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Grow Food Not Lawns!

Gimme Green (2007)

Plant a Front Yard Community Garden and Meet Your Neighbors

Permaculture Has Some Incredible Solutions For Transforming Suburbia Into Resilient Communities

The Problem Is the Solution: How Permaculture-Designed Household Isolation Can Lead to Retrosuburbia

From Gangs to Gardens (2014)

Lawns Are for Suckers. Plant a Garden - for the Climate!

The Soil Solution To Climate Change (2013)

Growing an Abundance of Food in the City Using Permaculture

From Floating Food Forests to Vacant Lot Crops, Urban Farming Is Taking Root Across America

Growing Huge Amounts of Food on 1/2 an Acre - Urban Abundance

The Anarchist Urban Ecosystem: A Rethinking of the Urban Environment

3 Acres in Detroit - Transforming Abandoned Properties into Urban Farms

Heal The Land, Heal The Spirit : Wanda Stewart

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015) ($5)

Down To Earth: Small Farm Issues In a Big Farm World (2013)

Re-Learning the Land: a Story of Red Crow College (2015)

How Gardening Helps Students Grow

Homeless People Plant a Huge Organic Garden, and Feed an Entire Shelter

Inspiring Short Films

Today I Rise: This Beautiful Short Film Is Like a Love Poem For Your Heart and Soul

The Most Mind-Altering Photograph of All Time

The Most Astounding Fact about the Universe

Alan Watts: What If Money Was No Object?

We Are Built To Be Kind

The Empathic Civilization (Animated)

He Didn't Always Speak. But when He Did, He Gave the Greatest Speech of All Time.

My Revolution: A Blazing Declaration for Inner & Global Transformation

The Astronauts Who Saw This Were Never the Same Again

The Revolution Is Love! Our Movement is for the 100%

A New Story of the People | Charles Eisenstein

Who Are You? Watching This Breathtaking Video Could Be the Moment You Change Your Life

Education

Schooling the World (2010)

Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside Of The Classroom (2015) ($2)

Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019) ($5)

A Science Of Teaching (2015)

Class Dismissed: A Paper Tiger Documentary (2004)

The War on Kids (2009) (trailer)

Education For a Sustainable Future (2012)

School Circles: Every Voice Matters (2018) ($5)

Ike - Knowledge Is Everywhere (2014)

Re-Learning the Land: a Story of Red Crow College (2015)

Re-Learning Hope: a Story of Unitierra (2016)

Brain Matters: Putting The First Years First (2020)

Ripple Effect (2014)

Free to Learn: A Radical Experiment in Education (2006)

Being and Becoming (2014) ($6)

The Forbidden Education (2012)

Why Do These Kids Love School? (1999)

COMMON NOTIONS: Handbook Not Required (2016)

Ecological Learning Through Direct Experience (2015)

Honest Government Ads

Honest Government Ad | 2022 Election (Season 2 Finale)

Honest Government Ads | 5 Year Special!

Honest Government Ad | We Make Everything Good Sh!t

Honest Government Ad | Net Zero by 2050 (feat. Greta)

Honest Government Ad | Climate Breakdown

Honest Government Ad | Q

Honest Government Ad | My Police State!

Honest Government Ad | TRUMP 2020

Honest Government Ad | War on Satire

Honest Government Ad | The Economy

Honest Government Ad | The Recession

Honest Government Ad | President Trump

Honest Government Ad | The Machine

Honest Government Ad | Julian Assange

Honest Government Ad | Coronavirus: Flatten The Curve

Honest Government Ad | Visit West Papua!

Visit Hawai'i - The Occupied State

How Government Works

The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State (2012)

Lifting the Veil: Obama and the Failure of Capitalist Democracy (2011)

Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations (2013)

Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

Governments Lie: Howard Zinn on Understanding Class, War, and Immigration Through History

Oliver Stone: The Untold History Of The United States (2012)

The Canary Effect: Kill the Indian, Save the Man (2006)

The Power of Nightmares (2004)

The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis (1987)

Who Rules America? (2012)

War By Other Means (1992)

The Century of the Self (2002)

The Shock Doctrine (2009)

Bitter Lake (2015)

Knock Down The House (2019)

Trending Articles

This Homophobic Tumblr Post Transformed Into a Dystopian LGBTI Adventure Novel and It Is Amazing

Joe Morgan

10 Quotes From an Oglala Lakota Chief That Will Make You Question Everything About Our Society

Wisdom Pills

Reinventing Progress: How to Move Beyond Technocracy

Charles Eisenstein

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 30 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending

Films For Action

Defiance in the Face of Oppression - Iranian Artist Atena Farghadani Defends the Right to Draw

Gavin Aung Than

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

Films For Action

25 Thought-Provoking Pieces From A Prize-Winning Polish Cartoonist

Pawel Kuczynski

22 Documentaries That Tell the Truth About How Government Really Works

Tim Hjersted

The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict

Tim Hjersted

How the Elite Deal With Sparks of Revolt

Bill Blunden

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

Comic: If Bart Simpson and Chris Griffin Went to Couples Therapy

Panic Volkushka

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek)

David Cain

The 12 Most Common Fallacious Gun Arguments - Refuted by a Responsible Gun Owner

Michael E Sparks

The Anarchist Urban Ecosystem: A Rethinking of the Urban Environment

Nathan Revercomb

When You Kill Ten Million Africans You Aren't Called 'Hitler'

Liam O'Ceallaigh

Documentaries by Scott Noble

The War at Home: The Untold History of Class War in the United States (2021)

Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations (2013)

The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State (2012)

Lifting the Veil: Obama and the Failure of Capitalist Democracy (2011)

Human Resources: Social Engineering In The 20th Century (2010)

Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

Rise Like Lions: OWS and the Seeds of Revolution (2011)

Guides

The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan's Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking

How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently

The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Centered Activism

Revolution without Upheaval: A Manual Of Change

Seven Building Blocks for a Post-Corona World

Coronavirus and Climate Activism: Five Common Lessons

Six Rules for Organizing a Grassroots Regeneration Revolution

HOLY SH*T! 7 Things to Do Instead of Hoarding Toilet Paper

Regenerative Cultures, Regenerative Economics & Bioregional Regeneration

What Does It Take to Start a Worker Co-Op? A Practical Video Guide to Democratizing Our Economy

5 Guiding Principles for Social Justice

Positive Thinking in a Dark Age: A 12-Step Guide to Gracefully Responding to a Collapsing Dominant Culture

A Do No Harm, but Take No Sh*t Guide to Dealing With Others.

Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap For Radicals

How to Not Be Offended

The Steps Toward Self Empowerment

10 Things to Know About Nonviolent Struggle

The Feynman Technique - 3 Steps to Learning Something New

How to Resist the Pressures of Conformity

How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul

Wendell Berry: 17 Rules for a Sustainable Local Community

5 Steps to Turn Your Business into a Worker-owned Co-op

4 Steps to Free Yourself From Overwhelm

The Tao Te Ching: Wisdom for Aspiring Leaders and Change-Makers of Every Kind

9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible

Lao Tzu's Four Rules for Living

A Manual for a New Era of Direct Action

The Most Amazing Guide to Leadership Ever

Guide to Building a Solidarity Network

Documentaries by Peter Charles Downey

Spiritually Incorrect (2020) ($5)

Shopping for Freedom: Escape from the Cult of Consumerism (2019)

Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)

Surviving Earth (2014)

United Natures: a United Nations of all Species (2013)

Anima Mundi: Permaculture, Deep Ecology & the Soul of the World (2011)

The Best Films For Action

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

Films For Action University: a Map for Navigating the Transition From Empire to Earth Community

100 Short Films to Expand Your Consciousness

The New Story Revolution: Over 75 Films & Articles About the Movement With Many Names

87 Deeply Subversive Documentaries That Challenge the Status Quo

93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness

90 Inspiring, Visionary Films That Will Change How You See the World in Profound Ways

22 Documentaries That Tell the Truth About How Government Really Works

13 Films about Post-Growth Economics

27 Documentaries About War That the US Government Doesn't Want You to See

Top 15 Documentaries That Explain Why the Occupy Wall Street Movement Was Born

Anti-Fascist Activism & The Value of Nonviolence

How to Smash Neo-Nazi Events

The Strategic Naiveté of Antifa

Why the Moral Argument for Nonviolence Matters

How to Take on Fascism Without Getting Played

Can Antifa Build an Effective Broad-Based Anti-Fascist Movement?

Why Black Bloc Tactics Won't Build a Successful Movement

Violence, Authoritarianism, and the Future of America: Using Science to Progress Past Tribalism

How (Not) to Challenge Racist Violence

Former White Supremacist: Why Punching Nazis in the Face Is a Bad Idea

How Norway Avoided Becoming a Fascist State

We Need a Revolution: Overcoming Fascism with a Movement of Love

How Should We Protest Neo-Nazis? Lessons From German History

The Cult of Violence Always Kills the Left

Don't Feed the Trolls — How to Combat the Alt-Right

Towards a Tranformative Anti-Fascism

It's Time to Go on the Offensive Against Racism

Why Nazis Are so Afraid of These Clowns

Small German Town Tricks Neo-Nazis Into Marching Against Themselves

The Hard Left Antifa And Their Call To Arms (2018)

Violence Brought Us Trump, It's Not How We Will Stop Him

Trending Documentaries

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The Twelve: A Tale of Wisdom & Unity (2019)

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Medicating Normal (2021) ($5)

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HOME (2009)

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Our Consumer Society (2022)

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The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)

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The Third Harmony: Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature (2020) ($5)

School Circles: Every Voice Matters (2018) ($5)

Shift Change: True Stories of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces (2013) ($5)

A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006) ($5)

TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017) ($5)

Let Them Eat Dirt: The Hunt For Our Kids' Missing Microbes (2019) ($5)

The Nature of Cities (2010) ($5)

A Quest For Meaning (2017) ($5)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015) ($5)

A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization (2016) ($5)

Fly By Light: A Film about Discovering Your True Nature (2015) ($5)

Oyler: Can a School Save a Community? (2015) ($5)

We Are Many (2020) ($5)

The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020) ($5)

Call Of Life: Facing The Mass Extinction (2010) ($5)

Spiritually Incorrect (2020) ($5)

To The Ends of the Earth (2016) ($5)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013) ($5)

Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019) ($5)

Paradise with Side Effects (2004) ($5)

Accidental Anarchist (2017) ($5)

Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds and Sovereignty (2017) ($5)

The Staging Post: Courageous People Never Give Up! (2017) ($5)

Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh (1993) ($5)

Freedom Ahead: Democracy Does Not Offer Freedom, Nature Does (2012) ($5)

Broken On All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice (2012) ($5)

Films about Localization - the Solution to Globalization and Destructive, Infinite-Growth Economics

Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution (2022)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Bioregional Living: A Permaculture Guide to Food and Energy Independence | Andrew Faust (2020)

The Movement for Localization Is Growing Rapidly, Worldwide

LOCAL: A Story Of Hope

World Localization Day 2020 (Short Version) Be Part of this Inspirational Movement for Change!

Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement

Locally Abundant (2012)

The Economics of Happiness (Abridged Version)

Helena Norberg-Hodge: An Overview of Localization

New Member Submissions

'Not a Justification but a Provocation': Chomsky on the Root Causes of the Russia-Ukraine War

Reinventing Progress: How to Move Beyond Technocracy

Abby Martin’s Speech on US Sanctions & Economic Gangsterism

Lakota Human Remains Stolen from US Army Massacre Hoarded by Private Museum (2022)

Oliver Stone & Abby Martin: Down the JFK Rabbit Hole

Central Bank Digital Currencies And the Social Nature of Money

Transhumanism and the Metaverse

Rize. (2022)

Breaking Free From Mass Formation with Mattias Desmet

Pale Blue Dot (2015)

Stephen Jenkinson | Still

Immoral Code (2022)

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