POV's Borders: Environment.The Public Broadcasting Service “PBS” redirects here. For other uses, see PBS (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS (PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, ) has long been known for the quality of its programming, which runs the gamut from children's shows to revealing documentaries. Now PBS is taking its talents to the Internet with an award-winning series, POV's Borders. An outgrowth of PBS's long-running television series POV POV abbr. point of view , each yearly installment of the online series seeks to challenge visitors' preconceptions about everyday aspects of our existence. The latest installment in the online series is POV's Borders: Environment. Located at http://www.pbs.org/pov/ borders/2004/index.html, the multimedia presentation uses a plethora of tools to explore how people relate to the three essential elements of our existence: air, water, and the soil that grows our food. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Air section of the website, there are 31 million vehicles in California serving a population of 36 million people. This portion of the website looks at what drives Californians' auto purchasing choices. There are video and print interviews with people who purchased electric and hybrid cars, an online chat room that allows visitors to voice their opinion about which type of vehicle is best for the environment, and a mini-documentary about the first service station in California to offer alternative fuels. The Water section examines the debate in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. over drinking bottled water versus tap water. Among the issues in this debate is the amount of plastic piling up as a result of bottled water consumption. In this section, one man tells how he reuses his water bottles. There is also a portion on America's most polluted pol·lute tr.v. pol·lut·ed, pol·lut·ing, pol·lutes 1. To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. See Synonyms at contaminate. 2. waterway waterway, natural or artificial navigable inland body of water, or system of interconnected bodies of water, used for transportation, may include a lake, river, canal, or any combination of these. , Newtown Creek In New York City, Newtown Creek, approximately 3.5 miles in length, empties into the East River. It forms part of the boundary between Brooklyn and Queens. Its waterfront, and that of its tributaries English Kills, Dutch Kills, and Maspeth Creek, are heavily industrialized. , which runs between Brooklyn and Queens in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . A short film describes how children have worked to help clean up this desolate waterway and reclaim it as a natural space. The site includes tips to help visitors do their own waterway mapping and links to other sites that focus on water quality, such as the Environmental Protection Agency's volunteer monitoring page. The Earth section looks at the ground as a source of food, Two interactive features in this section teach visitors about heirloom varieties of plants and about saving seeds. There is also an interview with photographer and pasta maker Douglas Gayeton about the Slow Foods movement in Italy. This movement is trying to conserve traditional processes of raising animals and plants as well as producing food products. Gayeton is also featured in Border Talk, one of three complementary sections of the site. The Border Talk section presents essays by artists, scientists, and others whose work is related to the environment. The For Educators section of the site provides six free lesson plans to accompany the Air, Water, and Earth pages. The PDF- and HTML-format lesson plans are suitable for middle school and high school classes. Finally, the Resources section provides a convenient index by category of all of the websites referenced throughout the site. |
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