ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

Ethics Online offers five films on DVD specifically designed to assist teachers in delivering dynamic lessons on environmental issues and environmental ethics.

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"This is an outstandingly engaging and timely resource that will grab the attention of students and persuade them of the significance of environmental ethics like never before."

David Potter, Head of Religious Studies, Ashby School

Gaia By comparing the life of the planet to the life of a 45 year old woman, Gaia takes us on a breathtaking journey from our beginnings to these last few seconds of biological time which have witnessed our meteoric rise to ascendancy - but at what cost? (18 minutes)	"A most stimulating and welcome resource for GCSE and A Level Religious Studies - and Assemblies too." Christine Chalstrey, Head of Religious Studies, Wychwood School , Oxford
Genesis For 2.000 years, the Genesis injunction to have dominion over nature has been misinterpreted as a licence to dominate at all costs. But while Christianity might have been more concerned with saving souls than with saving seals is it solely to blame for today's environmental crisis? (18 minutes)	"This is just what I need to extend GCSE thinking. It is an excellent starter for class discussion at both GCSE and A Level" Fran Aldcroft, Head of Religious Studies, Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
Stewards & Slayers Western civilisation has largely ignored Biblical and mystic calls to revere creation and today we face the stark realization that in an interdependent world unethical stewardship of the animal kingdom ultimately afflicts us all. (21 minutes)	"Our class 9 and 10 pupils were totally engaged, Excellent." Julie Whitfield, The Steiner Academy, Hereford "Diamond-sharp... just the kind of clarity that's needed." Glenn Storhaug, Five Seasons Press
The Rapture Christian fundamentalists believe that the environmental disasters we currently face are of little concern as they are signs that the Rapture is close at hand...for others however, visions of the end time have given new impetus to the principle of stewardship (18 minutes)	"Ideal for classroom discussion... stimulating and attractive to watch." Nick Read, Anglican Diocesan Environment Officer
All Things Are Connected While Christian colonisers, mapmakers, missionaries and mercenaries, believed that the natural world existed entirely for human gain, the indigenous Indians of the Americas experienced nature as a sacred web of interdependent phenomena. (16 minutes)	"This resource will aid reflection and factual analysis and offers a wide ranging historical, philosophical and religious review of current environmental issues...most appropriate for able GCSE and A/AS level students" Alistair Ross, REtoday "This finely crafted series pulls no punches in exploring the complex web of environmental issues facing us today. Unambiguous and beautifully filmed you'll want to see them again...a fantastic resource." Andrea Gilpin, The Churchyard Conservation Charity
UK Premiere: Borderlines Film Festival, March 2010 World Premiere: Buffalo/Niagara, New York, October 2010, Environmental Education Conference (.... read more) For further details please check our YouTube page.