Planet Earth (I) - From Pole to Pole

"Planet Earth is a 2006 television series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit Five years in the making, it was the most expensive nature documentary series ever commissioned by the BBC, and also the first to be filmed in high definition.

The first episode"From Pole to Pole" illustrates a 'journey' around the globe and reveals the effect of gradual climatic change and seasonal transitions en route."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0aIlxkKYVo&feature=related

Home (FR) (Dir. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, 2009)

"Yann Arthus-Bertrand is perhaps the best known aerial photographer on the planet. He has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide of his seminal photo essay Earth From Above, a decade-spanning attempt to photograph all the vistas of the planet from the sky, whether by helicopter, hot air balloon, or anything else that flies.

Arthus-Bertrand seeks to uncover the story behind the landscape, not just create a pretty picture. Indeed, his subjects are not always photogenic -- his prints show poverty and strife as well as green tranquility; and everywhere in his work is the encroaching hand of humanity and its enterprise. He keeps close track of the coordinates of his locations, so other photographers may track their progress over time." (http://www.ted.com/speakers/yann_arthus_bertrand.html)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNGDj9IeAuI

Apocalypse Now...and Then

"A look at the West's enduring obsession with the end of the world, from old testament prophesies to SARS and the Millennium Bug. Since the 1960s, scientists and preachers have combined to perpetuate the idea that Armageddon is always just around the corner. This programme reinterprets each successive doomsday panic to see its inspiration and effect on those who both predicted and believed in its inevitability." (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074pml)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4as2aBU8CM4

The interactive story of the last great supply of fresh drinking water on Earth.

A very well designed educational website.

waterlife.nfb.ca/

National Geographic Image Collection

"See hundreds of photos from the National Geographic Image Collection (...)."

photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/image-collection/