http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Environmental degradation) en-us Thu, 09 May 2013 21:45:00 -0700 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/timelapse-project-reveals-28-years-of-drastic-change-on-earth?start=0 From rainforests shrinking to cities mushrooming to deserts blooming, a new project from Google and Time magazine allows users to view timelapse images of the planet changing over the decades. <span id="intelliTxt">The projects uses 28 years of satellite images from NASA and the US Geological Society.</span> Thu, 09 May 2013 21:45:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/timelapse-project-reveals-28-years-of-drastic-change-on-earth NASA, Satellite imagery, Earth, Google, Time-lapse photography, Science, Climate change, Environment, Environmental degradation, Time (magazine) From rainforests shrinking to cities mushrooming to deserts blooming, a new project from Google and Time magazine allows users to view timelapse images of the planet changing over the decades. The projects uses 28 years of satellite images from NASA and the US Geological Society. http://news.linktv.org/videos/vandana-shiva-capitalist-patriarchy-has-aggravated-violence-against-women?start=0 DNow! interviews the Indian feminist, activist and thinker Dr. Vandana Shiva. The author of many books, most recently "Making Peace with the Earth," Dr. Shiva discusses the impact on women by what she calls the world's "violent economic order," and the women-led uproar over sexual violence in India triggered by last year's brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in Delhi. A world-renowned physicist, Dr. Shiva also addresses the recent U.S. Supreme Court case pitting an Indiana farmer against the agri-giant Monsanto. "The multiple wars against the earth, through the economy, through greed, through capitalist patriarchal domination, must end, and we have to recognize we are part of the earth," Dr. Shiva says. "The liberation of earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all of humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it's the next step of peace that we need to create." <br /> Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:31:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/vandana-shiva-capitalist-patriarchy-has-aggravated-violence-against-women Vandana Shiva, Monsanto, Feminism, patriarchy, Types of rape, India, Women in India, Indiana, Earth, Delhi DNow! interviews the Indian feminist, activist and thinker Dr. Vandana Shiva. The author of many books, most recently "Making Peace with the Earth," Dr. Shiva discusses the impact on women by what she calls the world's "violent economic order," and the women-led uproar over sexual violence in India triggered by last year's brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in Delhi. A world-renowned physicist, Dr. Shiva also addresses the recent U.S. Supreme Court case pitting an Indiana farmer against the agri-giant Monsanto. "The multiple wars against the earth, through the economy, through greed, through capitalist patriarchal domination, must end, and we have to recognize we are part of the earth," Dr. Shiva says. "The liberation of earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all of humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it's the next step of peace that we need to create." http://news.linktv.org/videos/shrimp-and-smart-phones-the-toxic-side-of-profit?start=530 <p>This episode of Earth Focus looks at the dark side of shrimp and smart phone industries. Reports from Thailand, Bangladesh, and Indonesia uncover the brutal exploitation of people and the environment for profit.</p> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/shrimp-and-smart-phones-the-toxic-side-of-profit Environment, Sustainable seafood, Overfishing, Shrimp, Environmental degradation, Prawn, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Tin The corrupt practices, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation caused by the shrimp industry are exposed in an original investigative report by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. Find out how shrimp from Bangladesh, exposed to pesticides and injected with dirty water, may be toxic to your health. http://news.linktv.org/videos/shrimp-and-smart-phones-the-toxic-side-of-profit?start=1229 <p>This episode of Earth Focus looks at the dark side of shrimp and smart phone industries. Reports from Thailand, Bangladesh, and Indonesia uncover the brutal exploitation of people and the environment for profit.</p> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/shrimp-and-smart-phones-the-toxic-side-of-profit Environment, Sustainable seafood, Overfishing, Shrimp, Environmental degradation, Prawn, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Tin Upgrading your smart phone may be cool, but there is a hidden cost: human lives and environmental degradation. The rapid growth of the electronics industry worldwide has increased demand for tin. Almost half of all tin produced is turned into solder for use in smart phones, iPads, and flat screen TVs. And much of the world's tin comes from Bangka Island in Indonesia. The Ecologist Film Unit travels to the region to investigate the true cost of smart phones. http://news.linktv.org/videos/google-earth-exposes-pot-growings-environmental-toll?start=0 This video made using Google Earth shows how industrial-scale marijuana growing has ravaged remote forested areas of California's Humboldt County. Its creator and narrator, an environmental sociologist, says legalization and regulation would help limit the damage.<br /> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:29:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/google-earth-exposes-pot-growings-environmental-toll Cannabis (drug), Environmental degradation, Humboldt County, California, Legality of cannabis, Illegal drug trade, Northern California, United States, Agriculture, Mother Jones This video made using Google Earth shows how industrial-scale marijuana growing has ravaged remote forested areas of California's Humboldt County. Its creator and narrator, an environmental sociologist, says legalization and regulation would help limit the damage. http://news.linktv.org/videos/earth-focus-exposed-the-ugly-side-of-food-production?start=0 Shrimp from Bangladesh, exposed to pesticides and injected with dirty water, may be toxic to your health. Find out more about the corrupt practices, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation caused by shrimp farmers cashing in on booming global demand in this original investigative report by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:21:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/earth-focus-exposed-the-ugly-side-of-food-production Italy, Migrant worker, Overfishing, Food security, Poverty, Mexico, Citrus production, South Asia, Bangladesh, Shrimp Shrimp from Bangladesh, exposed to pesticides and injected with dirty water, may be toxic to your health. Find out more about the corrupt practices, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation caused by shrimp farmers cashing in on booming global demand in this original investigative report by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.