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THE STORY OF PLASTIC is a searing expose, uncovering the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling. Different from every other plastic documentary you've seen, THE STORY OF PLASTIC presents a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global plastic pollution crisis and how the oil and gas industry has successfully manipulated the narrative around it. From the extraction of fossil fuels and plastic disposal...
2) Trashed
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English
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Looks at the risks to the food chain, environment, and health in various parts of the world through pollution of air, land, and water by the production and accumulation of solid waste.
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Corporate salesman Steve Butler has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner to offer much-needed relief to the economically hard-hit residents in exchange for drilling rights to their properties. As they grapple with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors, the outsiders soon discover the strength of an American small town at a crossroads.
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Filmmaker and novice farmer John Chester chronicles the eight-year quest he and Molly Chester went on when they traded city living for 200 acres of barren farmland in the foothills of Ventura County and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature's conflicts, the Chester's unlock and uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm, its seasons, and...
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Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature points to how deeply we've lost touch with nature - and takes us on a mesmerizing cinematic journey through the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. Neeson is the voice of "Sapiens" (our collective humankind) who, in the past few thousand years, has come to believe that we have transcended nature. Yet, experts uncover how a new era of nature-connection might just be dawning: "Biomimicry"...
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
Description
In recent years, many people are redefining their American Dream to focus on flexibility, financial freedom, and quality of life over quantity of space. These self-proclaimed "Tiny Housers" live in homes smaller than the average parking space, often built on wheels to bypass building codes and zoning laws. Tiny takes viewers inside six of these homes stripped to their essentials, exploring the owners' stories and the design innovations that make them...
9) The garden
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The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country's most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community...But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis...The Garden...
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
Description
Examines the contributions of cattle and the cattle industry to global warming, resource consumption and environmental degradation.
"Feature-length environmental documentary, following an intrepid filmmaker as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today and investigates why the world's leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
Description
Water. It's the earth's most valuable resource. Our cities are powered by it, countless industries depend on it, and all living things need it to survive. But it's very possible that in the near future, there won't be enough to sustain life on our planet. This film sheds light on the vital role water plays in our lives, exposes the defects in the current system, and shows communities already struggling with its ill effects.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
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English
Description
The remarkable story of the rise and fall of the Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat,' told through the transformation and radicalization of one of its members, Daniel McGowan. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Marshall Curry weaves a chronicle of McGowan facing life in prison with a dramatic investigation of the events that led to his involvement with the ELF.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Examines the results of the chemical revolution of the 1940s. Presents interviews with top minds in the fields of science, advocacy, and law. Weaving their testimonies into a compelling narrative, discusses how the chemical revolution brought us to where we are, and where--if we're not vigilant--it may take us.
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
Description
Try going a day without plastic. In this touching and often flat-out-funny film, we follow "everyman" Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world. What starts as a film about plastic bags evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic and its effect on our waterways, oceans and even our own bodies. We see how our crazy-for-plastic world has finally caught up with us and what we can do about it....
15) Triple divide
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the impact of fracking in one of the country's most pristine watersheds. With exclusive interviews from oil and gas industry leaders, independent experts and impacted residents, Triple divide [redacted] covers five years (2011 - 2016) of cradle-to-grave investigations that reveal how regulators and industry keep water contamination covered up.
17) 1.5 stay alive
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The aim of international climate change policy is to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius, although scientists are of the opinion that a temperature rise of just one and a half degrees could lead to irreversible damage to ecosystems and terrestrial and marine areas. "1.5 stay alive" examines the adverse effects of climate change and global warming on the Caribbean region, covering impact on the weather, inhabitants, wildlife, coral reef, and...
18) Carbon nation
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"A documentary movie about climate change solutions. Even if you doubt the severity of the impact of climate change or just don't buy it at all, this is still a compelling and relevant film that illustrates how solutions to climate change also address other social, economic and national security issues"--Publisher website.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Former Vice President Al Gore presents evidence that the negative effects of global warming have increased since the release of the film "An inconvenient truth" a decade earlier.
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the follow-up that shows just how close people are to a real energy revolution.
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