Reconnecting with the essence of herbs
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Updated 17 Oct 2013
Naturopath Eveline Rodenburg about reconnecting and working with plants and herbs.
Creative Climate
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Video, audio and text diaries submitted by people like you
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Education for all to improve the world.
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Updated 14 Oct 2013
Harmony and global awareness through a positive approach to education
OU environmental researchers: Creative Climate diaries
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 01 Oct 2013
Researchers from The Open University tell us what drives their passion for environmental issues.
The resilience of vegetation in floodplains
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Introductory Level
Duration 30 mins
Updated 01 Oct 2013
David Gowing discusses his work looking into how natural vegetation uses water—and how it copes with flooding.
Climate change as a belief system
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Introductory Level
Duration 15 mins
Updated 01 Oct 2013
Shonil Bhagwat discusses how climate change includes the four common tenets of belief systems.
Putting waste management policy into practice
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Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 01 Oct 2013
Stephen Burnley discusses his inspiration for becoming involved in environmental research, and his current work in the field of waste management.
From under the sea to the tops of the trees
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Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 01 Oct 2013
Vincent Gauci tells us about being inspired by Cousteau and his current work into how carbon exchanges between ecosystems and atmosphere.
Using OER to improve WASH projects
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Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 27 Sep 2013
Pam Furniss discusses her interest in environmental research and her work to improve the effectiveness of WASH projects.
From pure mathematics to environmental modelling
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Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 27 Sep 2013
Dr Neil Edwards talks about his move from mathematics to modelling the Earth system.
Dukia Burges-Watson's diary
Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 12 Sep 2013
Dukia Burges-Watson from Hugging The Coast discusses her interest in environmental issues.
Johanna Wadsley's diary
Introductory Level
Duration 15 mins
Updated 12 Sep 2013
Johanna Wadsley from Hugging The Coast discusses her interest in environmental issues.
Planet watchers
Updated 02 Sep 2013
As Open University researchers are discovering, environmental research is not just about the melting ice caps and endangered polar bears, but also...
Share your Creative Climate diary
Introductory Level
Duration 30 mins
Updated 02 Aug 2013
Tell us what you're thinking about environmental issues by sharing a text, audio or video diary.
Take a learning journey with Creative Climate
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 31 Jul 2013
Take a learning journey through a particular theme or issue using the Creative Climate diaries as a base.
About Creative Climate at the OU
Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 31 Jul 2013
Find out about the Creative Climate project—why we set it up, how to explore the wide range of diaries, and how to submit your own.
Neither land nor sea: Conclusion
Introductory Level
Updated 26 Jul 2013
We've reached the end of our Learning Journey. Here's a summary of what we've learned about liminal living in Indonesia.
Neither land nor sea: Seaweed as climate smart
Introductory Level
Updated 26 Jul 2013
This part of the Learning Journey explores seaweed as climate smart—it absorbs carbon dioxide better than land-based plants.
Neither land nor sea: Seaweed's medicinal properties
Introductory Level
Updated 26 Jul 2013
Still with seaweed, this part of the Learning Journey looks at its medicinal properties.
Neither land nor sea: Seaweed as an additive
Introductory Level
Updated 26 Jul 2013
The Learning Journey continues to look at seaweed in other contexts.
Neither land nor sea: Seaweed as food
Introductory Level
Updated 26 Jul 2013
Next in the Learning Journey, we look at the role of seaweed in diet.
Neither land nor sea: Seaweed farming
Introductory Level
Updated 25 Jul 2013
This part of the Learning Journey looks at seaweed, an important plant for Nain Pulau due to its many uses.
Neither land nor sea: Building sustainable livelihoods
Introductory Level
Updated 25 Jul 2013
The Learning Journey continues by exploring aquaculture, the farming of marine organisms.
Neither land nor sea: Life in the archipelago
Introductory Level
Updated 25 Jul 2013
This part of the Learning Journey looks at the lifestyle on on the archipelago.
Neither land nor sea: The Coral Triangle Initiative
Introductory Level
Updated 25 Jul 2013
This part of the Learning Journey introduces the Coral Triangle region and an international partnership that operates within it.
Neither land nor sea: Get to know the team
Introductory Level
Updated 25 Jul 2013
In the third section of this Creative Climate Learning Journey, read diaries from two of the expedition team.
Neither land nor sea: The archipelago and expedition route
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Introductory Level
Updated 25 Jul 2013
The second section of this Creative Climate Learning Journey asks: where is the archipelago and what was the expedition route?
Neither land nor sea
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Introductory Level
Duration 6 hours
Updated 25 Jul 2013
This Learning Journey explores the challenges of liminal living in an Indonesian archipelago.
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Updated 27 May 2013
This diary tells the story of how human activity is impacting Africa's tallest mountain in less obvious ways.
Tell it to the People - A Point of View from UK Farmland Birds
Updated 09 Apr 2013
I am speaking on behalf of my brothers and sisters - UK farmland birds - about out plight for survival and the help we need
One approach to reducing climate change
Updated 01 Nov 2012
This diary tells the story of how I invented my own device for creating green electricity
Shetland's Wind Power
Updated 19 Oct 2012
Shetland is looking to wind power to replace its reliance on the oil, but at what cost?
Part of U116 assignment
Updated 06 Jun 2012
I feel, that development of energy sources like solar, wind, hydrogen cell are somewhere inhibited and should be today much more accessible
My First Creative Climate Diary
Updated 21 May 2012
A short video where I share my thoughts on the environment and the effect that we are having on it.
Introduction and 30 years of change
Updated 21 May 2012
An introduction to myself and a summary of what I have noticed over 30 years.
Harmony
Updated 21 May 2012
A personal look at whether a state of harmony exists between nature and the industrial environments surrounding it.
Hugging the Coast
Updated 14 May 2012
Hugging the Coast: a sea kayak expedition and cultural exchange in North Sulwesi
My garden
Updated 11 May 2012
I'm trying to think of a sustainable environment when doing my garden.
Our Native Element
Updated 29 Dec 2011
Writer & researcher Benjamin Morris reflects on water, and the challenges environmental change will bring to its study, use, and management.
OU/BBC Creative Climate short film competition 2011: Hot and bothered
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Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 07 Nov 2011
Dr Joe Smith introduces this short, 'steamy' video by Gia laSalvia, a student film-maker from the London Film School. Gia explores what climate...
OU/BBC Creative Climate short film competition 2011: No second chances
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Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 07 Nov 2011
Dr Joe Smith introduces this short video cameo of a relationship breakdown, with a twist to make you rethink your priorities.
OU/BBC Creative Climate short film competition 2011: The end of an era
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Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 07 Nov 2011
Dr Joe Smith introduces this short, disturbing animation by Yousif Al-Khalifa, a student at the National Film and Television School. Influenced by...
OU/BBC Creative Climate short film competition 2011: Food for thought
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Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 07 Nov 2011
Dr Joe Smith introduces this short, engaging animation by
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