Stories, Film and Art that Relates to Themes of Geography
Place: Human Characteristics
Armene Modi is a film director who has focused on adult women and literacy in Sone Sangvi. (Text with audio link story)
Film: An Indian girl gains a bicycle, and the will to achieve.
In India, Educate Girls works to make education accessible to girls, mobilizing communities to help girls achieve their full potential.
Viola Vaughn runs "10,000 Girls," a project in Senegal, Africa, to help girls with education and vocational training.
Iqbal Masih was a brave advocate for child labor laws in Pakistan.
Dr. Lovejoy, the "godfather of biodiversity," brings celebrities and scientists to the Amazon to sleep in hammocks and see our biggest environmental crises: climate change and biodiversity loss.
An Excerpt from the Feature Doc "Nobelity" produced by Turk Pipkin. (7:08 minutes running time,)
Caroline Cannon, an Inupiat indigenous leader, takes aim at offshore oil drilling that threatens her people and the biodiversity in the Arctic Sea. (running time 4:18 min)
A biologist by training, Rudi Putra is dismantling illegal palm oil plantations that are causing massive deforestation in northern Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem. (running time 4:15 min.)
Máxima Acuña, a subsistence farmer in Peru’s northern highlands, stood up to Newmont Mining Corporation!
Farmers come together to fight against mineral mining companies who are threatening their water sources.
A 5-minute video on the mission and the activities of Taaru Askan Organic Farm in Senegal, West Africa.
Forced to adapt to new lives as refugees in Jordan's Zaatari camp, these three Syrians are making the best of things and staying positive. (running time 3:52 minutes)
Organizer created on 5/13/2020 3:11:24 PM by Laura Nietzer
Last edited 5/15/2020 4:03:34 PM by Laura Nietzer
