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[2006]
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English
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Spike Lee's portrait of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina tells the personal stories of members of a community that has survived devastation and is finding new hope and strength as the city rises from the ashes. Three months after the disaster, Lee, cameraman Cliff Charles, and a small crew made the first of eight trips to New Orleans to conduct interviews and shoot footage. Participants include Governor Kathleen Blanco; Mayor Ray Nagin;...
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Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
Description
Through yoghurt we can really explore our relationship with food and health. With access to the world's largest food companies, this program travels to Japan, Finland, France to explain how yoghurt's most important role has been to lead the food industry into the lucrative new market of functional food. It also shows how our changing lifestyles and obsession with health shaped the changing food industry and how health has become a new currency for...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A splash of paint, a place to sit, a popup park or playground bring life and a sense of fun to our cities. Neighborhoods where people look out for each other, eat together, make art and build community are healthier, happier, greener and cleaner. Journey around the world to discover how people have been dreaming up new ways to ensure their cities and neighbourhoods are creative, inclusive and environmentally sustainable. These placemaking ideas can...
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[2012]
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English
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Considering climate change, the debate around carbon emissions, stakeholder needs and conflict, this informative resource contains interviews from travel and tourism organizations. Students will learn how tourism can impact both positively and negatively on an environment.
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[2013]
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English
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The concept of responsible tourism revolves around the fact that when people travel and visit places away from their own community, they make an impact on local people, their homes, and their local and wider environments. This program explores a range of areas relating to responsible tourism including sustainability, green tourism and “greenwashing”, and environmental and economic impacts. We examine the positive and negative impacts of travel...
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[2012]
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English
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This informative and factual resource looks at measures used to ensure sustainability along with the principles and limitations of environmental impact assessment. Containing interviews with an industry specialist from ABTA and representatives from travel and tourism organizations.
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[2009]
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English
Description
It is complex and sometimes cannot be understood, yet personality significantly impacts work. In the work environment, two people with the same goal may struggle to achieve it because a difference in personalities makes them incompatible working together. In addressing common questions on the subject, Eve Ash and Peter Quarry define personality and offer practical methods for managing personality differences.
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[2023]
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English
Description
"In today's world, the acceleration of megatrends - increasing longevity and the explosion of technology among many others - are transforming life as we now know it. In The Perennials, bestselling author of 2030 Mauro Guillén unpacks a sweeping societal shift triggered by demographic and technological transformation. Guillén argues that outmoded terms like Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z have long been used to pigeonhole us into rigid categories...
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[2023]
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English
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"Misinformation affects all of us on a daily basis--from social media to larger political challenges, from casual conversations in supermarkets, to even our closest relationships. While we recognize the dangers that misinformation poses, the problem is complex--far beyond what policing social media alone can achieve--and too often our limited solutions are shaped by partisan politics and individual interpretations of truth. In Misbelief, preeminent...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"This just in: Becoming a savvy news consumer is more important than ever! People are spending more time on the internet, where they're exposed to fake news and clickbait. And as major news events such as the COVID-19 pandemic have shown us, the spread of misinformation puts lives at risk. Breaking News: Why Media Matters explores the history of the media industry, the important role it plays today and the challenges it faces. It also gives kids...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Key Selling Points An in-depth look at walls around the world throughout human history, up to the present day and into the future. From the US-Mexico border wall to the Israeli West Bank barrier and the Hungarian border wall, controversial and divisive walls are being built around the world today. This book will challenge young readers to think critically about why humans have built walls throughout history, who is affected, and the positive and negative...
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[2015]
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English
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Do any areas of our lives escape surveillance anymore? 21st century citizens are the focus of prying eyes, whether they agree to it or not. From citizen security camera networks in New Orleans to the NSA's mass data collection and digital espionage programs, surveillance is becoming synonymous with personal and national security. Meanwhile, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook record user data that's secretly sold for marketing purposes or provided...
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[2015]
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English
Description
Sadhana Smiles, director of RealChange, talks about how an individual can become a successful champion of social change efforts inside a company, such as raising money for charities. She discusses the benefits to business of corporate social responsibility.
20) Outrage machine: how tech is amplifying discontent, disrupts democracy, and what we can do about it
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
Description
"Over the last two decades, there has been an inescapable rise of anger and aggression across our planet. Hate speech has become increasingly prevalent online, Western governments are turning towards authoritarianism and populism, and extremist groups are rising across both the left and the right ends of the political spectrum. Every day, it seems, we're hearing more angry voices and fearful opinions, we're seeing more threats and frightening news,...
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