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Title:

Surviving progress [videorecording] / a film by Mathieu Roy & Harold Crooks.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

First Run Features,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Progress.
Technological innovations.
Progress--Environmental aspects.
Progress--Economic aspects.
Documentary films.

Other Authors:

Roy, Mathieu.
Crooks, Harold.
Hawking, S. W. (Stephen W.)
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
Goodall, Jane.
Suzuki, David T., 1936-
Venter, J. Craig.
First-Run Features (Firm)

Notes:

Title from web and sell sheet. Featuring, Stephen Hawking, Margaret Atwood, Jane Goodall, David Suzuki, Craig Venter. Originally released in 2011. Release date: Sep. 25, 2012.

Summary:

Technological advancement, economic development, population increase - are they signs of a thriving society, or too much of a good thing? Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, 'Surviving Progress' is a provocative documentary that explores the concept of progress in the modern world, guiding through the major 'progress traps' facing civilization in the arenas of technology, economics, consumption, and the environment.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)800780486

UPC:

720229914994

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)