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When It Comes To Food Security, The Question Is, Where Do We Want To Go From Here?
When It Comes To Food Security, The Question Is, Where Do We Want To Go From Here?
Short film where a British Columbia farmer discusses where the sustainability movement is going and what needs to change to foster greater local and global resilience.
6 min · 937 views · unrated
Natural Farming With Masanobu Fukuoka: Minimal Effort And Abundant Yields
Natural Farming With Masanobu Fukuoka: Minimal Effort And Abundant Yields
Masanobu Fukuoka is a farmer/philosopher who lives on the Island of Shikoku, in southern Japan. His farming technique requires no machines, no chemicals and very little weeding. He does not plow the soil or use prepared compost and yet the condition of the soil in his...
61 min · 16,190 views · 5 stars
The Garden at the End of the World (trailer)
The Garden at the End of the World (trailer)
Gary Caganoff's 'captivating and gutsy' film on Afghanistan.
3 min · 7,555 views · 4.8 stars
2012: Time For Change (trailer)
2012: Time For Change (trailer)
“2012: Time for Change” presents an optimistic alternative to apocalyptic doom and gloom.  Directed by Emmy Award nominee João Amorim, the film follows journalist Daniel Pinchbeck, author of the bestselling 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, on a...
2 min · 6,929 views · 4.5 stars
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005)
The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer. An outcast in his community, Farmer John bravely stands amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and violence. By melding the traditions of family farming with the power of art and free expression, this powerful story of...
82 min · 41,566 views · 4.4 stars
Water Is Life: The Water Retention Landscape of Tamera
Water Is Life: The Water Retention Landscape of Tamera
Sepp Holzer and Bernd Mueller explain the construction, the effect and the basic ideas for the construction of a water retention landscape: a local and natural solution to the global problem of disturbed water balance. http://www.tamera.org
12 min · 7,395 views · 5 stars
The Fuck-it Point
The Fuck-it Point (2012)
A film about the dark side of civilization, why we should bring it down and why most civilized people don't.
42 min · 69,956 views · 4.5 stars
Another Life Is Possible: A Homage to Catalonia II
Another Life Is Possible: A Homage to Catalonia II (2010)
A documentary, a research project, a story of stories about the construction of a sustainable, solidary and decentralized economy. Weaving nets that overcome the individualization and the hierarchical division of work. Thousands of people every day all over the world. Here...
60 min · 7,738 views · 4 stars
NYC Free Fim Screening Confirmed 21-April-2013!
NYC Free Fim Screening Confirmed 21-April-2013!
Great news!  I got the minimum number of people for Meetup.com to announce the event, so it's official.  We are screening at the Brecht Forum 451 West Street, New York, NY
John Hechtman · 1,503 views · 3 stars
3 great FREE (political) films - Sun, April 21 @ 4 PM
3 great FREE (political) films - Sun, April 21 @ 4 PM
THREE great (FREE) films at the Brecht Forum - Sunday April 21 at 4:00 PM Meetup.com and the Brecht Forum are being kind enough to allow us to screen three fantastic films on Sunday, 21 at 4:00 PM.
John Hechtman · 2,734 views · 2 stars
What the Economic Crisis Really Means, and What We Can Do About It
What the Economic Crisis Really Means, and What We Can Do About It
Doing It Ourselves aims to broaden understanding of the debt crisis and peak resources and encourage action for the sake of personal preparedness, happiness and ethical living. This animation sums up the key challenges facing our global society of credit crisis and...
12 min · 13,725 views · 4.8 stars
Locally Abundant
Locally Abundant (2012)
In the summer of 2011, two young Maritimers, Justin Cantafio and Ryan Oickle, departed on a journey that would take them across Canada and back in just under four months. We left from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and travelled as far as the Discovery Islands Archipelago of British...
74 min · 11,101 views · 4.3 stars
A Shed Full of Cats
A Shed Full of Cats
When Mats arrived in Southern Spain, he came with nothing. He built a house with everything he could find and started planting fruit trees and vegetables. He created his home on the slope of the mountain and now lives an easy life with his sixteen cats, he even got a little...
15 min · 2,013 views · 3 stars
Top 10 Grassroots Movements That Are Taking on the World
Top 10 Grassroots Movements That Are Taking on the World
Waiting for political change to come about once every few years at election time is not only frustrating, but is an almost sure-fire way of ensuring that the changes you really want don’t get delivered within the time frames that are necessary. If we really want to see...
SHIFT · 17,321 views · 4.8 stars
4 Tips on "How to Grow Healthy Organic Bananas" with Brendon McKeon
4 Tips on "How to Grow Healthy Organic Bananas" with Brendon McKeon
4 Tips on How to Grow Healthy Organic Bananas click here: 
5 min · 250 views · unrated
Organic Banana COOP Drop Off ~ COSTA RICA
Organic Banana COOP Drop Off ~ COSTA RICA
To watch "Organic Banana COOP Drop Off" click here: http://youtu.be/rwzgudtgZ-Y
5 min · 156 views · unrated
Seattle's First Urban Food Forest Will Be Open To Foragers
Seattle's First Urban Food Forest Will Be Open To Foragers
If you're a regular reader of The Salt, you've probably noticed our interest in foraging. From San Francisco to Maryland, we've met wild food experts, nature guides and chefs passionate about picking fo
KRISTOFOR HUSTED · 6,933 views · 5 stars
With Detroit's Bankruptcy, Anarchists Have Begun Project "Free Detroit" - Starting a Community
With Detroit's Bankruptcy, Anarchists Have Begun Project "Free Detroit" - Starting a Community
The city of Detroit isn’t looking too pretty to date. On July 18th as many know, Detroit filed for bankruptcy after falling an estimated $20 billion in debt to over 100,000 creditors. Due to the inability for the city government to provide for goods and services it once...
Ezra Van Auken · 8,325 views · 4 stars
Community Seed Exchange Event at Vida Autentica in Costa Rica
Community Seed Exchange Event at Vida Autentica in Costa Rica
To watch "Community Seed Exchange Event at Vida Autentica in Costa Rica click here:
2 min · 147 views · unrated
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 1: Intro to the New Food Movement
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 1: Intro to the New Food Movement
Every person on earth needs food every day. Every day food is tended, harvested, transported, stored, and served up on our tables. In a very real sense, food cannot be separated from life itself. And so it has been said that changing the way we grow and eat food is one of the...
56 min · 17,010 views · 5 stars