Environmental Technician - Field & Laboratory Sources (Co-op)

A follow up to Environmental tech, examining cutting edge green technology.

"More than three decades after the Clean Water Act, two iconic waterways -- the great coastal estuaries of Puget Sound and the Chesapeake Bay -- are in perilous condition. With polluted runoff still flowing in from industry, agriculture and massive suburban development, scientists fear contamination to the food chain and drinking water for millions of people. A growing list of endangered species also is threatened in both estuaries. [This film] examines the rising hazards to human health and the ecosystem and why it's so hard to keep our waters clean." -- Container.

"This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers"--Container.

"The Age of Stupid imagines the world in 2055, devastated by the disastrous effects of climate change. Humanity's sole survivor takes refuge in an Arctic storage facility, compiling archive footage from 1950-2008 to discover what went wrong. Director Franny Armstrong presents a fascinating mosaic of people whose lives have been deeply affected by global warming, including a Hurricane Katrina survivor, an elderly French mountain guide, and an 8-year-old Iraq war refugee. Their stories show the ravages of climate change and suggest, in some cases, possible solutions for a more hopeful future."--Container.

This indispensable six-part series produced by the University of New Orleans’ Schlieder Urban Environmental Systems Center examines the management of wastewater, stormwater, and industrial discharge in urban centers, helping viewers to identify basic issues, evaluate options, and implement decisions.

Where is the world's waste going? That's the focus of the latest edition of The Question. With China ending its program to take in the world’s waste, it has to go somewhere else. The National takes a look at how countries like Sweden and Germany have introduced incentives for people to return their waste.

Are you being served?: Scanning your own groceries, booking your travel, printing your own tickets, selecting your own seats. It’s not just about convenience: we’re doing a lot of work ourselves that companies used to do for us. But while we’re doing the work, are we seeing the savings? - - Coffee cups update: Last fall, we revealed that cups collected by some Starbucks and Tim Hortons stores for recycling are being sent to landfill. We've gone dumpster diving again, and found more questions about what the coffee chains are actually doing with all those used containers.