Geography |  Click on the title below for more information on each DVD and to watch a short video clip from the DVD (NB. clips are hosted by YouTube, so you will need to watch from a computer that does not block YouTube). For more DVDs that are relevant to Geography, see our Extreme Environments and Sustainable Futures series, plus bargain DVDs in Special Offer HALF PRICE DVDs (all via the menu on the left). | |
| |  | Living in one of the areas of China worst hit by desertification, a man and a woman stand their ground against the sand, enduring the forces of nature and the winds of loneliness.
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| |  | This is a realistic and disturbing snapshot of the people who live or work at Delhi’s sprawling dump, from the rag-picker to the coin-diver to the industrial worker. The scale of the dump is vast and the stories of the people there are in turn touching and shocking.
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| |  | On the outskirts of Mumbai, Dharavi is Asia’s biggest slum. Its 530 acres are home to a million people. Its pottery units alone have an annual turnover of around $4 million. Entrepreneurship sprouts in tiny sheds. This is a fascinating insight into a challenging human environment where people feel anything but sorry for themselves.
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| |  | This documentary takes a global perspective on the issue of slums. We visit locations in Africa, Asia and Latin America to hear first-hand the stories of inhabitants and experience their living conditions.
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| |  | The future of water is the future of humankind. How water will run in our societies will determine the future of our environment, power relations, the balance between rich and poor, war and peace and the destinies of countries and continents. With up-to-date footage from 25 countries, this documentary presents an original and comprehensive narrative of the challenges that humankind will face in relation to its most precious resource.
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| |  | Europe is home to five million illegal immigrants. 500,000 more arrive each year. This programme looks at the living conditions of these men, women and children who live without papers, insurance and other things that we take for granted. Difficult questions are raised because Europe’s agriculture, catering and health service sectors would simply not be able to function without them. The film includes footage from the UK, Germany, Spain and China plus a well-made reconstruction of the Morecambe Bay cockle-picking tragedy.
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| |  | As we come to the end of the Oil Age, there is a general acceptance that the next era of human existence will have to be powered by renewable energy sources. This level-headed, non-cranky analysis examines how the three key alternative energy sources - solar, wind and biomass - are being developed for everyday applications and how they point the way towards genuine energy sustainability for future generations.
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| |  | This three-DVD series travels to the wettest and driest places on the planet to examine the challenges facing mankind in managing its water resources. Host Marq de Villiers, a world authority on the subject, undertakes a mammoth quest in an effort to understand the looming world water crisis.
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| |  | Of the billion people who do not have access to clean drinking water, 80% live in sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Asia and Southern Asia. 4,500 children die every day as a result. This three-part programme reports on the gravity of the situation in India, Indonesia and The Philippines.
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