Another Awesome Aerosol Adventure: Teacher Guide & Video; Teacher guide on the design and use of aerosol products. Consumer Aerosol Products Council, 1995.

Chemi Palooza by The Dow Chemical Company, 1996, grades 9-12; 46 minutes. Through music, comedy and rock-n-roll Chemi Palooza introduces the basics of chemistry in an entertaining way and illustrates the important role that chemistry plays in everyday life.

Complete the Circle: How To buy Recycled by the Environmental Defense Fund, 1996, High School level to adult; 27 minutes. EDF. This half hour documentary describes the life-cycle of recycled products. Joanne Woodward, spokesperson in this video, explains how to find recycled products and how to distinguish true recycled products from misleading product claims. This video explains how to "Complete the Circle"; not only is it important to recycle, but to make it work, you must also buy products made from recycled material.

Compost Truth or Consequences by Cornel Waste Management Institute, 1998. 16 minutes. How do I decide what to put in my compost bin? My compost stinks! What do I do? I want my pile to get hot. How big should I make it? This video teaches the science behind the solutions. Using a quiz show format to present common questions, it shows home composters learning how to provide the right conditions for composting without problems. The information is presented in an informal, entertaining way to make learning about composting fun! Compost....because a rind is a terrible thing to waste!

Escape of Affluenza - (with Teacher’s Guide), in two parts for classroom use; grades 6-12; 30/26 minutes. The sequel to the PBS hit special, Affluenza. The infamous Jones Family, the one we’ve all been trying to keep up with for years, is finally calling it quits and shows how they’re living better on less and escaping Affluenza. This video illustrates practical solutions to the problem of affluenza - an epidemic of debt, stress, waste and over consumption. It explores the ecological costs of the American way of life, as well as showing how to reduce waste and conserve resources.

Going Green: How To reduce Your Garbage - (with Teacher’s Guide), 1991, middle school-adult, 22 minutes. The Tomichich family shows what one family can do to help the environment. They show how to set up and operate a home recycling system along with how to shop for environmental friendly products, safe cleaners, etc. Not very entertaining, but is informative.

Greening Business - 1994, 45 minutes (2 parts for classroom: 15/20), grades 7-12, College, Adult. Produced by CBC’s "The Nature of Things," a film by David Springbett. This film shows that businesses that adopt sound environmental practices are usually rewarded with a better bottom line. Typically industry gobbles up natural resources and returns nothing but waste. But things are changing. A large hotel chain has initiated an environmental strategy designed to eliminate waste in their 26 hotels. One of the baby Bells started an office recycling program that was so successful they turned their attention to their whole system of product packaging.

Help Save Planet Earth: Easy Ways to Make a Difference. 1990, color, 1 hour 11 minutes. Join Ted Danson, Beau Bridges, Lloyd Bridges, Jamie Lee Curtis, Whoope Goldberg, Sally Kellerman, Cheech Marin, John Ritter, Sinbad, and other concerned celebrities to help clean up our world. This entertaining and informative guide can show you and your family how to: keep a non-toxic home, learn the latest energy-saving ideas that will help you save money too, Learn what can be done to protect our ozone layer, conserve water and make it cleaner, save animal lives and protect endangered species, preserve the world’s valuable natural resources, reduce, reuse and recycle, learn more about important issues and voice your concerns so they are heard.

It’s Eco-Logic - (with Teacher’s Guide), 1996, grades 4-8; 16 minutes. Twelve year old Michael thinks his science teacher has gone too far with his homework assignment. How is a kid supposed to save the earth? Michael turns on his computer and gets some unexpected help from Severn Cullis-Suzuki, the youngest winner of the Global 500 Environment Award. She and some friends show Michael that there are lots of things kids like him can do to preserve and protect our environment. All it takes is a little common sense. It’s Eco-Logic!

It’s Gotten Rotten - (with Teacher’s Guide), 1997, middle & high school level; 20 minutes. This video introduces the science of composting, focusing primarily on the biology of the invertebrates and microorganisms that decompose organic matter. In this program high school students design and use both indoor and outdoor composting systems, and scientifically investigate the process, making observation, recording data, and interpreting results. With simple measurements of temperature, weight and other observed changes, they chart the process. Using powerful microscopes students examine the tiny world of composting organisms. And finally, they use the finished compost to grow plants both in the classroom and in an urban community garden.

Planet Neighborhood - Three videos, 10 minutes each, grades 5-9, with Study Guide. Planet Neighborhood is a three part series – The Home, The Car, and Wetlands Technology – looking at the latest in energy saving technology and good design. Hosted by Bill McDonough, architect, environmental designer, and Dean of the School of Architecture, University of Virginia. Science, technology, social studies, environment, community.

Wetlands Technology - classroom module - 10 minutes. Produced by John Ketcham, segment produced by Lisa Hardmeyer. Orlando, Florida grew so fast that it overburdened its sewage treatment plants and polluted local rivers. The city turned to a new "technology," an artificial wetlands built on an old farm. The wetlands cleans the water so well that the site now hosts a huge variety of wildlife. In Burlington, VT they have turned to "living machines" designed by John Todd and built in concrete tanks. Using everything from micro bacteria to fish and living plants, sewage treatment has never looked or smelled so good. Finally in Chattanooga, TN, students at Howard H.S. are building a wetlands model that they hope to expand to help clean up the Chattanooga Creek, a superfund site.

The Car - classroom module - 10 minutes. Produced by Bob Kaper, segment produced by Lisa Hardmeyer. Thanks to the ingenuity of people in the scrap metal business, automobiles are the most well recycled of all common industrial products (75%). The remaining "fluff" is mostly made up of an ever-increasing number of plastics. Mark Lieberman has found a way to clean old plastic bumpers and recycle the plastic into the same quality as the original bumpers; and automobile manufacturers are looking at reducing the number of plastics and are beginning to design for disassembly.

The Home - classroom module - 10 minutes. Produced by Jeff Bieber, segment produced by Lisa Hardmeyer. Like many other towns Bellport, Long Island, has a garbage problem. School children were getting sick from toxic fumes given off by the landfill, that was eventually closed and replaced with an incinerator. Art Cooley, a veteran activist, discovered that 30% of the waste stream was compostable and persuaded his neighbors to start composting on a massive scale; while teacher Betty Gundlach teaches her students about the need to cut back on packaging entering the home by shopping wisely.

Recycle This! - by The Dow Chemical Company, 1990, grades 6-12; 37 minutes. A rock-n-roll music video singing about the problem of overcrowded landfills. The reduce, reuse and recycle process is presented and discussed. Somewhat dated but entertaining. Taped live at Reseda High School, Reseda, CA. (There is a swear word at the beginning of the video)

Recycling - The Earth At Risk, 1993, grades 5-12; 25 minutes. Discusses the importance of recycling. Colorful and interesting.

Recycling Is Fun - (with Teacher’s Guide). 1991, grades K-4; 12 minutes. Three 8-10 year olds investigate the properties of recycling, reducing and reusing, demonstrated in visits to a landfill, a recycling center, and a supermarket. The hazards created by excess garbage are shown, waste management is described and methods for reducing waste are presented.

Recycling - It’s Everybody’s Job - (with Teacher’s Guide), National Geographic Society, 1992, grades 4-8; 20 minutes. This video explains and explores recycling and follows trash from household recycling bins through collection to a separation plant, where the materials get sorted. Viewers will see examples of how items in a bag of trash can be made useful again. They will visit an aluminum recycling plant. A classroom project teaches students how to recycle newspaper. It shows how recycling helps solve the garbage problem by reducing waste, conserving natural resources, and saving energy.

Recycling - The Endless Circle - (with Teacher’s Guide), National Geographic Society, 1992, grades 6-12; 23 minutes. This video shows how we can reduce, reuse, and recycle to bring our solid waste problems under control. It examines the causes of our garbage glut and the ways that industries, communities, and individuals are working to solve these problems.

Recycling with Worms - (with Teacher’s Guide), 1995, grades 3-8; 12 minutes. This is a fast-paced and humorous video. A youthful host first explains the problems of garbage production and disposal, and then the basics of recycling and composting. She introduces the concept of the worm bin, and shows us how to build and operate a small classroom size vermicomposter.

Rethink - Pollution Prevention Pays, 1995, 10 minutes/grades 7-adult. Produced by Video-tech Ltd/A video by John deWitt. This short video tackles a large subject and cuts it down to size. It argues that the three Rs - reduce, recycle and reuse are not enough. It’s time to add a fourth R - rethink, because whether or not we reuse or recycle a product, eventually it lands in a landfill. It’s time to rethink how we can reduce, substitute, or eliminate pollution in the first place. Preventing pollution helps the environment, saves resources, and can make a substantial improvement in a business’s bottom line. Various examples of effective rethinking in industry are given, from a national brewery to a hotel chain to an urban landscaping company. Then each one of us is challenged to rethink our own lifestyles and see how we can eliminate harmful chemicals and wasteful practices at home.

#1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: It’s Elementary - grades 3-6; 22 minutes. This video provides practical advice to student groups in starting a school-wide recycling project. It explains the landfill crisis in Illinois and the need to reduce, reuse and recycle.

#2. Wonderful World of Recycle - Pre-school-2nd grade; 13 minutes. A woman tells the adventures of Susan and Paul in the Wonderful World of Recycle. It incorporates recycling centers in a storybook theme.

#3. The Rotten Truth - grades 3-6; 30 minutes. Produced for the PBS Science series "3-2-1 Contact," this video is educational television at its best. It makes effective use of humor, music, action, and features a delightful young narrator. The problems of solid waste disposal are explored and solutions are discussed. The video maintains a positive tone despite the seriousness of the subject.

#4. Recycle This - previously discussed in this packet.

Surfer, Garbageman and Lady in the Sky, by California Environmental Protection Agency, 1993, Middle and High School level, 14 minutes. A "too cool for school" teenager falls asleep during class only to dream about environmental matters. He meets Father Earth (Garbageman), who teaches him about hazardous wastes, Lady in the Sky, who teaches him about protecting the air, and Surferman who teaches him about water conservation. This prompts an attitude change in the student and places him on a course of action. It shows how one individual’s attitude can make a difference. This is an excellent video and highly recommended. The students will enjoy it and the message is clear.

The Choice is Yours - grades 6-12; 55 minutes,. In depth discussion of the processes of recycling. Includes information on landfills, recycling centers, office recycling, innovative uses of recycled products, and ways to minimize waste, etc.

The Trash Troll, (with teachers guide) 1993, A film by Stuart Perkin, 12.5 minutes. A gruff, but environmentally conscious troll admonishes three children for littering a beach with plastic six-pack soda can rings. The troll suggests they visit a nearby marine hospital to see for themselves what can happen to marine life when trash enters the oceans.

Yes, I Can by The Steel Recycling Institute, 1994, K-3; 15 minutes. This video conveys the benefits of recycling as the students follow the adventure of Young Juice Can, Daily Newspaper, and Texas Hot Sauce as they make their way from the trash can to the grocery store shelf after being recycled.

Where Does My Garbage Go? 26 minutes, Grades K-5, Director/Producer: Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, Middlemarch Films; Executive Producer: Greg MacArthur, Southpaw Productions, Music: Sesame Street song writers; Cartoons: Ed Koren. Bullfrog Films, P. O. Box 149, Oley, PA 19547. The film takes us on two fascinating trips, to the landfill with our regular garbage, and to the recycling plant with our newspaper, cans, glass and plastic. Children lead the way and provide commentary, along with New Yorker cartoonist Ed Koren’s "furry creature," who gives us the facts. Award-winning Sesame Street song writers provide the catchy music and lyrics that accompany the videotape.

Where the Garbage Goes - Fred Levine Productions, 1997, all age groups, approximately 30 minutes. Jump into the driver’s seat of all the haulers, grinders, dozers, loaders and compactors used at a state-of-the-art waste handling facility. Kids and grown-ups alike will become excited about recycling when they see this video.

Worm Bin Creatures Alive Through a Microscope - Videotaped and Narrated by Warren A. Hatch, 1998. 31.5 minutes. This captivating video, part of the Wormworks video series, zeroes in on the tiny organisms often seen but rarely identified in a worm bin. Under Warren’s microscope, well-lit, colorful, and in focus, busy little creatures such as springtails and mites amuse and entertain as they busily go about in search of food or shelter. Concise, interesting, and informative narration makes this video not only fun to watch, but an excellent teaching tool for all ages.