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Planet for the Taking (Cont'd) ARCHIVES

 

 

Program 4: Who Needs Nature?

 

Trained seals, bullfights, experimental animals, pets - we
exploit animals in many different ways, and yet we seem to have
a real affection for them. This paradoxical relationship -
the impulse to love, the desire to dominate animals - is
explored in "Who Needs Nature?"

Program 5: The Ultimate Slavery

 

For thousands of years we have bred animals to serve human
purposes, prizing them for specific traits. They have become
slaves, controlled by human science and technology. "The
Ultimate Slavery" asks whether we are being willingly domesti-
cated by the same forces of science and technology.

Program 6: Improving on Nature

 

In most of the world, the birth and survival of each child still
depends on nature. But in Western Society, science intervenes
more and more in human reproduction. From the fertility trees
of India to the test tube babies of Australia, “Improving on
Nature" takes a fascinating look at the beginning of life and
our latest techniques to control it.

Program 7: At War With Death

 

Unlike many other cultures, western civilization isolates itself
from death, shutting it away in hospitals and funeral parlours.
Is death the ultimate challenge for science to conquer, or a
final reminder that our power to control nature has its limits?

Program 8: The Runaway Brain

 

We see the world as a pyramid of life forms, with us at the very
top. There are now signs that this view is dangerously distorted,
and is threatening our survival. "The Runaway Brain" asks: can
we begin to see ourselves not as dominant but as just one part of
the complex pattern of life on earth?

Responsible Assertion: 16mm Film, 28 mins.

Arthur Lange and Patricia Jakubowski define assertive behaviour
and demonstrate, in a training workshop, the development of
assertive skills.

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