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Still image from: 12th Hour

Still image from: 2050: A World Without Meat

Spraying ice removing solution on a sheet. Caption: Just spray on and the ice that forms slips away.

Aerial view of farmlands in patchwork green and brown with a small river winding through it. Caption: this land that has nourished them for centuries.

A political map of U S. Caption: A national grassroots movement to legalize democracy.

A pod of dolphins swims at the surface of an ocean. Caption: They are being very cooperative.

A girl working in a swamp. Caption: I love doing conservation projects.

Close up on flames burning a piece of bark. In the background, rows of trees have been flattened and burnt to the ground. Text reads, “A World Without Forests.”

Water rushes through rocks in the Fridley creek. Caption: when it's severely icing, it's a hostile environment.

Four photos against a background that shows rows of agriculture growing on a farm. The first portrays farm workers sorting the produce. The second shows potatoes moving along a conveyor belt. The third shows farm equipment moving crops into storage containers. The fourth shows a combine moving through a field.

Text reads, “Air Pollution," against a background of a big city in a thick cloud of smog.

Illustration of a man wearing a waistcoat, hands on hips, standing next to a tree. Caption: The father of Arbor Day was J. Sterling Morton,

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Arbor Day (Spanish)

Earth in space with cutouts of people standing around the circumference, hands extended towards each other. Caption: to cherish and protect our planet.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Earth Day (Spanish)

Still image from: Alma's Way -- My Way: Birdwatching!

Man stands outside with a golden eagle perched on his arm.

Person wearing a shirt that says "staff" bends over a row of plants in a field. Caption: But also we're becoming much more vulnerable

Close up of dark green leaves with prominent veins. Caption: Nature's inherent design is one of self-sustainability,

Two elephants being ridden by two people each on a path through a jungle. Caption: It's time to head out for food.

Coral reef with fish swimming in the vivid blue water above and two snorkelers at the water's surface. Caption: it has a lot of fish, it has less algae,

Body of water with plants floating on the surface near the shore, trees right up to the water's edge in the background. Spanish Captions.

Still image from: Awesome Adventures: New Zealand

Still image from: Beavers for Kids

Close up of an orange, white, and black tiger laying down. Caption: (narrator) This is charger, Brabaricha's dad --

Industrial plant with plumes of smoke billowing into the sky from exhaust pipes. Caption: These people put pressure on the ecosystem by pollution

Title text reads, “Biomass & Biofuel,” against digital drawings of corn stalks.

Twigs sticking out of the sandy ground. Spanish Caption: que habia sido sembrada y tuvimos perdidas,

An aerial view of a forest. Spanish Caption: que restan de la selva Lacandona,

An monkey howling. Spanish Caption: [rugido] aaarg!

A group of seals on a rock near the sea. Spanish Caption: (Jose) Estamos alrededor de los 4500 visintantes por ano,

A school of fish swimming underwater. Spanish Caption: y 120 kilometros del sistema arrecifal

A butterfly lodging on a grass. Spanish Caption: un puntito aqui y otro puntito aca.

Two people with a round basin between them. Caption: To still make a profit, but with a smaller footprint.

TV showing a face with body covered in money sitting at a desk. Caption: Giving back can be great for any business,

10 people standing closely together in front of a school bus painted green. Caption: [unison] Be green, Biz Kids.

Close up of a striped salamander mostly submerged and surrounded by plant life. Caption: (narrator) This pond is an ephemeral wetland.

A building with a curving roofline still under construction. Caption: Green buildings are rising up

A burning ship. Caption: On the 22nd, it sinks to the bottom of the gulf of Mexico.

Images depict different mass extinction threats to Earth's plants and animals, such as invasive species, pollution, and global warming. Text on image reads, "The direct drivers."

Still image from: Carbon Cycle

Four South African women all wear tan hats and green tactical shirts. They all sit next to each other, leaning against a table as they listen to someone talk. Behind them on the wall is a white board with a chart on it.

Text on a black background reads, “Faith Doherty. Activist/Campaigner.”

Adult gray whale swims next to an adolescent whale in the blue ocean water.

Large group of elephants, young and old, walk together in a dry grassy field.

Still image from: Chimpanzees for Kids

Still image from: Citizen Better: How Activists Uncover Pollution in Their Communities

People on a rooftop wearing hard hats with tools in their hands. One hard hat says "Solari" on the back. Caption: installing modules and arrays for large commercial sites

Banner text reads, “Climate Change,” against a background that shows the earth encircled by mountains, windmills, city buildings and houses.

Multiple multistory snow covered building complexes at the foot of snow-covered slopes. Caption: The winter sports industry supports more than 37,000 jobs

Two people at a glacier. Snow on the mountain in the background, one person standing on a rocky riverbank, the second person in the river with a measurement tool. Caption: Climate change impacts glaciers by a number of means.

Rough ocean lapping against dirt and sand embankment against a road with vehicles driving on it. Two houses over the water on stilts are starting to fall into the ocean. Caption: It's particularly vulnerable to sea level rise impacts.

Ocean shoreline on one side and rising water on the other encircle a strip of densely populated buildings. Caption: Also, sea level may rise slowly or rapidly,

Still image from: Cobras for Kids

Person standing on an overlook pointing at the drop-off edge of a dam. Caption: But, where does the water come from?

Young Red Deer Stag, seated, peers out from a golden field and looks directly at the camera.

Bird's eye view of a woman looking through a large magnifying glass and manipulating an artifact with a tool.

Person in shadow against a backdrop of open expanse of ocean and sky. Caption: The new adversity they're having to deal with is climate change.

Aerial view of a coastline with a coral reef running parallel to it. Caption: But the Great Barrier Reef isn't just old, it's huge.

Still image from: Corpse Flower for Kids

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Earth Science: A Fresh Future

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Earth Science: Big Changes in the Big Apple

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Earth Science: H2O-NO--Fresh Water Problems

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Earth Science: Water Fight

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Earth Science: Water Fix

Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Humans and Energy

A woman talking to two other women in aprons. On the counter are cooking supplies. Caption: We use green chilis, pizza, sausage pizza, vegetarian.

A carpet of green grass in a backyard with palm trees. Caption: (Steve) It looks 100% natural.

Hundreds of batteries of all types. Caption: Things like metal -- zinc, nickel, cobalt--

Industrial metal pinchers pick up a giant pile of discarded fishing nets. Caption: "You're gonna make electricity out of old nets? How?"

Person pulling a blue bin with "Goodwill" printed on it across a paved loading dock. Caption: How that clothing gets processed, organized, sold,

Closeup of a stout cylindrical cactus with long, sharp spines. Caption: They're drought-tolerant, don't require much water,

Large machinery on piles of garbage. Caption: We're obviously standing on top of the landfill.

The exposed spine of a roof with insulation and plywood falling around it. Caption: What happens to a house when it's demolished?

Two people with a box full of plants in pots. One plant is removed, and the woman is touching a leaf. Caption: There are insects that don't move.

Industrial forklift moving several flattened cars. A giant pile of shredded metal in the background. Caption: We mix flattened car bodies, appliances, and sheet metal

Gloved hands reaching into a large cardboard drum full of lightbulbs. Caption: that live in the area that bring them for recycling.

Long pile of thousands of old, dirty tires. Caption: First question: Where do you get all these tires from?

Conveyor belt with trash spread out on it. Caption: Those small decisions can make a big impact

Stacks of disposable meal trays in foreground with a school cafeteria in the background. Caption: I saw a sign that said "Recycle Polystyrene Here."

Two sea turtles swimming in the water. Caption: tells her to go back to that same beach.

Edge of a manhole cover with "No Dumping Drains to Bay" printed on the ground. Caption: That goes into storm drains and ends up in the Santa Ana River.

Bird on a perch in an enclosure. Caption: When they're ready, they go.

Close up of a rodent's face with a pile of food to one side. Caption: Last year we rehabilitated between 60 and 80 animals.

Two people standing next to a long, rectangular indoor pool full of small fish. In the background there are many other pools. Caption: They'll be about two years old when we release them

Cartoon of a person next to a display reading "0000". Caption: [ Alarm blares ] Here we go!

Cartoon of a person clasping their hands in front of them. Caption: What could be better?

Cartoon character looking at a large blue flower. Caption: It will block the sunlight and drink all the water!

Cartoon of a person in a monkey suit and a monkey against a jungle backdrop. Caption: I don't mean to be rude, but I'm very busy right now.

Cartoon of a person in what looks like a cage. Caption: We must stop Hacker before he reaches the reset button!

Scene from the cartoon Cyberchase shows a forest with a broken tree trunk sticking up. Text reads, “The Great Outdoors.”

Cartoon of three people talking to several other characters surrounded by 10 bins of trash. Caption: We're pretty sure we can get rid of seven-tenths of that trash.

Closeup of a light and dark brown mottled peregrine falcon egg shell.

Still image from: Delfy and His Friends: Danger in Coral Valley

Still image from: Delfy and His Friends: Friends of the Sea

Still image from: Delfy and His Friends: Save Our Coastline

Hands cupping plant detritus from the ground. Caption: it becomes dirt.

Still image from: Dogfish Saves the Ocean

Dugong outlined against the surface of the water as seen from below. Caption: This is the story of Dugong & Din.

Crushed plastic soda bottle on the ground. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Earth Day for Kids

Earth as seen from space with the Sun visible behind it. Caption: (male narrator) All across the planet,

Cartoon of a bear and a dog in traffic with pollution in the air. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear and bird in a forest. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear wearing roller-skates sitting on the floor of a house with a giant pile of roller-skates behind him. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear and a koala talking to an indigenous person in a desert setting. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear and a monkey outside a house in a forest setting. A stick with a hook lays on the ground in a pile of fallen fruit. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear and small primates talking with a person of Asian descent in a red robe. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear and a dog talking to a girl, while looking at a sundial. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of an indigenous person and a leopard in a jungle setting. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear and a leopard looking at an open photo album. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear talking with a person and an eagle with shelves of books behind them. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of an unhappy looking bear with a bird sitting on his head. The bear is remembering walking outside of a house with trash on the ground. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear in the shower. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear wearing a cape and mask standing next to a monkey and an elephant, all celebrating. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a open photo album showing polar bears and an igloo. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear wearing a scarf and a crab in a snowy mountain landscape looking cold. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear and a mouse floating on a tire with a pile pf garbage behind them facing an injured octopus. Spanish captions.

Cartoon of a bear facing a dog while grabbing his hat as a wind blows. Spanish captions.

Children wearing aprons standing in front of table covered in trash. Spanish captions.

A reservoir of water with a dam at one end and water flowing out the other side. Caption: until it's needed by the electric plant.

Person in a hard hat looking at a pressure gauge attached to industrial pipes. Caption: You can't build a plant just anywhere.

A large bank of solar panels. Photovoltaic cells. Caption: Or on a smaller scale by using photovoltaic cells.

Illustration of a windmill. Caption: which spins a generator to create electricity.

Person holding a package of lettuce while standing in front of shelves of produce. Caption: eat food that has the least negative effect

Garbage truck dumping a load of garbage in a landfill. Caption: (Katrina) Between 5% and 15% of trash contains hazardous substances.

Digital illustration of the 3 chasing arrows. Text in the center reads, "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recovery."

Still image from: Emus for Kids

Manatee swimming in the water. Person in scuba gear in the background. Caption: Manatees are actually incredibly graceful creatures.

Earth at night as viewed from space. A network of glowing light is visible in unpopulated areas across the globe. Caption: of electricity to light our cities and power our economy.

Illustration of a fish with toxicity entering from the water and through the mouth. Caption: which accumulate more toxin from the smaller fish they eat

Forest setting with felled tree that has a diameter larger than the logger standing to one side. Caption: Old-growth forests are leveled,

Rolling mountainous landscape with tree in foreground. Spanish captions.

Forklift loading cubes of various materials onto a large flatbed truck. Spanish captions.

Building with a rounded end under construction. Person working on the roof. Spanish captions.

Different kinds of batteries held in a clear container. Spanish captions.

Brownish liquid with foam on top. Spanish captions.

Giant stacks of compressed paper material being moved by industrial machinery. Spanish captions.

Industrial processing plant with conveyors dumping material into metal basins. Spanish captions.

Truck dumping tires onto the ground. Spanish captions.

Large sack of crushed plastic soda bottles. Spanish captions.

Text reads, “Extinct and Endangered Animals for Kids," over a photo of two elephants strolling in the tall grass.

Person at an expresso machine in a shop. Caption: I love that I can now drink Fair Trade Certified coffee

Still image from: Frogmouths for Kids

Still image from: Frogs for Kids

2 grizzly bears on the edge of a lake drinking water while snow falls. Text on the screen reads, "From ants to grizzlies. A general rule for saving biodiversity."

Crisscrossing industrial piping in an otherwise empty landscape. Caption: One of the main causes of air pollution

Red dirt hillside partially covered by green foliage falling away into a river with the near bank also covered in green foliage. Caption: the rainforests in tropical climate zones

Industrial machinery leaving a cloud of dust in its wake, driving across a bare rocky landscape with a partially forested mountain in the background. Caption: But for a long time we were reckless,

Still image from: Go Jetters: Go Jet Academy--Artificial Reef

Still image from: Gorillas for Kids

A group of scientists catch a gray seal in a net.

Hand pointing at part of a blueprint. Caption: to really make sure that the design works very well.

Closeup of a hand handling a small, green plant in a densely populated patch of similar plants. Caption: How do green roofs change how a building transfers heat?

Illustration of objects moving from a chamber with disk shaped spiny structures to an empty chamber. Caption: Here, we force bacteria to move electrons

Hillside covered in solar panels. Caption: collecting the sun's energy

Illustration of a windmill 100 meters tall receiving air current next to a much taller structure receiving a much larger air current. Caption: The beauty of wind turbines is that they're 100% clean.

Closeup of pinkish mushrooms. Caption: Lake Seminole Farms grows oyster mushrooms.

Still image from: Hamsters for Kids

A baby turtle still mostly in a broken shell nestled in the sand. Caption: USGS

Person weighs a hellbender salamander in a bowl on a small scale.

Still image from: Horseshoe Crab Moon

Still image from: Human Elements: Balancing Our Catch

Still image from: Human Elements: How Otters Can Save the Sea

Still image from: Human Elements: Orcas, Better Versions of Us

Still image from: Human Elements: Saving Ancient Giants

Still image from: Hummingbirds for Kids

Still image from: Hungry Planet: How Rice Is Preserving History and Rethinking Nutrition Science

Still image from: Hungry Planet: How This Disease Could Wipe Out Citrus...Unless We Stop It

A manmade dam. Spanish captions.

Beige, light, and dark brown conical shell. Southern oyster drill (Stramonita Haemastoma). Caption: It's not clear what role drills or conchs play.

Person standing in ankle deep water and grass holding a clipboard leans down and reaches into the water. Caption: She is researching coastal salt marshes.

Map of coastline showing St. Joseph Bay, Apalachicola, Carrabelle, Pancea and others. Study site marked inland. The forgotten coast. Caption: It is an ideal setting for studying coastal ecosystems.

Close up on a stump and a tree trunk in a forest.

Burnt edges of paper with text that reads, “The Fight For Food.”

Water splattering with text that reads, “Underwater Invasion.”

Semi-truck with a tank labeled "Milligan Bio-Tech Canola based dust suppressant." Caption: The idea caught the attention of Milligan Bio-Tech.

Science lab equipment with reserviors and tubing. Caption: Microorganisms in nature turn CO2 into fuel.

Person standing in a shop with crowded shelves and some machinery. Caption: The idea came to me when I was a teenager:

Bright yellow Black-eyed Susans grow in foreground with purple flower plants in background.

4 people hold pond nets and wade in river scattered with debris. Legs in green wading pants are in foreground. Title card reads, "A River Restored."

Black line drawing on blue background. Figure in kayak waves at a figure riding vehicle down hill in the distance. Fish swims in front of kayak with fin up. Title card reads, "A Water Pollution Solution. A Case Study in Success."

Flock of large birds fly low to the ground with wings outstretched as they approach a body of water.

Bird with orange head and black body perches on branch amid tangle of broken branches.

Elk graze and relax in a field of dry grass beneath an evergreen-covered hill.

Pile of used tires on sandy ground beneath a gray sky. Red prohibited symbol at left reads, "Banned Items."

Black line drawing on light green background. Front end loader faces butterfly hovering above flower. Frog with tongue hanging out looks on. Title card at right reads, "Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining."

Person stands behind rusty metal frame containing an inverted digital triangle. 4 green bands, from top to bottom read, "Source Reduction and Reuse, Recycling and Composting, Energy Recovery, and Treatment and Disposal." The top of the inverted triangle is labeled Most Preferred and the bottom is Least Preferred.

Green-hued river is flanked by trees with green, orange, and gold leaves. Title card reads, "Historic Impacts on Rivers."

Closeup of a black container. Red, diamond-shaped label displays a white flame that reads, "Flammable liquid." Another label on right reads, "Hazardous waste."

White water tower stands on a platform amid treetops. Fluffy white clouds fill background.

Black line drawing on blue background. Man holds umbrella and looks up at stormy rain cloud. Silhouette of building beneath rain cloud in background. Title card reads, "Managing Stormwater Runoff. Non-point Pollution Solutions."

2 brown and white-feathered Ospreys rest on a large nest of twigs beneath a clear blue sky.

Closeup of 2 plants in white tanks filled with water. Metal pipes curve over edge of tanks in a greenhouse setting.

Aerial view of a farm complex with silos. Verdant fields and a body of water surround them. Puffy white clouds float in sky.

Closeup of a field lined with rows of soybean plants beneath a bright sky.

Aerial closeup of a compost bin filled with onion skins, apple cores, eggshells, and other food peelings and slices.

Digital illustration. 2 silhouetted figures stand on a boat and dip nets in water as 2 fish swim toward them. 2 poles extend from boat and dangle forked appendages into water.

Man in visor wades in thigh-deep river water as he fishes. Trees at water's edge fill background.