News Magazine

Episode #394 of “Media Edge” (initial airing on cable TV during week of November 24-30) includes:

"Peak Moment" (27 minutes)

Episode #393 of “Media Edge” (initial airing on cable TV: November 17-23) includes:

Episode #392 of “Media Edge” (initial airing on cable TV: November 10-16) includes:

Featured this month ia a piece about the consultation involved in archaelogical projects, highlighting the between is Native American Tribes and the Federal Administration.

Episode #389 of “Media Edge” (initial airing on cable TV during week ending October 22) includes:

"An Evening with Amy Goodman" (94 minutes)

Episode #388 of “Media Edge” (initial airing on cable TV during week ending October 15) features:

"The Story of Stuff" (21 minutes)

With over 12 million on-line views, "The Story of Stuff" -- an animated documentary about the lifecycle of material goods -- is one of the most widely viewed environmental-themed short films of all time. Since its release in December 2007, The Story of Stuff has been shown in thousands of schools, houses of worship, community events and businesses around the world.

Independent global news reports from Washington D.C. bureau of Al Jazeera's English language network.

--We visit the Koln International School of Design in Germany (KISD). Their Cultural Library program has students look at everyday things from a new perspective. Results are compared with students in other countries. Two of the projects looked at parking bicycles and waiting at bus stops.

--How might a designer think about electric vehicles?

--We talk with a bicyclist who moved from Amsterdam to Cologne.

--We meet a pedestrian advocate from Nairobi at the Walk21 conference.

"What the Economic Crisis Really Means - and What We Can Do About It" (12.5 minutes)

This animation sums up the key challenges facing our global society of credit crisis and resource scarcity and describes a path we can take to a happier life, now and in the future.

"The Fragile Promise of Choice" (57.5 minutes)

Independent progressive video programming.