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Climate Change: What's Really Been Going On (And How We Can Solve It)
Climate Change: What's Really Been Going On (And How We Can Solve It)
Ever wondered why we're not on track to solve climate change despite all the protests and petitions? Watch this to hear the story of what's really been going on. For more information on how you can take action visit http://nononsensevideos.org/action
3 min · 4.5 stars
Saving My Tomorrow - Inspiring Youth into Action
Saving My Tomorrow - Inspiring Youth into Action (2014) (trailer)
A lyrical mix of science, animation and music, SAVING MY TOMORROW celebrates the wonders of the natural world and is a call from kids to kids to help take care of the planet.
2 min · 4.5 stars
Groundbreaking Study Confirms: We Must Leave Fossil Fuels "In the Ground"
Groundbreaking Study Confirms: We Must Leave Fossil Fuels "In the Ground"
New research first of its kind to identify specific national reserves that must remain untapped A groundbreaking new study is confirming what green campaigners have long argued: in order to stave off climate disaster, the majority of fossil fuel deposits around the...
Sarah Lazare · 4.5 stars
Looking for Leaders on Climate? Follow the Women Farmers
Looking for Leaders on Climate? Follow the Women Farmers
Across the globe, countless women are standing up to the ravages of climate change – and to the governments and big businesses who are allowing it to destroy the world "I give you a message from my heart," she says, "let's move forward and work together for the benefit of...
Jon Queally · 4.5 stars
Embracing 'Radical Hope' in Our Fight to Save the Earth
Embracing 'Radical Hope' in Our Fight to Save the Earth
Radical hope is not just about determination and courage in the face of darkness, writes Paul Hoggett - it is also about love and a re-finding of all that is benign in the world. And this is the spirit we need to muster to confront the serious challenges that lie before us.
Paul Hoggett · 4.5 stars
The Anthropocene Myth: Blaming All Of Humanity for Climate Change Lets Capitalism Off The Hook
The Anthropocene Myth: Blaming All Of Humanity for Climate Change Lets Capitalism Off The Hook
Last year was the hottest year ever recorded. And yet, the latest figures show that in 2013 the source that provided the most new energy to the world economy wasn’t solar, wind power, or even natural gas or oil, but coal.
Andreas Malm · 4.5 stars
Women and Biodiversity Feed the World, Not Corporations and GMOs
Women and Biodiversity Feed the World, Not Corporations and GMOs
Biodiverse ecological agriculture in women's hands is a solution not just to the malnutrition crisis, but also the climate crisis.
Vandana Shiva · 4.5 stars
Climate Perth 2100
Climate Perth 2100
What effect will a changing climate have on Perth Western Australia in 2100. If you ever wondered what are the real issues here is a scientists who has dedicated his research on just that. A video by Geo Newmedia (Australia) - Age Group 18-35
3 min · 4.5 stars
Climate Change around Lake Wamala
Climate Change around Lake Wamala
My documentary shows how climate change has affected my village's prestigious and traditional Lake. Lake Wamala's size has reduced over time and this has affected a lot of things but most significant is the change in fish species and this affects economical well-being of the...
7 min · 4.5 stars
Why the Climate Movement Must Stand with Ferguson
Why the Climate Movement Must Stand with Ferguson
It was not hard for me to make the connection between the tragedy in Ferguson, Missouri, and the catalyst for my work to stop the climate crisis.
Deirdre Smith · 4.5 stars
Underwater Museum: A Tribute to the Ocean
Underwater Museum: A Tribute to the Ocean
Coral Guardian, a non-profit dedicated to coral reef conservation, has developped this unerwater museum in a secret spot in order to let the local biodiversity take its rights back. This video has a strong meaning, showing marine life beauty and how important it is to us.
2 min · 4.5 stars
Save the Climate or Save Capitalism? #FloodWallStreet Dispatch
Save the Climate or Save Capitalism? #FloodWallStreet Dispatch
 An exclusive Acronym TV dispatch from the Flood Wall Street day of action, featuring exclusive footage, analysis, and interviews with Adam Clayton Muller (Idle No More), Tim DeChristopher (Peaceful Uprising), Andy Bichlbaum (The Yes Men), Arun Gupta (Counterpunch), and Flood...
10 min · 4 stars
Hedges, Klein, McKibben, Sanders and Sawant Call for Urgent Action on Climate Change
Hedges, Klein, McKibben, Sanders and Sawant Call for Urgent Action on Climate Change
On the eve of three historic People's Climate March, authors Chris Hedges and Naomi Klein, 350.org founder Bill McKibben and Seattle Council person Kshama Sawant discuss the urgency of radical action on climate change, with an opening speech by Senator Bernie Sanders and...
111 min · 4.5 stars
Why Billionaires Won't Save Us
Why Billionaires Won't Save Us
In this video essay, I look at why billionaires won't save us from climate change. Specifically, I look at how the elite philanthropy of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk function as more of a billionaire preservation of wealth and self than as an act of altruism.
15 min · 4.5 stars
Growing Pains: the Ecological Cost of an Insatiable Economy
Growing Pains: the Ecological Cost of an Insatiable Economy (2019)
'Growing Pains'  is the title for a short edit (47min) of the award-winning documentary 'System Error'. A look at the global and political obsession with economic growth and the ecological and humanitarian consequences.
47 min · 4.5 stars
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 · 3.9 stars
Why the “Anthropocene” is not “Climate Change”
Why the “Anthropocene” is not “Climate Change”
“Anthropocene” is a widely proposed name for the geological epoch that covers human impact on our planet. But it is not synonymous with “climate change,” nor can it covered by “environmental problems.” Bigger and more shocking, the Anthropocene encapsulates the evidence that...
Julia Adeney Thomas · 4 stars
Only Nature Can Save Us Now
Only Nature Can Save Us Now
Faced with climate change and mass extinction there is only one thing to do. Stop trying to save the world.
Chris Taylor · 4 stars
White Canada Has a Black History
White Canada Has a Black History
Goood morning slaves! This week we bring you, "White Canada has a Black History" In this sedition of ITEOTWAWKIAIFF we look at the growing class unrest in Hong Kong that kicked off a massive rebellion in the lunar new year. Also street battles in Athens, where anarchists and...
20 min · 4 stars
The Trail of a Tale
The Trail of a Tale
"A letter from the future is written to our recent past, telling us how the world ´it turned out right´. It follows the trail of someone that left words written, words of change, of simple change. In this near future, the images of our world are the same, but the value of...
4 min · 4 stars
Beyond The People's Climate March
Beyond The People's Climate March
Dennis Trainor, Jr. of Acronym TV in conversation with Timeka Drew, a grassroots organizer with the Global Climate Convergence. In two weeks the Peoples Climate March in New York, organized by 350.org, is expected to draw as many as 200,000 people.
30 min · 4 stars
My Climate, My Planet and I...
My Climate, My Planet and I...
Sophie, a young school teacher of primary school, decides to teach the issue of the climate change to her pupils. A subject which is not taught in the French schools yet. A video by Léa Domenach (France) - Age Group 18-35
12 min · 4 stars
Keystone PipeLIES Exposed
Keystone PipeLIES Exposed
This film, produced by the Center for Media and Democracy, debunks the claims of proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline regarding jobs, energy security, gas prices, safety, and climate change. More information about this film and research project, "Keystone PipeLIES Exposed,"...
23 min · 4 stars
The Great Squeeze: Surviving the Human Project
The Great Squeeze: Surviving the Human Project (2009) (trailer)
The Great Squeeze chronicles our dependence on cheap and abundant fossil fuels that have been feeding the engine of our economic system for the past 200 years.  Although cheap energy has lifted modern civilizations to new heights, the ecosystem we depend on has paid the...
3 min · 4 stars
Pope Francis: The Earth, Our Home, Is Beginning To Look Like An Immense Pile of Filth
Pope Francis: The Earth, Our Home, Is Beginning To Look Like An Immense Pile of Filth
An extract from Pope Francis’s 180 page encyclical on climate change, the environment and inequality
Pope Francis · 4 stars
Among the Climate Deniers at Denia-Palooza
Among the Climate Deniers at Denia-Palooza
Do climate change scientists sit comfortably in the same camp as Ted Kaczynski, The Unabomber, and other despisables? Are climate change thinkers secretly communist sympathizers? The Heartland Institute thinks so. In this video, the narrator visits Chicago for the Heartland's...
7 min · 4 stars
Stop Biomassacre Subsidies
Stop Biomassacre Subsidies
Legitimate concerns about climate change are being exploited by big energy companies and financial institutions who are lobbying for subsidies from industrial bioenergy (biofuel and biomass) power generation. This short film explains the environmental and social problems...
5 min · 4 stars
Who's Afraid of Nuclear Power?
Who's Afraid of Nuclear Power?
Almost every day seems to bring more horror stories on fossil fuels. We're bombarded with reports about global warming. The price of oil keeps increasing. But with each gloomy media prediction, the nuclear industry can boast: we've got the clean answer. This documentary looks...
46 min · 4 stars
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie (trailer)
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie (trailer)
David Suzuki, iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist delivers a 'last lecture' -- what he describes as "a distillation of my life and thoughts, my legacy, what I want to say before I die". Filmed before a live audience, in front of a memory box of...
2 min · 4 stars
Climate Denial Crock of the Week: The "Urban Heat Island" Crock
Climate Denial Crock of the Week: The "Urban Heat Island" Crock
Could the scientists at Nasa, the National academy of science, the American Meteorological Society, and every professional scientific organization on the planet really have been so silly as to miss something this obvious?
6 min · 4 stars
Eat Locally!
Eat Locally!
Supporting local farms is one of the best and easiest ways to eat healthy, reduce your carbon footprint, and strengthen your community. 
Matthew Toplikar · 4 stars
Reject & Protect
Reject & Protect
While the Reject and Protect tipis were up on the National Mall in Washington DC they were seen by thousands of people from across the world.
3 min · 4 stars
Biochar - Return to Ancient Wisdom
Biochar - Return to Ancient Wisdom
Glimpse into the miraculous potential of Biochar as a significant solution to climate change, soil degradation, drought, slash and burn deforestation, peak phosphorus and the global food crisis.
18 min · 4 stars
Climate Change Sucks. Here's Something You Can Do About It.
Climate Change Sucks. Here's Something You Can Do About It.
The Hero Hatchery is setting out to crowdfund the best and brightest climate activists, connect us all with the world's most effective agents of change via Massive Open Online Trainings, share where and how to plug in, and radically amplify the stories of climate change.
4 min · 4 stars
The Funniest Global Warming Song Ever
The Funniest Global Warming Song Ever
Well, it's pretty funny, anyway. Can you think of a global warming song that's more funny?
2 min · 4 stars
They Would Sell Your Heart If They Could...
They Would Sell Your Heart If They Could...
Where do you draw the line?
3 min · 4 stars
The Earth's Not Getting Hotter....We're Just Getting Colder
The Earth's Not Getting Hotter....We're Just Getting Colder
cold: adjective- “aloof” syn
Ghost of Spartacus · 4 stars
Climate for Change - Finalist of iChange Competition Connect4Climate
Climate for Change - Finalist of iChange Competition Connect4Climate
What if we saw climate change as an opportunity to transform and improve our lifestyle? Whether it is pushing for cleaner energy or limiting practices that lead to the destruction of our precious forests, through individual action and collective effort we can act for a...
1 min · 4 stars
Sustainable Man Vs. The Keystone XL Pipeline
Sustainable Man Vs. The Keystone XL Pipeline
We attended the "Forward On Climate Rally" and made this video about it. Thanks to all those we met and agreed to be a part of the video. Vandana Shiva said "When you do the right thing by the Earth, she gives you great company" and we've certainly found that to be true.
4 min · 4 stars
Money Is The Problem
Money Is The Problem
For us to survive as a species we have to understand what money is doing to us, and how we can address these issues. This is the overview video explaining what the problem with money is and to propose the solution. 
16 min · 3.8 stars
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 · 3.6 stars
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 · 4 stars
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 · 3.6 stars
35 Year Industry Veteran Takes on Climate Change Denial and Inaction With the Climate Trail
35 Year Industry Veteran Takes on Climate Change Denial and Inaction With the Climate Trail
The Climate Trail is a "good, realistic, and sobering" free game about the post-apocalyptic world we face if we continue on our current path.
William Volk · 4 stars
There IS a Way Through This Crisis
There IS a Way Through This Crisis
How we build a better world in the face of climate catastrophe and social collapse.
Chris Taylor · 4 stars
On Being a Flexitarian: Why It's Actually OK
On Being a Flexitarian: Why It's Actually OK
Despite the scorn and mockery, flexitarianism could be the step we all need to take to save our planet.
Jess Rawnsley · 4 stars
Lost At Sea
Lost At Sea
A ship taking on water. A captain nowhere to be found. And a series of strange coincidences. Lost At Sea is a story about a trip on a cruise ship gone wrong - using story, metaphor and song to cross difficult waters. Filmed by Fair Projects, this 2018 performance of Matt...
25 min · 4 stars
Fossil-Free Costa Rica: How One Country Is Pursuing Decarbonization Despite Global Inaction
Fossil-Free Costa Rica: How One Country Is Pursuing Decarbonization Despite Global Inaction
As world leaders struggle to agree on a plan to curb global emissions at the U.N. climate talks in Katowice, Poland, Democracy Now! looks at Costa Rica’s plan to go fossil-free beginning next year. It will be the first country in the world to decarbonize its economy.
12 min · 4 stars
Rebel in Anger or Dialogue in Hope?
Rebel in Anger or Dialogue in Hope?
To create a sustainable future, society has to change, this includes all of us. Our governments cannot be trusted to deliver sustainability.  We can do this through dialogue, not rebellion. We must become positively active in developing the psychological growth we need to...
Gary King · 4 stars
Towards a Third Opinion on Climate Change – in High Need of a Holistic View
Towards a Third Opinion on Climate Change – in High Need of a Holistic View
There used to be a time when climate change was a topic like any other, one that you could have discussions about. This time is long gone and so are the discussions. They all now come down to the one question: who’s side are you on? Within only a few years climate change has...
Martina Hillbrand · 4 stars
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (trailer)
A stunning sensory experience and cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is a years-in-the-making feature documentary from the award-winning team behind Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013) and...
3 min · 4 stars
Land Without Bread: the Green New Deal Forsakes America's Countryside
Land Without Bread: the Green New Deal Forsakes America's Countryside
Days after the heart-stopping Notre-Dame Cathedral fire in April, Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg trained her eyes on the United Kingdom’s parliament and chastised its meager response to climate change. “I want you to panic,” the baby-faced sixteen-year-old quietly...
Catherine Tumber · 4 stars
Thinking Outside the Grid
Thinking Outside the Grid
Thirty years ago, a friend of mine published a book called 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save The Earth. It described the huge environmental benefits that would result if everyone made some simple adjustments to their way of life. Six hundred thousand gallons of gas could be...
Steven Gorelick · 4 stars
What We've Learned About Climate Change in the Last 30 Years | Bill McKibben
What We've Learned About Climate Change in the Last 30 Years | Bill McKibben
What lessons can we draw from three decades of struggles to address the existential threat of climate disruption? What do our failures reveal about the flaws of our political system and the economic nihilism of the fossil fuel industry? What strategies are most likely to lead...
25 min · 4 stars
HAMBI - Fight For Hambach Forest | Vimeo on Demand
HAMBI - Fight For Hambach Forest | Vimeo on Demand (2019)
Transparent Film / ZDF - Das Kleine Fernsehspiel / Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
84 min · 4 stars
REGENESIS: George Monbiot Calls for the End of (Almost All) Animal Farming
REGENESIS: George Monbiot Calls for the End of (Almost All) Animal Farming
Britain's leading environmental thinker presents his most audacious idea yet, in this 6-minute short film from director Franny Armstrong (THE AGE OF STUPID, McLIBEL) and the animation team at Brewery VFX.
6 min · 4 stars
CASH-IN COP-OUT - The COP26 Glasgow Climate Summit
CASH-IN COP-OUT - The COP26 Glasgow Climate Summit (2021)
CASH-IN COP-OUT tells how Glasgow’s COP26 climate summit notched-up yet another year of talks that failed to find a solution to the climate emergency. Thousands converged at COP26 with polarised objectives. Businesses sought deals to cash-in from the climate crisis. Thousands...
12 min · 4 stars
The Tipping Point that will DESTROY the World | George Monbiot
The Tipping Point that will DESTROY the World | George Monbiot
“I doubt that 1% of people really understand what we’re facing: the prospect of systematic environmental collapse” - George Monbiot
8 min · 4 stars
Capitalism Is What’s Burning the Planet, Not Average People
Capitalism Is What’s Burning the Planet, Not Average People
Not all humans are equally culpable in the climate chaos outlined in the latest IPCC report. Identifying the rich and powerful as the principal culprits is key to stopping further destruction.
Chris Saltmarsh · 4 stars
How Capitalism is Killing Us (And The Planet)
How Capitalism is Killing Us (And The Planet)
"In this video essay, I look at why capitalism is killing us (and the planet) by causing climate change. Specifically, I look at how capitalism's multinationals like ExxonMobil and BP are responsible for increased emissions and ultimately the climate crisis we are living...
14 min · 4 stars