Production of media to support environmental education, Environmental Media Corp.

Environmental Media general information, links to more information on the left.

Multimedia
Production Services
Environmental Media Corporation is a mission-driven company that specializes in the design and production of media to support environmental education for children and adults.

Since forming our company in 1989, we have produced more than 450 video and interactive programs, primarily in collaboration with public and private organizations that focus on environmental education and conservation. We have created a variety of interactives and auditorium presentations for museums and institutional use and numerous programs for broadcast and use on videocassette. Our series are viewed by millions of students on public television stations worldwide and are acquired for use in schools, libraries, nature centers, museums, homes and other environmental educational outlets.

Environmental Media offers a unique blend of talent and experience:

Our team of experienced writers, producers, videographers, designers and editors have produced numerous award-winning productions for communities and classrooms.
From rivers to reefs, underwater to terrestrial, EMC owns more than 600 hours of broadcast-quality natural history footage from worldwide locations to support the development of our programs.
Our company is equipped with the latest technology for producing, logging, editing and archiving both digital 4 x 3 and 16 x 9, and conventional analog video footage. Science informs our production and post-Multimedia Production services. We own three digital broadcast quality camera packages, and have one logging, and two non-linear Media 100 editing and master suites. We produce and master DVDs in-house.

Our projects have included:

Journey of the Loggerhead: An interactive DVD project that introduces students and adults to marine turtles. The DVD features a 26-minute video, archival interviews and footage, still photographs, curriculum guide, hyperlinks to a wealth of related organizations, and more.

The Sound of Wings: Produced for the ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge, the program will be used at the historic Grove Plantation as part of a program to interpret the Refuge’s resident and migratory bird populations, as well as cultural history.

Rain Forest Trek: Working with the Worldwide Office of The Nature Conservancy, we developed a 30-minute video program introducing students to the world’s rain forests.

Hiking Grand Canyon: A program designed to educate backcountry and day hikers about hiking safety and how to protect the Grand Canyon ’s natural and cultural resources - produced in collaboration with the Grand Canyon Association and Grand Canyon National Park .

Voices of Palau : Conservation in the Republic of Palau: A documentary on conservation efforts in Palau with Noah Idechong. Former Director of the Palau Conservation Society, Idechong was named a “Hero for the Planet” by Time magazine.

Journey through the Peninsula: Voices and Viewpoints: Produced for the first 16’ x 9’ digital video theater in North Carolina, this program is an aesthetic journey through the Pamlico Sound.

“The film was so beautiful that I found myself reaching for my camera to take pictures of the pictures.”
Donovan Kelly , Washington Post

Jocassee Gorges: Informational program on the conservation of the Jocassee Gorges in North and South Carolina produced for The Nature Conservancy, N.C. Chapter, and the Chattooga River Watershed Coalition.

Interactives: Video media interactives and auditorium presentations for the N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, the Cashie/Roanoke River Visitor Center, Goose Creek State Park Visitor Center, Lake Waccamaw Visitor Center, Lumber River State Park Visitor Center and others.

Broadcast Series: Please see our list of productions for information on our broadcast series.

Stock Footage: In 15+ years of productions worldwide, we have amassed a great diversity of high quality natural history footage. Please see our Stock Footage page for more information.

If you are planning a production, or the marketing and distribution of a completed work to the education or environmental community, please contact Bill Pendergraft at: 800.368.3382 or e-mail bpendergraft@envmedia.com.

Directory of
Environmental Media Productions

2004-2008

LandScope. (In production) Orientation program for on-line geography-based conservation tool for NatureServe, Arlington, VA.
Slow Guides™. (In development) Guides for the mindful traveler with Niche Publishing LLC.
The Kimberley Australia. Capital campaign video on the cultural and natural history of the Kimberley region of WA. Kimberley Foundation Australia. Melbourne, Australia.
B.W. Wells Savannah Preserve. Interactive website with video, photographs and text for North Carolina Coastal Land Trust.
Conservation of the Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard. Two programs to support conservation of the species in Southern Arizona, California and Mexico. US Bureau of Land Management/US Border Patrol/conservation groups.
NatureServe Endowment Campaign. Natural Heritage Programs video to support the NatureServe endowment campaign, hosted by E.O. Wilson. NatureServe, Arlington, VA
North Carolina State Parks: Partnerships for Conservation, Education and Stewardship. Program for NC State Parks to provide an overview of the NC State Parks program and services. NC State Parks, Raleigh, NC.
First Impressions. (In development) Digital interactive media for education in the arts, sciences and humanities in the US Southwest and the Kimberley, Australia.
Heifer International Study Tours. Footage from the Ecuador program. Heifer International, Little Rock, AR.
Guide to North Carolina State Parks. Multimedia guide to NC State Parks with Niche Publishing, LLC.
ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge. Visitor center and outreach video interpreting the cultural and natural history of the Refuge. US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Journey of the Loggerhead. Documentary videos and interactive DVD on marine turtles, with special focus on the loggerhead.

2000-2003

ACE Basin Water Quality. ACE Basin Visitor Center video on water quality in the ACE Basin, South Carolina for SC Parks Recreation and Tourism, SC Department of Natural Resources.
ACE Basin Orientation. ACE Basin Visitor Center video for SC Parks, Recreation and Tourism, SC Department of Natural Resources.
North American Biomes. Eight-program broadcast series on US and Canadian Biomes. The Biomes Project.
Rain Forest Trek. Long-form documentary on rain forests for the Worldwide Office of The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA.
The Lumber: A River Heritage. Cultural and natural history of the Lumber River. Lumber River State Park.
Hammocks Beach State Park Visitor Center. Overview video of Hammocks Beach State Park for new visitor center. Hammocks Beach State Park and Studio Displays.
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Life Cycle. Video for Hammocks Beach State Park Visitor Center. Hammocks Beach State Park and Studio Displays.
Nature Neighborhood. Teacher Guidebook and media to support science education through backyard and schoolyard gardening with NC Museum of Natural Sciences.
American Grasslands. Six-program broadcast series on North American Grasslands. The Biomes Project.
Freshwater Wetlands. Six exhibit videos to support Freshwater Wetlands exhibit. NC Museum of Natural Sciences.
Roanoke River Campaign. Media to support education regarding the Roanoke River Basin. NC Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
Tyrrell County Visitor Center. Orientation Video. Partnership for the Sounds.
Lake Mattamuskeet Visitor Center. Orientation Video. Partnership for the Sounds.
Freshwater Wetlands. Six-program broadcast series on North American freshwater wetlands. The Biomes Project.
The Wild West. Thirty-program series on Western ecology with KLVX, Las Vegas.
Lake Waccamaw State Park Visitor Center Videos. Two videos on the natural history of Lake Waccamaw and endemic life. North Carolina State Parks and Malone Displays.
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences Exhibits. (Video media for exhibits in new museum to open in 2000. NC State Museum of Natural Sciences and Boston Productions.
NatureWorks. Scripting and footage for sixteen-program series on Adaptation, Communities, Interdependence and Diversity. New Hampshire Public Television and The Science Center of Squam Lake.
Cashie/Roanoke River Visitor Center Video. Orientation Video. Partnership for the Sounds and Design Dimensions.
Nature Neighborhood. Broadcast television series and teachers guide on Using The Outdoors to Teach Experiential Science (UTOTES.) National Science Foundation/NC State Museum of Natural Sciences.
American Deserts. Series on American deserts for educational broadcast and school markets. The Biomes Project.
Goose Creek State Park Visitor Center Video. Orientation Video. NC State Parks.

1991-1999

Shorelines. Three-program series on North American shorelines for educational broadcast and school markets. The Biomes Project.
Faces of Change: The Conservation of the Blue Wall narrated by Joanne Woodward. Documentary on environmental stewards in communities in the Jocassee Gorges area of the Carolinas. Environmental Leadership Center
The Jocassee Gorges. Informational program on the conservation of the Jocassee Gorges in the Carolinas for The Chattooga River Watershed Coalition and the NC Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
Grand Canyon Dayhiking. South Rim exhibit interactive for the Grand Canyon Association and Grand Canyon National Park.
Grand Canyon Hiking. Documentary on hiking in the Grand Canyon for the Grand Canyon Association and Grand Canyon National Park.
The Campaign for BioQuest. Capital campaign media to support expansion of the Museum of Life and Science.
Voices of Palau: Conservation in the Republic of Palau. Documentary on conservation efforts in our newest country, the Republic of Palau with Noah Idechong, Director of the Palau Conservation Society.
Journey through the Peninsula/Voices and Viewpoints 16 x 9 digital format Auditorium and interactive videos and audios for NC Estuarium / Partnership for the Sounds and Design Dimensions.
Exploring the Diversity of Life. Ten-program broadcast instructional television series comparing tropical rain forest and temperate North American Forests for children in grades 4-8.
Living on the Edge. Sixty-minute television documentary on building on the coast with Orrin Pilkey, Duke University, Michael Sheehan and North Carolina Public Television.
Wild, NC: Environmental Education in NC State Parks. Twenty-program broadcast series on North Carolina State Parks for North Carolina Public Television.
Freshwater Wetlands: Life at the Waterworks. Interactives, theater, broadcast and school videos to support National Science Foundation exhibit at North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences.
Wild Song. Music video on natural diversity. NC Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
The Rain Forest Pharmacy. Six one-hour documentaries produced in South American on medicinal uses of rain forest plants with American Botanical Council and Texas Pharmacy Foundation.
The Yellow Hat. Earth Day special for National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
A Walk in the Rain Forest with Dr. Jim Duke. Documentary on sustainable use of rain forest plants produced in Peru.
Life Devices, Data Earth, Aerospace 1 and 2. Three interactive videodiscs for NC Museum of Life and Science.
Ocracoke Island Summer/Learning from Experience. Documentary on experiential learning and barrier island ecology with NC State Museum of Natural Sciences.
Science of the Sea, Oceans Alive!, Oceanos Vivos, Seahouse. Three interactive videodiscs, forty-program series in English and Spanish for middle grade students, thirty-program series for K-2 students illustrating science concepts with The Altschul Group, Marine Grafics, NC Public TV, and Maryland Public Television. The Biomes Project.
Full Circle. Thirty-minute program on school recycling for The Classroom Channel/The Learning Channel/Discovery Education.