Don't let polluters harm our health by weakening the Clean Air Act! Visit our campaign page http://earthjustice.org/right2breathe follow us on twitter #right2breathe and sign the declaration http://earthjustice.org/right2breathe/declare The Right to Breathe Declaration Clean air should be a fundamental right. Every year, many Americans young and old ge
Millions of Americans suffer from asthma, however most people don't know how brutal it is to live with the disease. Breathing is a fundamental right, yet every day air pollution is affecting millions of American's Right to Breathe. Tell congress and the EPA that you support a strong Clean Air Act and that everyone has the right to breathe clean air. Learn more at...
No matter who's elected, the system wins, so we may as well die bold (laughing). Electile Dysfunction is 45 minutes of remix video art bringing you the best political gaffes and education money can't buy: The damned lies of Margaret Thatcher, communities resisting foreclosure and gentrification by taking back their homes, candidates like Vermin Supreme who are not, unfortunately, on your...
*Exxon hates your children. It's a serious accusation. And it deserves a serious explanation. Click here to learn more
Colin Beavan decides to completely eliminate his personal impact on the environment for the next year. It means eating vegetarian, buying only local food, and turning off the refrigerator. It also means no elevators, no television, no cars, busses, or airplanes, no toxic cleaning products, no electricity, no material consumption, and no garbage. No problem – at least for...
Ever seen anything like it? Talk about sustainabilitiy and reusing. Prepare to have your mind blown with what can be made from discarded materials. Hear the gorgeous and fluid sounds play from these instruments, just like the commercial ones. Incredible! One man's trash really is another man's treasure~ Like them on Facebook , share this video, and help spread the word about these kids and...
A favorite hobby horse of Climate Denialists is that there is some kind of invisible, undetectable influence from the sun that is responsible for the unequivocal warming of the last century. Let's put that crock under a microscope and see where the cracks are.
Six weeks. Two bamboo bikes. A camera. A continent of environmental stories, struggles and successes. Plus, several thousand kilometers of twisted little roads stringing it all together. Welcome to GREEN RIDERS: Southeast Asia. From June 2012 Kenny and Jamie will journey by bike and other sustainable means from Phuket, Thailand to Bali, Indonesia.
One girl's journey to rescue a giant inspires a movement. Juliette is fourteen years old and she is on a mission to save elephants. After single-handedly raising funds Juliette embarks on a life-altering journey to South East Asia to work with her hero, The Elephant Lady.
Maximum Tolerated Dose is the first feature-length documentary by Decipher Films. The film charts the lives of both humans and non-humans who have experienced animal testing first-hand, with hauntingly honest testimony of scientists and lab technicians whose ethics demanded they choose a different path, as well as the simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of animals who have...
Narrated by Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman, the film follows The Global Commission on Drug Policy on a mission to break the political taboo over the United States led War on Drugs and expose what it calls the biggest failure of global policy in the last 40 years. Part 2 is the trailer. Part 1 has Deutsche subtitles but most of the film has English speakers. Let us break the...
FRANKENSTEER is a disturbing yet compelling documentary that reveals how the ordinary cow is being transformed into an antibiotic dependent, hormone-laced potential carrier of toxic bacteria, all in the name of cheaper food.
Real problems, not #FirstWorldProblems A new campaign created by one of the world’s leading creative agencies, DDB NY, has set the internet ablaze with its controversial attempt to raise awareness for the devastating problems currently facing many developing nations across the globe. The advert, created for the charitable organisation Water is Life, features Haitian...
Soot, also known as black carbon, is the second-leading cause of global warming after carbon dioxide, and it's totally preventable. We already have the technology to avoid producing it; it's just a matter of using it. For more information, go to http://earthjustice.org/our_work/campaigns/stop-soot-now
John Perkins, author of "Confessions of an Economic Hitman", explains why we need to remember the value of a buck. Interview filmed by Katie Teague for the film "Money & Life."
One simple choice you make has the power to reduce pollution, save resources, combat world hunger, improve your health and create a kinder world. Want to know how? Watch this message from Animals Australia and Meat Free Mondays - an initiative of Do Something! and the Fry's Family Foundation. Part 2 Factory farming is a huge problem. But the solution is simple, if you'll...
This documentary uncovers perplexing survey of the Congo’s myriad resistance groups. Besides the fragmented Lord’s Resistance Army , the Democratic Republic of Congo is also home to militant groups such as the Mai-Mai, the Raia Mutomboki, and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda. But the greatest threat to regional stability could very well be a group known as M23...
M.U.S.T. Co-Founder, Tanyette Colon follows the Minisink, NY community through their 16 month battle of stopping a 12000 HP Gas Compressor Station from being built in the middle of a residential/agriculture zone with 200 homes within a half mile of the site. Minisink, NY is home to many 9/11 First Responders, Organic farmers and many young families. In Episode One: Throwing Stones at Goliath...
What happens when an Internet revolution merges with a renewable energy revolution? Jeremy Rifkin, author of 19 books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment and adviser to President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, speaks about a new Third Industrial Revolution - one based on a...
According to several NGO's "Cari Hutan - In Search of Forest" is one of the most informative, educative, yet entertaining documentaries ever made about the subject of deforestation in Indonesia. “Cari Hutan” is, above all, a road movie that takes the audience on a journey, by hitchhiking and boat, through Kalimantan in search of the last remaining forests. A film that unleashes...
In this episode of Subculture Club we meet a few Freegans in New York City and learn about their strategies for practical living. We explore why they take limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Created by Cindy Rosin.
Indigenous tourism helps to reconcile the two different Australian peoples: the Europeans want to be forgiven for the tragic colonial period, and the Aborigines try to preserve their ancient roots from the present and the future. But the geographical isolation of the indigenous communities faced with problems in economic development underlines the fragile balance between tradition and...
Citizens Of The World: We must work together to solve our problems. For the sake of our children and all future generations, let us put past differences aside and work together to create a sustainable world that works for everybody.
Get ready to meet someone you'll never forget. See the incredible rescue, and the shocking reality of what came before. Produced by Seth Webster for Farm Sanctuary. Visit their website! ~Farm Sanctuary~
Koch Brothers Exposed is a hard-hitting investigation of the 1% at its very worst. This full-length documentary film on Charles and David Koch—two of the world’s richest and most powerful men—is the latest from acclaimed director Robert Greenwald ( Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Price , Outfoxed , Rethink Afghanistan ). The billionaire brothers bankroll a vast network of...
Things always find a way to happen ... A pen leaking. Your shoelace coming untied. Toxic chemicals in your drinking water. What?! Watch this video to learn how the more oil and gas companies frack, the more trouble is finding ways to happen. Learn More and get involved at http://www.earthjsutice.org/fracking
Jen Slotterback was hiking in her favorite park when she found signs of surveying for industrial gas drilling, or fracking. She went home and told her husband Jim, and although the two had never been actively involved in the issue of gas drilling, they immediately began a campaign to save the park. The board that controlled the park was set to vote on whether to drill in the park in 11 days...
As a Cholera epidemic rages in Haiti, the United Nations denies it is responsible for introducing the disease despite glaring evidence suggesting Nepalese peacekeepers are to blame. Baseball in the Time of Cholera is the story of a young Haitian boy who plays in Haiti's first little league baseball team and the Haitian Lawyer seeking justice against the UN. As the epidemic spreads, the two...
You'll never look at animals the same way again. Especially humans. Modern farms have been struggling to keep a secret. Most of the animals used for food in the United States are raised in giant, bizarre factories, hidden deep in remote areas of the countryside. Speciesism: The Movie set out to investigate. But this is just the beginning. In 1975, a young writer published a book...
Narrated by Ed Asner, "tax the rich" is an 8 minute video about how we arrived at this moment of poorly funded public services and widening economic inequality. Things go downhill in a happy and prosperous land after the rich decide they don't want to pay taxes anymore. They tell the people that there is no alternative, but the people aren't so sure. This land bears a startling resemblance to...
Trailer for the 25th Anniversary Edition DVD of THE ANIMALS FILM. Shockingly relevant to today, the controversial classic film about the exploitation of animals in modern society, narrated by Academy Award Winner Julie Christie. Buy the DVD here.
Acadamy award winner James Cromwell of L.A. Confidential, The Longest Yard, and many other movies, explains that animal testing is cruel and counter-productive. This video takes us through just a small observation of the surface of animal testing through a number of facilities including: University of California, Riverside, Boys Town Research Center, University of North Carolina, Iams...
Comedian Louis C.K., Activist Peter Joseph, and Euro Co-Architect Bernard Lietaer break down and expose the big bad joke that is The Federal Reserve, with help from the self-incriminating former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn. It offers a potential solution in the form of mutual credit clearing systems that eliminate the concept of...
I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as “Ace Ventura,” “Liar Liar,&rdquo...
Farm Sanctuary's Bruce Friedrich talks at the 2011 Animal Rights National Conference in Los Angeles, California. Want to know how to best get your voice heard for the animals? Bruce gives you the knowledge you need to get out there effectively, emphasizing the use of animal message wear, leaflets and the socratic method. +++ Don't forget to rate and comment! Thank You =3 Check out...
TEACHED: The Path to Prison Synopsis TEACHED is a new short film series examining the causes and consequences of education inequality in America. THE PATH TO PRISON takes a look at the under-education and over-incarceration of black men in America. The United States now bears the ominous title of being the world's most prolific jailer: with only 5% of the population, we represent 25% of the...
Bad Medicine is the first UK produced film exposing the full implications of basing a system of medicine on the practice of animal experimentation, or vivisection, and was produced to counter the bombardment of pro-vivisection propaganda that has been purposely manufactured and disseminated by a media – the BBC in particular – that has been only too eager to take up without...
Slide presentation by Gary L. Francione about the theoretical and practical differences between animal rights and animal welfare. Professor Francione argues that there are profound theoretical and practical differences between animal rights and animal welfare. He is critical of what he calls “new welfarism,” or the position that incremental improvements in animal welfare...
Gary Yourofsky's inspirational speech at Georgia Tech, summer 2010. Kick back, relax, and open your ears to this powerful, straightforward speaker who dispels the many myths widely believed about how animals are treated in our society for a myriad of purposes and emphasizes how the use of these animals contributes to animal exploitation as well as environmental and humanitarian concerns. Open...
Werner Boote presents an up-close and personal view of the controversial and fascinating material that has found its way into every facet of our daily lives: plastic. He takes us on a journey around the globe, showing that plastics have become a threat for both environment and human health.
Thom Hartmann describes a society based on cooperation and the idea that we're all in this together. Compares our current "me" society with a potential "we" society.
Documentary about non-human animal testing for experimental human psychology and why it is not useful. With commentaries by Donald Barnes (Phychologist), Murry Cohen, MD (Psychiatrist, Former Medical Director, Narcotics Rehabillitation Center, Mount Sinal Hospital, NY), Kenneth Shapiro (physchologist), Dr. Michael Grant (Professor of psychology University of Bridgeport) and Dr. Tom Regan...
An in-depth investigation into the health of pedigree dogs. The programme examines the level of inherited disease and other welfare concerns in man's best friend, featuring interviews with experts. It reveals the surprising historical factors that have contributed to problems in some breeds and explores what might be done to tackle these serious and debilitating health issues.
What kind of being do you hope inhabits the world decades from now? I hope it will be a creature that understands what the true bottom line is. David Suzuki explains the fallacy of conventional economics, in an interview done for the BBC.
The Algonquin once lived in harmony with the vast territory they occupied. This balance was upset when the Europeans arrived in the 16th century. Gradually, their Aboriginal traditions were undermined and their natural resources plundered. Today, barely 9,000 Algonquin are left. They live in about 10 communities, often enduring abject poverty and human rights abuses. These Aboriginal...
This is a film about Hannah Bradley who was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour in 2011, age 26. Even after surgery and radiotherapy, Hannah's future was still severely limited. Her partner Pete Cohen searched for a solution and found Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski. Burzynski had been developing a treatment for cancer for over 40 years. This is their story.
The Arctic holds thirteen percent of the world’s undiscovered oil and thirty percent of its untapped natural gas, which is trillions of dollars of potential profit. And that means, here in the far north, issues of sovereignty, security, environment, and trade are intersecting at colossal pace. This documentary looks at the potential environmental impact of resource extraction in the...
Dispatches investigates one of the most powerful and influential political lobbies in Britain, which is working in support of the interests of the State of Israel. Despite wielding great influence among the highest realms of British politics and media, little is known about the individuals and groups which collectively are known as the pro-Israel lobby. Political commentator Peter Oborne...
Take Action Now - http://earthjustice.org/coalashaction Every year power plants generate 140 million tons of coal ash, enough to fill a train stretching from the North Pole to the South Pole. It contains chemicals like arsenic, mercury and lead. It can cause cancer and developmental problems. It poisons fish and wildlife in rivers and lakes. In some places the ash is dumped into...
What began with a group of young people being strangers to each other, distanced, characterized by the political situation of their home country and tensed and stressed, quickly turned into a welcomed and long overdue platform of exchange, exploration of similarities and warm personal discussion. And it turned in the basic conclusion that in our core we are not so different from each other...