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Nobody Takes the Renewable Energy Transition Seriously
Nobody Takes the Renewable Energy Transition Seriously
“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
Biodiversity is Collapsing Worldwide. Here's Why.
Biodiversity is Collapsing Worldwide. Here's Why.
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
Fairytales of Growth
Fairytales of Growth (2020)
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
The Power of Water
The Power of Water
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?...
11 min
Our Coming Baptism by Fire
Our Coming Baptism by Fire
There is worse ahead. In acceptance, hope is transformed into energy for the unimaginable.
Chris Taylor
Who Owns the Future of California's Energy? Its Residents
Who Owns the Future of California's Energy? Its Residents
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 Living Salish Sea
This Living Salish Sea
"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…
88 min
PANDORA'S PROMISE
PANDORA'S PROMISE
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...
0 min
Cuerpo de Agua [cortometraje]
Cuerpo de Agua [cortometraje]
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...
7 min
Common Roots
Common Roots
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...
11 min
The Sleeping Giant: A Localist Manifesto
The Sleeping Giant: A Localist Manifesto
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...
28 min
Harmony
Harmony (trailer)
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...
3 min
Review of Planet of the Humans: What They Get Right and the Environmentalists Get Wrong
Review of Planet of the Humans: What They Get Right and the Environmentalists Get Wrong
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
Generation Green New Deal (2021)
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 Power Capitalism, But They Can Power Ecosocialism
Renewables Can't Power Capitalism, But They Can Power Ecosocialism
This is a fantastic video essay. Sit back, relax, and enjoy it like a podcast for some serious knowledge gems.
24 min
Director Jeff Gibbs' Response to Bill Mckibben Regarding Planet of the Humans
Director Jeff Gibbs' Response to Bill Mckibben Regarding Planet of the Humans
[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
6 Reasons Why Planet of the Humans Is a Disaster of Misinformation
6 Reasons Why Planet of the Humans Is a Disaster of Misinformation
Overview I. Intro II. The problems ——#1. Misrepresenting ——
Ben Wehrman
Corona Crisis Reveals We Need Systemic, Not Just Individual Change
Corona Crisis Reveals We Need Systemic, Not Just Individual Change
Climate change is not your fault.
Peter Sinclair
Richard Heinberg's Review of Planet of the Humans
Richard Heinberg's Review of Planet of the Humans
A few days ago, Emily Atkin posted a reaction to Michael Moore’s latest film, 
Richard Heinberg
Michael Moore, Filmmakers Respond to Criticism of Planet Of The Humans
Michael Moore, Filmmakers Respond to Criticism of Planet Of The Humans
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. 
18 min
Re: Bill Mckibben's Response to Planet of the Humans Documentary
Re: Bill Mckibben's Response to Planet of the Humans Documentary
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...
False Progress
One World 1 - A Survival Strategy for Humanity
One World 1 - A Survival Strategy for Humanity
"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
Re: "Skepticism Is Healthy, but Planet of the Humans Is Toxic - A Critical Review"
Re: "Skepticism Is Healthy, but Planet of the Humans Is Toxic - A Critical Review"
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...
False Progress
First Gigawatt Down Part 2
First Gigawatt Down Part 2
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...
18 min
First Gigawatt Down: Part I
First Gigawatt Down: Part I
Everyone talks about solving climate change, getting off fossils, getting 100% clean energy.
11 min
ZC4 - Zero Carbon Coaching Clinic Campaign!
ZC4 - Zero Carbon Coaching Clinic Campaign!
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...
37 min
Héroes de la naturaleza
Héroes de la naturaleza
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...
3 min
Climate: A New Story with Charles Eisenstein
Climate: A New Story with Charles Eisenstein
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...
13 min
Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You
Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You (2020)
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?
66 min
Grand Forks Flood | Episode 3: Connecting Deforestation & Flooding
Grand Forks Flood | Episode 3: Connecting Deforestation & Flooding
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...
29 min
Planet of the Humans
Planet of the Humans (2019)
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 f
100 min
Changing Worlds in the Atlas Mountains
Changing Worlds in the Atlas Mountains
A BOUTECO film by Kuba Nowak Produced by Juliet Kinsman Education for All Morocco www.efamorocco.com
21 min
Why I Stopped Protesting and Started a Garden
Why I Stopped Protesting and Started a Garden
“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
Planting Earth Week
Planting Earth Week (2020)
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...
13 min
The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning
The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning (trailer)
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...
3 min
Extinction Underground: ART TO SAVE THE PLANET
Extinction Underground: ART TO SAVE THE PLANET
“The role of the artist is to make revolution irresistible.” – Toni Cade Barbara
3 min
When Climate Met COVID: 7 Reasons We Should Tackle These Challenges Together
When Climate Met COVID: 7 Reasons We Should Tackle These Challenges Together
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
Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia
Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia
In 2018, the Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific, hosted the Melanesian Arts & Cultural Festival, celebrating the country’s fortieth anniversary of independence.
20 min
The Green New Deal Will Make Life Better For All & It's Cheaper Than More Wars for Oil
The Green New Deal Will Make Life Better For All & It's Cheaper Than More Wars for Oil
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.
2 min
Aluna: A Journey to Save the World
Aluna: A Journey to Save the World (2012)
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.
89 min
From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning
From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning (1992)
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...
87 min
Coronavirus and Climate Activism: Five Common Lessons
Coronavirus and Climate Activism: Five Common Lessons
The pandemic is a testing ground for how to address the climate crisis, and vice-versa.
Nadia Colburn
Covid-19 Could Teach Us How to Avoid the Worst Consequences of Climate Change
Covid-19 Could Teach Us How to Avoid the Worst Consequences of Climate Change
A devastating problem crops up.
Elizabeth Sawin
Coronavirus Spells the End of the Neoliberal Era. What's Next?
Coronavirus Spells the End of the Neoliberal Era. What's Next?
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
5 Ways Coronavirus Could Help Humanity Survive the Ecological Crisis
5 Ways Coronavirus Could Help Humanity Survive the Ecological Crisis
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
OffGrid Solar powered Tattoo Bus Studio in Colombia
OffGrid Solar powered Tattoo Bus Studio in Colombia
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...
7 min
#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
Fracked - Award Winning Short Film by Antony Stone
Fracked - Award Winning Short Film by Antony Stone
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...
28 min
Belgium - United for Climate - 20th of September 2019
Belgium - United for Climate - 20th of September 2019
Song: The Kids Don't Stand A Chance - Vampire Weekend
4 min
A Letter from the Virus: #LISTEN
A Letter from the Virus: #LISTEN
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...
4 min
A Vote Against Bernie Sanders Is a Vote for the End of Human Civilization
A Vote Against Bernie Sanders Is a Vote for the End of Human Civilization
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
"Ready for Systemic Change" With River Eno
"Ready for Systemic Change" With River Eno
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.
2 min
"Capitalism is an Abusive Relationship" With Dr. Harriet Fraad
"Capitalism is an Abusive Relationship" With Dr. Harriet Fraad
The "every man for himself" mentality engendered by capitalism creates a society prone to violence, exploitation and degradation.
5 min
People and Planet: Speech only.
People and Planet: Speech only.
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...
22 min
Destruction of the Environment as a Consequence of Overpopulation
Destruction of the Environment as a Consequence of Overpopulation
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...
32 min
Iowa’s Vision of a More Beautiful World, 10 Years After Passing a Green New Deal
Iowa’s Vision of a More Beautiful World, 10 Years After Passing a Green New Deal
What would America's heartland be like, 10 years after we pass a Green New Deal?
8 min
On February 6th Antarctica Was Warmer Than Orlando, or Why I Support Only Sanders
On February 6th Antarctica Was Warmer Than Orlando, or Why I Support Only Sanders
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
The Goal of Life is Not to Survive It | Charles Eisenstein
The Goal of Life is Not to Survive It | Charles Eisenstein
With climate change and biodiversity loss worsening every day, we're all asking ourselves: will humanity survive?
7 min
CNBC Anchor Nearly Chokes On Air When Told The Truth (Web Exclusive)
CNBC Anchor Nearly Chokes On Air When Told The Truth (Web Exclusive)
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 &...
7 min
Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World
Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World (2021)
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...
76 min