Food for Thought, Food for Life
Industrial agriculture takes a toll on both the health of our environment and the quality of our food. This film surveys problems with today’s agribusiness world, voicing new solutions offered by farmers, […]
Industrial agriculture takes a toll on both the health of our environment and the quality of our food. This film surveys problems with today’s agribusiness world, voicing new solutions offered by farmers, […]
Finalist of the 2016 Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award! After a near-death experience, an arborist realizes what he has to do combat climate change: migrate the California coast redwoods – some […]
Despite its natural beauty and rich history, Jamaica Bay was New York City’s dumping ground for decades. Towering landfills created landscapes of garbage. Jets scream overhead constantly as they take […]
In the Te Urewara forests of northern New Zealand, the fiercely independent Tūhoe Maori tribe undertakes the building of a grand new meeting hall using radically sustainable methods. Their “Living Building” embodies the community’s deep and […]
Over a century ago, the Dutch fishing village of Urk was an island – until the Netherlands filled in their inland sea to make more arable land, and it found itself incorporated […]
Finalist of the 2016 Eric Moe Sustainability Film Award! On his farm in the rainforest of Panama’s Bocas del Toro, an indigenous cacao farmer reveals hidden inequalities in chocolate production, challenging […]
In China’s Guangdong province, a mining tycoon has built an exact 1:1 replica of the idyllic Austrian village of Hallstatt. Beyond the gimmicky appeal of “copycat” development, this phenomenon offers a provocative perspective […]
Over the course of 40 years, photographer Sebastião Salgado has borne witness to the plights of marginalized communities the world over, from famines to civil wars to unsafe labor conditions. […]
Plasmodial slime mold is like something out of science fiction: creeping right beneath our feet, its intricate living systems warp our perception of time and space and challenge our definitions […]
Nuclear waste forces us to think about the distant future: the radioactive trail from our bombs and power plants will last 400 generations. Repeat: 400 generations! So we need a […]