Looking for an entertaining way to teach your kids about the importance of being kind to the enviroment? Check out this list of eco-friendly DVDs--they have a little bit of something for everyone from a dancing penguin in the South Pole to a family of polar bears in the North Pole, and the teeming oceans in between.
THE BIG BLUE PLANET
Ocean Odyssey
After watching the two episodes included on this DVD, young viewers will be spouting fascinating facts about the deep blue sea and the amazing creatures that live in it.
The Blue Planet: Seas of Life
This groundbreaking series takes viewers on an unprecedented look at the eco-systems in, around, and above our planet's teeming oceans and seas, from the producers of "Planet Earth."
It's a Big, Big World: The Earth Needs You
In this DVD based on the popular PBS children's show, Snook and his animal friends take care of the rain forest that has always taken care of them in five earth-conscious episodes.
Happy Feet
Young Mumble (Elijah Wood) may be the only emperor penguin in his community who can't sing but, boy, can he dance. This animated Arctic adventure is cool in so many unexpected ways, kids--and many adults--may be mesmerized!
Dora Saves the Mermaid
Dora and Boots help save Mermaid Kingdom from a mean garbage-dumping Octopus by finding Mariana the Mermaid's magical crown and returning it to her before the kingdom disappears under a pile of trash!
Meerkat Manor: Season One
A 10-year study by Cambridge University follows the daily lives and relationships of the Whiskers family of meerkats in this Emmy Award-nominated TV series.
Arctic Tale
Queen Latifah narrates this National Geographic documentary about a polar bear and a walrus on their perilous journeys from birth to parenthood.
March of the Penguins
Every year, thousands of emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young and this amazing documentary takes us on that harrowing journey with them through life's fleeting joys, and sometimes harsh sorrows.
