Canadians are chewing up their resources at an alarming rate, fifty times faster than the people of India, for example. If we calculated our population according to our rate of consumption, we would have a country of 1.1 billion people. Fortunately, more and more of us are becoming aware of the urgent need to build a way of life based not just on “more” but on “better.” This film suggests some new things for us to do.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
309731
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Conservation of natural resources
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environment - Social aspects
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental education
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental protection
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural resources - Canada
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Environment - Social aspects
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)