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After lunch, right about the time that Bernie Sanders was actually announcing his run for president, I went for a walk in the woods, and polled three chickadees, two wild turkeys, one vernal pool of chirping wood frogs and a random sample of several tree species. You have to...
Bill McKibben
Meat and Livestock Australia has published a series of study guides for primary and secondary school students.
We will have to consume less, not more, if we are serious about tackling climate change. So how do businesses like Coca-Cola lure us into forgetting that inconvenient truth?
Stephen Devlin
While Salma Hayek’s figure is the jealousy of heaps of ladies, she supposes she’s lost parts as a result of her edge.
TransCanada's Energy East pipeline plan is all about exporting oil. It is not a made-in-Canada energy solution. Up to 90 per cent of Energy East's oil would be exported unrefined. As an export pipeline, it won't create many permanent jobs or have lasting economic benefits to...
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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
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
Fair World Project's new 17-minute documentary highlights the role of industrial agriculture in climate change while expounding on how small farmers are combating the climate crisis through regenerative organic agriculture.
17 min
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion is an award-winning human rights film that explores the challenges we face living in a world of 7 billion. It tells the story of Beth, an American mother and child's right activist, and her journey to understand how overpopulation is impacting...
69 min
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...
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Noam Chomsky was introduced by David Barsamian, then talked about his work. 18 March 2015
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This video only touches the surface of the devastation that is happening to our planet earth. When I searched for content to include in this video, I became overwhelmed at the magnitude and pace at which our planet is being destroyed by its inhabitants. I am not a scientist...
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Profit-driven approaches to our energy supply are not working. Emissions continue to rise and our climate is rapidly changing. How can we move toward “energy democracy,” shifting to a more sustainable, equitable energy system? And what’s the role of trade unions in getting us...
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This is an edited excerpt the feature length documentary This Changes Everything.
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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
Forget the so-called ‘pause’ in global warming—new research says we might be in for an era of deeply accelerated heating.
While the rate of atmospheric warming in recent years has, indeed, slowed due to various natural weather cycles—hence the skeptics’ droning on about...
Nafeez Ahmed
“Right now, for humanity and many other living creatures, there is Too Much carbon in the air and Too Little carbon in the soil.”
– John Wick, Co-founder of The Global Compost Project.
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Do you ever remember asking your parents where things come from? This film was made in response to a compeition brief set out by Wateraid and WorldView to create a film that explores what water means to us.
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Shifting away from an emphasis on global economic growth toward local economies provides a means to increase meaningful employment, shrink the gap between rich and poor, and tackle climate change.
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Climate change is the biggest threat facing humanity today and yet our political systems refuse to move quickly enough to do anything about it. It threatens to undo all the gains that have been made against poverty in recent decades. But how does it affect Ireland and where...
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As the muthafuckin' resistance has been busy blocking pipelines all across Turtle Island, from the Keystone XL pipeline in the United Snakes, to the Northern Gateway and Pacific Trails pipelines in unceded Wet'suwet'en territory, capitalist oil-peddlers have had to find a new...
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In this sedition we look at the economic clusterfuck enveloping the globe, the mega drop in oil prices and the political party that has the left screaming like Justin Beaver fans.
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A look at deforestation and the efforts of the Eden Reforestation projects to fix it. This is the 3rd video in a 3-part series we produced in partnership with Eden Reforestation Projects. You can find out more about their work and how to help at edenprojects.org.
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A documentary detailing climate change in Africa and some of the water problems facing Axum, Ethiopia
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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
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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.
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A short documentary about water in Russia. Production and postproduction took about 6 months. Part of the film was shot on remote locations like mountains, deserts, etc. so sometimes it was a challenge to bring all heavy gear there. The part about water shortages was shot 150...
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How much energy do we use, and how much energy could renewables provide? References: MacKay, D.J.C. (2009). Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air. Cambridge, England: UIT Cambridge Ltd. UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department. (2014). Energy Scales Table. Retrieved from...
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92 year old Bill Ryan fought to save Australia on the Kokoda Track in WW2. Now he's fighting to save Australia from extreme mining and climate change. Here he is at beautiful Gloucester in NSW, which is threatened by coal mining and unconventional gas.
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Take Action for Clean Air - https://secure.earthjustice.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1645 People who suffer from asthma often say an attack feels like breathing through a pool of water or like a pillow is covering their face. In the United States, asthma...
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The World's largest environmental organizations are failing to address the single most destructive force facing the planet today. Follow the shocking, yet humorous journey of an aspiring environmentalist as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing...
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This Changes Everything is a book capacious enough to allow Naomi Klein two positions at once. But a real climate-justice movement will at some point have to make choices.
Out Of The Woods
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
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.
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I walk a small path, surrounded by an infinite number of trees, plants and the scent of flowers. My lungs fill with pure, fresh air when I take a deep breath. My bare feet touch the ground, damp from yesterday's rain. This is my home. This is where I grew up. This is what I...
Nina Gualinga
In this short clip, I explain how I came up with the idea to write a book on 'saving the Earth,' and why I chose Tolkien's world to get the message across. The book is now available on all major ebook sites, including Amazon.
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You can hear the sounds of new construction from just about any point on Sterling College’s bucolic Vermont campus. The whir of saws and plink of hammers ricochet off the nearby Lowell Mountains as students—26 percent more than were enrolled just two years ago—shuffle to...
A.C. Shilton
No Logo author Naomi Klein says we must revolutionise our working lives if we are to combat climate change and save the free world...
Naomi Klein
For the third year in a row, a typhoon wreaked havoc on the Philippines during a Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In 2012, during the UNFCCC COP 18 in Doha, Qatar, Typhoon Bopha, the strongest ever to hit...
Mary Louise Malig
The documentary film made by Latin America Bureau - LAB editors Nayana Fernandez and Sue Branford has led directly to a crowd-funding initiative, to support the Munduruku Indians in defending their sacred territory in the Amazon Rainforest, and hence their way of life. Here...
"The carbon market is a mechanism to keep polluting if you’re able to pay," says Pablo Solón of the global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under negotiation at the United Nations Climate Summit in Lima, Peru. Solón is Bolivia’s former ambassador to the United...
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As time runs out for the Tarkine (Tasmania, Australia), an aerial cinematographer tries to capture images of the wild and unique unprotected great wilderness.
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At first glance, these images look like like photos of glaciers and icebergs afloat on tranquil and frigid seas. The truth is somewhat more interesting, however – they’re enormous soft pastel finger drawings by U.S. artist Zaria Forman.
Forman’s works (which we wrote about...
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When whales were at their historic populations, before their numbers were reduced, it seems that whales might have been responsible for removing tens of millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere every year. Whales change the climate. The return of the great whales, if...
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Climate change negotiations have been going on longer than the world wide web has existed. But while the internet has progressed from a dozen or so green and black html pages to the lifeblood of modern civilization, the
Tipping Point Collective
http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/?s=geoengineering
Tim Radford
The American Legislative Exchange Council (A.L.E.C.) IS big money in politics. During the Dallas A.L.E.C. annual meeting, July 30 - August 1, 2014, activists staged protests and public events to raise awareness of the danger of big political money. Watch this short doc and...
17 min
What if all of the expectations you have about the future are wrong?
86 min
Although “renewable” energy is growing faster than ever before, it is neither carbon neutral, “clean” nor sustainable. We need to transform into low-energy societies that meet human – not corporate – needs.
Renewable energy is growing faster than
Almuth Ernsting
This short film shows the impact human beings have had on the planet Earth.
A compilation of images, thoughts, questions and music to inspire environmental consciousness.
Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources...
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TransCanada's Energy East pipeline plan would put the water of millions of Canadians at risk of tar sands oil spills. Get the facts about this risky mega-pipeline - the largest proposed tar sands pipeline in the world. Learn more at www.RejectEnergyEast.ca
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Actor and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Ian Somerhalder narrates an inspiring new documentary that takes the viewer on a trip around the world to see people taking action on climate change. The documentary weaves together nine inspiring stories, showing that action on climate...
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When the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise set sail to protest the first ever oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean, none of the people on board could have known what was coming.
52 min
Uploaded by Philip Blair on 2014-10-24.
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Source Guide & Transcript http://niphilosopher.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/global-warming-series-part-i-vested.html
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Green World Rising is a series of four short films narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio on the state of climate and solutions to the climate crisis.
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Pachamama in thirsty. The indigenous goddess of Mother Earth has watched in dismay as climate change in Bolivia's Altiplano contributes to glacier melt, disrupts weather patterns, and turns the highlands into barren wasteland. As the land dries, farmers are leaving their...
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The Trews feat. special guest Naomi Klein (E178). Exposing some of the myths that are clouding the climate debate.
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Bernardo Bertolucci heads up the distinguished jury that chose the winners of the Action4Climate documentary competition
Climate change is here, but from day to day, it may be hard to tell.
Raillan Brooks
"All I've ever wanted is a son who joins Earth Club!"
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Climate change IS real, and humans are causing it. Out of 13,950 peer-reviewed scientific journals, only 24 reject global warming. So why is there so much misinformation on this issue? Because the Koch Brothers have poured over $67 million into think tanks that deny climate...
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Big Oil’s days are numbered – but the industry could still take us all down with it. From divestment to disruption, Jess Worth explores how the transition to an oil-free future is being hastened.
Jess Worth
One Mining Company, a protest camp running for over 700 days, 280 voluntary arrests and counting, a State Forest home to 396 Species of native fauna and flora, 34 of which are endangered. What is this all about?
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The message to her baby is: "Don't worry about all the problems of the world. We're going to take care of it."
26 year Marshall Island poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner wrote this poem for her 7-month old daughter and read it to world leaders at the recent UN Climate Summit held in...
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The Pacific Climate Warriors have traveled from 12 Pacific Islands to Australia, to take the fight to save their homes directly to the fossil fuel industry. Using traditional canoes, 30 Pacific Climate Warriors paddled into the oncoming path of coal ships in an effort to shut...
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What if the World was a person? A video by Vasco Vieira (UK)
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Episode Breakdown | Spoken word from Immortal Technique and Erica Violet Lee of Idle No More PLUS 3 interviews looking at the climate crisis from 3 angles: Medea Benjamin of Code Pink talks about the links between the peace movement and the climate justice movement - and how...
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Inspired by the theme chosen by the United Nations World Water Day 2013, the short film WATER AND COOPERATION proposes an interdisciplinary look at water pointing towards paths for a more cooperative and sustainable relationship with this element that is the basis of all life...
51 min
Getting your mind around climate change is hard. Confronting it requires us to deal with the ways that coal, oil, and gas have shaped nearly every aspect of our world, from our built environments to our economic systems — even our ideologies and patterns of thought. But that...
Patrick Robbins
Sometimes you just can't make this shit up. Fossil fuel frackers Baker Hughes have teamed up with breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen to "end breast cancer forever". How? By painting 1,000 of their drill heads pink and donating $100,000 to the charity. Strangely there is no...
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Naomi Klein — “the most visible and influential figure on the American left,” as The New Yorker puts it — dropped by the Grist office to chat with David Roberts about her new book. They kicked things off by discussing its provocative title: This Changes Everything
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Anne Petermann, has been banned from future U.N. Climate Conferances for her vocal activism. Here, she outlines the last decade of U.N. Climate Conference failures and false solutions. About Anne Petermann | Anne Petermann is the Executive Director of Global Justice Ecology...
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How do we change? How do we adapt our lifestyles to become resilient to the changes we are facing today?
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For quite a long time in Nigeria, especially in Lagos, power failure has been a nagging issue. Billions have been spent by various governments trying to solve this nagging national issue. This is the primary reason why the sale of generators is wide spread. The emissions from...
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Key climate change problems with livestock
By now, you’ve seen the photos. With over 300,000—likely closer to 400,000—marchers streaming through the center of Manhattan, the People’s Climate March exceeded the organizers’ expectations and my own. It made the record books and then some, marking a scale of protest not...
Colin Kinniburgh
"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...
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Al Gore delivers a rousing closing address at the United Nations Development Programme’s Equator Prize 2014 on Monday September 22 in New York.
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It's not the impoverished billions, and it's not the majority of American consumers, either.
Ragina Johnson and Michael Ware
Balud is a Filipino dialect word for "waves."
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Paul D'Amato answers the objections of several left-wing writers who critiqued the People's Climate March.
HUNDREDS OF thousands of people--some estimates ranged above 300,000--gathered in New York City September 21 to protest government inaction on climate change, ahead of...
Paul D'Amato
When we, as human beings, get a fever, we immediately get worried and take action. After all, we know that if our body temperature rises to 1.5ºC, let alone 2ºC [3.6 ºF] above the normal average, there can be severe damage, while an increase of 4-6ºC [7.2-10.8 ºF] or more can...
Climate Space
After a short speech of her inspiring life history, including describing her own charity which gives away 100% of proceeds, 11 y.o Holly Somerville-Knott performs 'Free Me' at the Lismore Climate Rally. The activist crowd love her and all finish dancing and give her a...
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Since the 1970's Majuli islander Jadav Payeng has been planting trees in order to save his island. To date he has single handedly planted a forest larger than Central Park NYC. His forest has transformed what was once a barren wasteland, into a lush oasis. Humble yet...
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About 400,000 people went to the streets on September 21st to ask for real actions to address climate change. It was the greatest climate march in history. The UN Climate Summit organized by Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon took place two days later with the participation of 100...
Pablo Solon
350.org + Avaaz have No Strategy to Win Climate Crisis Struggle - Arun Gupta Speaking to Dennis Trainor, Jr. of Acronym TV, independent journalist Arun Gupta praised 350.org for driving so over 300,000 people into the streets for the People's Climate March on Sunday, saying...
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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...
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As heads of state, corporate leaders, and token civil society organizations meet behind the UN Climate Summit's closed doors Tuesday, the streets continue to resound with the messages of the 400,000 people who marched on Sunday, the thousands who flooded Wall Street, the
Nadia Prupis and Sarah Lazare
The Peoples Climate March took place in New York City, on September 21, 2014. Over 400.000 people attended. This is the largest march in world history, to bring attention to global warming.
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Indigenous leaders at the Peoples Climate March in New York speak to the urgency of Climate Change and the need for all of us to be #IdleNoMore. From the Amazon to the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples are defending our climate and teaching allies about how extractive industries are...
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Chris Hedges made these remarks Saturday at a panel discussion in New York City titled “The Climate Crisis: Which Way Out?” The other panelists were Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Kshama Sawant and Sen. Bernie Sanders. The event, mo
Chris Hedges
I’ll admit, numbers have always thrown me for a whirl. Math? Yeah, it was never was my strong suit. You could say I spent my school years just a bit afraid of these daunting little things scribbled across papers. So, what was the problem with numbers? They’re a foreign...
Most people who deny that human activity is warming the planet just dismiss a massive body of scientific evidence as a big hoax.
Bill Moyers & Company
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...
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Spanning over 500 years and killing countless humans and animals, the Little Ice Age took over the Earth and the livelihood of all those who inhabit it. Despite its duration and magnitude, humans living through the Little Ice Age did not known much about it and some did not...
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