Covid-19 Could Teach Us How to Avoid the Worst Consequences of Climate Change

A devastating problem crops up.

Elizabeth Sawin · unrated

Coronavirus and Climate Activism: Five Common Lessons

The pandemic is a testing ground for how to address the climate crisis, and vice-versa.

Nadia Colburn · unrated

From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning (1992)

The Kogi are the last surviving civilization from the days of the Inca and Aztec. They see themselves as the spiritual guardians of life on earth. For four centuries they lived in seclusion in the Sierra Nevada mountains, carefully guarding their isolation. When the tribal...

87 min · unrated

You Can’t Make This Sh*t Up Amerika – Anthropogenic Climate Change Is Real

You Can’t Make This Sh*t Up Amerika is a protest post-punk band, based in Oakland, California. Stream and download our songs here: https://youcantmakethisshitupamerika.bandcamp.com/album/anthropogenic-climate-change-is-real Video produced by Ampersand and Ian Greeb. Digital...

5 min · unrated

Dammed Good Questions about the Green New Deal

Hydroelectric power from dams might be the thorniest issue that proponents of the Green New Deal (GND) have to grapple with. Providing more energy than solar and wind combined, dams could well become the key backup “renewable” if it otherwise proves impossible to get off of...

Don Fitz · unrated

Lawyers take action against BP’s climate “greenwashing” advertising campaign

Environmental lawyers from ClientEarth have today filed a high-level complaint against oil giant BP, claiming that it is misleading consumers about its focus on low carbon energy and solutions to climate change in its multimillion pound advertising campaign.

0 min · unrated

The Sky's Limit: We Need to Stop All New Fossil Fuel Development

The science is settled. No new pipelines, no new permits, no new exploration, no more excuses. We call on world leaders to end all new fossil fuel development and immediately begin to support the managed decline of the fossil fuel industry. #KeepItInTheGround

3 min · unrated

The Truth Has Changed (trailer)

THE TRUTH HAS CHANGED traces the arc of misinformation and propaganda in America from 9/11 to Trump. As a reporter and eyewitness on the frontlines of so many of the key moments that have changed this country and changed the world, Josh Fox has many stories to tell. From 9/11...

2 min · unrated

The Limits of Capitalism

At this point in human history, the limits of capitalism and the limits of our species’ life on Earth have converged. We have never been here before, and we cannot go back.

Laurie Adkin · unrated

Can Beauty Save Our Planet? | Chris Jordan

Chris Jordan is all in on beauty. After photographing sea birds dying by the dozens from consuming bits of plastic, Chris had a revelation: It was time to refocus in his lens on the awesome beauty of the planet.

16 min · unrated

Action in the Anthropocene: The Inevitable Transition Requires We Go Beyond Activism

In the face of economic, social, and ecological breakdown, the inevitable transition is comming. And what it requires from us is beyond the realms of 'activism'.

18 min · unrated

I Study Collapsed Civilizations. Here’s My Advice for a Climate Change Apocalypse.

I am an archaeologist and a wilderness survival instructor. Because I study societies that have collapsed, and since I teach basic outdoor skills, people ask me about what to do in a natural disaster, social upheaval, or some apocalyptic event. Right now, much of that concern...

Chris Begley · unrated

The Ending Of 'Parasite' Explained: An Exploration of Class & Climate Change

Watch the film before watching this. It's a spoiler-heavy review and breakdown of the ending to ‘Parasite,’ the Korean thriller that everyone’s talking about.

16 min · unrated

The Realism of Bernie Sanders' Climate Policy

Sanders believes that as our economy rapidly shifts to renewable energy, power companies should be publicly owned and controlled, and the biggest polluters should help underwrite the costs.

Naomi Klein, Sivan Kartha · unrated

Hope Is an Imperative: Sparking an Ecological Design Revolution

While society prepares for the future of a world ravaged by climate change, environmental educator David Orr has spent years writing about how to reverse it. Orr advocates for an ecological design revolution to change how we build homes, grow food and model society, so that...

David Orr, Bioneers · unrated

On February 6th Antarctica Was Warmer Than Orlando, or Why I Support Only Sanders

Even if we elect a better-than-Trump, half-measures candidate, we're still not better off. Our grandchildren will curse us all the same.

Thomas Neuburger · unrated

Iowa’s Vision of a More Beautiful World, 10 Years After Passing a Green New Deal

What would America's heartland be like, 10 years after we pass a Green New Deal?

8 min · unrated

People and Planet: Speech only.

Broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough presents the 2011 RSA President's Lecture. The dangers facing the earth's ecosystems are well known and the subject of great concern at all levels. Climate change is high on the list. But there is an underlying and associated...

22 min · unrated

"Capitalism is an Abusive Relationship" With Dr. Harriet Fraad

The "every man for himself" mentality engendered by capitalism creates a society prone to violence, exploitation and degradation.

5 min · unrated

"Ready for Systemic Change" With River Eno

The pressures of living in a society rife with alienation, endless war and environmental destruction have brought us to a cross roads that demands systemic change.

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This Pipeline Fight Is Going Viral

The Wet'suwet'en are a Canadian indigenous group who have spent the last year in conflict with the Canadian government & Transcanada, a fossil fuel infrastructure behemoth. Transcanada wants to build a pipeline through their territory without their permission and the...

7 min · unrated

CNBC Anchor Nearly Chokes On Air When Told The Truth (Web Exclusive)

Mad Money host Jim Cramer called fossil fuel investments toxic in an interview on CNBC the other week and it was hilarious to watch his interviewer try to square Cramer's opinion with the corporate propaganda blitz that is cable news. This week's winners of Bullet Points &...

7 min · unrated

Here's Exactly How to Respond When Someone You Love Says Climate Change Isn't Real

There's overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change; 97 percent of scientists agree that humans have created conditions that are drastically reshaping the planet's climate, with disastrous results, and one scientist noted in September 2018 that the scientific...

JR Thorpe · unrated

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming | Paul Hawken

The visionary goal of Project Drawdown, founded by Paul Hawken, is to actually reverse global warming by drawing carbon out of the atmosphere back down to pre-industrial levels. All the practices and technologies documented in Paul’s best-selling "Drawdown" book are already...

33 min · unrated

Why Climate Action Is the Antithesis of White Supremacy

Behind the urgency of climate action is the understanding that everything is connected; behind white supremacy is an ideology of separation

Rebecca Solnit · unrated

Socialists Win in Spain With Green New Deal

Spaniards threw their weight behind a Green New Deal programme by re-electing the pro-climate Spanish Socialist party (PSOE).

Natalie Sauer · unrated

Countdown to Extinction

A visualization of near-term human extinction.

5 min · unrated

The Adani Fight: Journal From the Frontline

"The Adani Fight: Journal from the frontline" follows a small group of surfers to one of the largest remaining coal deposits in the world, located beneath the land of the Galilee.

12 min · unrated

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh: Only Love Can Save Us From Climate Change

Leading spiritual teacher warns that if people cannot save themselves from their own suffering, how can they be expected to worry about the plight of Mother Earth

Jo Confino · unrated

Connecting the Dots: Insane Trade and Climate Chaos

Imagine a world where food routinely gets shipped thousands of miles away to be processed, then shipped back to be sold right where it started. Imagine cows from Mexico being fed corn imported from the United States, then being exported to the United States for butchering...

Local Futures · unrated

Coordinates

They say it's the end of the world. We say it's the beginning of the next.

6 min · unrated

Veganism! (What it is & How to Help Save This Planet)

What is up! The day is here as we talk about a major factor in the shift on this planet, Veganism! We'll be covering the reasons for Veganism both ethical & health wise, as well as some other very important aspects involved with it. Enjoy!

11 min · unrated

The Meek Be Damned on Global Warming

In May, an international group of scientists warned that over a million of the Earth’s species are being driven to extinction; before that, researchers reported the climate was warming faster than even the most pessimistic projections. Worse yet, another report gave humanity...

Thomas Linzey · 3 stars

Feeling Guilty About Climate Change feat. Hank Green

Do you have complicated feelings about fossil fuels?

10 min · unrated

The Military is Afraid of Climate Change

President Trump is skeptical of climate change and its link to extreme weather events, but the U.S. Department of Defense takes the threat deadly serious. The Pentagon is fortifying military bases to withstand things like flooding and wildfire. Military leaders are also...

11 min · unrated

How to Live With the Climate Crisis Without Becoming a Nihilist

'Today, despite all the grim climate news, I actually feel more optimistic than ever.'

Peter Kalmus · unrated

This Is Not the Sixth Extinction. It's the First Extermination Event.

What we are witnessing is not a passive geological event but extermination by capitalism.

Justin Mcbrien · unrated

What is ‘Energy Denial’?

The fiftieth anniversary of the first Earth Day of 1970 will be in 2020. As environmentalism has gone mainstream during that half-century, it has forgotten its early focus and shifted toward green capitalism. Nowhere is this more apparent than abandonment of the slogan...

Don Fitz · unrated

Keep it in the Ground

I’ve put this short music-video together, based on the simple saying, ‘If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.’ It features footage from various places, worldwide – showing the extraction of carbon from the earth and the popular resistance to that, including student...

4 min · unrated

Global Climate Strike - Wells

Inspiring young people speak at the Global Climate Strike, Wells, Somerset on 20th September 2019. Film by Flying Tiger Productions. www.flyingtigerproductions.co.uk

5 min · unrated

Stop Ecocide, Ecocide Law - Polly Higgins Interview

The late Polly Higgins, Lawyer for the Earth, calls for a change to the law to criminalise Ecocide. A film by Flying Tiger Productions www.flyingtigerproductions.co.uk

16 min · unrated

Internal Fossil Fuel Industry Memos Reveal Decades of Corporate Disinformation

Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars to convince the public that they aren't responsible for climate breakdown. Is it a coincidence that climate skeptics believe and share the exact same talking points?

Union of Concerned Scientists · unrated

Jill Stein responds to Clinton & talks about Edward Snowden, Greta Thunberg & Julian Assange

In this exclusive interview with physician, activist and former U.S. Presidential Candidate for the Green Party, Dr Jill Stein, we break down Hillary Clinton's recent statement that targeted Tulsi Gabbard and Jill Stein. We also assess the policies of the presidential...

41 min · unrated

Here’s a Better Way to Argue about Climate Change

I recently got an email from a friend, asking me to take a look at an alternative way of thinking about greenhouse gases. He forwarded a link to a long scroll of a webpage dense with text. My friend said he hardly understood it “beyond the fact that it refutes the science of...

Nathanael Johnson · unrated

Why the Climate Change Message Isn't Working

Threats of global catastrophe won’t move people to action. Only the heart can inspire zeal.

Charles Eisenstein · unrated

Lunar Eclipses, Oceanographers, and Wildfires

What do the moon, a famous oceanographer, and California mega-fires have in common? This January 20-21, 2019, we have a rare chance to reflect on where they all intersect.

Green Film Fest · unrated

The Carbon Farmer

Could this be the future of peatland management, agriculture and conservation? Produced in collaboration with numerous NGOs, The Carbon Farmer presents a possible future of best-case practice on the UK's peatlands that provide a plethora of benefits - from carbon...

7 min · unrated

An Ecosocialist Path to Limiting Global Temperature Rise to 1.5°C

An emergency plan to meet the climate emergency

Richard Smith · unrated

The Green New Deal Goes Viral: What's Next Is up to Us

Ted Franklin argues that climate activists must seize the time and get to work on the Green New Deal proposal.

Ted Franklin · unrated

Climate Action Must Now Focus on the Global Rich and Their Corporations

The latest UN climate talks, known as COP24, have just concluded. The supposed story this time was one of a grinding victory by the EU and developing nations over recalcitrant petro-states – Russia, the US, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. These four, condemned as “climate villains

Nicholas Beuret · unrated

Extinction Illness: Grave Affliction and Possibility

[Editor’s Note: We at Tikkun have been proud to have articles from Deena Metzger, whose novel A Rain of Night Birds was reviewed on our website by Cynthia Travis on October 11, 2018. In this piece, Metzger captures the grief and pain we all experience living at a time of...

Deena Metzger · unrated

Keeping the Flow

Featuring environmentalist artist Marianne Lopez.

4 min · unrated

To Freeze the Thames w/Troy Vettese

To Freeze the Thames: Geo-Science, Social Risk and Climate Struggles. Is advanced-industrial capitalism capable of finding solutions for the environmental devastation it causes? Or are the logics of capitalism and environmental sustainability inherently and irreconcilably at...

59 min · unrated

Bill McKibben on Climate Change, COP Meetings, Activism & Solutions

In this exclusive interview with environmental activist Bill McKibben, we talk about climate change, the Conference of the Parties (COP) convention generally and their recent meeting in Poland, as well as the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

20 min · unrated

My Message to Davos Elites: Act as If Our House Is on Fire. Because It Is.

"Either we choose to go on as a civilization or we don't. That is as black or white as it gets. There are no grey areas when it comes to survival."

Greta Thunberg · unrated

Dark Snow: Peter Sinclair on Climate Choices and Energy Solutions

A great team from CanCan Productions recorded Peter's climate talk in the Philly area last spring, and really did a nice job editing this version. If you have not caught Peter's program, it gets good reviews - beginners and citizen wonks should all learn something.

40 min · unrated

Fact Sheet: Global Species Decline

The world is facing a mass extinction of species. All species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, arthropods (insects and arachnids), fish, crustaceans, corals and other cnidarians, and plants have declined, in many cases, severely. Human civilization has had a negative...

Earth Day Network · unrated