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Environmental Films

Treeline: A Story Written in Rings (2018)

Klamath (2016)

Ecological Learning Through Direct Experience (2015)

India's Healing Forests: Come Home, Be Healed (2019)

How Wolves Change Rivers | George Monbiot

Public Trust: Fight for America’s Public Lands (2020)

Regreening the Planet (2014)

Stories Of Wolves: The Lobo Returns (2013) (trailer)

How Whales Change Climate | George Monbiot

Fantastic Fungi (2019)

Ripple Effect (2014)

Why Earth Destruction Is a Crime (2015)

HOME (2009)

Earth Days (2009)

Regreening the Desert with John D. Liu (2012)

Vanishing of the Bees (2009) (trailer)

The Dark Side of Tulum (2019)

Symphony of the Soil (2012)

Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War (2008)

The Soil Solution To Climate Change (2013)

Activist Philosophy & Reflection

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

“Basic Training” for Spiritual Warriors

How to Sustain Your Activism: What Grace Lee Boggs Would Have Taught Us

Not All Politics Is Identity Politics

20 Principles for Successful Community Organizing

Liberation Theory: a Working Framework

The Trifecta of Civil Resistance: Unity, Planning, Discipline

Guidelines for Alliance-Building: Working Assumptions for Winning Allies and Being an Effective Ally

How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently

Juneteenth: Praise the Lorde, Audre Lorde

The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities

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

No Impact Man's Guide to Activism

Hey Progressives, Can We Stop Using the Tools of Social Justice to Tear One Another Down?

Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions

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

The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi

The Polarization Trap

How to Disagree

Blocking Awareness and Defriending Our Way Into Group Think

There Is No One Right Way to Be an Activist

Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change (2015)

How To (Not) Change Minds On The Internet

What Makes Call-Out Culture So Toxic

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

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

The Trap of Righteousness

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

The Left's Self-Destructive Obsession with Shame

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

Are You Tired of the Social Justice Outrage Machine?

Why Allies Are Welcome to Criticise Social Movements

The Problem With Judgement

Fighting with Non-Violence | Scilla Elworthy

5 Reasons to Build a Network of Small Groups, Rather Than a Mass Movement of Individuals

Documentaries about Living the Change

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

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

Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)

Occupy Love (2013)

Not Business As Usual (2014)

Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)

Creating Prosperous Communities: Examples of Small-Scale Cooperatives in Maleny (2002)

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

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

Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside Of The Classroom (2015)

A Passion For Sustainability (2008)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Alan Watts: What If Money Was No Object?

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

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019)

Voices of Transition (2012)

Videos that Explain Things

How the Rich Keep Us Poor

How Whales Change Climate | George Monbiot

How Wolves Change Rivers | George Monbiot

How Mindfulness Empowers Us

How Romanticism Ruined Love

This Is Neoliberalism (2020)

The Story of Stuff

The Story of Electronics

Why Engagement Rings Are A Scam. Here Are The Facts.

The Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy

The Story of Cosmetics

The Story of Change

Patriotism vs Nationalism: Do You Know the Difference?

Culture In Decline

Culture in Decline #1: What Democracy?

Culture in Decline #2: Economics 101

Culture In Decline #3: C.V.D. - Consumption Vanity Disorder

Culture In Decline #4: The War on Nature

Culture in Decline #5: Baby Go Boom!

Culture in Decline #6: Tale of Two Worlds

6 Short Films for Action

Capitalism Is Just a Story - Rise Up and Create a New One

To Change Everything, Start Everywhere

Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change (2015)

The Shocking, True History of Race Baiting, From the 17th Century to the Present Day

John Perkins Explains How Economic Hitmen Rob The World In Service of Corporate Profit

Better, Not More

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)

Trending Articles

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

Panic Volkushka

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

Films For Action

The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict

Tim Hjersted

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

Wisdom Pills

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

Jim Tull

Why Not Voting Is Such an Ineffective Form of Protest

Thomas G. Clark

The Top 100 Documentaries Inspiring the Shift to a Sustainable Paradigm (2012 Edition)

Films For Action

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words

Andrew Nikiforuk

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

George Lakey

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

Dan West

Dumbing Us Down: The 7 Hidden Lessons of Compulsory Education

Meryn Callander

How to Win: Lessons From the Zad

Greg Frey

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

Films For Action

Bosom Buddies: A Photo History of Male Affection

Brett & Kate Mckay

John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

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

Russell Means

Why Men Are So Obsessed with Sex

Steve Bearman

The 12 Most Common Fallacious Gun Arguments - Refuted by a Responsible Gun Owner

Michael E Sparks

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

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

Crimethinc. Ex-Workers Collective

Caitlin Moran's Posthumous Advice for Her Daughter

Caitlin Moran

50 Paradigm-Shifting Documentaries for a Wise Earth

Films For Action

29 Documentaries About War That the US Government Doesn't Want You to See

Tim Hjersted

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.

Most Watched Documentaries

Collapse (2009)

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The 5 Stages of Climate Change Grief w/ Bill Nye and Arnold Schwarzenegger

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FLOW: For Love of Water (2008)

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The Shock Doctrine (2009)

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The Dark Side of Chocolate (2010)

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Werner Herzog Made a Documentary About Texting While Driving. And It's Haunting.

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Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations (2013)

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Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside Of The Classroom (2015)

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Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

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Race: The Power of An Illusion (2003)

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The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State (2012)

Class Dismissed: A Paper Tiger Documentary (2004)

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All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)

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Earthlings (2005)

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Fantastic Fungi (2019)

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

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A Passion For Sustainability (2008)

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Food Inc. (2008)

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Real Estate 4 Ransom: Why Does Land Cost the Earth? (2012)

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Before the Flood (2016)

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Baraka (1992)

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Documentaries that Inspire Ecological Consciousness

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

India's Healing Forests: Come Home, Be Healed (2019)

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

Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature (2015)

The Promise of Biomimicry (2020)

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

Ecological Learning Through Direct Experience (2015)

The Global Brain | Peter Russell (1983)

TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Treeline: A Story Written in Rings (2018)

Singapore: Biophilic City (2012)

The Superior Human? (2012)

Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)

Our Library is 99% Free and Always Will Be. Here are Some of Our Favorites.

The Corporation (2003)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

InterReflections: A Story about The Greatest Revolution of Our Time (2020)

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

India's Healing Forests: Come Home, Be Healed (2019)

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

Fall and Winter (2013)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

Schooling the World (2010)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

Money & Life (2013)

Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

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

Documentaries by One of Our Heroes, John Pilger (Rest in Peace)

The War You Don't See (2010)

What is Real Journalism? John Pilger Reviews His 50 Year Career

Breaking The Silence: Truth And Lies In The War On Terror (2003)

Palestine Is Still The Issue (2002)

The Dirty War On The NHS (2019)

Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny (1970)

War By Other Means (1992)

The New Rulers of the World (2001)

The Coming War on China (2016)

The War On Democracy: Never Believe Anything Until It's Officially Denied (2007)

Apartheid Did Not Die (1998)

Utopia (2013)

Trending Documentaries

Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)

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

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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

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InterReflections: A Story about The Greatest Revolution of Our Time (2020)

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Schooling the World (2010)

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The Economics of Happiness (2011)

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From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers' Warning (1992)

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TAWAI: A Voice From the Forest (2017)

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Israelism (2023)

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How Fascism Serves Capitalism (2023)

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Free to Learn: A Radical Experiment in Education (2006)

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Aghet: A Genocide (2010)

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Killing Gaza (2018)

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Living for 32: Virginia Tech, Gun Shows & Mass Shootings in America (2010)

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Language Keepers: The Struggle for Indigenous Language Survival in California (2019)

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Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade (2016)

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

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D’autres Mondes (Other Worlds) (2004)

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In The Eye Of The Storm: The Political Odyssey Of Yanis Varoufakis (2024)

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2012: Time For Change (2010)

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New Member Submissions

Gaza Genocide: A Socialist Perspective (2024)

Empire Managers Explain Why This New Protest Movement Scares Them

No Refuge: Cape Cod's Coastal Crisis (2024)

Psychedelic Psilocybin Magic Truffle Veteran Retreat (2022)

Talk For Life: English as an Additional Language (2020)

Living Without: How Much is Enough?

Pinevale High - Separate, Unequal,....Undeterred.

Smartphones vs. Smart Kids: Heading Off Disaster in Teen Mental Health | Jonathan Haidt

Tomorrow (with Epilogue) (2022)

Resilience: What Makes the Soul Strong (2024)

Close-Up of Death Culture: 1,000 in Entertainment Biz Proclaim Support for Gaza Slaughter

Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump (2020) (trailer)

How "Big Picture Activism" Can Change the World

The Rules of the Game Must Change | Yanis Varoufakis

The Hungry Ghost Inside Us: What Really Causes Addiction | Dr. Gabor Mate

The Illusion of Progress | Charles Eisenstein

How Advertising Creates Cultural Violence | Peter Joseph

How Humans Regenerate Earth | Dr. Lyla June

Urban Food Forest in a Public Park! – The City Food Commons

I Wrote What? Google's AI-Powered Libel Machine

Genetics Explained Who Are the Blessed Ones!

United Daughters of the Confederacy

Us Government Destroy Family

Why Julian Assange Should Be Freed | John Mearsheimer

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