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Initiation Into a Living Planet
Most people have passed through some kind of initiation in life. By that, I mean a crisis that defies what you knew and what you were. From the rubble of the ensuing collapse, a new self is born into a new world.
Houston, Harvey, and and a Hot Ocean
Science all-star team shows how record warm ocean waters made Hurricane Harvey an epic disaster, amped by climate change.
James Hansen's 1988 Climate Predictions Coming True
In summer 1988, James Hansen, NASA's Chief Atmospheric expert, testified before the US Senate, that the "greenhouse effect has been detected, and it is changing our climate now." Succeeding decades have borne him out.
Climate: A New Story - Charles Eisenstein
In this video from Spring 2018 in New Zealand, Charles advocates for expanding our exclusive focus on carbon emissions to see the broader picture beyond our short-sighted and incomplete approach to mitigating climate change. The natural and the material world--the rivers...
Why we will not stop climate change.  Capitalism's inability to decarbonize.
The steps needed to rapidly decarbonize our economy (the only way to prevent catastrophic climate change) will never be taken in a capitalist system.
The Climate “Doomsday” Is Already Here
We have already altered the planet — and many have already been harmed by it.
Threats facing Humanity, Russiagate & the Role of Independent Media | With Paul Jay
In this interview with the senior editor and founder of The Real News Network, Paul Jay, we examine the threats facing humanity today, Russiagate and what issues independent media outlets should be prioritizing.
3 Kids are on a Mission to Fix the Global Meat Crisis, Fast!
In order to shift the broken meat and dairy system, Greenpeace has one ambitious goal: the reduction of meat and dairy production and consumption by at least 50% by 2050. If left unchecked, agriculture is projected to produce 52% of global greenhouse gas emissions in the...
Globalization's Deadly Footprint
"That pollution is bad for our health will come as a surprise to no one. That pollution kills at least 9 million people every year might."
As the Trump Administration Retreats on Climate Change, US Cities Are Moving Forward
Despite almost universal scientific consensus that climate change poses a growing threat, President Donald Trump’s recent infrastructure plan makes no mention of the need to build resilience to rising global temperatures. Instead, it actually seeks to weaken environmental...
In Focus
Dombrowski's project 'Tropic Ice' focuses on educating people about the effects of climate change on all continents through her beautiful photographs. "They understood it completely what I wanted to say"
Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future
Living the Change explores solutions to the global crises we face today – solutions any one of us can be part of – through the inspiring stories of people pioneering change in their own lives and in their communities in order to live in a sustainable and regenerative...
Why Libertarians Must Deny Climate Change, in One Short Take
I must applaud Matt Bruenig's summing up of the inherent conflict between libertarianism and environmental issues
Greenland Melting from Below
Turns out, Greenland isn't just melting from above—it's also melting from below. Eventually, it could raise sea levels by 24 feet. How long until we're all underwater? NASA's OMG mission is trying to find out.
These Candidates for US Congress Want to Win in 2018 on a Platform of Decisive Climate Action
More than 100 U.S. House and Senate candidates pledge to move off fossil fuels.
Energy Internet
Is this an answer to climate change that we're missing? This is a taster for a one-hour documentary coming soon that explores the work of Nick Dunlop and the Climate Parliament.
What Will It Really Take to Avoid Collapse?
Fifteen thousand scientists have issued a dire warning to humanity about impending collapse but virtually no-one takes notice. Ultimately, our global systems, which are designed for perpetual growth, need to be fundamentally restructured to avoid the worst-case outcome.
Keystone XL: This Isn't Over
There’s a lot of uncertainty around TransCanada’s next move – they’re still expected to make a final decision this month whether to move forward with this pipeline – but one thing is for sure. We’re the biggest obstacle this project will face and no matter what TransCanada...
Decentralized Disaster Relief Fills Void
After uncovering total failure by the U.S. government to meet the needs of communities suffering in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Abby Martin meets the people who filled the void. S
The Sacrifice Zones of Hurricane Harvey
In this second installment of special coverage Hurricane Harvey's aftermath, Abby Martin explores how the petrochemical industry dominates the city and why its low-income, Black and Latino areas are in the highest-risk areas for flooding and pollution, earning them the name...
It's Seems Like BP Have Decided to Come Clean About Their Dirty Practices... or Have They?
BP staff were being surprisingly honest about why the company is sponsoring the British Museum's new Scythians exhibition at its press launch this week. Or maybe they weren't really from BP at all...
Show Up, Stand up and Step Up: Bold Action in the Wake of Storms
It is unusual for disasters to garner as much sustained coverage in the media as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have. Authors have been able to explore complex aspects of disasters in more nuanced ways than fleeting public interest generally allows. 
Nature Isn't On a Rampage. That Would Be Us.
By putting the evil eye on nature, we take it off the humans who have science in their hands, but hold it behind their backs.
The Great Flood
How many times will we rebuild Florida’s cities, Houston, coastal New Jersey, New Orleans and other population centers ravaged by storms lethally intensified by global warming? At what point, surveying the devastation and knowing more is inevitable, will we walk away, leaving...
For More Resilient Cities, Stop Trying to Conquer Nature
Had we designed cities with nature in mind, we'd see fewer issues around flooding, pollution and excessive heat.
Trump Impersonators hold mock press conference on beach
40 performers in donald trump masks unveil a new australian flag and hold a mock press conference to wipe out the PARIS AGREEMENT on climate change. Complete footage including aerials of this extraordinary public art performance. At Australia's coal capital, Newcastle, 4th...
You Pay More Taxes Than Exxon Mobil
Want a simple way to tell if humanity is taking the threat of global warming seriously? Ask yourself this question: Does Exxon Mobil pay more taxes than at least one U.S. citizen? That’s right. Just one. Right now, the answer is a clear and resounding “No!” because Exxon...
Top 5 Ways Man-Made Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey Much Worse
The images from Houston and its environs are heart-breaking and we at Informed Comment wish all those affected a speedy and safe return to normality.
Prince Ea: Will This Be Humanity's Fate?
We all can agree that if Earth dies, we die. So why do so many people keep denying climate change and our impact on this planet? Why do we take our time here for granted? Whether it's the food we eat, companies we support, our daily habits or how we vote, we have the power to...
Reporting on Climate Change Is Harmful if You're Not Offering Solutions
Once-celebrated author and thinker Daniel Pinchbeck can't find an audience for his new book. He has a few ideas why.
To Create Climate and Environmental Justice, We Need Your Solutions
It is increasingly clear that reverting this catastrophic climate crisis requires a deep systemic change to our economic, political and social structures along with the promotion of climate and environmental justice that places people and planet at the core. So what is the...
Earth Overshoot Day Explained
This video explains our Ecological Footprint and Earth Overshoot Day with a particular focus on the #movethedate campaign to move back the day of ecological overshoot.
Study Calls for Rapid "Negative Emissions" as Scientist Warns "Shit's Hitting the Fan"
New study, led by James Hansen, is meant to bolster climate kids' case against the federal government
Neoliberalism Has Conned Us Into Fighting Climate Change as Individuals
Would you advise someone to flap towels in a burning house? To bring a flyswatter to a gunfight? Yet the counsel we hear on climate change could scarcely be more out of sync with the nature of the crisis.
How Modern Imperialism Creates Famine Around the World
Countries like Yemen, Chad and South Sudan have been devastated by famine and starvation in recent years, with millions of people suffering despite a global surplus of food. But the problem is not a lack of resources - they are starving due to the effects of unending Western...
A New Economic Story: Real Prosperity Revolves Around the Sanctity of Life
The economy is much more than a series of transactions: It’s about our relationships, who and what we think we are, and our view on the meaning of life itself. Our current global economy leaves too many of us struggling, and it is harming Earth’s ecosystems.
The Paris Climate Deal Won’t Save Us – Our Future Depends on De-Growth
When Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate deal, the world reacted with outrage. And rightly so: the agreement represents a remarkable achievement in international diplomacy – a breakthrough after 20 years of failed climate negotiations. But as we...
One Green Seat - The Green Party Challenging the Parliamentary System
Westminster rebel Caroline Lucas, is the first and only Green MP for England & Wales. In an age of disillusionment and mistrust for the ruling elite, she looks from the inside at what's wrong with England's archaic parliamentary system.
Raise a Paddle - A Journey From the Pacific Islands to the Tar Sands
In May 2017, a group of Pacific Islanders travelled half way across the world to visit the Canadian tar sands.
Surviving Earth
An epic, ominous and perhaps life saving radio interview occurs with director, Peter Charles Downey on a small-town country radio station about his new documentary movie, Surviving Earth. Where the trees whisper of humanity’s mass suicide in a valley of depleting resources...
Earth to Trump: You Are on Your Own
'We move on and we move forward, together'
The True Cost of Climate Denial
President Trump announced the U.S.’s intent to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement – what many said was the world’s best chance to collectively limit the impact on the planet. The first effects of climate change are already being felt, and projections show...
Tackling Food Waste Would Help Mitigate Climate Change
Eat your peas! It’s the easiest way to fight climate change.
Radical Hope: Life During the Climate Apocalypse
Global organizer Joshua Kahn Russell on the shifting terrain of climate justice, the need for spiritual perspective in the movement, and learning to love contradiction in the age of Bernie and Trump.
How to Boil a Frog
There's plenty of serious documentaries on the world's environmental problems. How to Boil a Frog takes a different approach, mixing fast-paced comedy with hard-hitting facts to help make complex subjects both understandable and more engaging. The accompanying study guide...
Jane Goodall - Mother Earth
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall
Why Humans Are so Bad at Thinking About Climate Change
The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn’t technology – it’s human psychology.
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power
A decade after AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH brought climate change into the heart of popular culture, comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution. Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight traveling around the world...
Kandi Mossett Explains the Intersectional Issues Around Standing Rock
Adapted from the feature documentary Not Without Us, Kandi Mossett from the Indigenous Environmental Network talks about the health, environmental and social impacts of extractive industries on indigenous communities.
Tucker Carlson Interviewing Bill Nye Is Like Watching a Turkey Trying to Operate an iPad
Bill Nye is interviewed by Tucker Carlson on Fox News to talk about climate change and research to identify the cause of the cognitive dissonance in those who deny the evidence that the current rate of climate change is man-made. What happens is an object lesson in media...
Video Shows Shell Knew About The Dangers of Climate Change 25 Years Ago
In 1991, Shell produced a public documentary on global warming called Climate of Concern. It warned that trends in global temperatures raised serious risks of famines, floods and climate refugees. But in the quarter century since, Shell has continued to invest heavily in...
Hans Rosling Brilliantly Explains Complexity of Population and Resource Issues Using Simple Tools
Let me show you the world, says Swedish academic Han Rosling as he demonstrates the dynamics of population growth, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissions. The challenge for the world is to get everyone out of extreme poverty and get the richest people to use less fossil...
Glacier Exit
We stood on the ice dunes of the glaciers of Alaska in the midst of a snowy winter. Trekking the slopes of another planet had been on our list for a long time. The silence and majesty of the mountains surrounding us, the bluest ice we had ever seen and the steady rush of ice...
This Love Song to the Earth Urges Us to Love and Care for Her
This is a love song like you've never heard before. Join Charles Dance, David Gyasi, Miranda Richardson, Elbow and people across the country in coming together to protect all we hold dear from climate change. Watch, share, #ShowTheLove. Together we can protect the places and...
Obama's Hidden Role in Worsening Climate Change
It should be a scandal that leftists-liberals paint Trump as a special threat, a war mongerer – not Obama who is the first president to be at war everyday of his eight years, who is waging seven wars at present, who dropped three bombs an hour, 24 hours a day, the entire...
Pricey Bargains: How Economics Hides The True Cost of Consumerism
Climate change, species extinction, pollution and poverty: The world seems to be going down the drain! There are many reasons for these problems. One reason of particular importance is rooted deep in our economic system. This video explains it. What's your opinion about that?...
The Snow Guardian
For 40 years, billy barr has lived alone in small cabin in one of the coldest places in the United States - the ghost town of Gothic, CO. With no goals of proving anything, or even knowledge that the climate was changing, billy started collecting data about snowpack to pass...
Regenerative Agriculture: Our Best Shot at Cooling the Planet?
It’s getting hot out there. For a stretch of 16 months running through August 2016, new global temperature records were set every month.[1] Ice cover in the Arctic sea hit a new low this past summer, at 525,000 square miles less than normal.[2] And apparently we’re not doing...
New Study Shows That the Polar Vortex Is Shifting
The path of the polar vortex is shifting from North America toward Eurasia. Now, a new study suggests that this might cause several regions to suffer colder and longer winters than usual.