Transforming Cities, Changing the System

The system is broken—so where do we start building a new one? Faced with interlocking ecological, economic, and political crises, local innovators are organizing at the city level to develop real foundations for systemic alternatives.

6 min

A New Economy | New Business Models for a Cooperative Future

Watch as several organizations move towards a more cooperative future by experimenting with open and non-traditional business models. Among them are a small craft-brew coop, a peer-to-peer open hardware lab and an urban agricultural social enterprise.

86 min

A Practical Guide to Revolution

We need a social revolution to build a better future. But how is that process carried out? What tactics and strategies are needed to fundamentally transform the socioeconomic and political order?

35 min

What is Politics, and Why Should Anyone Give a $#&%?

How can people who don't have official decision-making power exert their influence over those who do?

37 min

The Importance of Cultural Values for Meaningful Change

This short animation tells the story of the importance of our cultural values and their role in meaningful, durable systemic change. Join us on a journey that demonstrates the need to shift our mainstream cultural values to intrinsic values such as care, equality, creativity...

3 min

Appalachian Community Meal and Mutual Aid Network

Moneyless Society's flagship boots on the ground project is Appalachian Community Meal and Mutual Aid Network, which is just like it sounds: a monthly pop up resource hub galvanizing barrier free access and cascading shared benefit bringing the community together to meet our...

5 min

The Top 250 Documentaries We Can Use to Change The World

Hungry for change? These documentaries light the way by showing examples of people fighting against the status quo, creating alternatives and living a more beautiful world into being.

Tim Hjersted

Worker Democracy

An overview of the evidence surrounding worker democracy. In summary: it's good, but far from perfect. Hope you enjoy the video and the new animations. - Unlearning Economics

59 min

Closer to Home: Voices of Hope in a Time of Crisis (2024)

This 35-minute film is a united call for a new economy, delivered by those who have committed their lives to working for systemic change.

34 min

The Power of Local: Community Solutions to Our Global Crisis (2024)

This 42-minute film is bursting with examples of exciting localization initiatives across the world.

43 min

How Capitalism Enslaved Us All | Grace Blakeley

Grace Blakeley is a writer, commentator and economist whose new book Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom is out now. She came by JOE Towers to chat to us about neoliberal capitalism, the destruction of working-class power and how...

58 min

Works for All: Cincinnati’s Co-Op Economy (trailer)

Cincinnati is an historic city, just across the Ohio River from Kentucky in the heart of the American Midwest. In the years when people were fleeing slavery in the South, the city became a way station on the underground railroad. And since 2011, it has been home to Co-op...

2 min

Water is Love (2024)

What if, in the midst of global uncertainty and ecological distress, we chose to focus our attention on the ways people come together—across cultures and continents—to care for life’s most essential gift? "Water is Love" embodies this hope. Rooted in the power of shared...

61 min

Power 2 the People (2013)

Produced by Afristar Foundation and Directed by FixerFilm, Power to the People is a documentary showcasing alternative energy and appropriate technology applications in South Africa. The film focuses both on low-tech, small-scale solutions implemented on household and...

49 min

The Outdoor Classroom: How to Bring a Permaculture Garden to Your School (2013)

This Afristar (www.afristarfoundation.org) produced educational documentary offers step-by-step instructions on how to establish a permaculture garden at a school.

28 min

Alter Nativas: Building Possible Futures (2023)

“Alter Natives” is a documentary about transition initiatives and ecosocial regeneration; a collective project to make visible transformative experiences in our geographies and inspire other possible futures. “Alternatives”, from Latin Alter (other) and Nativus (born), refers...

115 min

How This Car-Free Neighborhood Unlocks Sustainable Cities

Culdesac, a new car-free community in Tempe, Arizona, is the most Edenic urban space I have seen. Join me on a recent visit and conversation with its CEO Ryan Johnson—who explained how to unlock sustainability in the US and design our way out of the loneliness epidemic. This...

12 min

How "Big Picture Activism" Can Change the World

This short video urges people to spread the word about the need for an economic shift from global to local. This type of big picture activism can help tackle our social and environmental crises simultaneously.

5 min

The Rules of the Game Must Change | Yanis Varoufakis

In a world where machines talk and robots walk, what becomes of human work? Discover why 'Universal Basic Income' might just be the lifeline we need in an automated future. Are we ready to rewrite the rules and reclaim our place in a world shared with AI?

6 min

Urban Food Forest in a Public Park! – The City Food Commons

The City Food Commons shares the story of Roimata Food Commons, an urban food forest initiative driven by Ōtautahi Christchurch local Michael Reynolds. The aim of the project is to empower the community to co-create space in a public park, reviving the notion of the Commons...

13 min

The Interrelated Structure of Reality (trailer)

The work-in-progress film will be an expansive deep dive into our socioeconomic system as the interconnected root cause of all our crises. It's about the two systems that are locked in battle on planet earth: the life system, and the money system.

7 min

It's Basic (trailer)

When the Coronavirus Pandemic threw livelihoods into uncertainty and consequently spurred the creation of multiple direct government assistance programs, every American was given first-hand experience with the concept of Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI), an idea that has been...

3 min

Walk With Me: A Journey into Mindfulness (2017) ($6)

Directed by Marc J Francis & Max Pugh, ‘Walk With Me’ is a cinematic and immersive exploration into the world-famous monastery of Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh.

94 min

How To Resist Radical Evil | Chris Hedges

Across diverse landscapes of conflict and peace, a common thread unites them: the unwavering resolve to confront injustice. From the depths of their courage, they challenge the very essence of what it means to defy forces that seek to diminish the human spirit.

6 min

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights

"In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident: a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established…

5 min

A Breathtaking Adventure With Trash (ABAWT)

A West African travels across continents for a year, as he struggles to adapt and learn viable solutions to waste management at his different destination countries.…

20 min

Stop Being a Climate Change Doomer

Climate Change doesn't have to scare the Emojis out of you.

12 min

Why We Need Socialism

In this video essay, I look at how and why socialism, specifically ecosocialism, is crucial to mitigating climate change and building a just and equitable world. Specifically, I look at how capitalism can not exist in harmony with the natural world by investigating the...

29 min

Ecosophia: Ecological Wisdom (2024) ($4)

Ecosophia means ecological wisdom in Greek and this documentary explores the meta-crisis and interrelation between energy, the laws of thermodynamics, the economy, resources, exponential growth, climate change, population, psychology and degrowth solutions.

77 min

Let Israel Vote; Let Gaza Vote

In the Bible’s first semi-mythic story of what we now call the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Abraham dies decades after he has endangered the lives of his two sons, Ishmael and Isaac. His two sons come together to mourn and bury their dangerous father. As a result, Isaac goes...

Rabbi Arthur Waskow

Nonviolent Communication with Marshall Rosenberg: A Brief Introduction

Marshall Rosenberg, PhD effectively mediated conflicts throughout the world for more than 40 years. His method, Nonviolent Communication, has brought together warring factions as diverse as Irish Catholics and Protestants, Rwandan Hutus and Tutsis, Israelis and Palestinians...

11 min

Wisdom from The Elders: An Open Letter to President Biden on Israel and Palestine

On 16 November 2023, The Elders delivered an open letter to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, on Israel and Palestine.

The Elders

"In My Name, I Want No Vengeance." - The Call of Michal Halev

Here is a message of peace from my friend Michal Halev, the mother of Laor Avramov who was murdered on October 7th, 2023. I share this with you and stand behind her:

3 min

Gary Younge on Race, Racism & Identity

"What is it about being British that matters to you? What is it about being Black that matters to you? What is it about being working-class that matters to you? Because any one of those categories contain a lot of really awful people. Identity’s a very important place to...

13 min

Are These The Seeds of a Solarpunk Future?

From ancient civilizations to modern innovations, humanity has always relied on nature's gifts. Today we’ll be exploring the dynamic potential of kelp, bamboo, and hemp in sowing the seeds of a solarpunk future.

17 min

SolarPunk Cities: Our Last Hope?

In a world where the dark, dystopian visions of Cyberpunk have long dominated our sci-fi imaginations, a new genre emerges as a beacon of hope: Solarpunk Support Dami Lee on Ko-Fi

19 min

How To Build A Solarpunk City

"I believe our cities should belong to us. They should be cooperative, co-creative, ecological, and egalitarian spaces, by and for the people. We have so much untapped urban potential just waiting to be explored. Join me as we determine how to build a solarpunk...

42 min

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph | Ep #47 | Nov 5th 2023

In this episode, Peter expands on the importance of system change, given our collective society "is producing outcomes that no one intends" due to system functions that go unseen; hence the failure of incrementalism as a method of change, concluding with an analysis of the...

56 min

A Plan for Peace in Gaza

The reforms that could allow the PLO to lead and the Palestinian Authority to govern

Salam Fayyad

Elements of Mutual Aid: Experiments Toward Liberation (trailer)

A compilation of footage from the upcoming, independent docuseries "The Elements of Mutual Aid." Spanning North America and including over 60 voices from the frontlines, this project explores the origins, structures, healing ways, and logistics of grassroots mutual aid toward...

3 min

Break the Endless Cycle of Violence

A few thoughts on a Sunday morning.

Josh Liveright

Trust Your Heart - An animated Talk by Charles Eisenstein

This video shows and speaks of the idea that trusting 'what makes you come alive' is a valid source of information on how to spend your time. I find it very helpful to remind myself of this every day and follow and trust the longings of the heart. As Charles says: we don't...

6 min

The Amazing Community Making Beautiful Compost from City Food Waste | Ben & bEartha (2023)

'Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story' is a free 40-minute sustainability documentary following the highs and lows of a passionate community as they attempt to tackle the issue of food waste going to landfill. Their solution? A composting machine called bEartha and...

40 min

Imprint (2023)

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

Zeitgeist | Requiem by Peter Joseph (trailer)

This is the official Film Trailer for “Zeitgeist | Requiem” by Peter Joseph. Fourth in the series, Peter Joseph continues to explore the incompatibility of modern capitalism with future human survival. Departing from the ideological dogmas of today, the work focuses on the...

4 min

Nordic Animism | A Conversation with Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen

Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is a Historian of Religion, Ph.d from Uppsala University in Sweden. His research into Afro-diasporic strategies for maintaining animist reality in the modern world has led him towards reading North European cultural history from the perspective of...

60 min

The New Sustainable Fishing Model That Could Disrupt the Global Seafood Industry

Documentaries like Netflix's Seaspiracy highlight many of the destructive practices of the global fishing industry, but are there sustainable alternatives to the industrial model? In this film, Fishing for the Future, we explore an inspiring new model created by Gravity...

17 min

Growing Solutions: Soil, Water, Farmers, Seeds, Roots (2020)

In the face of threats to our farming future such as climate change, people are innovating to protect and regenerate our most vital resources – soil, water, seeds, and our farmer workforce. Growing Solutions features a centuries-old water conservation method, a farmer who’s...

42 min

Even Small Towns are Great Here (5 Years in the Netherlands)

We’ve lived in the Netherlands for 5 years now and we’ve been to a lot of small towns and cities in that time. The thing that surprised us the most is that there’s good urbanism pretty much everywhere. - Not Just Bikes

19 min

15-Minute Cities for Leftists

15-minute cities could be the solution to climate change and income inequality. Or they could just make everything worse. What we do know is that they probably aren't dystopian walled-cities. Let's explore what everyone is saying about 15-minute cities and start to work out...

27 min

The Commons: Reclaiming What Is Ours (2019)

The Commons is a documentary film about communities re-asserting sustainable futures using consensus, equity and shared resources – ancient Commons principles.

110 min

Seeding Change: The Power of Conscious Commerce (2021) ($6)

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

What is Regeneration? - A Short Film from the "2040" Team

"What is Regeneration?" is a 5-minute short film and a rousing call to action to join a global movement of Regenerators who are working to heal our ecosystems.

6 min

Utopia Isn't Just Idealistic Fantasy – It Inspires People to Change the World

Climate breakdown, mass extinctions, and extreme inequality threaten the earth’s rich tapestry of life and leave our own fate increasingly uncertain. At a time of such social, political and ecological upheaval, it&rsq

Heather Alberro

We the Power | The Future of Energy is Community-Owned (2021)

A film about the citizen-led community-energy movement in Europe and the visionaries lighting the way.

39 min

Who Is Attracted to Policing Jobs? | Brian Klaas

Brian Klaas argues that the key to police reform is changing who wants to be a cop.

5 min

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

Gratitude Revealed (2022) ($5)

Gratitude Revealed is a remarkable cinematic documentary that has been forty years in the making.

82 min

How to Bring Back Front Yard Businesses

How do we add mixed uses in single detached neighborhoods? People have some ideas… - About Here

9 min

How 15-Minute Cities Are Shaking Up the World

In this video, we explore the concept of the 15-minute city, debunking common misconceptions and conspiracy theories surrounding it. We'll reframe the discussion to focus on the true intentions behind the idea, emphasizing its potential to create sustainable and thriving...

13 min

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