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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 · 7,876 views · 94%
Perma Kultcha
Perma Kultcha (2010)
This 30-minute documentary focuses on Permaculture and Organic Farming in South Africa and what it can do to transform society at a grass roots level, to create sustainable lives for individuals, communities and South Africa as a whole.
30 min · 32,792 views · 86%
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005)
The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer.
82 min · 44,322 views · 85%
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 · 7,511 views · 100%
Awakening the Village Heart and Mind
Awakening the Village Heart and Mind
From their “Zero Mile Meal Eatery” to zoning and financing innovations, O.U.R. Ecovillage in BC, Canada has paved the way for many communities worldwide. For Brandy Gallagher, the story on the planet right now could be a shared ethos of caring: “Everyone is fed. Everyone is...
27 min · 6,642 views · 75%
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 · 71,230 views · 87%
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 · 13,895 views · 96%
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 · 11,873 views · 83%
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 · 2,122 views · 50%
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 · 1,532 views · 50%
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 · 2,829 views · 25%
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 · 8,103 views · 75%
Actions for Future (trailer)
Actions for Future (trailer)
Actions for future is a teaser for a documentary series from "Sattva-reports" in Taiwan. The reports introduce projects and people working for sustainability in the Vegan Food movement, Permaculture, Spiritual Communities and Yoga/Detox. Find your inspiration!
5 min · 1,093 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 · 17,357 views · 100%
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 · 980 views · unrated
Food forest it! Sprouting a world of love, harmony and abundance
Food forest it! Sprouting a world of love, harmony and abundance
Agroflorestar, presents the fascinating story of family farmers of Barra do Turvo, in the Ribeira Valley, Brazil. Originally working with the slash and burn technique, the soil of their farms were becoming worn out. The film shows how the introduction of agroforestry system...
31 min · 1,392 views · unrated
In Grave Danger of Falling Food | Bill Mollison
In Grave Danger of Falling Food | Bill Mollison (1989)
In this introductory video to permaculture, Bill Mollison, the movement's co-founder, takes the viewer through the history and developments of the movement. With startlingly laconic humour and insight he deconstructs the modern agribusiness and the "modern plague:" manicured...
52 min · 5,589 views · 96%
The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness
The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness (2013)
In this profound film, permaculture designer Andrew Faust invites us to reclaim our place in the grand story of life on Earth—a story that reveals how deeply we're woven into the living fabric of this planet.
109 min · 111,627 views · 93%
Adventures of Flowerman
Adventures of Flowerman
Permaculture for a sustainable recovery in the Philippines.
8 min · 310 views · unrated
Water and Cooperation, Reflections for a New time
Water and Cooperation, Reflections for a New time
Inspired by the theme chosen by the United Nations World Water Day 2013, the short film WATER AND COOPERATION proposes an interdisciplinary look at water pointing towards paths for a more cooperative and sustainable relationship with this element that is the basis of all life...
51 min · 683 views · unrated
Soil/Food Connection
Soil/Food Connection
"The threat of nuclear weapons and man's ability to destroy the environment are really alarming. And yet there are other almost imperceptible changes - I am thinking of the exhaustion of our natural resources, and especially of soil erosion - and these are perhaps more...
Cyrus Sutton · 414 views · unrated
Why They Call It "InDUSTrial Agriculture"
Why They Call It "InDUSTrial Agriculture"
"The threat of nuclear weapons and man's ability to destroy the environment are really alarming. And yet there are other almost imperceptible changes - I am thinking of the exhaustion of our natural resources, and especially of soil erosion - and these are perhaps more...
2 min · 8,334 views · 94%
Support SEED ACT Film - A documentary that will inspire you to become a seed saver!
Support SEED ACT Film - A documentary that will inspire you to become a seed saver!
SEED ACT tells the stories of the women and men that dedicate their lives and work to preserving and defending our farm seed heritage. In a world choked by restrictive laws that give precedence to the commercial and intellectual property rights of transnational companies over...
Sara Baga · 328 views · unrated
The Fastest, Easiest And Cheapest Way To Fertilize Your Garden Written by: JD Lara
The Fastest, Easiest And Cheapest Way To Fertilize Your Garden Written by: JD Lara
The Fastest, Easiest And Cheapest Way To Fertilize Your Garden Written by: JD Lara Survival Gardening March 11, 2015
JD Lara · 312 views · unrated
Earthships  -  The Ultimate Green Homes
Earthships  -  The Ultimate Green Homes
Earthship is a concept of over 40 years and yet the first one ever built in Europe was in 2000. The idea is a trademark of Michael Reynolds — a US architect. In the 70s, Reynolds envisioned a home which would have three exciting traits — self sustainability, construction...
Audrey Wright · 13,810 views · 100%
Pathways 2 Resilience
Pathways 2 Resilience
Approximately two years ago a collaborative of Oakland based non and for profit companies and organizations including; The Green Life, Earthseed Consulting, Planting Justice, Wildheart Gardens, Impact Hub Oakland, United Roots, Sustainability Economies Law Center, all...
11 min · 1,466 views · 92%
New Film: '8 Days @ COP21'
New Film: '8 Days @ COP21'
'8 days @ COP21' is the work of filmmaker Emilio Mula travelling to Paris with Rob Hopkins. It captures those days last December when the climate negotiations took place in Paris, and the experiences of some of the Transitioners who were there.
NU project · 246 views · unrated
United Natures: a United Nations of all Species
United Natures: a United Nations of all Species (2013)
United Natures explores the rights of Mother Earth, environmental philosophy, wisdom, spirituality, and the potential for a neo-indigenous future for humanity.
104 min · 33,994 views · 100%
Transforming the Human Narrative: The Rise of Regenerative Development & Design
Transforming the Human Narrative: The Rise of Regenerative Development & Design
The novelist Terry Pratchett once wrote, “people think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it’s the other way around.” However it seems these types of dichotomies are often both/and more than they are either/or. It is true that we are shaped by the stories that we...
Tommy Lehe · 2,957 views · 75%
How Native Americans Managed "Wild" Land Long Before Settlers
How Native Americans Managed "Wild" Land Long Before Settlers
When European settlers first came to North America, they assumed they were looking at "untouched" nature. Sure, there were native peoples, but history tells us they didn't value the skills or knowledge of the existing civilizations too highly. The fertile landscapes they were...
Sami Grover · 7,310 views · unrated
Living Simply in a Tiny Off-Grid Cabin
Living Simply in a Tiny Off-Grid Cabin
Tom, Sarah, and their daughter Neesa all live in a tiny 20sqm off grid cabin on a property on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. Instead of paying rent, they share the work of looking after the land with the owners and both families share in the farm's abundant produce.
6 min · 5,687 views · 100%
Regenerative Revolution
Regenerative Revolution
An action to bring together a unified transformation team, key-holders for unlocking next culture for everybody.
Erik Lawyer · 237 views · unrated
Beautiful Off-Grid Tiny House Truck Made From Reclaimed Materials
Beautiful Off-Grid Tiny House Truck Made From Reclaimed Materials
In this film we take a tour of Adam and Sian's beautiful off-grid tiny house truck that was built using mostly reclaimed building materials on the back of a 1969 Bedford truck.
12 min · 4,258 views · 100%
Growing Huge Amounts of Food on 1/2 an Acre - Urban Abundance
Growing Huge Amounts of Food on 1/2 an Acre - Urban Abundance
In the small town of Oxford, Kane and Fiona Hogan have transformed their urban 1/2-acre property into abundant veggie gardens. Their business Urban Gardener aims to build resilience and food security in their local community.
5 min · 12,044 views · 84%
How to Make Compost From Your Poo! - Closing the Loop
How to Make Compost From Your Poo! - Closing the Loop
In this film we take a tour of Greg and Lisa's composting toilet setup and see how they've been safely composting and using their humanure on their veggie garden for over four years.
7 min · 1,608 views · unrated
Gracie's Backyard (2017) - Kickstarter Video
Gracie's Backyard (2017) - Kickstarter Video (trailer)
Support the film on Kickstarter : http://kck.st/2pWfibo
2 min · 330 views · unrated
Fighting Climate Change With Regenerative Agriculture
Fighting Climate Change With Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative agriculture offers a future for the sustainable farming of meat in line with nature’s needs, by using holistic grazing and organic/biodynamic practices and even sequestering carbon in the soil – so important in the fight against climate change. At Mangarara, in...
8 min · 1,650 views · 75%
'Belonging to a People and a Place' - Interview with Jamaica Stevens
'Belonging to a People and a Place' - Interview with Jamaica Stevens
We notice something percolating. Have you felt it in yourself? A rising sense that there's so much more richness and depth to this life than we are told? Are you feeling the underpinnings of discontent, fear, uncertainty, imbalance, and apathy that have become pandemic in...
5 min · 7,439 views · unrated
The Coming Collapse + A Positive Course of Action
The Coming Collapse + A Positive Course of Action
The United States and the global status quo are rapidly approaching a breaking point. Viewed from the scale of history we're milliseconds away.
11 min · 4,874 views · 100%
Formidable Vegetable - Earth People Fair (Official Music Video)
Formidable Vegetable - Earth People Fair (Official Music Video)
Listen & download the track: http://music.formidablevegetable.com.au
4 min · 293 views · 83%
We Are All One
We Are All One
Love, Peace and the Interconnection of All Life
Ebrajm · 1,184 views · 88%
#TreesAreTheKey
#TreesAreTheKey (2019)
#TreesAreTheKey is a powerful new environmental film from documentary maker, Tim Tyson Short, narrated by Kate Winslet. It contains a blueprint for mitigating climate change and alleviating hunger and poverty in Africa. Please help The Word Forest Organisation spread the word...
40 min · 157 views · unrated
Community Resilience in a Time of Pandemic
Community Resilience in a Time of Pandemic
Those who’ve already made the transition to a permaculture-based life are beacons of hope for a more sustainable way of life. Featured in our short film ‘Creatures of Place’, Meg Ulman and Patrick Jones are a great example of what’s possible. They were 15 days into...
Happen Films · 174 views · unrated
The Story of Al Baydha: A Regenerative Agriculture in the Saudi Desert. قصة مشروع البيضاء
The Story of Al Baydha: A Regenerative Agriculture in the Saudi Desert. قصة مشروع البيضاء
The final update from Al Baydha Project Co-founder Neal Spackman, 9 years in. How desertification resulted from the loss of an indigenous land management system, and how the land has changed since all inputs to the project were ceased in 2016. Neal moved on from Al Baydha in...
20 min · 200 views · unrated
Tamera: An Ecovillage for a New Humanity
Tamera: An Ecovillage for a New Humanity
Tamera is an ecovillage situated in the south of Portugal. It is a holistic peace research and education center exploring different ways of being and living on this planet. With two hundred people currently residing there, Tamera has become an iconic space of experimentation...
11 min · 5,716 views · 100%
Small Scale Agroecological Approaches for the COVID 19 Response and Beyond
Small Scale Agroecological Approaches for the COVID 19 Response and Beyond
From the closure of markets to the interruption of agricultural supply chains, the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to disrupt food systems around the world. Many families, especially those in already fragile contexts, may soon struggle to access healthy, nutritious diets. Meeting...
67 min · 2,334 views · unrated
How To Produce Vegetables And Fruits In Limited Spaces
How To Produce Vegetables And Fruits In Limited Spaces
Inspired by his Grandpa and love for nature, Alessandro started his own urban garden space of just 8x5 meters when he moved to London.
11 min · 219 views · unrated
Inspiring Couple Build the Sustainable Home of Their Dreams (From Start to Finish)
Inspiring Couple Build the Sustainable Home of Their Dreams (From Start to Finish)
'Strawbale Dream Home' follows the building of a beautiful eco home by wonderful owner builders Adam and Sian in Victoria, Australia.
26 min · 786 views · 100%
Mother Tongue - a Sri Lankan Food Story
Mother Tongue - a Sri Lankan Food Story
Motivated by things that are very tasty, Bhagya and Carl travel to the motherland of Sri Lanka to visit forest gardens, coconut mills, rice paddies and Aachi’s house. After a couple years bringing Lankan flavours to the people of Ōtepoti - and armed with the cultural...
42 min · 70 views · unrated
The Movement We Need
The Movement We Need
It is my deepest desire to see the emergence of the movement we need right now—one that is open, welcoming, broad-based, strategic, and oriented to our core human needs, one that can gain the power to make this world more balanced, just, and kind.
Starhawk · 544 views · unrated
The Regenerative Design (R)Evolution
The Regenerative Design (R)Evolution
A new generation of designers are applying ecologically inspired design to agriculture, architecture, community planning, cities, enterprises, economics and ecosystem regeneration. Join them to co-create diverse regenerative cultures in the transition towards a regenerative...
Daniel Christian Wahl · 8,438 views · 100%
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 · 318 views · unrated
Greening the Desert: Tree Tour
Greening the Desert: Tree Tour
I'm at the Jordan permaculture project 'Greening the Desert,' and I've filmed a casual tour of the site and included a list of our plants below. It's taken the team 10-years to get to where we are now and everyone is doing a fantastic job turning this arid desert land into a...
20 min · 156 views · unrated
230 People LIVING COMMUNALLY: Tour of Ithaca EcoVillage
230 People LIVING COMMUNALLY: Tour of Ithaca EcoVillage
The EcoVillage at Ithaca was established in 1991 and has become a mature communal village with three neighborhoods developed on 10% of the land with 90% of the land devoted to farmland and natural areas. Given that we're interested in communally living at Flock, we took quite...
75 min · 8,037 views · 100%
How to Turn Your Neighborhood into a Village
How to Turn Your Neighborhood into a Village
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to Portland, Oregon to talk with architect Mark Lakeman, founder of Communitecture Architecture and the City Repair Project. Mark initiated a movement in Portland to transform the homogenous neighborhoods of the city into...
17 min · 4,780 views · 100%
Regreening the Desert with John D. Liu
Regreening the Desert with John D. Liu (2012)
"It's possible to rehabilitate large-scale damaged ecosystems with the use of permaculture design principles and techniques."
48 min · 41,747 views · 92%
In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times
In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)
This film is an inspirational immersion in the Transition movement, gathering stories from around the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. There are stories of communities printing their own money, growing food, localising their economies and setting up...
66 min · 46,286 views · 94%
Make Earth Great Again: a Manifesto for Ecological Democracy
Make Earth Great Again: a Manifesto for Ecological Democracy
Make Earth Great Again (MEGA) exists to support and amplify the movements that are actively working towards a just, regenerative, free and egalitarian world. MEGA seeks to reclaim the Earth from corporate globalization and create a society that honors all beings on the...
Films For Action · 970 views · 100%
Urban Farming Guys: Farmin' In the Hood!
Urban Farming Guys: Farmin' In the Hood!
This is a story of about 20 families who have purposefully uprooted from out of their comfortable suburban homes and moved into one of the worst neighborhoods in Kansas City.  They bought homes within a 5 block radius of each other and put down a stake for the sake of the...
5 min · 12,984 views · 78%
London Green Fair 2011 (trailer)
London Green Fair 2011 (trailer)
Higlights from the London Green Fair 2011, a two day ethical event that has been taking place in london, uk for the past 18 years. The Fetival Director and participating zones speak on what their invovlment was and how they contributed to the event.
5 min · 3,150 views · 50%
Film review: Why ‘Thrive’ is best avoided
Film review: Why ‘Thrive’ is best avoided
What do you do when you are the heir to the Proctor and Gamble fortune and you have spent years surrounding yourself with new agey thinking and conspiracy theories?  You make a film like ‘Thrive‘, the latest conspiracy theory movie that is popping up all over the place.  I’ve...
Rob Hopkins · 6,078 views · 50%
The Top 100 Documentaries Inspiring the Shift to a Sustainable Paradigm (2012 Edition)
The Top 100 Documentaries Inspiring the Shift to a Sustainable Paradigm (2012 Edition)
Film offers us a powerful tool to shift awareness and inspire action. By hosting community film screenings and sharing them online, they offer a method to break our dependence on the mainstream media and become the media ourselves. We don't need to wait for anyone or anything.
Films For Action · 401,410 views · 100%
Peak Oil F.A.Q.
Peak Oil F.A.Q.
Thanks and Disclaimer: This F.A.Q. is taken from "Life After The Oil Crash, compiled by Matt Savinar," which is no longer online. We are aware that the solutions of L.A.T.O.C. are more "self-sufficiency"oriented, rather than with building solidarity and community, which we...
Matt Savinar · 5,061 views · 75%
Dreaming of goats
Dreaming of goats
Andalusia, land of flamenco and oranges. Along the Way of St. James close to Castilblanco de los Arroyos we happend to find a little paradise called \"Los Portales\". Meryl, who is the goatgirl, teacher, cook, gardener and budget controller on the organic farm and community...
23 min · 4,964 views · 75%
Matavenero - A Magic Life In The Mountains
Matavenero - A Magic Life In The Mountains
Mini Documentary about Matavenero in spring 2012, a remote ecovillage in the mountains of North-west Spain. This video was made for the travel blog: http://lemondrops.mobi For more info on Matavenero: http://www.thatroundhouse.info/matavenero.htm
19 min · 13,109 views · 100%
The Spark | A Groundbreaking Documentary
The Spark | A Groundbreaking Documentary (trailer)
THE SPARK is a documentary about a genius technologist and a rebel educator, two pioneers from opposite spectrums with one goal in common: Build a sustainable community. Can two men driven by determination overcome global challenges to change the world?
5 min · 5,234 views · 83%
Growing food with zero heating in Massachusetts' winter
Growing food with zero heating in Massachusetts' winter
Jonathan Bates is better known for the food forest him and his colleague Eric Toensmeier planted on their 1/10th of an acre urban lot in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In February, most of the lot and its 200 plant species were still covered with snow, but Jonathan gives us a tour...
6 min · 1,412 views · unrated
The Radix Center, ecological sustainability in the heart of Albany, NY
The Radix Center, ecological sustainability in the heart of Albany, NY
Scott Kellogg runs the Radix Center in New York state's capital Albany, where he teaches ecological literacy and showcases different aspects of sustainability to urban residents. He talks about the importance of working in cities to effect real change in society.
7 min · 706 views · unrated
The Sustainability of Self
The Sustainability of Self (2012)
What defines true sustainability? How can we begin to create sustainability in a world that has such vastly differing views on the subject? If we perceive our external world as "unsustainable" what does this suggest about our own internal landscape?
90 min · 19,812 views · 77%
When You are Seeing Visions of the World in 2048, Remember: One Act of Courage Can Change the World
When You are Seeing Visions of the World in 2048, Remember: One Act of Courage Can Change the World
This is an excerpt from The Fifth Sacred Thing, an upcoming feature film based on the best selling novel by Starhawk, and is set in 2048, where an ecotopian San Francisco defends itself from invaders using nonviolence and healing.
4 min · 27,143 views · 95%
Mycorrhizal Applications 101
Mycorrhizal Applications 101
Study finds fungi is responsible for majority of carbon sequestration in northern forests.
20 min · 607 views · unrated
Biochar - In Five Minutes
Biochar - In Five Minutes
A concise breakdown of the 2008 episode of 'Catalyst' on Biochar (referred to in the video as Agrichar) edited with additional images. For a comprehensive insight into Biochar, please visit this playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE6s3pCgkGTkQLaE8J9CqvSERf6KXnOdO
5 min · 732 views · unrated
Bambitat For Humanity -- Disaster Relief In The Philippines
Bambitat For Humanity -- Disaster Relief In The Philippines
Soon after the destruction of typhoon Yolanda last November 2013, industrial designer Joshua Doolittle came to the Philippines to promote bamboo as a post-disaster rebuild strategy. Along with the help of willing locals, Doolittle designed and built an impressively simple...
3 min · 1,908 views · 96%
Fruit Tree Questions and Answers
Fruit Tree Questions and Answers
Fruit Tree Questions and Answers click here:
5 min · 398 views · unrated
The New Story: Why Changing the Myth Changes Our world
The New Story: Why Changing the Myth Changes Our world
Alan Heeks explores the pathways that can take us from the ‘old story’ of addictive materialism into a new, creative and regenerative post-industrial society.
Alan Heeks · 11,337 views · 100%
The Small Farm Plan By Booker T. Whatley
The Small Farm Plan By Booker T. Whatley
Raised on a family farm in Annislon, Ala., Booker received his B.S. in agriculture from Alabama A & M and a Ph.D. in horticulture from Rutgers University.
Mother Earth News editors · 308 views · unrated
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 · 17,578 views · 96%
Diversidad: A Road Trip to Deconstruct Dinner
Diversidad: A Road Trip to Deconstruct Dinner (2011)
CAN YOUR EATING HABITS REALLY CHANGE THE WORLD?
88 min · 4,414 views · 88%
Final Straw: Food, Earth, Happiness
Final Straw: Food, Earth, Happiness (trailer)
A deeply moving journey through Japan, Korea, and the United States that turns our perceptions of food and life upside down in an amazingly simple and poetic way.
2 min · 694 views · 100%
Why You Should Quit City Life
Why You Should Quit City Life
And Live off a Piece of Land
Rishi Miranhshah · 499 views · unrated
Open Up Your Eyes
Open Up Your Eyes
This 11 minute video manages to be informative, satirical, and poetic as it covers serious issues that affect all of humanity. It offers simple solutions to government and corporate involvement in unconstitutionally drugging the American people via the air we breathe and the...
11 min · 3,734 views · 78%
Plant The Seed
Plant The Seed
Watch the 6th graders at Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School in Queens, NY transform an unused piece of their campus into a beautiful permaculture garden.
12 min · 3,694 views · 88%
Permanent Culture
Permanent Culture
Permanent Culture documents the journey of Joseph, a man who once worked in exploitative sugarcane fields but then found work at Palos Farm. At this permaculture farm, Joseph has not only found more fulfilling work, but also acquired leadership and ecological knowledge that...
9 min · 580 views · 88%
Guerrilla Growing: Tools and Techniques
Guerrilla Growing: Tools and Techniques
This video will show you how to Guerrilla Grow food bearing trees and plants in a wooded area. You will learn the tools and techniques necessary for a successful planting mission and there are links to suppliers in this description. In this video we are planting the native...
9 min · 415 views · unrated
Ecosystem Restoration Camps
Ecosystem Restoration Camps (trailer)
This short video reveals a vision close to our hearts coming to life through Ecosystem Restoration Camps - where people around the world from every nation are bringing ecosystems back to life. Not by petitioning the "authorities". Not by voting. Not by clicking "like" on...
5 min · 73 views · unrated
The Tribal Identity - Paradigm for the Next Generation
The Tribal Identity - Paradigm for the Next Generation
The next generation needs a paradigm and a code of identity that bind with a sense of purpose, community, and mission; an idea and a feeling that transcend superficial characteristics (like skin color, gender and orientation).
25 min · 3,859 views · unrated
Food, Earth, Happiness
Food, Earth, Happiness
A majestic journey through Japan, Korea, and the United States that turns our perceptions of food (and life) upside down in a simple and poetic way. Solutions for our most pressing social and ecological issues come from unexpected places in a bite-sized film that New York...
20 min · 5,320 views · 83%
The Road to Food, Earth, and Happiness
The Road to Food, Earth, and Happiness
The way we grow food has become one of the largest threats to our survival as a species, yet we’ve had a simple answer for millennia…
Patrick Lydon · 1,010 views · 83%
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 6: Ecovillages & Networks for New Farmers
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 6: Ecovillages & Networks for New Farmers
For young people not raised on the land, getting into farming can seem daunting. Even for people who have worked on farms before, it is easy to feel isolated and overwhelmed when it comes to starting a farm of one’s own.
45 min · 11,120 views · unrated
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 2: Diverse Farming Systems
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 2: Diverse Farming Systems
‘Use and value diversity’ is one of the ten core principles of permaculture — for good reason. Studies have shown that small, diversified farms can yield more than twice as much food per acre when compared to large monocultures. Crop diversity significantly contributes to...
63 min · 15,843 views · 88%
The Heart of the World (CORAZÓN DEL MUNDO)
The Heart of the World (CORAZÓN DEL MUNDO)
WATCH OUR MESSAGE! ACT NOW! SHARE IT! We are dedicated to planting trees that tell stories, and we are really happy to share this special work with you! The Short Film is an important message of the Indigenous Elder Mamo Rumaldo Lozano Gil guardian of the sacred site TEYUNA...
16 min · 683 views · 100%
Masanobu Fukuoka (Mind, Farm, Life) - Three Part Series with Larry Korn
Masanobu Fukuoka (Mind, Farm, Life) - Three Part Series with Larry Korn
Seen as the father of modern day natural farming, Masanobu Fukuoka  (1913-2008) was the author of The One Straw Revolution, a fundamental volume for understanding how human beings can live together with this earth. This three part film series features previously unreleased...
10 min · 9,030 views · 71%
The Most Brilliant Heist In History | Wendell Berry
The Most Brilliant Heist In History | Wendell Berry
“There is in fact no significant difference between the mass destruction of warfare and massive destruction of industrial land abuse.” ~ Wendell Berry
6 min · 6,698 views · 100%
We Belong to the Earth
We Belong to the Earth (2018)
We Belong to the Earth, by ALTERRATIVE, is a socio-environmental documentary film.
115 min · 1,077 views · unrated
Rob Greenfield: Being the (Radical) Change You Wish to See in the World – Happen Films Podcast #2
Rob Greenfield: Being the (Radical) Change You Wish to See in the World – Happen Films Podcast #2
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XhZfaJ or on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2wmaAeW
59 min · 80 views · unrated
Smart and Eco-Friendly Gardening
Smart and Eco-Friendly Gardening
Deep-mulching technique for eco gardens.
30 min · 96 views · unrated
World Localization Day 2020 (Short Version) Be Part of this Inspirational Movement for Change!
World Localization Day 2020 (Short Version) Be Part of this Inspirational Movement for Change!
After COVID-19, we can return to stressful disconnected lives and climate catastrophe or we can slow down, scale down and rebuild our connections to each other and to the Earth. On June 21, we hosted an inspiring online festival of ideas and inspiration in celebration of...
115 min · 3,066 views · unrated
Nowtopia: Economic Alternatives in Action
Nowtopia: Economic Alternatives in Action (2020)
The term ‘Nowtopia’ is increasingly used by both activists and academics to describe a variety of interconnected tendencies. It can, for instance, apply to seeking freedom outside the confines of wage labour, or the creation of liberated common space in the here and now.
32 min · 9,915 views · 75%
Battlestar Climatica
Battlestar Climatica
"The consumer society - it's hyperindividualism - and hyperindividualism is a form of disempowerment, and they know it. So you get to express your personal identity, while you are being stripped of collective power. And the elites are not going to go without a fight. Look at...
9 min · 5,671 views · 100%
Our Food is Killing Us
Our Food is Killing Us
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...
25 min · 1,924 views · unrated
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