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Kiss the Ground
Kiss the Ground (2020) (trailer)
Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Using compelling graphics and visuals, along with striking NASA and NOAA footage, the film...
3 min · 4 stars
Jane Goodall - Pandemic
Jane Goodall - Pandemic
“It is our disregard for nature and our disrespect of the animals we should share the planet with that has caused this pandemic.” Jane Goodall
4 min · 4 stars
Halting Hades: the Moral Imperative
Halting Hades: the Moral Imperative (2017)
Filmmaker, Scott Danville creates a film, Halting Hades: The Moral Imperative, documenting the the science, politics, and economics of the world's most important issue, climate change, and the factors that will lead to a revolution through the intersection of science and...
63 min · 4 stars
50 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything
50 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything
Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. Planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restoring the degraded...
9 min · 4 stars
Naomi Klein’s “Hard-Money” Ideas Undermine Her Laudable Climate Action Goals
Naomi Klein’s “Hard-Money” Ideas Undermine Her Laudable Climate Action Goals
2014 Book Review: Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Michael Hoexter · 4 stars
Nina Turner: I Am an Angry-Ass Black Woman. I'm Mad!
Nina Turner: I Am an Angry-Ass Black Woman. I'm Mad! (2021)
And if you're not mad too...
2 min · 4 stars
FRANKENSKIES
FRANKENSKIES (2017)
FrankenSkies is an 80 minute social change documentary regarding the Solar Geoengineering/Chemtrail agenda that affects every living being on earth. The struggle of bringing awareness to this subject, despite the obstacles of a socially engineered populace and the military...
82 min · 3.7 stars
Crazy Times: Themes of precariousness in our current apocalyptic climate and a call to unity in the form of an animated genesis myth
Crazy Times: Themes of precariousness in our current apocalyptic climate and a call to unity in the form of an animated genesis myth
It's Crazy Times. (*Explicit lyrics)
2 min · 4 stars
The Carbon Rush
The Carbon Rush (2019) (trailer)
From indigenous rain forest dwellers having their way of life completely threatened, to dozens of Campesinos assassinated, to the livelihood of waste pickers at landfills taken away, THE CARBON RUSH travels across four continents and brings us up close to projects working...
2 min · 4 stars
Tomorrow's Power
Tomorrow's Power (2019)
Local activists in Gaza, Germany, and Colombia challenge fossil-fuel dependency and power structures in a struggle for social and climate justice.
77 min · 4 stars
Immuto (Change)
Immuto (Change)
Immuto (Change), is a response to the climate emergency and global environmental collapse.
45 min · 4 stars
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 · 4 stars
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 · 4 stars
Scientists Puzzled by Slowing of Atlantic Conveyor Belt, Warn of Abrupt Climate Change
Scientists Puzzled by Slowing of Atlantic Conveyor Belt, Warn of Abrupt Climate Change
Scientists are increasingly warning of the potential that a shutdown, or even significant slowdown, of the Atlantic conveyor belt could lead to abrupt climate change, a shift in Earth’s climate that can occur within as short a timeframe as a decade but persist for decades or...
Mike Gaworecki · 4 stars
Watch People Listening to an Audio Recording of Noam Chomsky's Warning to the World
Watch People Listening to an Audio Recording of Noam Chomsky's Warning to the World
A video of people listening to an interview with political activist and intellectual, Noam Chomsky, somehow manages to transform the abstract into the actual. It is unclear who the people in the video are, but what does becomes clear is that these people are able to convey...
13 min · 4 stars
Old-Growth Forests Can Help Preserve Biodiversity in a Warming World
Old-Growth Forests Can Help Preserve Biodiversity in a Warming World
The towering canopies and dense understories of old-growth forests might be able to help protect biodiversity as global temperatures continue to rise, according to new research
Mike Gaworecki · 4 stars
The Most Eco-Friendly Nation on the Planet Is Now Carbon Negative
The Most Eco-Friendly Nation on the Planet Is Now Carbon Negative
Lodged between two of the most populated countries on earth — India and China — Bhutan may be small at 700,000 souls, but it has a mighty role to play in showing the world how to preserve the environment, while also cultivating happiness in its human population. In fact, the...
Carolanne Wright · 4 stars
The Environmental Litmus Test
The Environmental Litmus Test (2015)
The Environmental Litmus Test is a short film exploring some of the key issues relating to the UN Climate meeting in Paris in December 2015 (COP21). It is a passionate plea for each and every one of us to get involved, The Environmental Litmus Test is a clarion call to action.
17 min · 4 stars
Indonesia's Palm Oil Fires: Interview With Friends of the Earth Indonesia
Indonesia's Palm Oil Fires: Interview With Friends of the Earth Indonesia
Massive forest fires have engulfed Indonesia for several months, and produce more daily CO2 emissions than 
Jeff Conant · 4 stars
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 · 4 stars
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 · 4 stars
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 · 4 stars
Initiation Into a Living Planet
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.
Charles Eisenstein · 4 stars
Climate Change: What's The Whole Truth? - Russell Brand & Charles Eisenstein
Climate Change: What's The Whole Truth? - Russell Brand & Charles Eisenstein
A clip from the Under The Skin podcast with Charles Eisenstein - discussing what might be wrong with the current climate change narrative and why we should be wary of why the powerful are so accepting of it. What's driving this narrative over others? Listen to this entire...
8 min · 4 stars
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 · 4 stars
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 · 4 stars
Enter the Film4climate Global Video Competition
Enter the Film4climate Global Video Competition (trailer)
Animated Trailer inspiring submissions to the #Film4Climate Global Video Competition: www.film4climate.net
1 min · 4 stars
How to Boil a Frog
How to Boil a Frog (2010)
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...
53 min · 4 stars
The Fight for Clean Water (#NoDAPL)
The Fight for Clean Water (#NoDAPL)
Clean water or Corporate profits? What’s more important? #NoDAPL
2 min · 4 stars
Pricey Bargains: How Economics Hides The True Cost of Consumerism
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?...
6 min · 4 stars
These 3 Colleges Stopped Investing in Fossil Fuels-One Year Later, Their Endowments Are Doing Just Fine
These 3 Colleges Stopped Investing in Fossil Fuels-One Year Later, Their Endowments Are Doing Just Fine
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 · 4 stars
If We Cared About The Environment Like We Care About Sports
If We Cared About The Environment Like We Care About Sports
"All I've ever wanted is a son who joins Earth Club!"
2 min · 4 stars
Drop in the Ocean? Ireland and Climate Change
Drop in the Ocean? Ireland and Climate Change
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...
28 min · 4 stars
No More False Solutions: Rising Call to Ban Corporate Polluters From UN Talks
No More False Solutions: Rising Call to Ban Corporate Polluters From UN Talks
Corporate polluters are driving global warming and must not be allowed to steer—or even participate in—the ongoing processes of the United Nations whose stated aim is to develop global solutions to the climate crisis, a coalition of civil society organizations declared Wednesday.
Sarah Lazare · 4 stars
Exxon Knew of Climate Change in 1981, Email Says - but It Funded Deniers for 27 More Years
Exxon Knew of Climate Change in 1981, Email Says - but It Funded Deniers for 27 More Years
Over the years, Exxon spent more than $30m on think-tanks and researchers that promoted climate denial.
Suzanne Goldenberg · 4 stars
The Tao of Bill Hicks: “Chomsky with Dick Jokes”
The Tao of Bill Hicks: “Chomsky with Dick Jokes”
Mark Kernan argues that the late comedian was a shaman of our times
Mark Kernan · 4 stars
Meats: A Health Hierarchy
Meats: A Health Hierarchy
In case you've not yet purchased your weekend meat, here is a pretty harrowing/empowering case for choosing chicken instead of beef when you can.
James Hamblin · 4 stars
#Action4Climate Times Square Takeover
#Action4Climate Times Square Takeover
7 Days in Times Square celebrating youth climate action with the #Action4Climate trailer projected on two massive screens. Connect4Climate partnered with MTV Voices to make this happen and the Action4Climate competitions was supported by a number of partners. Youth share...
1 min · 3.8 stars
Deep Green: Solutions To Stop Global Warming Now (2012) (trailer)
Deep Green: Solutions To Stop Global Warming Now (2012) (trailer)
Travel to 9 countries with Matt Briggs to uncover the best ideas, cutting-edge technologies and restorative solutions to help curb climate change. You can view the full program or the chaptered version.
2 min · 4 stars
Why We Couldn't Care Less about the Natural World
Why We Couldn't Care Less about the Natural World
That didn't take long. The public interest in the state of the natural world stimulated by the winter floods receded almost as quickly as the waters did.
George Monbiot · 4 stars
No, Humans Are Not at The Top of The Food Chain
No, Humans Are Not at The Top of The Food Chain
Despite what many of those who advocate meat-eating would like to believe, humans do not sit at the top of the food chain. In any event, it’s a food web rather than a chain, due to the many complex interactions involved.
Paul Mahony · 4 stars
GLOBAL WARNING: Typhoon Yolanda
GLOBAL WARNING: Typhoon Yolanda
A documentary about the super typhoon Yolanda - Haiyan which hit the Philippines on Nov 8th 2013. A video by Dobrin Kashavelov (Bulgaria/Philippines). 
12 min · 3.8 stars
The 'Climate Swerve' Didn't Just happen
The 'Climate Swerve' Didn't Just happen
In last week’s Sunday Review, psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton praised the “climate swerve” — a deep and dramatic shift in public opinion on the climate crisis. The shift is, as Lifton rightly states, “a major historical change in consciousness that is neither predictable nor...
Kate Aronoff · 4 stars
Who Cares
Who Cares
A five minute reflection of a young man about the climate change he has been feeling during his short life on Earth. A film written, directed and edited by José Guilherme Marques and Teresa Leonor with Lourenço Providência and Pedro Pinto da Costa.
5 min · 4 stars
'The World Is Not Dying. It's Changing': Anthropologist Wade Davis Has Hope For The Future
'The World Is Not Dying. It's Changing': Anthropologist Wade Davis Has Hope For The Future
Wade Davis has a lot of nerve being cheerful. Someone who can list as many threats to the world’s future as he does should be a tormented wreck. Humanity’s soaring population, eco-degradation, the rapid loss of the world’s languages — these are not exactly things that make...
Paul Luke · 4 stars
Climate Change: The Next Generation
Climate Change: The Next Generation
Kelsey Juliana, an 18-year-old activist, is fighting climate change in the courts and walking across the country to spread the word on global warming.
25 min · 4 stars
Why I Got Arrested at Flood Wall Street
Why I Got Arrested at Flood Wall Street
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 · 4 stars
350.org + Avaaz Have No Strategy To Win Climate Crisis Struggle - Arun Gupta
350.org + Avaaz Have No Strategy To Win Climate Crisis Struggle - Arun Gupta
 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...
6 min · 4 stars
How Did Leaders Respond to the People's Climate March?
How Did Leaders Respond to the People's Climate March?
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 · 4 stars
Al Gore Finds Hope in Local Climate Action - Keynote Speech at UNDP Equator Prize 2014
Al Gore Finds Hope in Local Climate Action - Keynote Speech at UNDP Equator Prize 2014
Al Gore delivers a rousing closing address at the United Nations Development Programme’s Equator Prize 2014 on Monday September 22 in New York.
24 min · 4 stars
Pinkwashing: Make Your Drilling Rig Less Carcinogenic, Paint It Pink!
Pinkwashing: Make Your Drilling Rig Less Carcinogenic, Paint It Pink!
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...
1 min · 3.7 stars
The Coming Climate Revolt: Chris Hedges
The Coming Climate Revolt: Chris Hedges
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 Sande
Chris Hedges · 4 stars
The Thorium Dream
The Thorium Dream (2011)
Motherboard's 30-minute film on the grassroots movement to make thorium nuclear power a reality.
28 min · 4 stars
Think a Carbon Tax Would be a Tax on You? All the Biggest Myths Addressed in this FAQ
Think a Carbon Tax Would be a Tax on You? All the Biggest Myths Addressed in this FAQ
Editor's Note: Fossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars to get you to believe that a tax on *them* would really be a tax on *you.* Their money has bought mouthpieces to propagate their myths in both mainstream and alternative, anti-establishment outlets. But don't...
Todd J. Smith · 4 stars
How Your pension is Being Used in a $6 Trillion Climate Gamble
How Your pension is Being Used in a $6 Trillion Climate Gamble
Suppose you weren’t worried that we humans are destroying our water supply and eroding our ability to feed ourselves by burning coal and gas and oil and hence changing climate. Suppose you thought that was all liberal hooey. What might worry you about fossil fuels...
Bill McKibben and Jeremy Leggett · 4 stars
Unprecedented Cut in Colorado River Flow Ordered, Due to Drought
Unprecedented Cut in Colorado River Flow Ordered, Due to Drought
For the first time in history, the U.S. government has ordered that flow of Colorado River water from the 50-year-old Glen Canyon Dam be slashed, due to a water crisis brought about by the region's historic 14-year drought. On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Reclamation--a...
Dr. Jeff Masters · 4 stars
How to Fry a Planet
How to Fry a Planet
The Third Carbon Age: Don’t for a Second Imagine We’re Heading for an Era of Renewable Energy When it comes to energy and economics in the climate-change era, nothing is what it seems.  Most of us believe (or want to believe) that the second carbon era, the Age of Oil...
Michael T. Klare · 4 stars
Confessions of a Climate Change Denier
Confessions of a Climate Change Denier
Photo: A mural by the artist Banksy along Regent’s Canal in London. (Flickr/Matt Brown) I suppose it wasn’t really until I was standing on the west side of Hoboken, N.J., in water and oil up to my thigh, that climate change really made sense. And it wasn’t until I was out...
Yotam Marom · 4 stars
How do you change? - Connect4Climate iChange competition
How do you change? - Connect4Climate iChange competition
The Earth is a beautiful place. However, we sometimes forget that things we do day-to-day affect the climate, our water, our planet. We can make changes to our everyday lives that can help reduce our environmental impact. Now, how do you change? A video by Marxelle Cortez...
1 min · 4 stars
'Insane, Disgusting' and 'Epic Treachery': NSA Spied on Climate Talks
'Insane, Disgusting' and 'Epic Treachery': NSA Spied on Climate Talks
'Obama admin. clearly never wanted Copenhagen talks to work,' says Bill McKibben following latest NSA revelations concerning climate talks While climate activists from around the world gathered outside the UN climate summit in Copenhagen in 2009 called for "System Change...
Jon Queally · 4 stars