Library
1,201-1,260 of 1,264 results
A look at deforestation and the efforts of the Eden Reforestation projects to fix it. This is the 3rd video in a 3-part series we produced in partnership with Eden Reforestation Projects. You can find out more about their work and how to help at edenprojects.org.
4 min · unrated
Take Action for Clean Air - https://secure.earthjustice.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1645 People who suffer from asthma often say an attack feels like breathing through a pool of water or like a pillow is covering their face. In the United States, asthma...
2 min · unrated
92 year old Bill Ryan fought to save Australia on the Kokoda Track in WW2. Now he's fighting to save Australia from extreme mining and climate change. Here he is at beautiful Gloucester in NSW, which is threatened by coal mining and unconventional gas.
5 min · unrated
How much energy do we use, and how much energy could renewables provide? References: MacKay, D.J.C. (2009). Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air. Cambridge, England: UIT Cambridge Ltd. UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department. (2014). Energy Scales Table. Retrieved from...
9 min · unrated
A short documentary about water in Russia. Production and postproduction took about 6 months. Part of the film was shot on remote locations like mountains, deserts, etc. so sometimes it was a challenge to bring all heavy gear there. The part about water shortages was shot 150...
5 min · unrated
This year, there are at least 2,456 lobbyists at COP28, the U.N. climate summit in Dubai — nearly four times as many as last year — from companies like Shell, Total and ExxonMobil. The lobbyists outnumber the delegations of every country other than Brazil and the United Arab...
15 min · unrated
First Thought news from December 13, 2023.
7 min · unrated
Climate Change doesn't have to scare the Emojis out of you.
12 min · unrated
Big Oil has known for more than 50 years that fossil fuels pose a huge danger to the climate. They covered it up to keep raking in profits. It's one of the biggest corporate crimes in history.
16 min · unrated
No Refuge tells the compelling story of how climate change fueled erosion transformed the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge at Morris Island and threatens the greater Cape Cod region. The film features dramatic footage of the Monomoy refuge before and after the loss to erosion...
30 min · unrated
The convenience of our plastic addiction comes at a terrible environmental cost. This short explainer video takes you through the lifecycle of plastic production.
3 min · unrated
I Am The Land explores the intersections of modern science, environmental activism, and Taíno Indigenous spiritual knowledge in the pursuit of climate justice on the island of Puerto Rico (Borikén).
20 min · unrated
For the residents who live nearby, Shell’s big bet on plastic represents a new chapter in the same story that’s plagued the region for decades: An extractive industry moves in, exports natural resources at a tremendous profit—most of which flow to outsiders—and leaves...
4 min · unrated
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...
19 min · unrated
This video explores the insane true scale of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Learn about what causes it and how we are working together to clean up this mess!
8 min · unrated
Our research team just published its latest findings on the composition, origins and age of plastic debris accumulating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) in the journal Scientific Reports.
10 min · unrated
Thailand receives over half a million tonnes of imported waste each year, even as its own waterways are clogged with garbage. The foreign waste is meant to feed Thailand’s plastic recycling industry, but loopholes, false declarations and incorrect handling mean that some of...
46 min · unrated
PFAS is a group of 5,000 different man-made chemicals that are found in your everyday products. Exposure can cause cancer, high blood pressure and many other health problems.
3 min · unrated
Reparations for slavery have become a reinvigorated topic for public debate over the last decade. Most theorizing about reparations treats it as a social justice project—either rooted in reconciliatory justice focused on making amends in the present, or they focus on the...
60 min · unrated
Super pollutants Methane, Black Carbon and Hydrofluorocarbon are 80 to 10,000 times more potent than Carbon Dioxide. They can speed up Global Warming and cause health issues like Cancer and Asthma.
2 min · unrated
A look at the importance of speculative climate fiction, sci-fi, and utopias for political movements, from Our Changing Climate.
22 min · unrated
Over the last few weeks, I reached out to sustainability experts around the world, crunched a bunch of numbers, and asked all of you for help finding the most sustainable city in America. Here's what I learned. - Distilled
12 min · unrated
In this video, I look at the rise of fossil fascism and ecofascism on the far right. As the world gets warmer and fossil fuels become increasingly untenable there are now glimpses of two trends within the far right that are a reaction to climate change. Ecofascism and fossil...
25 min · unrated
In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at climate hypocrisy and carbon guilt. Specifically, I dig into why I don't care about your flight emissions, and how our attention to individual carbon footprints and worries about being seen as hypocritical...
24 min · unrated
I began this video almost a year ago.
It started out as a poem touching on
my personal story and the trajectory
of climate change.
As it began to have a life of its own
it grew into a mix of poetry and polemic
and a unique idiom.
It’s demanding and confronting
But this is a...
50 min · unrated
Why net zero emissions are a scam, explained.
14 min · unrated
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.
30 min · unrated
20 years ago, a young group of social entrepreneurs started a company to sustainably harvest açaí berries in the Brazilian Amazon. They joined a movement of purpose-driven companies looking to change the world through an alternative economic model. These "triple bottom line"...
51 min · unrated
Twenty thousand worldwide negotiators meet at a private airport shielded by the military in the north of Paris for a last attempt to save our planet from climate change. Behind closed doors, these delegates have to negotiate on the first global climate change agreement by the...
85 min · unrated
YOUTH v GOV is the story of the Juliana v. The United States of America constitutional lawsuit and the 21 American youth, ages 14 to 25, who are taking on the world’s most powerful government. Since 2015, the legal non-profit Our Children’s Trust, has been representing these...
2 min · unrated
The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling, never-before-seen footage in this intimate documentary from Swedish director Nathan Grossman. Starting with her one-person school strike for climate action outside the Swedish Parliament...
3 min · unrated
The Australien Government made an ad about its bid to host the 2026 UN Climate Summit (COP31) with the Pacific, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative
4 min · unrated
In a blistering talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore looks at the two main obstacles to climate solutions and gives his view of how we might actually solve the environmental crisis in time. You won't want to miss his searing indictment of fossil fuel companies for walking back their...
26 min · unrated
You shouldn't believe everything you see on the internet. Particularly when it comes to renewable energy. We started debunking some of the biggest myths about wind and solar energy – and ended up in a world of shady lobby groups and secret money streams. Come follow us down...
13 min · unrated
"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...
2 min · unrated
World leaders just gathered at the UN in New York to discuss the climate, ahead of the main COP 28 climate conference coming up in November 2023. The president of that event is also the CEO of one of the world's largest oil and gas producers. So how, in the name of all things...
16 min · unrated
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...
75 min · unrated
Josh Fox and the creators of GASLAND, HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN'T CHANGE and AWAKE, A DREAM FROM STANDING ROCK premieres his most personal film yet.
3 min · unrated
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.
26 min · unrated
"In this video essay, I look at how the birth of industrial capitalism led to the birth of fossil fuel use at an industrial scale. Specifically, I look at how capitalist forces led factory owners to embrace fossil fuels over water power, despite water being cheaper and more...
23 min · unrated
We are on a mission to speed up UK government action on the climate and nature. Will you join us?
2 min · unrated
Living in The Time of Dying is an unflinching look at what it means to be living in the midst of climate catastrophe and finding purpose and meaning within it. Recognising the magnitude of the climate crisis we are facing, independent filmmaker Michael Shaw, sells his house...
54 min · unrated
Military spending and arms sales have a deep and lasting impact on the capacity to address the climate crisis, let alone in a way that promotes justice. Every dollar spent on the military not only increases greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but also diverts financial resources...
3 min · unrated
In this video essay, I look at how the rich really cause climate change. Specifically, I look at how the focus on the richest people in the world's consumption habits (i.e. our obsession with Taylor Swift's jet emissions) distracts us from how they make their money in the...
21 min · unrated
I recently wrote about geoengineering as a strategy to deal with climate change and carbon dioxide emissions. That drew comments from people who confuse this scientific process with the unscientific theory of “chemtrails.” Some also claimed the column supported
David Suzuki · 2.8 stars
Planet of the Humans has stirred the resentment of many a climate crusader. Yesterday, the chair of the Sierra Club California Energy and Climate Committee instructed committee members (I am one) not to “watch or promote” Planet of the Humans. Today, climate scientists called...
Paul Fenn · 2.8 stars
This week we re-think our critique of the People's Climate March, then we go to Germany where trouble makers have been regularly shutting down Europe's largest source of CO2. Then on to Greece, to look at a growing resistance against a gold mine and finally to the longest...
7 min · 2.5 stars
I'm fascinated by how the human psyche deals with climate change, whether denial, disillusion or activism. I took a rest from being a climate change policy analyst and ended up in rural England interviewing Nan, 78 years old. Curiousity took me there to understand why...
2 min · 2 stars
The changing of the Earth is evident all around us, sea levels are rising, greed is rising, species death counts are rising, and more. Stephen Hawking predicts the end of humanity will occur in less than 40 years' time. It is quite clear that what we are doing now isn't...
9 min · 2 stars
We set about to reate climate change awareness in our own unique way. Using current technology and the proliferation of smartphones, we intend to create a series of mobile games that educate people about Climate Change and inspire behavioural change...Sortables is our first.
8 min · 2 stars
What Is In Our Skies is a documentary series explaining sky anomalies seen worldwide. The first 9 parts were uploaded on June 2nd, 2012. Parts 10-19 were added later. The series is now over 6 hours long and broken into over 100 smaller movies. I am just one of many people...
13 min · 2 stars
A little girl builds a house with toy blocks and then mistakenly destroys it. this makes her very sad.
We only have one home and we are destroying it and killing ourselves! Why? What will become of us when its all gone? Are we thinking of our children and their children at...
1 min · 2 stars
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 stars
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES AT THE SOUTH OF CHILE
10 min · 2 stars
Presenting 10 possible future events identified by science as threatening the human race. The world could end at any moment and in the blink of an eye... Life is fragile, cherish it!
9 min · 2 stars
I have an interest in the world of insurance, which is a far more comprehensive and intricate industry than suggested by domestic insurers’ multi-policy discounts and the like.
Short documentary film commenting on the success and ramifications of Sharecraft 2012 which was started by the crew of AtheneLive.com. In this video we look at the reasons sharecraft was started, the political implications, and how it's success has effected the way the world...
21 min · 2.2 stars
Competenzkistan completa una trilogia in videomorphing iniziata nel 2008 con "Liechtenstein" e che al tempo raggiunse in poche ore le 50mila visualizzazioni grazie al blog di Grillo. Successivamente un videoclip più breve "C'è del 'nuovo'... che Avanza" (uno sfottò ai governi...
7 min · 2 stars
«The Climate Changers» is a short documentary about civil society engagement during the historic climate conference (COP 21) in Paris in December 2015. Journalist Samuel Schlaefli and filmmaker Esther Petsche joined activists and visited them in their ateliers, in cultural...
Animated presentation of the RUGGEDISED smart city project, funded by the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union. It brings together three lighthouse cities: Rotterdam, Glasgow and Umeå and three follower cities: Brno, Gdansk and Parma to test, implement and accelerate...
3 min · 2 stars