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Cancel The Apocalypse: Here are 30 Films to Help Unlock the Good Ending

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

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

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

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

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

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

Money & Life (2013)

Feeding Ourselves (2017)

Singapore: Biophilic City (2012)

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

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

The Nature of Cities (2010)

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

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

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

Rundown Apartments Reborn as Food-Forest Coliving Agritopia (2021)

The Hardest Thing I've Ever Loved: Creating a Transformative Culture (2020)

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

The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy (2018)

Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas (2008)

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

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

A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006)

Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)

Fantastic Fungi (2019)

A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization (2016)

Films That Inspire Inner Change

Today I Rise: This Beautiful Short Film Is Like a Love Poem For Your Heart and Soul

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

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

The Problem with Wokeness | Ayishat Akanbi

The Revolution Is Love! Our Movement is for the 100%

Why You'll Be Happier When You Give Up The Blame Game

What Is Addiction? - Gabor Maté

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

How Mindfulness Empowers Us

I Am Not Black. You Are Not White: We Are Not the Racial Labels Elites Invented to Divide Us

Resilience: The Biology Of Stress And The Science Of Hope (trailer)

This Is The "Living on Earth 101" Primer Every Human Needs To See. And It's Only 52 Seconds.

How to Be a Great Listener

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

Trust Your Heart. Everything You Do Matters.

Charles Eisenstein - Why We Need Community To Live In the New Story

The Goal of Life is Not to Survive It | Charles Eisenstein

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

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

The Children’s Fire: Our Culture’s Missing, Ancient, Core Value

6 Simple Self-Compassion Exercises

Why Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs Matters

How I Unlearned Dangerous Lessons about Masculinity | Eldra Jackson

Break Anxiety and Addiction by Examining Your Patterns

What Is Toxic Masculinity?

SCARS

A New Consciousness Through Growing Food and Connecting with Nature

Universal Wisdom Meditation

Ike - Knowledge Is Everywhere (2014)

How Forests Heal People

Gabor Mate on the Myth of Normal

Ola - Health Is Everything (2013)

Do You Worry that Screen-Based Electronics Are Rewiring Your Brain?

The Economics of Happiness

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution (2022)

How a Land High in the Western Himalayas Can Help Us Understand The Crisis of The Modern World

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

Localization: a Strategic Alternative to Globalized Authoritarianism

Judge a System by the Health of Its Children

Why We Need Big Picture Activism

Resist Globally, Renew Locally

The Economics of Happiness (Abridged Version)

The Movement for Localization Is Growing Rapidly, Worldwide

Insane Trade!

Our Obsolescent Economy

Trump is a Symptom of Corporate Globalization

Unlike a Globalized Food System, Local Food Won't Destroy the Environment

Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh (1993)

How Globalization Fuels Terrorism and Fundamentalism

Thinking Outside the Grid

We Can’t Do It Ourselves: How Individual Change Has Limits That Can Only be Solved Collectively

To Leave or Remain: Dichotomy or Distraction?

Changing Everything Except What Needs Changing: What's Missing From The Renewable Energy Debate

Trump: The Illusion of Change

The Economics of Climate Change

The Sharing Economy: It Takes More Than a Smartphone

7 Billion for Dinner? Here's How to Feed Them

Israel & Palestine Coverage

How YOU Can Help Stop Israel's Carnage In Gaza - And Support Palestinian Liberation

Israeli Politician Backs Genocide Investigation - Now They're Trying To Silence Him w/ Ofer Cassif

Israeli Destruction and Massacres Continue with US Backing | Glenn Greenwald

BBC's Racism Over Gaza Exposed By Shocking Study

The World's Most Documented Genocide in History

How Israel Could Be STOPPED By South Africa - Its Overwhelming Genocide Case Explained

Israeli Dissidents Expose Genocidal Language

Yanis Varoufakis Tells Me: Gaza Is A Genocide In Plain Sight

Chris Hedges: "The Genocide in Gaza"

I Watched The Hamas Massacre Film. Here's My Thoughts. | Owen Jones

"In My Name, I Want No Vengeance." - The Call of Michal Halev

On Israel-Gaza & the Corrupting Media Dynamic of “Audience Capture” | Glenn Greenwald

I’m Jewish. I Want a Ceasefire in Gaza. | Dave Zirin

DEBUNKED: Where Is Palestine’s MLK?

Pope Calls Israeli Army Terrorists | The Kyle Kulinski Show

'Biden Could END Gaza War With A Phone Call': Jeremy Scahill Exposes US and Israeli Claims

Don't Turn Away: This Video Shows the Reality of Israel's War on Gaza

The Hidden History of Israel: Jewish Professor Avi Shlaim meets Palestinian Author Ghada Karmi

"Self-Hating Jew" Explains Why Israel Has No Right...

Dr. Gabor Mate: This Is Genocide

Yes, Israel is an Apartheid State. Perhaps an Analogy Will Be Useful Here.

Tory MP Threatens To Prosecute UK Govt Over Israeli War Crimes

Piers Morgan is Wrong. Here's a 23 Minute Video Refuting: "That's Not Genocide"

Amnesty International Finds "Damning Evidence of War Crimes" by Israel as Gaza Death Toll Tops 6,500

Israel is a Terrorist State

Israel and The Myth of 'Self Defence'

Israel's Long War on Gaza w/Norman Finkelstein | The Chris Hedges Report

Blowback: How Israel Helped Create Hamas (2018)

Honest Government Ads

Honest Government Ad | 2022 Election (Season 2 Finale)

Honest Government Ads | 5 Year Special!

Honest Government Ad | We Make Everything Good Sh!t

Honest Government Ad | Net Zero by 2050 (feat. Greta)

Honest Government Ad | Climate Breakdown

Honest Government Ad | Q

Honest Government Ad | My Police State!

Honest Government Ad | TRUMP 2020

Honest Government Ad | War on Satire

Honest Government Ad | The Economy

Honest Government Ad | The Recession

Honest Government Ad | President Trump

Honest Government Ad | The Machine

Honest Government Ad | Julian Assange

Honest Government Ad | Coronavirus: Flatten The Curve

Honest Government Ad | Visit West Papua!

Visit Hawai'i - The Occupied State

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?

Effective Collaboration

Collaboration: on the Edge of a New Paradigm? (2015)

Us Now: The Power of Open Collaboration & the Internet (2009)

Together: How Cooperatives Show Resilience to the Crisis (2012)

Tips for Building Coalitions

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

Wendell Berry: 17 Rules for a Sustainable Local Community

Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions

Reimagine Our Economy: Choose Collaboration Over Competition

Bringing People Together in “The Age of Loneliness”

Trending Articles

The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict

Tim Hjersted

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

Films For Action

We Are Made for These Times: A Letter to a Young Activist During Troubled Times

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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

Wisdom Pills

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

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

Panic Volkushka

22 Documentaries That Tell the Truth About How Government Really Works

Tim Hjersted

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

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

Yasha Levine

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

Russell Means

Empire Managers Explain Why This New Protest Movement Scares Them

Caitlin Johnstone

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 37 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending

Films For Action

The 15 Best Documentaries About Climate Change, Free to Watch Online

Tim Hjersted

Argentina: The Country That Monsanto Poisoned

Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko

Seeing Wetiko: on Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition

Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk

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

93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness

Films For Action

The Great Forgetting: You Probably Haven't Heard About It but It Completely Affects Your Life

Deep Ecology Hub

Skepticism Is Healthy, but Planet of the Humans Is Toxic

Timmon Wallis

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

Why Are so Many Adults Today Haunted by Trauma?

Jenara Nerenberg

The Tyranny of Compulsory Schooling

John Taylor Gatto

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)

The Zeitgeist Movement | Peter Joseph

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

Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

The New Human Rights Movement - Peter Joseph (2017)

Peter Joseph: Introducing a Resource Based Economy (Multi-Part Series)

The Zeitgeist Movement: Activist Orientation Presentation

Peter Joseph: "Social Pathology"

Peter Joseph: When Normality Becomes Distortion

Peter Joseph - The Revolution of Values

A Critique of Bernie Sanders "Inequality in America" Town Hall, by Peter Joseph (2018)

Peter Joseph - Critique of Jordan B. Peterson (vs Slavoj Zizek: "Happiness: Capitalism vs. Marxism")

Revolution Now! with Peter Joseph

Ecovillages: Experiments in New and Ancient Ways of Living

The Village of Lovers (2024) (trailer)

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

The Hardest Thing I've Ever Loved: Creating a Transformative Culture (2020)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

How to Turn Your Neighborhood into a Village

230 People LIVING COMMUNALLY: Tour of Ithaca EcoVillage

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 6: Ecovillages & Networks for New Farmers

Saving Our Ecovillage (2020)

17 Days In Community: A Manifestation of Love (2014)

This Community Is Transforming a Blighted Neighborhood Into a Vibrant Lab of Possibilities

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

A New We: Ecovillages and Eco-Communities in Europe (trailer)

Awakening the Village Heart and Mind

Into Unity: A Journey into Ecovillage Living

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

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

Tamera: An Ecovillage for a New Humanity (2018)

Films For Action

Does Films For Action Have Bias? - a Statement About Neutrality and Our Values

Films For Action University: a Map for Navigating the Transition From Empire to Earth Community

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

50 Paradigm-Shifting Documentaries for a Wise Earth

100 Short Films to Expand Your Consciousness

Films For Action's Vision for the Future

123 Subversive Documentaries That Challenge the Status Quo

The New Story Revolution: Over 75 Films & Articles About the Movement With Many Names

90 Inspiring, Visionary Films That Will Change How You See the World in Profound Ways

93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness

The Importance of Rites of Passage

The Profound Importance of Rites of Passage: Mentoring the Future

Ike - Knowledge Is Everywhere (2014)

The Children’s Fire: Our Culture’s Missing, Ancient, Core Value

Films For Action University: a Map for Navigating the Transition From Empire to Earth Community

What Is The Cost For Those of Us Not Born into Community?

Initiation Into a Living Planet

The Bloom Episode 2: Practicing The New World

The Bloom Episode 3: New Ways of the Sacred

Towards a Regenerative Cosmology: Re-Inhabitation, Re-Enchantment, Re-Indigenisation

The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education

Ikigai - Finding Your Reason for Being

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