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2014 Book Review: Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Michael Hoexter
Narrator/Director: Brian McManus
Co-Director: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/)
Research: Stephanie Sammann (https://www.stephanie-sammann.com/)
Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/)
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Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. Planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restoring the degraded...
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The landscape of Iceland has changed a lot in a thousand years. When the Vikings first arrived in the ninth century, the land was covered in 25 to 40 percent forest. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Short Film Showcase: http://bit.ly/ShortFilmShowcase...
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Hope in a Changing Climate optimistically reframes the debate on global warming. Illustrating that large, decimated eco-systems can be restored, the BBC World documentary reveals success stories from Ethiopia, Rwanda and China which prove that bringing large areas back from...
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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
Return To Eden - It’s all about coming home. When Natural and human interests impinge on each other and over-regulation disturbs our biological balance. important questions arise. Do we belong to nature or does nature belongs to us? A thought-provoking story in which...
106 min
In December of 2019, my best friend Kit took me and my partner to the place where she grew up, in the remote Thora Valley, in the pristine forested foothills of Eastern Australia’s Great Dividing Range. As we drove down Darkwood, the single road into the Thora, Kit told us...
Brazil’s Pantanal is the world’s largest tropical wetland, covering an area nearly the size of Britain. Only today, it isn’t so wet. After a summer of drought, catastrophic fires are raging that have devastated 2.4 million hectares of land already this year. (That’s more than...
Charles Eisenstein
Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Using compelling graphics and visuals, along with striking NASA and NOAA footage, the film...
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Australia on Fire: Australia's deadliest fire season claimed the lives of 33 people, over 1 billion animals, destroyed over 300 homes and burnt 12 million hectares. These are the devastating stories of Australians waking up to the destruction to their homes and property...
57 min
"It’s Okay to Panic" is a nostalgic portrait of 62-year-old Professor Szymon Malinowski, Director of the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Warsaw, who worries that climate change may cause human civilisation to collapse in the coming decades. A career educator...
59 min
It's Crazy Times. (*Explicit lyrics)
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The film scratches the niggling itch that is lurking in many of our brains about the extinction of planetary systems that seems to be going on all around us, and the dawning realisation that something has to be done.
57 min
UNAC Conference 2020
Rise Against Militarism, Racism and the Climate Crisis
Building Power Together
A National Conference, Hosted by
The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)
148 min
In March 2019 Australian students defied calls to stay in school and went on strike for climate change action. One month out 12 students starting vlogging everything, this is their story. In March 2019 over 150,000 Australian students went on strike to demand climate change...
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SolarFest Trustee Dave Conna and Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, enjoy a wide-ranging conversation that starts with their shared disappointment in the recent Michael Moore movie (including the use of grossly outdated, misleading information about...
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Selene explores building community using a needs based regenerative culture approach, highlighting the importance of shared purpose, agreements and feedback loops. Filmed at the International Nonviolent Communication eCaravan in-line event July 2020.
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“The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.” Sir David Attenborough
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The bad side of alternative energy in Greece.
84 min
Europeans throw away 2 million tonnes of textiles each year. Every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned.
Many of us donate our unwanted clothes to charity shops & clothing collection banks - but do we really know what happens to...
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Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to India to film the epic work of the Paani Foundation’s Water Cup Competition. We tour the village of Velu, in Maharashtra, who won the 2016 competition to install the most amount of water harvesting structures in a 45 day...
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Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to India to film the epic work of the Paani Foundation’s Water Cup Competition. We tour the village of Garavadi, in Maharashtra, who competed in the 2019 competition to install the most amount of water harvesting structures in...
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Deep in the Himalayas, on the border between China and India, lies the Kingdom of Bhutan, which has pledged to remain carbon neutral for all time. In this illuminating talk, Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay shares his country's mission to put happiness before economic...
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Population growth has been left out of the climate debate because it is considered controversial, yet it is one of the most important factors.
91 min
Immuto (Change), is a response to the climate emergency and global environmental collapse.
45 min
Des activistes locaux de Gaza, d'Allemagne et de Colombie défient la dépendance aux combustibles fossiles et les structures du pouvoir dans leur lutte pour la justice sociale et climatique. Local activists in Gaza, Germany, and Colombia challenge fossil-fuel dependency and...
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Local activists in Gaza, Germany, and Colombia challenge fossil-fuel dependency and power structures in a struggle for social and climate justice.
77 min
Des habitants de la forêt pluviale, dont le mode de vie traditionnel est gravement menacé aux paysans assassinés par douzaines, en passant par la brusque disparition des moyens de subsistance des recycleurs de déchets, « La ruée vers le carbone » traverse quatre continents et...
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From indigenous rain forest dwellers having their way of life completely threatened, to dozens of Campesinos assassinated, to the livelihood of waste pickers at landfills taken away, THE CARBON RUSH travels across four continents and brings us up close to projects working...
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A video essay by Second Thought.
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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...
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“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Despite all the demands from climate activists, scientists, and even policy makers, hardly a single country is taking the shift to renewable energy seriously. Even countries and regions that claim to be...
Richard Heinberg
In this video essay, we look at how climate change is causing a decrease in biodiversity worldwide. Biodiversity is a measure of the variety and variability of life, and climate change is causing the decline of biodiversity in numerous ecosystems via extreme weather...
9 min
A film on Climate Change, Degrowth and System Change. The effects and risks of climate change are compelling young people the world round to call upon radical system change as the only solution to avoid a catastrophic collapse. This film studies the role economic growth has...
48 min
To learn more, watch my 4-part Permaculture Masterclass series, here: https://www.discoverpermaculture.com/a/12454/e3i2ci3L
Good design will make the most of any situation. It can be used to mitigate any extreme. When it comes to water the question is… do you have enough?...
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There is worse ahead. In acceptance, hope is transformed into energy for the unimaginable.
For many homeowners, rooftop solar is a smart move. But what if you could get every home and business in your entire county to switch to renewables, all at once? This is essentially what’s happening in my state, California: a quiet revolution awkwardly named community choice...
Peter Kalmus
"This sweeping documentary takes us in and under the waters of the Salish Sea, while more fully understanding the threats posed by the Trans Mountain (Ex- Kinder Morgan) pipeline expansion…
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Impact Partners, in association with Vulcan Productions and CNN Films, present PANDORA’S PROMISE, the groundbreaking new film by Academy-Award®-nominated director Robert Stone. The atomic bomb and meltdowns like Fukushima have made nuclear power synonymous with global...
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Agua Sagrada es un documental que muestra el elemento como una entidad viva con la cual se debe dialogar a través de diferentes lenguajes profundos como los rituales y la música, sin opiniones sobre su procedencia o uso, solo quiere mostrar la perfección de los lugares donde...
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Common Roots tells the story of a community under attack that comes together by growing food. Like many urban neighborhoods, East Boston faces rapid gentrification. Its immigrant residents are being displaced. People face food insecurity. Climate change is bringing extreme...
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Four-part video series on Paul Fenn, pioneer of the Community Choice Energy movement in the United States. Produced by Stuart Farmer. Directed by Yoni Goldstein. Written by Charles Schultz. Production Assistant is Sebastian Alvarez. Filmed on location at Local Power in...
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Inspired by HRH The Prince of Wales, HARMONY captures on film in a way we’ve never seen before, an authentic leader on critical global issues. For the better part of three decades, The Prince of Wales has worked side by side with a surprising and dynamic array of...
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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
Generation Green New Deal is a film about the historic youth-led movement to stop the climate crisis and transform America. Our team invites you to watch this exciting (25 minute) sneak-peek available online exclusively during this turbulent time of the COVID-19 Pandemic. All...
25 min
Renewables can’t sustain capitalism’s endless growth, but they can power a fair, resilient eco‑socialist society where waste is slashed, essentials are guaranteed, and life becomes richer by consuming less.
24 min
[5/1 Bill McKibben's latest response to the film, in Rolling Stone]
I admire much of Bill McKibben’s work and I appreciate the time he has taken to express his concerns. There are items in his response to “Planet of the Humans,” which I feel compelled to respond to.
“Planet...
Jeff Gibbs
Overview
I. Intro
II. The problems
——#1. Misrepresenting
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Ben Wehrman
Climate change is not your fault.
Peter Sinclair
A few days ago, Emily Atkin posted a reaction to Michael Moore’s latest film,
Richard Heinberg
Academy award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore and associates discuss their new documentary, 'Planet of the Humans,' a documentary that says we are selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America.
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Sir, you may have been unfairly treated on the topic of biomass, but do you still support covering the world with obnoxious, inefficient industrial wind turbines? Those who call them "beautiful" are a strange breed, considering what's being lost as they dominate natural...
"It’s time to design a global society that fits the biological and material constraints of earth and also fits the psychological, cultural, and developmental needs of diverse peoples worldwide."
Armando Davila
It's good to see a filmmaker of Michael Moore's status tackling the hypocrisy of "green" growthism, and having the courage to blame human overshoot (not a lack of technology) for worsening environmental problems. The backlash was predictable. Josh (Gasland) Fox's reaction was...
Do you want to secure an awesome planet with a great quality of life for you and 10 billion of your closest friends, and your descendents in perpetuity? Then you want to solve climate change. Which means you need to figure out how we can transition our economy to work on net...
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Everyone talks about solving climate change, getting off fossils, getting 100% clean energy.
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In a world where Team Doom is dancing in civilization's end zone and Team Earth is playing out the clock, one Zero Carbon Coach and one Scoreboard Committee Member will walk you through the layout of a Zero Carbon Coaching Clinic. See climate solutions like you've never seen...
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Uno de los mayores problemas del mundo es que se vive dando por sentada la vida, cuando nunca ha dejado de ser un milagro por el cual siempre deberíamos maravillarnos. La crisis climática es un reflejo claro de la forma en que nos relacionamos con la naturaleza. De la mano de...
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Climate: A New Story shows us how we can reframe our thinking. Our Earth is not simply a resource, it is complex, living and fragile. Charles Eisenstein expresses how we might transform our mindset, to reveal a process that could be the quickest way to reverse climate...
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How do we navigate the intensity of emotions and reactions stirred up by climate change, or COVID-19 for that matter? How do we come to a place of peace, compassion, forgiveness and life-affirming action?
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Planetary deforestation is having huge impacts on communities worldwide. In May 2018, the small town of Grand Forks was hit by a catastrophic flood. Was the flood caused by climate change and deforestation? This multi-year film project follows the stories of flood...
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A Note from Films For Action (Last Updated 5/26/2020):
While we believe the film is worthy of a good critique, we don't support the campaign to have the film removed from Youtube.
Please join us in promoting critical engagement with the fi
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A BOUTECO film by Kuba Nowak Produced by Juliet Kinsman Education for All Morocco www.efamorocco.com
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“The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack...
John Halstead
Karlos Edmonds plans for his greatest climate protest action yet—to illegally plant trees in New York City’s Central Park—even after getting arrested 12 times in the last year. With the 50th anniversary of Earth Day coming up, he is well on his way to building his protest...
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The Antarcitica Chellenge: A Global Warning is a one-hour documentary that will go to the source of the climate change crisis: Antarctica. Here we will explore first-hand the environmental challenges facing that frozen continent and, by extension, the world. The International...
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“The role of the artist is to make revolution irresistible.” – Toni Cade Barbara
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We face not one but three simultaneous inter-connected crises: the COVID-19 Emergency, the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency, and the Crisis of Capitalism. We urgently need connected constructive responses.
Guy Dauncey
In 2018, the Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific, hosted the Melanesian Arts & Cultural Festival, celebrating the country’s fortieth anniversary of independence.
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What if taking on climate change could create a better economy and millions of jobs? Check out The Leap's new video on the Green New Deal, with a voiceover by the incomparable George Elliott Clarke.
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Aluna means "conscience." Enter the last theocratic chiefdom in America, hidden for centuries on a mountain in Colombia. The Kogi have made this amazing documentary to help us understand how to avoid the destruction of the world that they are trying to protect, and of ourselves.
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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...
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The pandemic is a testing ground for how to address the climate crisis, and vice-versa.
Nadia Colburn
A devastating problem crops up.
Elizabeth Sawin
Coronavirus is a political crucible, melting down and reshaping current norms. Will the new era be a “Fortress Earth” or a harbinger of a transformed society based on a new set of values?
Jeremy Lent
The human tragedy of the coronavirus is immense. Thousands have died, hundreds of thousands have been infected globally, and millions more have been affected. Whilst infectious disease has always been a part of the human experience, the expansion of industrial civilization...
Matt Mellen
We met Julian and his project "El Dorado Tattoo", the first tattoo studio that pays tribute to the sun, operated 100% with solar energy. His artistic project took him to the countryside a few years ago, where he and his family have forged a lifestyle based on sustainability...
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#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...
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A little girl is thrust into a dystopian future caused by over fracking the earth. A farming family is disrupted by fracking. Lily, the farmers young daughter eavesdrops as her parents argue. John, her father sets explosives at the fracking pad. Lily, caught in the explosion...
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Song: The Kids Don't Stand A Chance - Vampire Weekend
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An Imagined Letter from Covid-19 to Humans
Stop. Just stop.
It is no longer a request. It is a mandate.
We will help you.
We will bring the supersonic, high speed merry-go-round to a halt
We will stop
the planes
the trains
the schools
the malls
the meetings
the frenetic...
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Frightening commentary has emerged among liberals committing to a protest-vote against both Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. Proponents argue that, in some undescribed way, their protest-vote will send to these front-runners the “signal” that they are not entitled to our...
Ariän El-Taher
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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The "every man for himself" mentality engendered by capitalism creates a society prone to violence, exploitation and degradation.
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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...
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As of December 31, 2019, at midnight CET the population on our planet was exactly 9,060,794,141 or an increase of 106,942,723 since last year! This video is categorized as Creative Commons Non-Commercial Share Alike Attribution. See credits at the end of the movie. There is...
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What would America's heartland be like, 10 years after we pass a Green New Deal?
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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
With climate change and biodiversity loss worsening every day, we're all asking ourselves: will humanity survive?
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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 &...
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INHABITANTS follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate. For millennia Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted...
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Food and farming is in crisis. In just over a decade we’ve lost more than 33,000 farms from our countryside, and alongside this, bad diet is now causing more health problems than smoking! The fundamental link between people, food and the very land we stand on is being broken...
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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...
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Behind the urgency of climate action is the understanding that everything is connected; behind white supremacy is an ideology of separation
Rebecca Solnit
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...
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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 community is
JR Thorpe
"The overarching theme of Climate: A New Story, the book that I wrote, is really the living planet view of the world." - Charles Eisenstein
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