabitants of Esmeraldas, a lowland region on the Pacific coast.
The story of two teenage lovers, Hannah and Elmar, who seek refuge following the breakdown of a nuclear power station in Germany.
A small town in northwestern Montana is beset by the worst case of community-wide exposure to a toxic substance in US history.
The Polynesian community of Takuu, a tiny low-lying atoll in the South Western Pacific, experiences the devastating effects of climate change first-hand.
This is a portrait of an environmental migrant from the Sundarbans, West Bengal, who, like thousands before her, is vulnerable and powerless against the fury of the sea.
This exploration of the deepening crisis of food security in India looks at four case studies, dealing respectively with Punjab, Warangal, Kalahandi, and Bellary. These are interspersed by insights into a movement in the Himalayas that may offer alternatives in the form of sustainable agricultural systems, which revive traditional agricultural practices (Beej Bachao Andolan).
This is the story of the Wayana people in French Amazonia, whose future is threatened following the arrival of gold miners.
Released almost 30 years later, this documentary examines events surrounding the major industrial accident at the trichlorphen plant ICMESA, near Seveso (“Seveso chemical disaster”).
This documentary approaches global warming with relation to the human and cultural dimension in several Pacific inslands.
Anthony Carrigan, Carson Fellow from January to June 2012, talks about his research concerning social disasters such as wars and ongoing chronic poverty that can develop from colonization.