NOVA - World in the Balance: The Population Paradox

NOVA - World in the Balance: The Population Paradox

NOVA - World in the Balance: The Population Paradox
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Brand: Nova
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WGBH Boston

DVD Reviews of NOVA - World in the Balance: The Population Paradox

DVD Review: Fabulous film for more mature high school students
Summary: 5 Stars

Typical of NOVA, this is a film with solid film-making, substance and appeal. It addresses some mature themes such as impoverished African women forced into lives of prostitution and the effects of AIDS in Africa. Its real-life interviews and serious themes require a more mature high school audience, but they will be riveted throughout the film. It clearly addresses human population dynamics, a required topic in upper Biology classes.

DVD Review: World in the Balance
Summary: 5 Stars

I used this in an AP Environmental Science classroom and it had the attention of all 24 students, and that is rare, even in an AP class.
Excellent presentation that produced many different discussions about the future of the planet.
Highly recommended.

DVD Review: WORLD IN THE BALANCE
Summary: 5 Stars

THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO SERIES! I USE THEM IN MY CLASSES! VERY RELEVANT FOR TODAY'S ISSUES.

DVD Review: Informative and Eye-opening
Summary: 5 Stars

I first watched this program on PBS. It was very compelling and telling about how our world and the people in this world are suffering as a result of population growth. I now share this DVD with friends and family that have children or who are planning to have children. Definitely had an impact on my own family planning.

DVD Review: Contains Bad Assumptions and Poor Worldview
Summary: 1 Stars

I have a few problems with the DVD.

1. It assumes that CO2 is causing global warming something that is not scientifically proven. Global temperatures peaked in 1998 and have declined since.

2. The DVD says that there is one thing worse than more people is affluence. The DVD believes that more people are bad. It is based on the belief that the earth can only support a certain number of people. People have been producing alarmist documents for 200 years warning of the impending limits on population growth. The earth could very well support 1 trillion people.

Description of NOVA - World in the Balance: The Population Paradox

It took all of human history until 1800 for the world's population to reach its first billion. Now we add a new billion nearly every dozen years. Over the next half century, 98 percent of that growth will take place in our planet's poorest regions. And as the global total swells to nearly 9 billion by 2050, the social and environmental strains will be enormous.

Through vivid personal stories, The People Paradox reveals many startling trends. In Japan, Europe and Russia, birth rates are shrinking and the population is aging. But in parts of India and Africa, more than half of the still growing population is under 25. The surprising conclusion: world population is now careening in two dramatically different directions.

The second hour, China Revs Up, is an insider's look at China's booming economy and its growing impact on the environment. What will happen as China follows America's affluent lifestyle and begins to rival the U.S. as the world's biggest polluter?

In this groundbreaking, worldwide investigation of humanity's future, NOVA shows how decisions made now will change the fate of everyone over the next fifty years.

Special DVD features include: materials and activities for educators; a link to the NOVA Web site; scene selections; closed captions; and described video for the visually impaired.

On one DVD5 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: Letterboxed.

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