The Global Search for Education: Director Shayna Zaidi Gupta Wants Us to Focus on the Good and the Bad Points of Plastic
Scientists believe that 8.8 million tons of plastic wind up in our oceans every day. Single use plastic accounts for more than 40 percent of plastic trash and this is damaging our planet. Plastic has many benefits and that’s why we use it for bike helmets, car airbags, food containers, baby bottles, syringes and more. So is plastic a bad thing or a good thing for our world?
The Global Search for Education: Director Barb Hoffman on Finding the Keys for Inspiration
Schoolwork is important but what happens when you’re stuck in the library with a 3000 word essay due in a few hours and you’re both frustrated and not sure how to begin.
The Global Search for Education: Director Vaida Blazyte is Focused on the Rights of Persons with Albinism.
Blazyte’s documentary film raises awareness about the condition of albinism. Albinism exists everywhere in the world. People with it are capable of doing everything normal people do. Despite this, “colorless” African artists living in Tanzania fight against stigmatization. In recent years there have been killings of people with albinism caused by myths and superstitions that certain body parts of Albinos transmit magical powers. Another problem facing Albinos in Tanzania is skin cancer. The Albino Revolution Cultural Troupe, which was formed in 2000, organizes musical and theater performances at conferences, cultural events and campaigns to raise awareness and fight prejudice against Albinos.
The Global Search for Education: Producer and Creator of Apples and Oranges Discuss Teaching Acceptance in a Polarized World
This month audiences can screen Apples and Oranges on the Planet Classroom Network YouTube Channel. The film won the National Award in India for the Best Educational Film this year.
The Global Search for Education: Educator in Taipei Gives Young People the Opportunity to Make Videos on Social Issues They Care About.
Young people care deeply about global challenges and they want to be a part of the solution. This month on the Planet Classroom YouTube Channel, audiences can screen the short film, Saving Africa With Featured Flight – a youth production that serves as an innovative example of the ideas that can be generated by creative young minds to benefit the health of our world.
The Global Search for Education: Director Craig Norton on the Power of Drumming to Unite and Heal Us.
We are all wired for rhythm. Music is a communal experience. In Craig Norton’s Rhythms of Life, shot over the course of 3 years in the United States, Senegal and West Africa, we learn from the leaders and the musicians in the community drum circle movement how rhythm makes us feel and why it brings us all together. The film also focuses on the wellness and therapeutic aspects of music as drummers speak about healing journeys from cancer, Parkinson’s, depression and other challenges.
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