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Introducing environment - for iPod/iPhone

by The Open University

Have you ever thought about how far the contents of your supermarket basket have travelled to get to you, how this impacts on our planet’s systems? It's no secret that climate change is caused by our over-dependence on fossil fuels...so what can we do about it? This is an album with a difference; YOU get the chance to find out how YOUR personal shopping choices are affecting the climate. How addicted to fossil fuels are you? Using the interactive video feature, start off on track 2 and follow the easy instructions at the end of each of the next 12 tracks. You may be surprised! Video tracks 14-17 visit an eco-house with a compostable toilet and a green community in Hockerton. Audio tracks 18-20 explore the microscopic activity inside a compost heap, debate the role of blood sports for pest control, and give tips on how to write about science. This material is from The Open University Course Y161 Introducing environment.

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Episodes

  1. Introducing environment

    A short introduction to the album.

  2. Unseen impacts

    Find out more about the consequences of the way you shop.

  3. Shopping by car

    Short car journeys are the most environmentally damaging, yet a quarter of journeys are less than 2 miles.

  4. Shopping by bus

    The more people replace car journeys with buses, the more eco- friendly buses become.

  5. Shopping on foot

    Choosing to walk, over fossil-fuelled transport, makes a real difference.

  6. Imported food

    Some foods have travelled further in their lifetime than you!

  7. Local food

    Reduce the distance your food travels by buying food from local sources.

  8. Disposable bags

    The shocking facts about the ubiquitous plastic carrier bag.

  9. Reusable plastic bags

    Reusable bags prevent 50,000 plastic bags ending up in landfills.

  10. Fabric bags

    How fabric bags could replace the 8 million plastic bags we manufacture every year.

  11. Your Co2 emissions from shopping: High

    High-carbon shopping habits are taking a heavy toll on the environment.

  12. Your Co2 emissions from shopping: Medium

    How best intentions are often undermined by the pressures of modern living.

  13. Your Co2 emissions from shopping: Low

    How to reduce your fossil fuel use; it isn't easy but can be very rewarding.

  14. Greening social housing

    A look at the council's plans to improve the energy efficiency of council homes.

  15. No ordinary house?

    A conventional -looking home is a cutting-edge example of self-sufficient living.

  16. Selling the green dream

    Developers can build eco-houses, but who buys them?

  17. The green pioneers

    What it's like to live in the innovative Hockerton settlement.

  18. Garden gold

    The exciting microscopic world of the garden compost heap.

  19. Tackling writing

    A scientist gives his personal tips on writing essays on scientific subjects.

  20. Red grouse debate

    Differing views about land management through blood sports.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Have you ever thought about how far the contents of your supermarket basket have travelled to get to you, how this impacts on our planet’s systems? It's no secret that climate change is caused by our over-dependence on fossil fuels...so what can we do about it? This is an album with a difference; YOU get the chance to find out how YOUR personal shopping choices are affecting the climate. How addicted to fossil fuels are you? Using the interactive video feature, start off on track 2 and follow the easy instructions at the end of each of the next 12 tracks. You may be surprised! Video tracks 14-17 visit an eco-house with a compostable toilet and a green community in Hockerton. Audio tracks 18-20 explore the microscopic activity inside a compost heap, debate the role of blood sports for pest control, and give tips on how to write about science. This material is from The Open University Course Y161 Introducing environment.

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The Open University

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education

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Have you ever thought about how far the contents of your supermarket basket have travelled to get to you, how this impacts on our planet’s systems? It's no secret that climate change is caused by our over-dependence on fossil fuels...so what can we do about it? This is an album with a difference;...

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