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1) Fresh
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Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet. Among others, Fresh features urban farmer and activist Will Allen, sustainable farmer and entrepreneur Joel Salatin, and supermarket owner David Ball.
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A light-hearted case study offering a clear guide to the financial ideas business people need to grasp. Jay's business, designing websites and CDs, is doing well. But then he meets an old friend who's now an accountant. She gives him some tough lessons on the value of accounting knowledge and takes him through the basics of finance. Just because there's a lot of cash floating around in the business doesn't mean that this money is profit. How much...
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THE LIGHT BULB CONSPIRACY uncovers how planned obsolescence has shaped our lives and economy since the 1920’s, when manufacturers deliberately started shortening the life of consumer products to increase demand. The film also profiles a new generation of consumers, designers and business people who have started challenging planned obsolescence as an unsustainable economic driver. The documentary begins by visiting the longest running light bulb...
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For many people, the mention of Papua New Guinea will evoke images such as remote highlands cultures and tribal warriors; or perhaps tropical islands and palm fringed beaches, or it may bring to mind darker images of poverty, corruption and raskol violence. But in PNG's capital, Port Moresby, things are starting to look a little different. PNG is slowly joining the globalised world, and if you look closely at this society in transition you can see...
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Discover how to use Microsoft Excel to quickly create financial forecasts with analytics and big data.
Big data is transforming the world of business. Yet many people don't understand what big data and business intelligence are, or how to use that data to evaluate key metrics for their firm in the future. This course addresses that knowledge gap, giving business people practical methods to create financial forecasts with business analytics and big...
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This award-winning, US documentary explores the advertising and marketing techniques behind Coca-Cola's historic success. Drawing on a wealth of archive material and interviews with key industry figures, the film offers a powerful insight into Coke's commercial and social impact. Birth of modern advertising: Coke begins life as a "brain tonic" for business people. But the secret of the new drink's success lie in its marketing. Revolutionary mass advertising...
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Our current industrial method of food production is increasingly viewed as an unsustainable system, destructive to the environment and public health. But what is the alternative? Fresh profiles the farmers, thinkers, and business people across the nation who are at the forefront of re-inventing food production in America. With a strong commitment to sustainability, they are changing how farms are run, how the land is cared for, and how food is distributed....
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