Better late than never... (I think I must be seriously procrastinating on something if I'm reaching this far back into my undealt with e-mail...)
Many thanks to all for suggestions, though. Kate This is what my class is watching in a couple of weeks: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/how-many-people-can-live-on-planet-earth/ From Marylin Hempel For global population/family planning issues, I would recommend the documentary "No Vacancy" which is long, but breaks into very do-able shorter pieces. It covers a number of countries, so one could just choose a country a watch that segment. For US population issues, I recommend the documentary "Growthbusters: Hooked on Growth" by Dave Gardner -- www.growthbusters.org -- I think everyone should see this film. From Jen Sciubba: PAI has a short film on PHE in Madagascar that I've showed. I also show Demographic Winter, but honestly only to point out how absurd it is. Might be appropriate for 7bn week, though. From Geoff Dabelko: Regarding your question on video resources for population and sustainability, here are a few specific ones from the Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program video list as well as one from National Geographic and one from the Population Reference Bureau. - "A Pivotal Moment for Global Environment and World Population;" Laurie Mazur, Director of the Population Justice Center http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2011/02/watch-laurie-mazur-on-pivotal-moment.html - "The Royal Society's Study of People and the Planet;" Sir John Sulston, Nobel laureate and chair of the Royal Society's People and the Planet working group http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2011/03/watch-sir-john-sulston-on-royal.html - 7 Billion, National Geographic Magazine; National Geographic http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2011/01/on-beat-national-geographics-population.html - 7 Billion and Counting; Population Reference Bureau http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2011/08/prbs-population-data-sheet-2011.html - Population Growth, Family Planning, and Urbanization in Africa (audio); Eliya Zulu, African Institute for Development Policy http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2011/02/pop-audio-eliya-zulu-on-population.html - The Scaling Advantages of Population, Health, and Environment Integration; Roger-Mark De Souza, Vice President of Research and Director of the Climate Program at Population Action International http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2011/03/watch-roger-mark-de-souza-on-scaling.html From Syma Ebbins: Regarding good documentaries on population and environment, I think the NOVA documentary" "World in the Balance: The People Paradox" is outstanding. I've used it in many different undergraduate courses that I have taught. The video website with accompanying teaching materials is: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/ From Katya Wouk: Horizon did an episode with Attenborough called something like: "How many people can we fit on the planet?" which I'm sure is available online, BBC stuff is posted lots of places. And there's a film I haven't seen called "Mother: caring our way out of the population dilemma," that sounds like what you are looking for. And there's something called "Growthbusters: Hooked on Growth," which doesn't come out till October, so I think that's too late. Could be schlock, too. That's what comes to mind directly discussing numbers, but there are quite a few that address problems stemming from "overpopulation." "Green" comes to mind. beautiful doc about deforestation in Indonesia and the species displacal issue. It's 46 minutes and it's available as a free download online. Form Sikina Jinnah: Science Magazine Special Issue on Population The 29 July 2011 issue of Science magazine has a comprehensive selection of articles, opinion and peer reviewed pieces, an introductory movie, and interactive graphics on the challenges and opportunities revolving around "Population." Click here to check out the issue.
