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Climate: A New Story - Charles Eisenstein
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...
5 min
The urban resilience movement: European cities build a guideline to face the future together
The urban resilience movement: European cities build a guideline to face the future together
European cities are changing. Increasing storms, floods and heat waves are putting citizens’ health and lives at risk as a result of climate change. Human-made disasters such as terrorist attacks used to happen every 5 years in European cities. Now, we are seeing several...
3 min
Refuting the "co2 is plant food" and "Earth is greening" climate change denial arguments
Refuting the "co2 is plant food" and "Earth is greening" climate change denial arguments
This video responds to those who say carbon emissions are not a problem because "CO2 is plant food" and "the planet is greening". We examine the science of what rising temperatures and climate change will actually mean for global agricultural production.
14 min
Why we will not stop climate change. Capitalism's inability to decarbonize.
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.
29 min
The Climate “Doomsday” Is Already Here
The Climate “Doomsday” Is Already Here
We have already altered the planet — and many have already been harmed by it.
Joe Brewer
Threats facing Humanity, Russiagate & the Role of Independent Media | With Paul Jay
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.
19 min
RESIN - European cities working against the clock to adapt to a new climate reality
RESIN - European cities working against the clock to adapt to a new climate reality (2018)
RESIN is an interdisciplinary, practice-based research project investigating climate resilience in European cities. Through co-creation between cities and researchers, the project is working on developing practical and applicable tools to support cities in designing and...
5 min
The Shore Line
The Shore Line (trailer)
This webdoc profiles the efforts of educators, artists, architects, scientists, city planners, and youth organizations from nine countries who are confronting coastal challenges with persistence and imagination. Solutions for climate change. 
2 min
Global Warming Is Increasing Russia’s Profits, And Pollution, VICE on HBO, Full Episode
Global Warming Is Increasing Russia’s Profits, And Pollution, VICE on HBO, Full Episode
Climate change is causing catastrophic changes to our planet, but it may be an economic blessing for Russia. As the Arctic ice melts, petroleum and mineral resources are more accessible, shipping lanes are opening up and the frozen Siberian tundra could become arable. In...
13 min
3 Kids are on a Mission to Fix the Global Meat Crisis, Fast!
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...
2 min
Globalization's Deadly Footprint
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."
Alex Jensen
As the Trump Administration Retreats on Climate Change, US Cities Are Moving Forward
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...
Katherine Levine Einstein and David Glick and Maxwell Palmer
In Focus
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"
2 min
RUGGEDISED Smart City Project - Animated
RUGGEDISED Smart City Project - Animated
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
We live underwater (Biorock Coral Reef Restoration / Artificial Reef)
We live underwater (Biorock Coral Reef Restoration / Artificial Reef)
World travellers, divers and filmmakers of The Jetlagged are setting out to give threatened coral ecosystems a new chance: They build an artificial reef on a Indonesian island paradise with heavily damaged corals. The Biorock structure will be equipped with a special feature...
8 min
Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future
Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018)
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...
85 min
Why Libertarians Must Deny Climate Change, in One Short Take
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
George Monbiot
The Penguin Protectors
The Penguin Protectors
The Penguin Protectors follows a group of conservationists in Cape Town, South Africa, that are fighting to keep the African penguin species from extinction. 
5 min
It's Not Business, It's Personal
It's Not Business, It's Personal (2018)
The film imagines what would happen if a person was granted the same privileges extended to corporations - enter Tony Sleaze. Tony is a human representation of a corporation, and we follow him as he acts out some of their most disgraceful behaviours, from dumping toxic waste...
3 min
London's Last Tree Farmer
London's Last Tree Farmer
London’s Last Tree Farmer is a short documentary explaining the story of Danny O’Sullivan and his project with his business partner Suraiya. Their company, named Citywood Services, recycles trees that are falling or being cut down and need removing around the capital. This...
14 min
Greenland Melting from Below
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.
4 min
These Candidates for US Congress Want to Win in 2018 on a Platform of Decisive Climate Action
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.
Wenonah Hauter
Energy Internet
Energy Internet (trailer)
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.
5 min
What Will It Really Take to Avoid Collapse?
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.
Jeremy Lent
‘Water Is Life’ Camp Resists Energy Transfer Partners’ Louisiana Bayou Bridge Pipeline
‘Water Is Life’ Camp Resists Energy Transfer Partners’ Louisiana Bayou Bridge Pipeline
Bayou Bridge is another dangerous pipeline from a company that’s shown complete disregard for Indigenous rights, the land and water, and our climate. If approved, the project will run though 11 parishes and cross around 600 acres of wetlands and 700 bodies of water, including...
Emma Fiala
Language Is Art
Language Is Art (2017)
Language is Art is a movie worth watching. Featuring over 600 people from all walks of life,  this documentary style film presents a creative exploration into issues commonly disregarded by the mainstream media. Topics include free energy, war, revolution, mind control, slave...
97 min
Keystone XL: This Isn't Over
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...
2 min
Decentralized Disaster Relief Fills Void
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
26 min
The Sacrifice Zones of Hurricane Harvey
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...
27 min
taking Root:- a vision of extraordinary African woman and eco warrior and Nobel Peace prize winner Wangari Mathaai
taking Root:- a vision of extraordinary African woman and eco warrior and Nobel Peace prize winner Wangari Mathaai
"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace." Wangarai Mathai African Nobel Peace Prize winner.
120 min
It's Seems Like BP Have Decided to Come Clean About Their Dirty Practices... or Have They?
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...
2 min
A Wild Tango
A Wild Tango
A visual dance, from the depths of the City to the wildest parts of Patagonia To find out more, go to www.rewildtv.com
3 min
Show Up, Stand up and Step Up: Bold Action in the Wake of Storms
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. 
Jason von Meding and Heidi Harmon
Nature Isn't On a Rampage. That Would Be Us.
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.
Cynthia Barnett
The Great Flood
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...
Chris Hedges
For More Resilient Cities, Stop Trying to Conquer Nature
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.
David Suzuki
Trump Impersonators hold mock press conference on beach
Trump Impersonators hold mock press conference on beach (2017)
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...
4 min
UNA AYUDA PARA EL CARIBE FRENTE AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
UNA AYUDA PARA EL CARIBE FRENTE AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
Es totalmente irrealista esperar que las naciones en desarrollo se abstengan de una ruta al crecimiento alta en carbono de la cual tantas naciones occidentales se han beneficiado, a menos que los apoyemos en alcanzar un crecimiento verde. – David Cameron
Isatis Marié Cintrón Rodríguez
You Pay More Taxes Than Exxon Mobil
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...
Joe Brewer
Top 5 Ways Man-Made Climate Change Made Hurricane Harvey Much Worse
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.
Juan Cole
Man-Buns and Climate Finance: Millennials Leading the Sustainable Investment Market
Man-Buns and Climate Finance: Millennials Leading the Sustainable Investment Market
Apparently millennials are more than man-buns, gentrification or an avocado obsession. Millennials, defined as people with birth dates from early 1980s to late 1990s, are leading the sustainable investment surge in the United States. Aligning their personal values with their...
Isatis Marié Cintrón Rodríguez
Prince Ea: Will This Be Humanity's Fate?
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...
4 min
Reporting on Climate Change Is Harmful if You're Not Offering Solutions
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.
Katie Bain
Hello Humanity. It's Me, Technology. We Need to Talk.
Hello Humanity. It's Me, Technology. We Need to Talk.
Technology has grown with us, side by side, since the dawn of human society. Each time that we've turned to Technology to solve a problem or make us more comfortable, we've been granted a solution. But it turns out that all of the gifts Technology has bestowed on us have come...
2 min
What Did You Do? Short Film with Poetry About Climate Change
What Did You Do? Short Film with Poetry About Climate Change
 
2 min
To Create Climate and Environmental Justice, We Need Your Solutions
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...
2 min
Earth Overshoot Day Explained
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.
3 min
The World's End
The World's End (2017)
It's incredible to think that Rewild is currently standing on the banks of the Beagle Channel, the same one that takes you to the breathtaking landscapes of Antartica. It is amazing to see how some of these creatures are able to live within such cold conditions ... when...
2 min
Study Calls for Rapid "Negative Emissions" as Scientist Warns "Shit's Hitting the Fan"
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
Andrea Germanos
Neoliberalism Has Conned Us Into Fighting Climate Change as Individuals
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.
Martin Lukacs
How Modern Imperialism Creates Famine Around the World
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...
Eric Draitser
A New Economic Story: Real Prosperity Revolves Around the Sanctity of Life
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.
3 min
The Paris Climate Deal Won’t Save Us – Our Future Depends on De-Growth
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...
Jason Hickel
Fighting Climate Change With Regenerative Agriculture - Restoring Paradise
Fighting Climate Change With Regenerative Agriculture - Restoring Paradise
Regenerative agriculture offers a future for the sustainable farming of meat in line with nature’s needs, by using holistic grazing and organic/biodynamic practices and even sequestering carbon in the soil – so important in the fight against climate change. At Mangarara, in...
8 min
Fighting Climate Change With Regenerative Agriculture
Fighting Climate Change With Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative agriculture offers a future for the sustainable farming of meat in line with nature’s needs, by using holistic grazing and organic/biodynamic practices and even sequestering carbon in the soil – so important in the fight against climate change. At Mangarara, in...
8 min
One Green Seat - The Green Party Challenging the Parliamentary System
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.
7 min
Raise a Paddle - A Journey From the Pacific Islands to the Tar Sands
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.
11 min
Surviving Earth
Surviving Earth (2014)
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...
95 min
Earth to Trump: You Are on Your Own
Earth to Trump: You Are on Your Own
'We move on and we move forward, together'
Lauren McCauley
The True Cost of Climate Denial
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...
28 min