Nature Is Calling, So Who’s Picking Up The Phone?
By: Alexandra Yun Nature Needs You, now screening on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel, is a nine-minute short film that shares the story of people in different communities coming together with one goal in mind: taking care of the planet. As we learn from the film’s trailer, the Australian lifestyle is dependent on access to land, clean water, and healthy food. The story centers around 5 local leaders across Australia...
The Global Search for Education: Reuel Rogers Says You Can Be a Hero Too
This month on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel, audiences will find out when they marvel at the artistry of dancer in Hero. Get ready to dance in the wild with this artist from Curacao who’s taken the dance world by storm.
Evil Nicotine Inspires Youth to Stand Up to Intimidation and Peer Pressure
What did students do after school to address the issues of intimidation and peer pressure towards adult smokers? Evil Nicotine is a short film that shows young people standing up to the dangers of second-hand smoke. According to the CDC, there were about 7 million (or 25%) of middle and high school students exposed to secondhand smoke in 2019. There were over 6 million (or about 23%) of children reported to have gotten secondhand...
The Global Search for Education: Director Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on Why We Need Silence
This month audiences can screen Sanctuaries of Silence on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel. The VR/360 film takes viewers on an immersive journey with acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton into the Hoh Rain Forest in Washington State. Hempton narrates his work of 35 years capturing the sounds of the forest considered one of the most ecologically diverse environments and also considered one of the quietest places in North America. Hempton believes this quiet forest is being impacted by noise pollution and is at risk of becoming extinct.
The Global Search for Education: Dorothy Allen-Pickard’s Film Explores the Challenges and Coping Mechanisms in a Life with Bipolar Disorder
This month on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel, audiences can screen The Mess, a riveting documentary exposing the obstacles people with bipolar disorder must face and overcome in their daily lives.
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