Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia
Coal mining companies and their billionaire owners have titanic plans for Australia. But what disaster course are we on? Take a look to find out what they'd prefer you not to know. Take Action!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia
The Great Barrier Reef: it’s one of the most iconic, most beautiful and most diverse locations on earth. Stretching from Cape York in northernmost Queensland down to Bundaberg on the central coast, this enormous living organism (the world’s largest) is nothing short of breathtaking.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia
Every tourist that visits the Great Barrier Reef contributes in a small way to the protection of this vast and remote wilderness. We are encouraged to experience for ourselves the wonders of this unique underwater ecosystem, and come away with a deeper understanding.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
TED: Charlotte Weir invites the audience to think about the future and work towards solutions. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Get involved!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
The Ocean Cleanup is a Netherlands-based, non-government environmental engineering organization that develops technology to extract plastic pollution from the oceans. They have developed a "passive" cleanup system that takes advantage of the natural oceanic forces of wind, water, and currents.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
American rock band Green Day released their hit song “Good Riddance” on their fifth album Nimrod in 1997. The story goes that lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong had written it years prior, but took three years to share it with band mates, and then it was a few more years before it was included on an album.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
From 2009, this punk rock song from the album "21st Century Breakdown" was a hit single, and nominated for a Grammy. This music video also won several MTV awards in 2009.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This December over 190 nations will gather in Paris to discuss a new global agreement on climate change. The talks are called 'COP21' which stands for the 21st annual Conference of the Parties, but what does all that mean and why is any of it important? This film will not only give you the facts but help you understand why it matters to all of us - in less than two minutes!
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
In this short animation, produced for primary school children by Green.TV, supported by the Wellcome Trust, we look at the remarkable evolution of the whale from a land-based dog-like animal to the marine mammal that became the world’s largest creature ever.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Australia
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system and one of the most diverse and rich ecosystems on the planet. It is now in great danger, as the Australian and Queensland governments are giving coal companies permission to dig up coal and ship it out through the Great Barrier Reef.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Come aboard Greenpeace's ship the Arctic Sunrise. Meet Wendy, the ship's cook, as she describes her work and the ship's mission of helping protect our planet's oceans.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Meet the captain of the environmental group Greenpeace’s recently launched ship “The Rainbow Warrior III”. He describes the vessel, his love for sailing and his commitment to preserving our planet. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
This is a travel video exploring a part of Somerset, a county in southwest England. It's an ideal vacation spot for people interested in walking, cycling, and eating the delicious local cheese in Cheddar.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Tough guy Chuck Norris apparently couldn't resist trying to top Jean-Claude Van Damme's epic split for Volvo, though Chuck appears to have gotten some CGI help.
The action star appears in a holiday video from Hungarian animation firm Delov Digital, in which he recreates Van Damme's feat between two jets and with 11 soldiers on his shoulders.
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Greta Van Fleet is a hard-rocking band with blues influences. Despite many references to cars, “Highway Tune” also alludes to an old American folk song called “The Midnight Special," which was about riding trains late at night in the US.
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