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Turning the Tide (Series)
No Dam Good
WIll dams solve our economic problems?
28 minutes
Color
Grade Level: 7-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 1988
Copyright Date: 1987
ISBN: 1-56029-145-1
Produced by George Courtice for Tyne Tees Television
Hosted by David Bellamy
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"Bellamy's enthusiasm for his subject is infectious, and his exuberant manner leads viewers along..." Voice of Youth Advocates
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Big dams are often the projects of developing countries and the banks that fund them. But to David Bellamy they symbolize the notion that size and expensive technology can solve our economic and social problems.
Individual programs of the TURNING THE TIDE Series are:
RUNNING OUT OF STEAM
INTO DEEP WATER
THE GREAT GENE ROBBERY
NO DAM GOOD
Study guide available
Awards:
Special Prize, Ekofilm Festival
Best Programme, Royal Television Society
Main Category Prize, One World Broadcasting Trust
N. American Assn. for Environmental Education Film & Video Festival
Reviews:
"Bellamy's enthusiasm for his subject is infectious, and his exuberant manner leads viewers along...useful in science classes as well as for groups interested in the environment." Voice of Youth Advocates
"Recommended." Landers Film & Video Reviews
"Recommended for larger public libraries or college libraries with strong environmental science collections." **** Video Rating Guide for Libraries
Related Subjects:
Developing World
Globalization
Human Rights
International Issues
Rivers
Science
Technology & Society
Water
Related Titles:
The Price of Progress
Fragments of a People: Frantic efforts to find the Ava-Canoeiro before their land is flooded for a new dam.
Water
Crossing the Stones: An intimate biography of the Norwegian founder of deep ecology.
Small Is Beautiful: Portrait of E.F. Schumacher, the first to question unbridled economic growth.
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