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We Are The People of the Apocalypse
We Are The People of the Apocalypse
As growth-driven consumer culture spurs on planetary destruction, why don’t we spring into action? Psychologist John F Schumaker says a frightening erosion of human personality lies at the heart of the problem.
John F. Schumaker · 4.9 stars
I Wish for You... Jeremy Irons is a Grandfather With A Beautiful Message for His Granddaughter
I Wish for You... Jeremy Irons is a Grandfather With A Beautiful Message for His Granddaughter
'War Horse' author Michael Morpurgo and actors Jeremy Irons and Maxine Peake have joined forces to make a powerful new 5 minute film especially for you. Please watch and share.
5 min · 5 stars
Forest Man
Forest Man
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...
16 min · 4.8 stars
Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest
Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)
Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest is a 30-minute documentary about Hinewai Nature Reserve, on New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula, and its kaitiaki/manager of 30 years, botanist Hugh Wilson. When, in 1987, Hugh let the local community know of his plans to allow the...
30 min · 4.9 stars
Study Concludes When Civilization Will End, And It's Not Looking Good for Us
Study Concludes When Civilization Will End, And It's Not Looking Good for Us
Update: NASA is now clarifying its role in this study. NASA officials released this statement on the study on March 20, which seeks to distance the agency from the paper: "A soon-to-be published research paper, 'Human and Nature Dynamics (HANDY): Modeling Inequality and Use...
Tom McKay · 5 stars
Global Fuckin Warming
Global Fuckin Warming
This week: 1. Kayapo's revenge 2. Antarctic meltdown 3. California's lettuce killing drought 4. Global Fuckin Warming kills! 5. Eco Anxiety 6. Blockades work 7. Women stop Utah tar sands 8. Rising tide blockades line 9 9. Support Marius Mason 10. Savage Fam & Alas 11...
15 min · 5 stars
What Humans Are Really Doing to Our Planet, in 19 Jaw-Dropping Images
What Humans Are Really Doing to Our Planet, in 19 Jaw-Dropping Images
Last week, Pope Francis and church officials encouraged everyone to consume less and think more about our impact on the environment.
Michael McCutcheon · 4.9 stars
Dealing With Uncertainty: Why Reaching Out to Young People Is so Important
Dealing With Uncertainty: Why Reaching Out to Young People Is so Important
Reaching out to young people is especially critical at this time. With mounting psycho-social stress attributed to an increasingly uncertain future, young people are going to need support grappling with the social effects of so many convergent crises.
Tim Hjersted · 4.9 stars
A Letter from the Virus: #LISTEN
A Letter from the Virus: #LISTEN
An Imagined Letter from Covid-19 to Humans Stop. Just stop. It is no longer a request. It is a mandate. We will help you. We will bring the supersonic, high speed merry-go-round to a halt We will stop the planes the trains the schools the malls the meetings the frenetic...
4 min · 4.9 stars
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 · 5 stars
Disruption
Disruption (2014)
This is the story of our unique moment in history. We are living through an age of tipping points and rapid social and planetary change. We’re the first generation to feel the impacts of climate disruption, and the last generation that can do something about it. The film...
56 min · 4.7 stars
The Big Idea of the 21st Century: The Empathic Civilization
The Big Idea of the 21st Century: The Empathic Civilization
Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society.
51 min · 4.9 stars
The Crisis of Civilization
The Crisis of Civilization (2011)
The Crisis of Civilization investigates how global crises like ecological disasters, financial meltdowns, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism, and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single, failed global system.
87 min · 4.8 stars
This Illustrated Storybook Tale about Climate Change and Societal Collapse Will Give You Chills
This Illustrated Storybook Tale about Climate Change and Societal Collapse Will Give You Chills
A poem about apocalyptic climate change and how it will affect us all - even the wealthy, whose money will be of no value if society collapses.
4 min · 4.8 stars
The Yes Men Fix The World
The Yes Men Fix The World (2009)
The Yes Men Fix the World is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks.
95 min · 4.7 stars
Do the Math
Do the Math (2013)
Like most people, Bill (environmentalist and co-founder of 350.org), is not an activist by nature. There’s really not that many people whose greatest desire it to go out and fight the system. His theory of change was that he’ll write his book, people will read it and they’ll...
40 min · 4.9 stars
Greening the Desert
Greening the Desert (2014)
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7 min · 4.9 stars
It's Not Climate Change  -  It's Everything Change
It's Not Climate Change  -  It's Everything Change
Oil! Our secret god, our secret sharer, our magic wand, fulfiller of our every desire, our co-conspirator, the sine qua non in all we do! Can’t live with it, can’t — right at this moment — live without it. But it’s on everyone’s mind.
Margaret E. Atwood · 5 stars
This Is What Energy Democracy Looks Like
This Is What Energy Democracy Looks Like
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...
5 min · 5 stars
What Did You Do? Short Film with Poetry About Climate Change
What Did You Do? Short Film with Poetry About Climate Change
 
2 min · 4.8 stars
Paris State of Emergency (2016) Medialien
Paris State of Emergency (2016) Medialien
Activists in custody, protests shut down, warrantless house arrests, and the COP21 strangled by anti-terrorist measures, a look back on the first months of the state of emergency in Paris.
20 min · 5 stars
Desert Apocalypse: How Solar Projects Affect Desert Habitats
Desert Apocalypse: How Solar Projects Affect Desert Habitats (2022)
The award-winning film series Desert Apocalypse is back for a second season. In this episode we travel to the Pahrump Valley and up to Beatty, Nevada to look at the landscapes threatened by solar. In the Pahrump Valley at the Yellow Pine Solar project site, we see a few...
15 min · 4.9 stars
Don't Tell Me to Just Breathe
Don't Tell Me to Just Breathe (2022)
This beautiful and timely animation speaks to the spiralling levels of anxiety and depression the UK and other rich nations are experiencing by revealing the often silenced links between these mental health crises and the current economic system, including not only the...
6 min · 5 stars
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 · 4.9 stars
Ecocide: The Psychology of Environmental Destruction
Ecocide: The Psychology of Environmental Destruction
Recent scientific reports about climate change make grim reading. A paper published in The Economic Journal by the respected UK economist Lord Stern states that the models previously used to calculate the economic effects of climate change have been ‘woefully inadequate.’...
Steve Taylor Ph.D. · 4.9 stars
Disobedience: The Courage To Break Free
Disobedience: The Courage To Break Free (2016)
Disobedience is a film about a new phase of the climate movement: courageous action that is being taken on the front lines of the climate crisis on every continent, led by regular people fed up with the power and pollution of the fossil fuel industry.
41 min · 4.7 stars
How Whales Change Climate | George Monbiot
How Whales Change Climate | George Monbiot
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...
5 min · 4.8 stars
Inner Climate Change
Inner Climate Change
How do we change? How do we adapt our lifestyles to become resilient to the changes we are facing today?
11 min · 4.8 stars
Watch John Oliver Take the Hot Air Out of Climate Change Coverage
Watch John Oliver Take the Hot Air Out of Climate Change Coverage
So-called "balanced" climate change coverage usually means a skeptic is put up against a climate expert. Watch HBO funny man John Oliver explain why this set up is so absurd (warning: he likes to swear).
4 min · 5 stars
Are the Paris Climate Talks Bullsh!T? - Valhalla Sits Down With Dr. Vandana Shiva at COP21
Are the Paris Climate Talks Bullsh!T? - Valhalla Sits Down With Dr. Vandana Shiva at COP21
Traditionally the climate talks have been a lot of talk and very little action... We sat down with world renowned environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva to discuss what she thinks, you'll be surprised what that is...
25 min · 5 stars
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 · 5 stars
The Empire Files: The Tyranny of Big Oil
The Empire Files: The Tyranny of Big Oil
The oil industry is a powerhouse with control over land, resources, politics and more. In this episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin uncovers big oil's strong-arm reach--its growth, its crimes, its power and its impunity.
29 min · 4.9 stars
This Deeply Moving Poem by a Mother to Her 7 Month Old Daughter Has a Beautiful Message
This Deeply Moving Poem by a Mother to Her 7 Month Old Daughter Has a Beautiful Message
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...
3 min · 4.9 stars
What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire
What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire (2007)
A middle class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American Lifestyle.
123 min · 4.7 stars
Meat The Truth
Meat The Truth (2008)
Although many films have convincingly succeeded in drawing public attention to the issue of global warming, they have repeatedly ignored one of the most important causes of climate change, namely: intensive livestock production. Meat the Truth has drawn attention to this by...
70 min · 4.8 stars
This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs the Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs the Climate
The video for Naomi Klein's new book captures the truth that must be told: "Our economic model is waging a war against all life on Earth." For more information, tour dates, or to buy the book: http://thischangeseverything.org/ Forget everything you think you know about...
2 min · 4.8 stars
Wake Up, Freak Out – Then Get a Grip
Wake Up, Freak Out – Then Get a Grip
It’s much, much later than you think. There's a tipping point ahead. This really isn’t about polar bears any more. At this very moment, the fate of civilization itself hangs in the balance. It turns out that the way we have been calculating the future impacts of climate...
12 min · 4.8 stars
Before the Flood
Before the Flood (2016)
Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he explores the topic of climate change, and discovers what must be done today to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.
95 min · 4.7 stars
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
Mother: Caring for 7 Billion (2011)
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 · 4.6 stars
These Are The 3 Climate Tipping Points That Keep Scientists Awake At Night
These Are The 3 Climate Tipping Points That Keep Scientists Awake At Night
This knowledge isn't supposed to make us afraid - it's meant to stir our hearts into action - to give us the fire that we can use to save everything we love.
3 min · 5 stars
All You Need To Understand About Climate Change In Under A Minute
All You Need To Understand About Climate Change In Under A Minute
This is a special edition of the Fishbones climate change animation, dedicated to the occassion of the International Climate Top in Paris 2015 -- otherwise known as COP21. Fishbones is an animated short explaining the most fundamental thing you need to know about what climate...
1 min · 4.8 stars
The Story That's Destroying the World
The Story That's Destroying the World
Let me start by saying something that sounds controversial but actually isn't:
Tim Hjersted · 5 stars
Indigenous Peoples Connect The Dots At Climate March in New York
Indigenous Peoples Connect The Dots At Climate March in New York
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...
3 min · 4.9 stars
What Can One Person Do, When 6.8 Billion are Frying the Planet?
What Can One Person Do, When 6.8 Billion are Frying the Planet?
Climate change got you down? Don't despair. Here's a visual exploration of what you can do to make a difference, featuring art, video, and dinosaurs.
Franke James · 5 stars
Filmmakers Propose Online "Swarm Offensive" Against Climate Change
Filmmakers Propose Online "Swarm Offensive" Against Climate Change
This beautifully animated short video argues that grassroots efforts to deal with climate change can be more effective if they adopt the tactics of open source technology, using databases and social networks to "tap into our collective genius" to tackle the toughest of global...
15 min · 5 stars
The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid (2009)
Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite plays an old man living in the devastated world of 2055 in this documentary-drama-animation hybrid from Director Franny Armstrong and Oscar-winning Producer John Battsek. Runaway climate change has ravaged the planet by 2055. Pete plays the...
90 min · 4.6 stars
Are We Doomed? YERT Feature Film (trailer)
Are We Doomed? YERT Feature Film (trailer)
Get ready for YERT: The Film. We've finished our feature film based on our eco-adventures to every state of the USA! Please spread the word to all of your friends and family - we want this film to travel around the world. Find or arrange a screening near you by clicking on...
4 min · 5 stars
$hift
$hift (2013)
A global movement is coming together to challenge the fossil fuel industry in a fight for the planet and our future here.
13 min · 5 stars
101 Solutions to Global Climate Change
101 Solutions to Global Climate Change
Peak Moment 26: Author Guy Dauncey's lively, optimistic solutions for Peak Oil and climate crisis are do-able here and now. Conservation, efficiency, proven technologies, and emerging innovations will take us through this critical planetary energy transition.
27 min · 5 stars
Action 4 Climate (trailer)
Action 4 Climate (trailer)
Youth in 70 countries are calling for climate action with more than 230 documentaries. The response to the Action4Climate competition has been overwhelming. The com
3 min · 5 stars
Hans Rosling Brilliantly Explains Complexity of Population and Resource Issues Using Simple Tools
Hans Rosling Brilliantly Explains Complexity of Population and Resource Issues Using Simple Tools
Let me show you the world, says Swedish academic Han Rosling as he demonstrates the dynamics of population growth, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissions. The challenge for the world is to get everyone out of extreme poverty and get the richest people to use less fossil...
3 min · 5 stars
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 · 5 stars
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 · 5 stars
The Living Forest: the Amazonian Tribespeople Who Sailed Down the Seine
The Living Forest: the Amazonian Tribespeople Who Sailed Down the Seine
The Kichwa tribe in the Sarayaku region of the Amazon in Ecuador believe in the 'living forest', where humans, animals and plants live in harmony. They are fighting oil companies who want to exploit their ancestral land. A delegation of indigenous people are at the Paris...
9 min · 4.9 stars
The Cross of the Moment
The Cross of the Moment (2015)
Fermi's Paradox, climate change, capitalism, and collapse are among the subjects discussed in this feature length documentary on the environmental crisis. Interviewees include Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder, Derrick Jensen, Peter D. Ward, Jill Stein, Bill Patzert, Guy McPherson...
84 min · 5 stars
DOUBLESPEAK- A Film About Climate Change
DOUBLESPEAK- A Film About Climate Change
Doublespeak highlights the contradictory actions of President Obama and the British Prime Minister, David Cameron when it comes to addressing the urgent threat of climate change. The film uses archive footage from speeches and news reports to paint a picture of how...
4 min · 5 stars
Climate Change Babies
Climate Change Babies (2021)
Climate Change Babies is an inspiring film for trailblazing parents around the world. During the Covid-19 pandemic, courageous and articulate moms, parents and grandparents from British Columbia , Canada are organizing and exchanging profound information about climate change...
45 min · 4.9 stars
Changing the World is SIMPOL
Changing the World is SIMPOL (2021)
Ever wondered why governments aren't acting fast enough on climate and other global problems? Ever wondered what you can do? Sign on to the SIMPOL campaign at:
5 min · 4.8 stars
Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You
Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You (2020)
How do we navigate the intensity of emotions and reactions stirred up by climate change, or COVID-19 for that matter? How do we come to a place of peace, compassion, forgiveness and life-affirming action?
66 min · 5 stars
Climate: A New Story with Charles Eisenstein
Climate: A New Story with Charles Eisenstein
Climate: A New Story shows us how we can reframe our thinking. Our Earth is not simply a resource, it is complex, living and fragile. Charles Eisenstein expresses how we might transform our mindset, to reveal a process that could be the quickest way to reverse climate...
13 min · 5 stars