This year’s environmental documentaries come from all over the world bringing shocking and sometimes tearful topics to your living room — to inspire you to make a difference. These are 10 must-see films of 2009. [...]
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Egypt’s ‘garbage people’ have become experts at recycling every material possible, but their way of life is threatened by the globalization of their trade. [...] 18-year-old Erin Schrode is on a crusade to get harmful chemicals out of beauty products. She moonlights as a model (recently featured in Seventeen magazine), has testified before the California Legislature, helped found a national coalition called Teens Turning Green, and started an eco-friendly body care line now sold in Whole Foods stores nationwide. [...] A 16-year-old high school student from Taiwan, Tseng I-Ching, swept the Intel International Science Fair in the Peoples Choice Category at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) for her discovery of a polystyrene-decomposing bacterium derived from mealworm beetles. [...] 16-year old Kid, Daniel Byrd, Discovers Plastic-eating Microbes: It’s not your average science fair when the 16-year-old winner manages to solve a global waste crisis. But such was the case at last May’s Canadian Science Fair in Waterloo, Ontario, where a high school student presented his research on microorganisms that can rapidly biodegrade plastic. [...] As the founder of Sustainable South Bronx, Carter greened her community…This year, she left to create the Majora Carter Group, a consulting firm focused on training people who need work to shepherd in new green technologies, transforming polluted sites into lush community spaces, and generally ensuring that everyone has a stake in the clean energy economy. [...] Visionaries who are changing your world: Paul Stamets has deployed mushrooms to clean up toxins, restore soil, and combat pests; he hopes one day to use them to cure tuberculosis, revive entire ecosystems, and even seed other planets for life. [...] |
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