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What's at Stake as TransCanada Moves to Forcefully Suppress Tar Sands Blockade
Nine activists have committed themselves to blockading construction by TransCanada of the Keystone XL pipeline project through Texas to the Gulf of Mexico. The activists have established a position in trees that TransCanada must cut down in order to build the pipeline. They...
Climate Change Could Kill 100 Million People by 2030
Five million people die every year as a result of the carbon economy and the impacts of climate change, according to the latest edition of DARA’s Climate Vulnerability Monitor.Published today, the report warns this could rise to six million by 2030, with 700,000 of those...
Explaining Explosion of Daily Record Highs Easy as Pie
As the climate has warmed during the past several decades, there has been a growing imbalance between record daily high temperatures in the contiguous U.S. and record daily lows. A study published in 2009 found that rather than a 1-to-1 ratio, as would be expected if the...
Finding Their Way
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...
Big Idea: To End the Fiscal Showdown, Tax Carbon
At his official post-election press conference, President Obama told reporters that he's serious about fighting climate change while creating jobs. "We can shape an agenda that says we can create jobs, advance growth and make a serious dent in climate change and be an...
Air Watch
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Green Riders: From Thailand to Bali on Bamboo Bikes, a story of Struggles & Successes
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...
Solar Schmolar: Debunking the “It’s the Sun” Fable
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.
Global Warming Infographic: Skeptics Versus Scientists
I’m fascinated by climate deniers. How could anyone deny the climate change is happening?
Asthma Feels
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...
The Right to Breathe
Don't let polluters harm our health by weakening the Clean Air Act!Visit our campaign page http://earthjustice.org/right2breathefollow us on twitter #right2breatheand sign the declaration
If Your House Is On Fire: Kathleen Dean Moore On The Moral Urgency Of Climate Change
I  first met nature writer and philosophy professor Kathleen Dean Moore in 2004. I had already dog-eared my copy of her first collection of essays,Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water, when she came through town to read from her next book, Holdfast: At Home in the...
Mountain Voice: Issues That Matter in the Himalayas (trailer)
This is an introductory video of the Mountain Voice project of Climate Himalaya, which advocates the need of better planning and implementation strategies in the Himalayan Mountain region of South Asia. The Mountain Voice' is a multimedia series of Climate Himalaya that...
Clean Air Is
Clean air should be a fundamental right. Every year, many Americans young and old get sick because of air pollution. Thousands die. But our bodies don't have to be the dumping ground for dirty industries.These people from all 50 states have come together for one commons cause...
Agriculture And Adapting to Climate Change In Himalayan Mountains of India
We interviewed a number of farmers in one of the most backward and remote district Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand state of India, about the kind of changes they now face in agriculture production and how they are adapting to it.
OIL - Where It Comes From and Where It's Going
This vitally important documentary examines the science behind how oil was created over billions of years and how it is being depleted in just over one hundred years. It also looks at the environmental consequences of oil depletion.
Forward On Climate Rally & March - Washington DC
Skip to the 11:30 minute mark for the speeches. 50,000 people showed up from across the country to make what has become the largest Climate Rally in History: February 17, 2013 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Find more info at ForwardOnClimate.org. Presented by 135...
We Can Do So Much Better than Adaptation Or Resilience. Let's Focus On Building The World We Want.
'Call it the creative instead of “resilient” frame of mind. “Resilient” is OK, but it is still reactive, if in a good way. Better to create something actively good in the first place rather than build dikes around what’s left over.'
Tarsands Showdown, Allies Converge to Protect the Sacred
Global warming is a threat to all of us regardless of our politics, religion, or culture. People from all walks of life are realizing this and converging to address this common threat and 350.org, Bill McKibben, along with The Sierra Club are leading the charge.
Myth: Modern Climate Change is Part of a Natural 1500 Year Cycle
Climate Deniers S. Fred Singer and Dennis Avery make their living by confusing and obfuscating the science of climate change. Their latest book, "Unstoppable Global Warming every 1500 Years", is a compendium of vintage as well as cutting edge climate crocks. Let's find out...
The Man Who Stopped the Desert (trailer)
From a harsh, uncompromising land comes a story of hope... Yacouba Sawadogo, a peasant farmer from Africa has succeeded where international agencies failed. Over the last twenty years he has successfully battled against nature, and man, to become a pioneer in the fight...
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
Polar Bears Populate Welsh Coal Mine
More than thirty climate activists and local residents took mass direct action to prevent excavation work on Britain's biggest ever open-cast coal mine at Ffos-y-fran in South Wales. Climate campaigners from all over Wales joined with local people from Merthyr Tydfil to evade...
Assumed growth and apocalyptic thinking
The following is adapted from a post to an email discussion list: Regarding last week's post to this list on ecological economics, I alluded to but didn't go into detail on a fundamental concern about a basic assumption - growth - in the anthropogenic climate change models...
Shift | Beyond the Numbers of the Climate Crisis
A film by a brother/sister duo, Sam and Kate Fulbright to take a closer look at what climate change really means in the United States, and dive beyond the daunting numbers and graphs to meet the people and communities effected by the problem of climate change.
Flip the switch - Connect4Climate iChange competition
Our intention with this video is to raise awareness and a sense of environmental responsibility amongst the public to promote a wiser use of our resources. A video by Anayansi Sierralta,Mauricio de León and Alan Garduño, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Cheers to the world - Connect4Climate iChange competition
Smog, Cigarettes, Abandoned Garbage... We're preparing the perfect Global Warming Cocktail. Cheers to the World! A video by Ste Mark, Istituto Europero Di Design Milano, Italy.
Small thing - Connect4Climate iChange competition
We used to let our computer or our Tv set on stand-by. Although, it continues to waste energy even it does not work. If we'd switch it off , it will decrease the power consummation and global heat.
Unsignificant is significant - Connect4Climate iChange competition
Little things make the difference.
The Earth's Life - Connect4Climate iChange competition
I change - We change - to give our EARTH a chance to "green change"! A video by Pham Vu Thu Trang,Tran Thi Anh Thi, Le Xuan Ngoc, Nguyen Huynh Mai Thy, Foreign Trade University HCM City Campus, Vietnam.
Stop make it warmer, ride for your life - Connect4Climate iChange competition
The way we move today is one of the most reason for global warming! We don't try to save the world, just ride for new destinations and get sexy legs!"
Rise - Connect4Climate iChange competition
Climate Change may raise sea levels significantly, affecting major coastal cities such as London, Shanghai, Rio, Melbourne, Lagos, and New York City. This video prompts us to reassess the moral responsibility we have to our planet. Either the seas can rise, or we can. This...
Sukutan Spring - Climateconscious
The Sukutan community, Laikipia, Kenya, survives because of the spring they live next to. They use it for their livestock and share it with other communities, as well as with the abundant wildlife in the area. With rising climate change impacts they have witnessed an increase...
Extreme Weather: The world is turning around me - climate change message
The world is turning around me Revolving, evolving and all I see Are the changes taking place, Brought about by our race. We know the world is warming We see it howling and storming We hear it calling and bawling As we see our trees and forest falling. Yet we...
Take a stand against the climate change - Connect4Climate iChange competition
Climate Changes do influence our lives!!! We, are aware of that! It is time to react!!! A video by Elisa Potalivo (John Cabot University), Matteo Alocci (Università degli Studi Roma Tre), Valentina Andreangeli (Università degli Studi Roma Tre), Sfrash Zewdu Fetene (Sapienza...
Community Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) Method
Although once thought of as useless wastelands, careful study and research has revealed that mangroves are among the most important ecosystems on this planet. Valued for anchoring coastal ecosystems as well as providing economic and ecosystem services to humans, mangrove...
Corroding Our Democracy: Canada Silences Scientists, Targets Environmentalists in Tar Sands Push
Five years ago this month, the firm TransCanada submitted a permit request to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would bring tar sands oil from Canada to refineries on the Gulf Coast. The project has sparked one of the nation's most contentious environmental battles in...
Our Society Is Living a Massive Lie About the Threat of Climate Change -- It's Time to Wake Up
Our society is living within a massive lie. The lie says, “Everything is fine and we should proceed with business as usual. We are not destroying our climate and, with it, our stability and our civilization. We are not committing passive suicide.”
LEGO Build The Change Promo Video
What do you think an environmentally friendly city could be like? Build your LEGO® model of new city spaces to work, play, and live sustainably and write a brief description of your design.
Only The Truth
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something.  What you know you can't explain, but you feel it.   You've felt it your entire life.  There's something wrong with the world.  You don't know what it is, but it's there. Do you know what I'm...
Extreme Weather
Extreme Weather is Max Thabiso Edkins' music video submission for the Voices4Climate competition hosted by Connect4Climate. "The world is turning around me Revolving, evolving and all I see Are the changes taking place, Brought about by our race. We know the world...
Naomi Klein: Green Groups May Be More Damaging Than Climate Change Deniers
Canadian author Naomi Klein is so well known for her blade-sharp commentary that it’s easy to forget that she is, above all, a first-rate reporter. I got a glimpse into her priorities as I was working on this interview. Klein told me she was worried that some of the...
Albert Bates on Climate Change, Biochar and Eco-Villages
Albert Bates - Director of Global Village Institute of Appropriate Technology, keynote address at Great Lakes Bioneers Chicago, November 2, 2013.  Edited down from original 75 minutes: https://vimeo.com/79939943
My biggest What if - Connect4Climate iChange competition
This video is from a random imagination. I always ask myself "what if", that triggers me to open my mind to possibilities. After seeing some docu's and films on Global Warming or Climate Change I get attached to it,so imagine, what would it be like if you were one of the...
Our Forests Aren't Fuel: How US Forests Are Being Destroyed to Fuel EU Power Stations
See the devastating destruction of Southern US wetland forests as they're clearcut, turned into pellets, and shipped to Europe to burn for electricity in biomass power stations.
Action4Climate Documentary Competition
SHOW US WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE MEANS TO YOU! DEADLINE: February 15, 2014 #Action4Climate ACTION4CLIMATE video challenge invites young aspiring filmmakers to produce and submit a 1-12 minute video documentary telling a story about climate change.
Naomi Klein: Climate Movement Needs Radicals like Nelson Mandela
The climate change movement needs to be as radical as Nelson Mandela’s fight against apartheid, said Naomi Klein, speaking to an audience in London today.
Do the math: There are too many cows!
Bill McKibben, founder of US-based climate change campaign group 350.org, recently visited Australia for a series of presentations and media appearances. McKibben appears to have been extremely effective in mobilising people around the world, who are demanding meaningful...
Livestock and climate: Why Allan Savory is not a saviour
This article first appeared on the author’s Terrastendo blogging site on 26th March, 2013.
One Night For The Earth
This is a French documentary about climate change.
Relax, Have a Cigarette & Forget about Climate Change
It’s not surprising that many people are uncertain about the dangers of climate change. Much confusion has been created by groups with vested interests, who have successfully utilised sophisticated PR (public relations) techniques to influence public perceptions and opinion.
Hand Me Downs
What are we leaving our children? "Hand Me Downs" asks this question by showing what happens when trash is passed from generation to generation and finally to a baby. It dramatizes what we are doing every day in this country and around the world: Leaving our trash for our...
Future Megacities - Governance for Sustainability in Hyderabad, India
The Film is part of the web series "Future Megacities" by Marcus Mangeot. 
Future Megacities - Transportation Management in Hefei, China
The Film is part of the web series "Future Megacities" by Marcus Mangeot. 
Future Megacities - Solid Waste Management in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The Film is part of the web series "Future Megacities" by Marcus Mangeot. 
Future Megacities - Adaptation Planning in Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam
The Film is part of the web series "Future Megacities" by Marcus Mangeot. 
Future Megacities - Urban Agriculture in Casablanca, Morocco
The Film is part of the web series "Future Megacities" by Marcus Mangeot. 
Future Megacities - Resource Efficiency in Urumqi, China
The Film is part of the web series "Future Megacities" by Marcus Mangeot. 
Future Megacities - Water Management in Lima, Peru
The Film is part of the web series "Future Megacities" by Marcus Mangeot.