In "Soil Stories", our protagonist, Francine, embarks on a journey of discovery that begins with her realization that soil is alive and that without soil, life as we know would not exist. In her journey of discovery she meets with soil scientists who help her "see" beneath the surface of the soil and help her understand how diverse yet ordered soil bodies are in the landscape and how much work has been done in soil survey. In the second half of the story, Francine meets with characters that help her take an up close and personal look at some physical and biological attributes of soils without which they would not function. In the final part of the video, a character from history shares an epiphany about soils with Francine and translates this to modern terms. "Soil Stories" was born out of a collaborative effort between ESRI-SC and SC NRCS. We (Buz Kloot and Pam Thomas) wanted to get all the information about soils across, but in a way that was engaging. While facts came easy, it's not always easy to be engaging on this subject. Until that is, when I (Buz Kloot) was at a ScienceFilm workshop with Jeff Morales and Colin Bates where I began to see that the story trumps all when making videos. Colin's advice to me one morning was "why don't you make a movie about people who have a relationship with the soil?" - well, the rest is history. Credit goes to so many and I have tried to acknowledge all at the end of the video, but I fear I may still have left some out. To those I ...
As we found out yesterday, at the Shanghai World Expo, the pavilions incorporate green concepts. At the entrance of the Expo Axis, which connects the exhibition halls, there are six steel and glass funnels, which help to support the roof, collect rain, and draw in fresh air. It is as if six morning glories of steel and glass had sprouted from the ground itself: 10 stories tall, their mouths are as large as a soccer field, and forever turned towards the sky. With the sunlight glittering down, they form an area called Sun Valleys. Da Ai reporter, Wu Zhiyi: "They look like glass funnels, and there are six of them - each directing sunlight and fresh air into the exhibition halls, so I can stand here on the second basement level in the bright sunlight and breezes from outside." Over forty meters in height, the features collect fresh air and sunlight from the outside and deliver it downwards, to the underground levels of the Expo Axis. Expo Axis senior manager, Zhao Zhiqiang: "With most buildings, ventilations rely on exhaust fans; those take the dirty air and blow it outside, and that needs electricity - so this lets us use the outside air and light, but because it's so tall, it works like a chimney, delivering the waste air outside, while the fresh air naturally flows in from the sides." When it rains, the water is funneled by the structures into subterranean cisterns beneath the second basement. These cisterns hold seven thousand cubic meters of water, which is then filtered ...
(English Subtitle) Radtour auf dem Teil des Donauradwegs, der durch Deutschland verläuft. Er führt von Donaueschingen mit der Donauquelle bis nach Passau an der deutsch-österreichischen Grenze. Die Radtour wurde in drei Etappen, im Herbst 2009, Frühling 2010 und im Herbst 2010 durchgeführt. Es wurden auch drei unterschiedliche Videokameras benützt: Canon HF10 (im Herbst 2009), Canon 5d Mark II (im Frühling) und Sony CX550 (im Herbst 2010). A trip on that part of the Danube Cycle Trail which runs through Germany. It runs from Donaueschingen with the river head of the Danube to Passau near the German-Austrian border. The bike tour was conducted in three stages, in autumn 2009, spring 2010 and autumn 2010. Also, there have been used three different camcorders: Canon HF10 (autumn 2009), Canon 5D Mark II (spring) and Sony CX550 (autumn 2010).