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Blood Lions: Bred for the Bullet
Blood Lions, an award-winning documentary exposes the terrible truth behind the cub petting, predator breeding, canned lion hunting and lion bone industries in South Africa.
Harambe
Harambe’s death shattered the illusion of safety within the walls of captivity. After a toddler fell into his enclosure 7 years ago, through no fault of his own, Harambe was met with a single shot to his head. His violent death sparked a massive public outcry. As his story...
Nordic Animism | A Conversation with Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen
Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen is a Historian of Religion, Ph.d from Uppsala University in Sweden. His research into Afro-diasporic strategies for maintaining animist reality in the modern world has led him towards reading North European cultural history from the perspective of...
Love Thy Nature
Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature points to how deeply we’ve lost touch with nature – and takes us on a mesmerizing cinematic journey through the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world.
Eating Our Way to Extinction
Narrated by Kate Winslet, Eating Our Way to Extinction is a cinematic feature documentary, taking audiences on a journey around the world and addressing the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. This powerful documentary sends a simple but impactful message by...
What Do Animals Think And Feel? | Carl Safina
Scientist Carl Safina explains the unique ways that animals use their natural intelligence to work together for survival. He explains that love is not unique to humans. We see many ways that animals feel connection with one another and will put themselves at risk to help...
How To Have A Relationship With A Wild Animal | Steve Karlin
How does a human being develop a relationship with a wild animal? Steve Karlin, of Wildlife Associates, is a wild animal rehabilitation expert that explains how animals can sense how we think and feel, and what they need in order to trust a relationship with a human.
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.
MILKED: White Lies In Dairy Land
MILKED follows a young activist who goes deep into dairy land where he takes on the giants of New Zealand’s most powerful industry, and reveals how the sacred cash-cow industry has been milked dry. His journey exposes not only the sustainability crisis and the dangerous...
Men's Madness
A provocative critique of man’s technological progress.
Dozer's Pet Diesel
During the production of a documentary about dogs, a secret is uncovered that puts humans back in their place, with nature.
How to Start a Regenerative Farm from Scratch
Have you ever wanted to start a regenerative farm from scratch? In this video, the Heifer USA team traveled to North Carolina to visit Grass Grazed Farm, a regenerative farm where founders Derrick and Paige Jackson have established and grown a successful business in just two...
Bison Nation: Walking Sacred Sites
We are still here. This is our story, the story of the bison, who inhabit the Northern Hemisphere. You might also know us as buffalo, tatanka, zubr, wisent, basha, Inii, ethanon, tatanga, Wisent... It is a comical story, because sometimes we are caught in politics...
One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts: An Evolution From Industrial To Regenerative Farming
Fourth generation cattleman Will Harris shares his evolution from industrial to regenerative farmer.
They Call Us Criminals
This upcoming documentary aims to expose the reality of the animals suffering within industries that exploit them, as well as showcase the work of Animal Rights activists in Canada. All while debunking the idea that activists are extremists, criminals and terrorists. The...
The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement
Western views and the legal system tend to view nature as property, and as a resource from which wealth is extracted, a commodity whose only value is to provide for human needs. But for millennia indigenous communities have viewed themselves as part of nature.
Invisible Hand: Who Will Speak For Nature?
From Executive Producer Mark Ruffalo comes the world’s first documentary film on the Rights of Nature Movement, a “Paradigm Shifting” story where the 'Rights of Nature' has become 'capitalism’s one true opponent.'
Endgame 2050: Humanity's Last Chance Is Now
What will the future be like in the year 2050? A mere three decades away, most of us hope to still be around. So, what kind of future are we riding into? ENDGAME 2050 gives us a glimpse into that future, and it does not look good. Humanity has backed itself into an ecological...
Giant Slaves
This expository documentary is shedding some light on the southeast asian elephant industry. What is this dark secret? And why is it harmful for the elephants? 
David Attenborough - For All Nature
“The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.” Sir David Attenborough
Biodiversity Now!
Progressive International Council member Carola Rackete and Dr. Claire Wordley explore the dimensions of Europe's biodiversity crisis — and how the Green New Deal can address it.
Biodiversity is Collapsing Worldwide. Here's Why.
In this video essay, we look at how climate change is causing a decrease in biodiversity worldwide. Biodiversity is a measure of the variety and variability of life, and climate change is causing the decline of biodiversity in numerous ecosystems via extreme weather...
5 Ways Coronavirus Could Help Humanity Survive the Ecological Crisis
The human tragedy of the coronavirus is immense. Thousands have died, hundreds of thousands have been infected globally, and millions more have been affected. Whilst infectious disease has always been a part of the human experience, the expansion of industrial civilization...
INVISIBLE: A Rare Glimpse into the Life of an Undercover Investigator
"People need to see it." ‘INVISIBLE’ follows two undercover investigators, ‘Emily’ and ‘Sarah’ (their names have been changed to protect their identities), on a pig farm investigation in Europe, offering the viewer an unprecedented glimpse into a world that is deliberately...
Speaking of Nature
A CEMETERY SEEMED AN ODD PLACE to contemplate the boundaries of being. Sandwiched between the campus and the interstate, this old burial ground is our cherished slice of nearby nature where the long dead are silent companions to college students wandering the hilly paths...
The Silent Summer: Why Are Insects Dying?
For well over 400 million years, insects have played an essential role in the evolution of our ecosystem. While many may take them for granted, their extinction could spell catastrophe for the planet at large. Sadly, this scenario is currently playing out across the...
Luxury: Behind the Mirror of High-End Fashion
From coats to handbags, the demand for brand name fashion accessories is at an all-time high. Beyond the glamorous façade lies a culture that thrives on the exploitation and abuse of its migrant workers. The DW Documentary Luxury: Behind the Mirror infiltrates these...
The Destruction of Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary
The remarkable creation and the senseless destruction of a precious wetland and mangrove in Barbados. SUSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClVKVfaFGUZjIcKhq2fMW_Q?sub_confirmation=1 - Website: www.graemehall.com - Facebook...
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 2: Diverse Farming Systems
‘Use and value diversity’ is one of the ten core principles of permaculture — for good reason. Studies have shown that small, diversified farms can yield more than twice as much food per acre when compared to large monocultures. Crop diversity significantly contributes to...
Perpetual Motion
Carpe Diem - Seize the day. While every day might not be good, there is always something good in every day. Life is filled with adventures and experiences. Life is about living. Find what drives you. Find what motivates you to get up every morning. Make every last second count.
Before Healing, We Need Connection
What we must do is incorporate the other people…the creeping people, and the standing people, and the flying people and the swimming people…into the councils of government. - Gary Snyder
Why Earth Destruction Is a Crime
Damaging the earth is a crime, right? That is what earth´s lawyer Polly Higgins thinks. Why earth destruction should be seen as a crime and what is it that brings earth lawyers Polly Higgins and Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzón to fight for ecocide?
So Many Animals Are Going Extinct That It Could Take Earth 10 Million Years to Recover
It took the Earth 10 million years to recover from the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs.
The Climate Solution Right Under Our Feet
The ideas behind regenerative farming are simple and ancient.
Fact Sheet: Global Species Decline
The world is facing a mass extinction of species.  All species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, arthropods (insects and arachnids), fish, crustaceans, corals and other cnidarians, and plants have declined, in many cases, severely. Human civilization has had a negative...
Living in the Future's Past
"Efficacy is the ability to produce a desired result. But are the results we're achieving, the ones we intent? Our intelligence is remaking the world before our eyes. What kind of future do you want to see?"
Biological Annihilation: a Planet in Loss Mode
On the great vanishing happening before our eyes
Prepare To Be Amazed By Fish
Fish are intelligent, sensitive creatures and like many other animals, they explore, travel, socialise, hunt and play. Some species care for their young and use tools as humans do. Fish are sentient animals capable of suffering and feeling pain. Most fish have highly...
Niassa Elephant Defenders
Poachers have decimated the elephant population in Mozambique’s Niassa National Reserve, but Niassa’s rangers are determined to save them from extinction.
Slaughterhouse - What The Meat Industry Hides
With images obtained during an investigation carried out in fifty eight slaughterhouses in Mexico between 2015 and 2017, Slaughterhouse is a documentary that takes us into the hermetic world of the meat industry. The footage shows the systematic exploitation and violence...
Dominion
Dominion uses drones, hidden and handheld cameras to expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture, questioning the morality and validity of humankind’s dominion over the animal kingdom. While mainly focusing on animals used for food, it also explores other ways...
Land of Hope and Glory
The hidden truth behind UK animal farming - featuring approximately 100 facilities across the UK and never before seen undercover footage. Activist Earthling Ed produces and narrates this 'UK Earthlings documentary' with over a decade of undercover footage and Animal...
Unity
100 celebrities narrate this enlightening documentary that re-examines the interconnectedness of all life on Earth, ponders our place in the universe, while taking viewers on an epic journey through the history of civilization and beyond. In this compassionate and inspiring...
How Cynicism Masks Pain
I was just feeling some grief before you came and found me looking out at the water there - birds diving for fish, seals out there - and I just felt such sadness that there are fewer of them than there used to be and someday there may be none. And I thought, “How important is...
What Whales Have to Teach Humans About Capitalism
Any accounting of the commons without acknowledging the presence and interests of others will lead to their continued destruction, to our human detriment as well.
These First Time Meetings Between Rescue Dogs & Their New Human Companions Will Melt Your Heart
Tracy's Dogs is a not-for-profit National Rescue & Transport Initiative for shelter dogs. The focus of the program is to rescue and rehabilitate dogs with pending euthanasia dates residing in kill shelters with the hope of putting them up for adoption to find forever...
The Compelling Case for Wildlife Crossings
Roadkill harms animals, endangers drivers, and costs billions of dollars every year. In Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, wildlife scientist Tony Clevenger and other researchers have proven that constructing overpasses and underpasses for animals decreases roadkill and...
Meet the Farmer Saving Cows From the Slaughterhouse
When his father died in 2011, Jay Wilde took responsibility of running the family farm. For years he has been concerned about the welfare of his cows and the environmental impact of beef farming. Today he’s doing something about it.
Sea Shepherd are Taking Direct Action to Safeguard Marine Life
In their mission to stop fishing of the endangered totoaba fish, the Sea Shepherd crew finds other animals caught up in fishing nets.
Ten Good News Wildlife Stories
While the news about endangered species is often not good, there are always instances of progress and positive storylines. From recently discovered populations of rare animals to canceled development projects, here is some good news we want to share.
Chimps Could Soon Win Legal Personhood
Rights for many intelligent animals could hinge on a one-word edit in a law dictionary.
Five Ways the Meat on Your Plate Is Killing the Planet
When we hear about the horrors of industrial livestock farming – the pollution, the waste, the miserable lives of billions of animals – it is hard not to feel a twinge of guilt and conclude that we should eat less meat.
The Man Who Swims With Crocodiles
Known as the 'Crocodile Man', Costa Rican animal lover 'Chito' swims, plays and even feeds 'Pocho' the giant crocodile in what is one of the world's most unlikely friendships. The Man Who Swims with Crocodiles Documentary follows Chito, a Costa Rican fisherman who is one of...
Jane Goodall - Sowing the Seeds of Hope
“If you really want something, and really work hard, and take advantage of opportunities, and never give up, you will find a way.” Jane Goodall
Dairy Is F**king Scary! - The Industry Explained in 5 Minutes
Dairy is scary. Please share this video with anyone and everyone who still thinks dairy is just fine!
Up Close and Personal With Norwegian Orcas
Every winter, Norwegian marine biologist Andreas B. Heide sails north in search of whales, especially orcas. He's not just there to document these incredible creatures from the boat, however—he jumps in and swims right along with them. Orcas are some of the most powerful and...
Musician Macka B. Schools Us on Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet
Medical Mondays have become an internet sensation, Macka.B dropping bars about the Health benefits of Vegan Foods. This compilation video features 4 episodes, including the now famous cucumber, followed by herbal teas, pumpkin seeds and okra.
Carnage
It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Writer and Director Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.
Bright Spots - Stunning Animated Exploration of Island Conservation
A poetic portrait of scientist Nick Holmes and his work preventing extinctions on islands. Part nature documentary, part fairy tale and chock full of blindingly beautiful, big-hearted science. Narrated by Nick Holmes from Island Conservation.
How Poaching Is Changing the Face of African Elephants
Elephants and their ancestors have roamed the African continent for millions of years. They are the largest land animals on earth and can live up to 70 years. Elephants are profoundly intelligent and social creatures. They have trunks that serves as their nose, arm, and...