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Planet Local: A Short Film Series about the Beautiful Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture
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Voices of the Grandmothers (2021)
The Age of Disconnection (2018)
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The Economics of Happiness (2011)
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Feeding Ourselves (2017)
United States of Distraction: Fighting The Fake News Invasion (2020)
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United Natures: a United Nations of all Species (2013)
Ecological Learning Through Direct Experience (2015)
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TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)
Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)
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