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Transition Documentaries

In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)

The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)

Voices of Transition (2012)

Communities Of Hope: Discovering the Ecovillages of Europe (2020)

Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

The Transition

What's a Colloquium? An Oral History of the Natural Building Movement (2020)

Feeding Ourselves (2017)

Transitions For Society: Job Guarantee and Basic Income (2014)

Occupy Love (2013)

Ecovillage Pioneers: A Journey Towards Low-Impact Living (2016)

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

Building the Democratic Economy, from Preston to Cleveland (2018)

Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time (2015)

Coming Home: The Reinvention of the Local Economy (2009)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

Rebel Wisdom

Feminine Wisdom | Schuyler Brown & Samantha Sweetwater

Identity & Empathy | Ayishat Akanbi

Music, Culture & Race | Greg Thomas

The Religious Wars of the Pandemic Endgame | Rebel Wisdom

Indigenous Thinking for Troubled Times, Tyson Yunkaporta

Addicted to Ideology? | Gabor Maté

Moving On From #Metoo | Louise Mazanti PhD

Rogan, CNN, Ivermectin & Heterodox Thinking | Zubin Damania

Is the Psychedelic Renaissance Doomed? | Jamie Wheal

Rebel Wisdom: Where Gillette Went Wrong

An Epidemic of Control: Charles Eisenstein

"A Glitch in the Matrix" - Jordan Peterson, the Intellectual Dark Web & the Mainstream Media (2018)

Glitch in the Matrix II, The Origin of the Intellectual Dark Web (2019)

Take Back Your Attention From The Social Media Algorithms

Is It Time to Change Course on Covid? | William Eden

Unlearning Race? | Thomas Chatterton Williams

If We Don't Fix Sensemaking, We Won't Survive | Daniel Schmachtenberger

Success, Culture & Race | Coleman Hughes

Thich Nhat Hanh: One of Our Greatest Inspirations and Mentors

The Four Mantras of True Presence

Thich Nhat Hanh: No Enemies

The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh

We Need a Revolution; It Starts with Falling in Love with Earth

Thich Nhat Hanh: Understanding is the Key To Creating a World Without Enemies

Thich Nhat Hanh on Loosening the Knots of Anger

Thich Nhat Hanh - Being Love: Teachings to Cultivate Awareness and Intimacy

The Four Qualities of True Love | Thich Nhat Hanh

True Justice Should Have Compassion in It

Thich Nhat Hanh On Seeing Ourselves In All Beings and All Beings In Us

Do You Have Time to Love?

What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilization?

The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)

A New Story for Humanity: Change the Story, Change the World (2016)

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

Fall and Winter (2013)

Money & Life (2013)

In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)

In Our Hands: Seeding Change (2017)

Communalism

Horizontal Governing - The Virtually Incorruptible Solution to Vertical Top Down Corruption

Communalism: a Liberatory Alternative to the Present System

Reason, Creativity and Freedom: The Communalist Model

Communalism: An Alternative to a World in Crisis

How to Create Democratic and Ecological Cities

10 Principles of Radical Ecological Democracy

Documentaries about the Israel-Palestine Conflict

With God on Our Side (2010)

The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States (2016)

Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)

Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003)

Israel Vs Israel: A Film About Israeli Peace Activists (2010)

Palestine Is Still The Issue (2002)

Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)

Life in Occupied Palestine (2009) (trailer)

The Israeli Lobby (2007)

The Zionist Story (2009)

Budrus: It Takes a Village to Unite the Most Divided People on Earth (2009)

Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy and the Promise of a Million Utopias

Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas (2008)

The Promise of a Million Utopias

The True Purpose of Government Should Be Investing in People, Not Empire

The Promise of Radical Municipalism Today

Liquid Democracy: The App That Turns Everyone into a Politician

An Atlas of Real Utopias?

Getting Free: Creating an Association of Democratic Autonomous Neighborhoods

Building Democratic Power at the Local Level - A Strategy for Long-Term Liberation

Radical Municipalism: The Future We Deserve

Democracy (How to Save It and Ourselves) Narrated by Danny Glover

How to Start Participatory Budgeting in Your City

What Is Democracy? (trailer)

We Can Restore Democracy by Disrupting Politics. Here's How.

Consensus (Direct Democracy @ Occupy Wall St)

Scaling Up: Ideas about Participatory Democracy

Democracy? That Would Be Anarchy!

The 4th Branch of Government: An Idea To Create Direct Democracy For, and By, The People

The Most Radical Experiment in Direct Democracy and Gender Equality can be Found in the Middle East

Anarcho-Syndicalist Principles

Democracy At Work: How This One Idea Could Make Your Job Amazing

10 Principles of Radical Ecological Democracy

Freedom Ahead: Democracy Does Not Offer Freedom, Nature Does (2012)

Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)

Earth Democracy

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Films For Action

Comic: If Bart Simpson and Chris Griffin Went to Couples Therapy

Panic Volkushka

The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict

Tim Hjersted

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

Bucky Fuller & his World Game: Intro to Saving Planets

Brainsturbator

The Next American Revolution Has Begun And This Is What It Looks Like

Dan West

10 Quotes From an Oglala Lakota Chief That Will Make You Question Everything About Our Society

Wisdom Pills

The History and Philosophy of Aikido

Aikido Association of America

How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’

George Lakey

Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words

Andrew Nikiforuk

Revolution and American Indians: “Marxism is as Alien to My Culture as Capitalism”

Russell Means

Positive Thinking in a Dark Age: A 12-Step Guide to Gracefully Responding to a Collapsing Dominant Culture

Jim Tull

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

Caitlin Moran's Posthumous Advice for Her Daughter

Caitlin Moran

Why Not Voting Is Such an Ineffective Form of Protest

Thomas G. Clark

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 41 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending

Films For Action

“This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal” On Aaron Bushnell’s Action in Solidarity with Gaza

Crimethinc. Ex-Workers Collective

25 Mind-Twisting Optical Illusion Paintings by Rob Gonsalves

Dovas

Why Men Are So Obsessed with Sex

Steve Bearman

Bosom Buddies: A Photo History of Male Affection

Brett & Kate Mckay

Dumbing Us Down: The 7 Hidden Lessons of Compulsory Education

Meryn Callander

93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness

Films For Action

The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves

Yasha Levine

Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization

Douglas Haddow

We Need Activism to Have More Compassion In It

3 Principles to End the Polarization of Society and Create a Healthy Culture

What Makes Call-Out Culture So Toxic

The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi

Why I've Started to Fear My Fellow Social Justice Activists

True Justice Should Have Compassion in It

The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Centered Activism

The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities

You Can't Be Intersectional While at the Same Time Being Elitist and Exclusionary

The Problem with Cancel Culture | Ayishat Akanbi

One "Piece of the Oppressor" That I Have Discovered Within Myself

No Justice Without Love: Why Activism Must Be More Generous

So You're Still Being Publicly Shamed

Ten Counterproductive Behaviors of Social Justice Educators

Core Nonviolence Commitments

Thich Nhat Hanh: Understanding is the Key To Creating a World Without Enemies

Exiting the Vampire Castle

Before & After I Became a Social Justice Vampire

Nonviolent Communication Basics (2000)

How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul

What Is My Activism Really About? to Love, Serve and Remember

9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible

Standing Rock Wisdom: How Sacred, Nonviolent Activism Has the Power to Succeed

Radical Kindness Is Liberating

Why We Should Love Our Enemies

When We Judge a Person Harshly With a Label or Dismissal, We Kill the Human Being Inside of Them

The Problem With Hating Our Enemies

To See the World With Eyes Unclouded by Hate

Above With Love: Do Not Sink to the Level of People's Brokenness

A Gentle Corrective for the Epidemic of Identity Politics Turning Us on Each Other and on Ourselves

Compassion, the Antidote

Shame, Guilt & the Roots of Violence

The Four Qualities of True Love | Thich Nhat Hanh

Public Shaming

The Politics of Being Woke

If We Want to End This World's Tragic Cycles of Violence, We're Going to Have to Do Something Extremely Radical

Co-Creating a Peaceful World Through Love-in-Action

The Privilege of Not Caring Cannot Exist When True Love Is There

Can We Go to the Very Root of Violence and Be Free from It?

Do You Yearn for a World of Love and Justice? So Do We.

Developing Skills of the Heart

Thich Nhat Hanh - Being Love: Teachings to Cultivate Awareness and Intimacy

3 Essential Strategies for Integrating Life Experiences

What It Really Means to Hold Space for Someone

The Four Qualities of True Love | Thich Nhat Hanh

Increasing Our Capacity to Feel Is Essential to Living Our Best Life and Connecting with Our Kids. Here's How.

Nonviolent Communication Basics (2000)

The Myth of Positivity: Why Your Pain Holds a Mighty Purpose

21 Examples of NVC Consciousness

What Is My Activism Really About? to Love, Serve and Remember

Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success

The Ultimate Romance Begins From the Love We Show Our Selves

The Steps Toward Self Empowerment

Harnessing Pain and Burning It as Fuel for the Revolution

The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Centered Activism

Core Nonviolence Commitments

Toxic Love VS Healthy Love: 14 Core Differences

6 Toxic Relationship Habits Most People Think Are Normal

Do You Have Time to Love?

Why Self-Compassion Trumps Self-Esteem

The Demand to be Safe in a Relationship Inevitably Breeds Sorrow and Fear

Wanted: Men Who Love

6 Simple Self-Compassion Exercises

What It Means To Communicate

The Purpose of Nonviolent Communication

Radical Kindness Is Liberating

Wanting Fully Without Attachment

Control is a Trap

The Privilege of Not Caring Cannot Exist When True Love Is There

Climate Change Documentaries

Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You (2020)

Fairytales of Growth (2020)

The Troublemaker: How Extinction Rebellion Became A Global Climate Movement (2020)

Kiss the Ground (2020) (trailer)

A Climate Of Change (2014)

The Soil Solution To Climate Change (2013)

Disobedience: The Courage To Break Free (2016)

Disruption (2014)

Do the Math (2013)

Chasing Ice (2012) (trailer)

A Burning Question: Propaganda & The Denial Of Climate Change (2012) (trailer)

Tomorrow's Power (2019)

The Carbon Rush (2019) (trailer)

Hope in a Changing Climate (2009)

Climate of Doubt (2012)

Years of Living Dangerously (2014)

Anima Mundi: Permaculture, Deep Ecology & the Soul of the World (2011)

How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (2016)

2040: Join The Regeneration (US-Only) (2020)

Out Of Balance: ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change (2007)

The Wisdom To Survive: Climate Change, Capitalism & Community (trailer)

Before the Flood (2016)

The Climate Changers (2016)

Greedy Lying Bastards (2013) (trailer)

The Island President (2011) (trailer)

Can Humanity Find Harmony with Itself, the Earth? Here are 22 Films That Say Yes.

Renewables Can't Power Capitalism, But They Can Power Ecosocialism

Fairytales of Growth (2020)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Bioregional Living: A Permaculture Guide to Food and Energy Independence | Andrew Faust (2020)

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Feeding Ourselves (2017)

Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement

In Our Hands: Seeding Change (2017)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

United Natures: a United Nations of all Species (2013)

A New Story for Humanity: Change the Story, Change the World (2016)

Our Land: A 7 Part Series about Revolutionizing Our Relationship to Food & Land

Regreening the Desert with John D. Liu (2012)

The Soil Solution To Climate Change (2013)

Singapore: Biophilic City (2012)

The Promise of Biomimicry (2020)

In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)

Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)

Enough Is Enough (2014)

Media Literacy

United States of Distraction: Fighting The Fake News Invasion (2020)

Beware Of Images (2016)

Project Censored The Movie: Ending The Reign of Junk Food News (2013)

Take Back Your Attention From The Social Media Algorithms

Capitalism And Monopolies: How Five Companies Control All US Media

The Social Dilemma (2020) (trailer)

Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model of News: An In-Depth Explanation

Propaganda: How Western Citizens are Turned Into Compliant Slaves (2012)

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

The Century of the Self (2002)

Shopping for Freedom: Escape from the Cult of Consumerism (2019)

The Fantasy of Ultimate Purpose – How Films, Series and Video Games Reveal What Really Drives Us

Stare Into The Lights My Pretties (2017)

Incredible Animation Summarises Noam Chomsky's 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine

Human Resources: Social Engineering In The 20th Century (2010)

Propaganda and The Engineering of Consent for Empire with Mark Crispin Miller

Noam Chomsky: How the Mass Media Manufactures Consent

The Creativity Delusion: There is no Genius

Corporate Jargon - Lying by Obscurity, Obscuring to Hide Corruption

How Marlboro Changed Advertising Forever

Digital Hygiene: How We Might've F--ked Our Attention Spans

Donald Trump: The Sitcom Misogynist

The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory

Stalking for Love

Born Sexy Yesterday: A Hollywood Movie Trope That Maybe Needs to Die

How the Media's Weapons Fetish Primes Us for War

The Miseducation of Dylann Roof

The Ugly Truth in Beauty Magazines

The News Is Center Right

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