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TheLastFarm
Eight years ago, the Ecosystem Restoration Communities (ERC) movement began with a simple but powerful belief: that everyday people everywhere could restore the land beneath their feet and, in doing so, restore hope for our shared future.
Ecosystem Restoration Communities Staff
The minimum living wage has reignited the debate on basic income. But would it be viable in the face of eco-social collapse? A basic land income could be an alternative suited to this scenario.
Manuel Casal Lodeiro
A study published in the Lancet Planetary Health highlights how humanity's continued reliance on plastics—which are primarily derived from planet-heating fossil fuels—is expected to harm global health over the next couple of decades.
Jessica Corbett
Ashley McCollum's quiet, small-town life "changed in an instant" on the night of Feb. 3, 2023, when a Norfolk Southern "bomb train" derailed near her home in East Palestine, OH. The derailment, followed by the disastrous decision to "vent and burn" multiple carloads of...
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By every measure, shifting from fossil fuels to electrification, renewables, and energy efficiency and conservation is far more beneficial to most people than following the same fossil-fueled road.
David Suzuki
Every one that goes up incrementally reduces the attractiveness of the oil that underlies so much conflict and tyranny, including Trump's latest attack on Venezuela.
Bill Mckibben
"These corporations and their partners continue to sell the public a comforting lie to hide the hard truth: that we simply have to stop producing so much plastic," said one campaigner.
Brett Wilkins
Nearly 70% of the grain grown in this country—corn, soy, wheat, and barley—never feeds a single human being. Instead, it’s fed to pigs, chickens, and cows packed into industrial animal factories.
Matthew Dominguez
When a mega-billionaire carps that a “doomsday outlook” is harming the climate movement, it's important to say many things in response, including this: he's dead wrong.
Juan Cole
The word communism has been dragged through history as a banner for human politics. However, its Latin origin, communis, means shared, as in belonging to all. Long before Marx or Lenin, this was not an ideology but a condition of existence. Everything that lives participates...
Don Christoff
When climate change intensified the frequent droughts in the Kalahari woodlands of eastern Botswana, a determined family of caring people welcomed hundreds of thirsty elephants at Elephant Sands Bush Camp. The family struggles to provide water to as many as 500 refugee...
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When we begin to act with deep time in mind, perhaps future generations will remember us not for what we took, but for what we tended, protected, and passed on.
Darby Weaver
When Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring" was published in 1962, the book became a phenomenon. A passionate and eloquent warning about the long-term dangers of pesticides, the book unleashed an extraordinary national debate and was greeted by vigorous attacks from the chemical...
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One could say that ‘bioregioning’ is our species long-term evolutionary survival pattern and hence a return to it may well be the most promising pathway our species can take through the tumultuous if not catastrophic decades ahead.
Daniel Christian Wahl
What do humans who aren't consumers look like? What happens when we find ways of feeding ourselves and each other without buying or selling food?
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Peak oil calls on us to imagine a lower-energy future and to start adapting now. It’s a game-changer, and a life-changer.
Richard Heinberg
Bryce and Misty have spent the last 12 years building a cob home, homesteading, living off the grid, and homeschooling their two daughters. They live without a car, so for transportation, they use taxis and bicycles, and they eventually hope to have a cart that their two...
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Imagine a world where the homes we live in, the clothes we wear, and even the sensors in our electronics weren’t manufactured, but grown. Mycelium, the root structure of fungi, is shaking up everything from sustainable construction to meatless bacon. It’s turning agricultural...
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How did a community beat Jeff Bezos? When Amazon proposed a massive, water-guzzling data center out Tucson, community members organized and shut it down. Here's how they took on the multi-trillion dollar company, and won.
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In the face of widespread ecological destruction, social injustice, economic deprivation, there are powerful countercurrents. 'Ordinary' people in several parts of India are resisting the disruption of their lives by constructing alternatives in the form of sustainable...
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JBS, the Brazilian meat-packing giant known for bribery and corruption scandals, just went public. The company was previously denied access to U.S. markets — until they donated millions to Trump’s inaugural fund. Now, small farms across the country are sounding the alarms.
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In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I examine the destructive nature of Trump and his fossil fascist (and at times ecofascist) tendencies. Specifically, I look at how the American far-right has captured power in the United States and is barrelling...
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Rainforest Action Network has been campaigning for No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation (NDPE) policy for years, and right now they have their sights set on Mondelēz, the corporation that makes Oreos and also continues to use conflict palm oil.
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Dupont and 3M have been secretly poisoning America for decades. PFAs — also known as forever chemicals—are now in our food, water, clothes, and our blood. These companies knew its chemicals were highly toxic. But they chose to use them on everything you own.
19 min
Andrew Nisker is back with a new documentary, This Film is Garbage! Is the future greener—or bleaker—than before? Nisker is determined to find out. In this film, he challenges the Masons, a typical Canadian family of four to keep their trash for 3 months. Andrew compares this...
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System Update isn’t just a film—it’s a rallying call for a better future. This film shows how radical shifts in political, economic, and social systems can protect people from climate change. After all, the majority of people across the globe want the changes needed, as UN...
58 min
Can you restore forests without planting trees? Technically, yes, and it might even be faster and better if you actually restore forests without planting saplings. At least in Grassland landscapes. But let us give you some context!
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Documentary | UK, India and USA Director: Sheena Sumaria, Executive Producer: Christopher HirdLicensed for personal at-home viewing.
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What happens when a study goes viral? After the “trillion tree” campaign captured the internet's imagination, YouTube sensation, MrBeast, raised 20 million dollars to plant 20 million trees. But did they survive? We went to check in on them… and were shocked. In this episode...
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Stephen Jenkinson is a storyteller, a ceremonialist, an off-grid farmer and a "grief literacy advocate". He's the author of many books, including prize winner "Die Wise". Jenkinson, along with his wife Nathalie Roy, is the founder of the Orphan Wisdom school, which operated...
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Today we will be exploring the homes abandoned in New Albany, Ohio, and why they went abandoned. - Stringer media
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Revolution or Death is a three-part collaboration between Peter Gelderloos and subMedia. Part 1, 'Short Term Investments,’ examines the official response to the climate crisis and how it's failing.
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What does a rain jacket or a pan have to do with our health and environment? A lot. They can contain "forever chemicals” or PFAS, which are seriously harmful and never degrade. We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way.
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There’s nothing quite as satisfying as watching a fictional character obliterate some poor soul with a monologue so sharp it could split atoms. Whether it’s Matt Damon roasting an Ivy League trust fund kid or Eminem fact-checking his battle rap opponent into oblivion—when the...
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Award-winning filmmakers Anne Macksoud and John Ankele offer their new short film and call to action, THE HOTTEST YEAR IN HUMAN HISTORY: AND WHERE WE GO FROM HERE, featuring author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben.
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They are mostly invisible, essential for life on earth and could be the building blocks of our future. Here's how fungi can clean up our soils from the mess we created - and even house us.
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This 1962 documentary film produced by the Los Angeles Fire Department, describes the historic Bel Air / Brentwood wildfire that started on November 5, 1961 in the Bel Air community of Los Angeles. Over the course of three days, the wind-driven fire destroyed 484 homes...
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In this perceptive and radical talk, Daniel Wahl PhD observes that we are standing at the dawn of the planetary era.
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Deep Ecology delves into the profound interconnectedness of our personal and collective grief with the ecological and systemic crises engulfing our planet. At its heart lies the transformative practice of community acknowledgment and expression—rituals where participants...
53 min
When Hydro-Québec announced its intention to proceed with the enormous James Bay II hydroelectric project, the 15,000 Cree who live in the region decided to stand up to the giant utility. With unprecedented access to key figures like Cree leader Matthew Coon Come and American...
77 min
The one-million strong Landless Workers Movement (MST) is a backbone of the Brazilian left, famous for its mass actions and radical land occupations all across the Brazilian countryside. While fighting agribusiness giants, the MST has become the largest producer of organic...
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In A Dying Sea: The Disaster of the Sea of Marmara, filmmaker Florian Seltmann examines one of the most alarming ecological crises in recent history. In 2021, the Sea of Marmara faced an unprecedented spread of mucilage—a dense, slimy organic substance—triggered by untreated...
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A desperate struggle between conservationists and oil interests plays out in Yasuni Man, as the indigenous peoples living in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon struggle to preserve their way of life against encroaching modernity. Filmmaker and biologist Ryan Patrick Killackey...
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“Leave the oil in the ground? Give up more than a billion dollars a year? Put nature above the economy? What madness is this?”
Pablo Solón
What was the Last Hope camp, what did we achieve, and what now?
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14.8% of Americans do not believe in climate change. Recently, a study mapping a 485-million-year history of Earth’s temperature and CO2 levels has been misinterpreted by some who downplay urgent climate concerns. Their argument suggests that, since the Earth has experienced...
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In this video essay, I explore the complicated nature of ethical consumerism. Specifically, I unpack what the idea of "there's no ethical consumption under capitalism" really means, and look at how brands have co-opted ethical messaging for corporate gains. - OCC
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"In this video essay, I look at the environmental and social cost of the military and militarism. I narrow in on the United States military-industrial complex because it is by far the biggest military machine in the world. I look at how the military and the...
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In this video essay, OCC examines the disaster of another Trump presidency and the implementation of Project 2025. In short, Trump will build a fossil fascist regime that would not only be catastrophic for oppressed people everywhere but also lock-in climate chaos for decades...
22 min
We've all heard the news about the recent hurricanes in the southeast. But the surprising part is the conspiracy theories that have arisen, implying that the government deliberately manufactured and deployed them. This is totally idiotic on so many levels, the primary level...
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Fossil fuel executives have funded a massive, 50-year-long campaign to lie to the American people, cloud the science, and buy off Republican politicians. Untold millions will die and suffer as a result, but will their ever be one iota of accountability?
Thom Hartmann
"You can find examples of really big environmental problems that we've already solved.” Climate change is solvable, argues Hannah Ritchie.
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From the front line of climate change in Iraq, BBC News Arabic unmasks an invisible killer: air pollution, investigating a hidden epidemic of cancer and the deadly impact of oil production on children and the planet.
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What if, in the midst of global uncertainty and ecological distress, we chose to focus our attention on the ways people come together—across cultures and continents—to care for life’s most essential gift? "Water is Love" embodies this hope. Rooted in the power of shared...
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If you are not sure, why the vote this year will be important, take a listen to this video. The animation has been done in OpenToonz The reading has been done with help of Voicemaker.in
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The Australien Government has made an ad about our environment laws, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.
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Breaking Boundaries tells the story of the most important scientific discovery of our time - that humanity has pushed Earth beyond the boundaries that have kept Earth stable for 10,000 years, since the dawn of civilization.
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Sammy Gensaw III, a dynamic young Yurok leader, shares some of his experiences working for ecological and cultural revival along the Klamath River, central to his people’s identity and livelihood.
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Imagine a world where deserts bloom into lush gardens at the touch of human hands. What if our presence on Earth could spark life, not diminish it? Dive into a journey of ancient wisdom where native people didn't just inhabit the land, they enriched it, turning barren grounds...
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The Tasmanien Government has made a tourism ad and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
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A West African travels across continents for a year, as he struggles to adapt and learn viable solutions to waste management at his different destination countries.…
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An indigenous woman from the Peruvian Andes who cannot read or write, stands up to the largest gold producer in the world, US-based Newmont Mining Corporation.
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The documentary exposes the global cost and consequences of the destruction of nature. Life-giving rivers have been especially badly hit. Shot on location in Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Albania, and Poland, conveys a strong message about one of the greatest...
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"Last Call!" is a cinematic examination of the question of who determines our future. The filmmakers Esther Petsche and Samuel Schlaefli accompany climate activists, climate researchers and artists during the historic UN climate conference "COP26" in Glasgow and document how...
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Recounting his love of the water, Ray Lewis, OAM, snorkels among the vibrant sea life of the marine sanctuary he has worked to protect.
Written, Produced and Directed by Tim Brown and Michael Portway
Editor and Sound Design | Tim Brown
Colorist | Michael Portway
Awards...
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Official reports state that a worker falls victim to toxic chemical poisoning in the manufacturing process every five hours, though the actual toll is suspected to be much higher. Captured discreetly over a span of three years, 'Complicit' chronicles the journey of Yi Yeting...
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Ecosophia means ecological wisdom in Greek and this documentary explores the meta-crisis and interrelation between energy, the laws of thermodynamics, the economy, resources, exponential growth, climate change, population, psychology and degrowth solutions.
77 min
Award-winning documentary, The Wild is a race against time. “Newly into addiction recovery, an urgent threat emerges to spur fisherman/filmmaker, Mark Titus back to the wilds of Alaska, where the people of Bristol Bay and its storied wild salmon runs face devastation if a...
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Elliot’s had a frightful epiphany: there are fewer rhinos left in the world than students at his university. So he’s become one, and set out single-minded to save them.
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From ancient civilizations to modern innovations, humanity has always relied on nature's gifts. Today we’ll be exploring the dynamic potential of kelp, bamboo, and hemp in sowing the seeds of a solarpunk future.
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A cinematic and musical odyssey that explores the remarkable relationship between humans and rivers. Written by Robert Macfarlane with music by Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) and featuring music by Jonny Greenwood and Radiohead and narration by...
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Fungi is able to link a whole group of trees through their root systems, creating a 'wood wide web' called the Mycorrhizal Network. Using this network, trees are able to pass nutrients, chemical and electrical signals to each other raising the alarm when being attacked.
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Blood Lions, an award-winning documentary exposes the terrible truth behind the cub petting, predator breeding, canned lion hunting and lion bone industries in South Africa.
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Drought, forest fires and increasingly frequent storms. Climate change is destroying our forests. All over the world, people are looking for ways to keep them from dying out. Yet nature itself knows best what forests need to thrive.
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What can one person do? What can a group of people do? What do we want to leave behind? In the film "Imprint" we visit 13 projects in 13 different places where committed groups work for a vibrant future. A personal and poetic depiction of what it means to be fully human in...
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"When we talk about saving the world, what world are we talking about? Not the globe itself, obviously. But also not the biological world—the world of life. The world of life, strangely enough, is not in danger (though thousands and perhaps even millions of species are). Even...
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In this video essay, I examine the causes and destruction of our current industrialized food system. Specifically, I dive into the capitalist commodification of food, and how most of the industrialized farming that takes place in the imperial core doesn't produce crops for...
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What Are Technics? is a short series about culture and technology, and how the two emerge from each other. What sort of culture invents an iPhone, for example, and then how does that technology shape the culture in-turn? And with that cyclical interplay, which outcomes are...
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"One of the best things you'll (n)ever see." Separated Interbeings is a film collage of our diverse and complex world caught on camera, creatively put together to open deeper perspectives and insights on the world we live in.
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In the face of threats to our farming future such as climate change, people are innovating to protect and regenerate our most vital resources – soil, water, seeds, and our farmer workforce. Growing Solutions features a centuries-old water conservation method, a farmer who’s...
42 min
The Canadian Government has made a new tourism ad and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!
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During the darkest hours of the night, while the rest of the world is sleeping, outdoor photographer Paul Zizka ventures out into the wilderness in search of the world’s starriest skies. His journey to photograph the celestial wonders takes him from his home amongst the peaks...
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When the coal seam gas industry staked a claim on the Northern Rivers region of Australia, alarm bells rang out. Thousands of people from all walks of life organised themselves to rally against the unconventional gas invasion. But despite the enormous public opposition, the...
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A poem for the planet, Metamorphosis captures the true scale of the global environmental crisis. Forest fires consume communities, species vanish, and entire ecosystems collapse. But this crisis is also an opportunity for transformation. Through a tidal flow of stunning...
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Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature points to how deeply we’ve lost touch with nature – and takes us on a mesmerizing cinematic journey through the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world.
76 min
We are in the midst of a climate crisis. It is imperative we understand what this means and what we can do to reverse the damage. BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
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Consumerism is destroying our earth and our wallets - here's how. In this video essay, we're discussing the advertisement-driven world we live in, the ways consumerism impacts personal finance, mental health, and the environment, and what we can do to combat consumerism.
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Microplastics have only recently become an issue outside the scientific world. A pioneering researcher in this field, Christian Laforsch is primarily interested in the long-term hazards they pose - something that could assume critical importance for us in the future...
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Narrated by Kate Winslet, Eating Our Way to Extinction is a cinematic feature documentary, taking audiences on a journey around the world and addressing the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. This powerful documentary sends a simple but impactful message by...
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Urban noise is a common problem, and the vast majority of it is created by motor vehicles. Noise is far too often dismissed as a minor nuisance, rather than the legitimate health issue that it is. The book "Curbing Traffic" has a chapter about the health impacts of noise...
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This video looks at why work is killing us and the planet. Specifically, I unpack how wage work under capitalism is inherently a system of exploitation of people and planet. In order to truly forge a zero-carbon world, we must do away with wage work and transform our...
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Janine Benyus reveals the natural intelligence found in the patterns and designs of nature all around us. We live in a competent, brilliant planet and are surrounded by genius with perfect timing and coordination, all without top down laws and policies. The organisms have all...
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Scientist Carl Safina explains the unique ways that animals use their natural intelligence to work together for survival. He explains that love is not unique to humans. We see many ways that animals feel connection with one another and will put themselves at risk to help...
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Learn how this mysterious "Angel's Glow" helped to heal the wounded soldiers, as described by George Monbiot in his new book Regenesis.
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How does a human being develop a relationship with a wild animal? Steve Karlin, of Wildlife Associates, is a wild animal rehabilitation expert that explains how animals can sense how we think and feel, and what they need in order to trust a relationship with a human.
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Scientist Suzanne Simard explains the complex intelligence of how trees communicate with one another and are super cooperators rather than competitors. This beautiful story takes you into the forest to see how trees share resources and protect each other from invaders and...
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When Xavier and Arantxa bought their land in Central Portugal they just wanted to have a little piece of selfsufficient heaven.. But two months after the purchase a huge wildfire raged over the area, turning everything black. Instead of giving up of and losing hope, drastic...
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