Drinking the Northwest Wind

Originally envisioned by Mao Zedong himself, China’s South-North Water Transfer Project has consequences for those at both ends of the pipeline that show how supply issues aren’t as simple as […]

Walt

Organic raisin farmer Walt Shubin has dedicated the last 65 years of his life to restoring California’s San Joaquin River to its previous glory. In the midst of drought, he […]

Baobabs Between Land and Sea

By their sheer size and original shapes, baobabs are among the most remarkable trees on the planet. But these giants are threatened by deforestation. To study them, Cyrille Cornu and […]

Jago: A Life Underwater

Grand Teton Award Winner, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival An 80-year-old elder of the maritime Bajau people tells the tale of his life spear-fishing in the depths of the sea from the porch of […]

Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World

Eighty miles off the Northwest coast of British Columbia, the mountainous archipelago Haida Gwaii rises above the Pacific Ocean. These islands have been home to the Haida people since 13,000 BC, though smallpox decimated their population and […]

Good Things Await

Niels Stokholm is an agricultural visionary: the Danish farm he runs with his wife Rita serves as one of Europe’s finest test cases of “biodynamics,” a radical approach to food production with its […]

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, […]

Moving the Giants

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 […]

Saving Jamaica Bay

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 […]

Ever the Land

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 […]