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Justice/ Sustainability Documentaries

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VIdeos and documentaries are some of the most effective ways to convey information. Here you will find documentaries about any subject related to the general goals of justice and sustainability.

Over 500 Social Change Documentaries on 1 Page. Just imagine what could become possible if an entire city had seen just one of the documentaries above.

Over 500 Social Change Documentaries on 1 Page

Just imagine what would be possible if everyone in the country was aware of how unhealthy the mainstream media was for our future and started turning to independent sources in droves. Creating a better world really does start with an informed citizenry, and there's lots of subject matter to cover. From all the documentaries above, it's evident that our society needs a new story to belong to.

The old story of empire and dominion over the earth has to be looked at in the full light of day - all of our ambient cultural stories and values that we take for granted and which remain invisible must become visible. But most of all, we need to see the promise of the alternatives - we need to be able to imagine new exciting ways that people could live, better than anything that the old paradigm could ever dream of providing. So take this library of films and use it.

Water Documentaries

Monetary system documentaries. Global Awakening Documentaries. Education and Critical Thinking Documentaries. Climate Change Documentaries. Energy Documentaries. Food documentaries. WikiRebels: The Documentary (Full) Dirt! The Movie. A Quiet Revolution: The Earth Charter and Human Potential. A 30-minute film featuring three dramatic case studies of how individuals in India, Slovakia and Kenya have contributed to solving local environmental problems.

A Quiet Revolution: The Earth Charter and Human Potential

Narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep, and featuring interviews with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other experts, the film's primary message is that even one person's action can make a dramatic difference. "...feeling powerless to affect the crisis facing humanity, many do nothing. But a growing number of ordinary people are carrying out a quiet revolution. " "Sometimes I tell myself, I may only be planting a tree here, but just imagine what's happening if there are billions of people out there doing something.

Just imagine the power of what we can do... "--2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai The film is now available in 8 languages--English, Japanese, Chinese (traditional), Korean, Spanish, French, German and Arabic. Green The Film. MEDIA. Racing Extinction (2015) What are we doing here? What are we doing here? Africa Charity Documentary - why aid, development and charity need to be improved.

Waste = Food. Man is the only creature that produces landfills.

Waste = Food

Natural resources are being depleted on a rapid scale while production and consumption are rising in na­tions like China and India. The waste production world wide is enormous and if we do not do anything we will soon have turned all our resources into one big messy landfill. But there is hope. The German chemist, Michael Braungart, and the American designer-architect William McDonough are fundamentally changing the way we produce and build.

If waste would become food for the biosphere or the technosphere (all the technical products we make), produc­tion and consumption could become beneficial for the planet. A design and production concept that they call Cradle to Cradle. Large companies like Ford and Nike are working with McDonough and Braun­gart to change their production facilities and their products. Watch the full documentary now - Films For Action Presents: The Top 100 Documentaries Inspiring the Shift to a Sustainable Paradigm. By Films For Action / filmsforaction.org Film offers us a powerful tool to shift awareness and inspire action.

Films For Action Presents: The Top 100 Documentaries Inspiring the Shift to a Sustainable Paradigm

By hosting community film screenings and sharing them online, they offer a method to break our dependence on the mainstream media and become the media ourselves. We don't need to wait for anyone or anything. Just imagine what could become possible if an entire city had seen just one of the documentaries below. Just imagine what would be possible if everyone in the country was aware of how unhealthy the mainstream media was for our future and started turning to independent sources in droves. Creating a better world really does start with an informed citizenry, and there's lots of subject matter to cover. Our society needs a new story to belong to. Garbage Warrior [Full Length Documentary]