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Green TV Part 1: Strip and Saddle

Jon Snow looks back to the summer of 2007, when hundreds of cyclists stripped off and faced the chill in a head-turning protest against our increasing dependency on fossil fuels.

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Homes for Tomorrow
Can sustainable living and style can co-habit? Beautifully says eco-architect Alex Michaelis whose partially underground Notting Hill home is the latest in green technology.
Greetings from Death Valley
The tributaries of Owen's Lake in California have been diverted to serve LA's water demands, creating a barren lake with huge dust storms that badly affect residents of the nearby town of Keeler. This film highlights their plight.
The Two Rhinos
A short film about two orphaned female rhino calves in Northeast India who were moved from the Centre for Rehabilitation and Conservation in Kaziranga to a natural environment in Manas National Park. The area had been deunuded of rhinos because of poaching and the pair are the first rhinos to come back to Manas in a decade.

Green TV Part 2

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Global Warming's Frontline

The Maldives is likely to be one of the first countries to feel the impact of rising sea levels as a result of climate change. Endurance swimmer and environmental campaigner Lewis Gordon Pugh seeks to draw attention to their plight by swimming the breadth of the tiny island nation.
White Gold

The cotton industry is worth a billion dollars a year to Uzbekistan, the second-largest cotton exporter in the world. The Environmental Justice Foundation argues that the costs to the Uzbek people and the environment are huge.
Food for Life

The best organic farming practice involves working with nature rather than against it as this short film, narrated by Jonathan Dimbleby, discovers.
Gentle Lemurs

Threatened due to the destruction of their natural habitat, workers at London Zoo are hopeful that one day the lemur may be re-released into the wild.
Good Vibrations

One Rotterdam club uses electricity generated by its dance-floor to power its lights and sound system. This film explores how clean energy can be created from the vibrations all around us.