Brad Pitt
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Examines the most critical health threats facing the world today by portraying conditions in over twenty countries, examining why diseases that are curable still persist, the efforts to treat them, and the dangers of new "superbugs."
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Can the designers of the Druk White Lotus School in remote Ladakh, India, help preserve the region's cultural identity for future generations? Could architect Thom Mayne's new San Francisco Federal Building be the prototype for tomorrow's workplace? Enrique Pe~nalosa, the former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, transformed one of the world's most chaotic cities into a model of sustainable and civic-minded urban planning. Third-generation develop Jonathan...
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Examines the economies of being environmentally conscious in green building design. The first program, The green apple, uses New York City, particularly One Bryant Park and the Solaire, to demonstrates how the ubiquitous skyscraper can be a model of environmental responsibility. The second episode, Green for all, features architect and activist Sergio Palleroni as he works to provide design solutions to regions suffering from social and humanitarian...