LibGuides: Earth Ethics Institute Resources: Films &amp; Videos

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Search the MDC Catalog to find DVDs or streaming videos. Limit your search by Material Type, to Audio/Visual Material. DVDs are located by the Service Desk in the library and can be checked out for one week. Electronic videos can be streamed online. Sustainability Films/Videos by Topic Hover over the 'DVDs and Streaming Videos' tab of this Sustainability LibGuide to view sustainability-related films and videos broken down by topic.	Kanopy streams thoughtful entertainment to your preferred device with no fees and no commercials by partnering with public libraries and universities. Stream films: Kanopy - MDC Login WaterBear Network This free, interactive streaming platform dedicated to the future of our planet features films and documentaries on a wide variety of sustainability topics, as well as ways to connect and take action. Sign up and search for content.	View streaming videos from Films Media Group anytime, anywhere, 24/7! Choose from thousands of educational titles in dozens of subject areas, including water-related films. Note: If you have trouble accessing films from the links on this page, and are asked for a password, please use the following steps to access the database through the MDC library website. Click on FMG on Demand (Films Media Group). Enter your college (Miami Dade College). Enter your Borrower ID (MDC Student ID number). Enter your PIN (last four digits of MDC Student ID number). Click on Connect to Database. Click on Subjects and choose one, or use the empty box to do a keyword search for a particular topic.

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Post Doom Conversations
A foreboding sense of climate chaos, societal breakdown, and economic and ecological “doom” is now widespread. Acknowledging our predicament and working through the stages of grief takes one only to the midpoint: acceptance. What lies beyond? Michael Dowd (with occasional co-hosts) invites 85 guests (recorded over the last two years) to share their personal journeys along this trajectory and especially the gifts they have found on the other side of the post-doom doorway.
The Great Unraveling? Interview Series and Panel Event
Exploring the accelerating convergence of environmental, economic, and socio-political stresses our nations and communities face over the coming years and decades, and how we can respond.
The Story of Stuff Movies
A series of videos and movement working to shift the way we make, use, and throw away Stuff.
Bioneers Conference Media/Recordings
Collections of media from recent Bioneers Conferences: amazing keynotes, panels, and videos, transcripts of talks, and more.
Restorative Justice on the Rise Video Resources
Restorative Justice on the Rise is the leading live public dialogue forum focusing on the justice transformation in the U.S. and beyond, and provides real-time conversation with national and global leaders in the field, providing key tools, education, and awareness building as the movement continues to build exponential momentum.
YES! Solutions Journalism Videos
Through rigorous reporting on the positive ways communities are responding to social problems and insightful commentary that sparks constructive discourse, YES! Media inspires people to build a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world.
Story of the Noosphere Short Film Series
This series of short films explores the ways humanity is building the nervous system of a superorganism, called the noosphere. As we deepen our understanding of this noosphere we begin to discover a collective sense of meaning and purpose that will help us address our global challenges. Narrated and hosted by Brian Thomas Swimme.
World Resources Institute Videos
Search WRI's Resource Library by type, region, and/or subject tag. WRI is a global research organization that works to develop practical solutions that improve people’s lives and ensure nature can thrive.
One Earth Videos
One Earth is a philanthropic organization working to accelerate collective action to limit global average temperature rise to 1.5°C.
Climate Town YouTube Channel
Rollie Williams and a ragtag team of climate communicators, creatives and comedians are here to examine climate change in a way that doesn’t make you want to eat a cyanide pill. Get informed about the climate crisis before the weather does it for you.
The Climate Emergency and Mental Wellness Webinar
Webinar recording from Libraries in the Global Arena: Responding to the Climate Crisis
Work That Reconnects Webinars and Conversation Cafes
Through this online series the Work That Reconnects Network coordinates and provides a wide range of rich educational and supportive opportunities for their global community of WTR facilitators, members and friends of the Network.

TV Series/Episodes

Big History - Everything is Connected
The Big History series asks questions guaranteed to change the way you look at the past. By weaving science into the core of the human story, Big History takes familiar subjects and gives them a twist that will have you rethinking everything from the Big Bang to today’s headlines.
Planet Earth
A world beyond expectation... Four years in the making, this is the earth celebrated as never before.
Planet Earth II
Experience the world from the viewpoint of animals themselves. From spellbinding wildlife spectacle to intimate encounters, Planet Earth II takes you closer than ever before.
The Sacred Balance
Hosted by David Suzuki, this award-winning series presents a new inclusive vision of nature in which we human beings are intimately connected to all life processes on Earth.
Canticle to the Cosmos with Brian Swimme
An immersive, classic course on the story of the Universe, Earth, Life, and Human. This fascinating, in depth telling of the scientific story of the universe instills within the viewer a feeling of its sacred nature.
A Thousand Suns: Food Ecology and Religion in the 21st Century
Explores the concept of sustainability, looking to the people of Ethiopia's Gamo Highlands in Africa's Rift Valley as a model of agricultural practices that work in harmony with nature and with the people of the land.

Films/Documentaries

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 30 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending
"The people in these films aren't listening to the folks that say it's too late. They're imagining the future they want, not the future they're afraid of, and they're bringing that future into being."
Earth Emergency (2021)
One-hour film featuring The Dalai Lama, Greta Thunberg, and leading climate scientists. Learn how feedback loops explain the missing piece of the climate puzzle.
Gather (2020)
This film is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide.
Gimme Green (2006)
“Gimme Green” is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets, and our outlook on life.
The GMO Trilogy (2006)
How some genetically modified organisms threaten your health, the environment and future generations.
Wild Earth, Wild Mind, Wild Heart (2005)
John Seed performs songs and poems and offers detailed introductions to some of the Deep Ecology-based processes he has developed and taken around the world.
Water - Sacred & Profaned (1998)
In this short documentary, six unique men and women share their experiences and insights about water, the most abundant and fundamental element of the Earth.
Children and Nature: Awakening a Sense of Wonder (1997)
Dr. Jane Goodall believes it is essential that parents and other mentors of children guide them to make meaningful connections with the natural world.
Touching Peace: An Evening with Thich Nhat Hanh (1993)
Thich Nhat Hanh was a well known Buddhist monk, scholar and poet. Here he speaks about arriving in each moment, getting in touch with our roots, community building, and learning true love.
The Unfolding Story (1993)
In this program scientists, authors, religious leaders, native people, and other visionaries relate the story that is now unfolding of an interconnected, interdependent living universe.
Do the Rot Thing: The Simple Art of Home Composting
Award winning video that demonstrates the basic steps and shares simple tips for making home composting fun and easy.
The Goose with the Golden Eggs: Tourism on Costa Rica´s Pacific Coast
This short film portrays the challenges coastal communities are facing over water, beach access, land ownership, protection of mangroves, and other issues. It compares the costs and benefits of large-scale resort tourism with models of sustainable coastal tourism in Manuel Antonio and small-scale ecotourism in the Osa Peninsula.
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos (1996)
What does it mean to be human, to be alive on planet Earth in the midst of the vast universe as it is now understood? Cosmologist Brian Swimme takes us on an exhilarating journey in search of the new story that is developing in answer to this question.
Diet for a New America (1987)
John Robbins presents his theories on the environmental and personal health consequences of a diet based on animal products. He calls for a return to a conscientious and caring lifestyle.
Food Chains (2014)
To protest their working conditions and poor wages, farmworkers in Immokalee, Florida, start a hunger strike outside the headquarters of Publix supermarkets.
La Casa Ausente / The Absent House (2013)
A Caribbean designer and a pioneer of green architecture confronts climate change with sustainable constructions such as a house without a roof, a micro- eco-house on wheels, a parachute-house and a solar-electric car. In times of climate change, The Absent House issues a dynamic and hopeful message that we can live sustainably and preserve the planet for future generations.
Growing Cities (2013)
From rooftop farmers to backyard beekeepers, Americans are growing food like never before. Growing Cities tells the inspiring stories of these intrepid urban farmers, innovators, and everyday city-dwellers who are challenging the way the USA grows and distributes its food.
We Are Water (2013)
We Are Water is a passionate documentary exploring our spiritual and physical connection with water, the source of life.
Half the Sky (2012)
Half the Sky is a passionate call-to-arms, urging us not only to bear witness to the plight of the world's women, but to help to transform their oppression into opportunity. Our future is in the hands of women everywhere.
More Than Honey (2012)
A comprehensive look at the plight of endangered honeybees around the globe and the potential effects of their extinction. The film considers the scientific, environmental and economic implications of the honeybee epidemic while pushing for a profound understanding of bees on a deeper, often forgotten level.
In Organic We Trust (2012)
Filmmaker Kip Pastor talks with farmers, scientists and others to define what makes food organic, explores the truth behind the labels and marketing, and offers practical solutions to those who wish to change the way they eat.
Forks Over Knives (2011)
Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most of the chronic diseases that afflict us can be controlled or even reversed by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.
The Island President (2011)
The impassioned former president of the Maldives struggles to save his vulnerable island nation from the tragic effects of the looming climate apocalypse.
Journey of the Universe (2011)
Brian Thomas Swimme and Mary Evelyn Tucker tell the epic story of the universe from an inspired new perspective, weaving the findings of modern science together with enduring wisdom found in the humanistic traditions of the West, China, India, and indigenous peoples. They explore cosmic evolution as a profoundly wondrous process based on creativity, connection, and interdependence, and they envision an unprecedented opportunity for the world's people to address the daunting ecological and social challenges of our times.
Bag It (2010)
What starts as a film about plastic bags, evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic and its effect on our lives, bodies and waterways.
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio (2010)
A profile of Mockbee shows his work on the radical educational design and build program known as the Rural Studio.
Gasland (2010)
Gasland focuses on communities in the United States where natural gas drilling activity was a concern and, specifically, on hydraulic fracturing, a method of stimulating production in otherwise impermeable rock.
Gasland Part II (2013)
A sequel to Gasland (2010), this film continues to explore the controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, arguing how dangerous the process is, and how pervasive the gas industry’s influence on public policy has become.
Waste Land (2010)
Waste Land follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
Crude: The Real Price of Oil (2009)
Crude tells the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet: the infamous $27 billion “Amazon Chernobyl” lawsuit pitting 30,000 rainforest dwellers in Ecuador against the U.S. oil giant Chevron.
Dirt! The Movie (2009)
Dirt! The Movie tells the story of Earth's most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility — from its miraculous beginning to its tragic degradation.
No Impact Man (2008)
What does it really take to live eco-effectively? For one year, Colin Beavan swore off plastic and toxins, turned off his electricity, went organic, became a bicycle nut, and tried to save the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his young daughter and his Prada-wearing wife along for the ride.
Owners of the Water: Conflict and Collaboration Over Rivers ("Tede'wa") (2009)
A central Brazilian Xavante, a Wayuu from Venezuela, and a US anthropologist explore an indigenous campaign to protect a river from devastating effects of uncontrolled Amazonian soy cultivation.
Processed People (2009)
Filmmaker Jeff Nelson investigates the effects of fast food on people's health.
Tapped (2009)
Examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.
Vanishing of the Bees (2010)
This documentary, narrated by Elliot Page, takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide disappearance of the honeybee. The film examines our current agricultural landscape and celebrates the ancient and sacred connection between man and the honeybee.
Blue Gold (2009)
Based on the book BLUE GOLD: THE FIGHT TO STOP THE CORPORATE THEFT OF THE WORLD'S WATER by Maude Barlow and Tony Clark, the film examines the problems created by the privatization and commoditization of water.
Flow (2008)
Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.
Food, Inc. (2008)
Food Inc. reveals surprising - and often shocking - truths about what we eat, how it's produced, and who we have become as a nation.
Fuel (2008)
Director Josh Tickell takes us along for his 11 year journey around the world to find solutions to America's addiction to oil.
The Garden (2008)
The Garden tells the story of the now demolished South Central Farm; a community garden and urban farm located in Los Angeles, California. The Garden details the plight of the South Central Farmers, a mostly Latin community of farmers who organized and worked on the farm.
Taking Root: The Vision Of Wangari Maathai (2008)
Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration.
Bhutan: Taking the Middle Path to Happiness (2007)
A documentary about the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan and its development policy of “Gross National Happiness.” The concept of taking “the middle path” is one rooted in the Bhutanese view of the world, a simple message: happiness lies in the middle path.
Energy Crossroads: A Burning Need to Change Course (2007)
As our global population and its appetite for energy rise drastically, resource depletion and global warming have become the most pressing issues facing humanity today.
Garbage Warrior (2007)
Tells the epic story of maverick architect Michael Reynolds, his crew of renegade house builders from New Mexico and their fight to introduce radically different ways of living.
King Corn (2007)
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.
Six Degrees Could Change the World (2007)
The film runs through the effect each degree in temperature change has on the world.
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006)
Examines our dependence on oil, showing how oil is essential for almost every aspect of our modern lifestyle, from driving to work to clothing and clean tap water. A Crude Awakening asks the tough question, “What happens when we run out of cheap oil?”
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
A longtime advocate for the environment, former US Vice President Al Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling way. AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH is not a story of despair but rather a rallying cry to protect the one earth we all share.
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
Former Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, traveling around the world to train an army of activists and influence international climate policy.
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)
Explores the Special Period in Peacetime and its aftermath; the economic collapse and eventual recovery of Cuba following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Following the dramatic steps taken by both the Cuban government and citizens, its major themes include urban agriculture, energy dependence, and sustainability.
The Shape of Water (2006)
An intimate encounter with five very different women in Brazil, India, Jerusalem, and Senegal, this film offers a close look at the far-reaching and vibrant alternatives crafted by women in response to environmental degradation, archaic traditions, lack of economic independence, and war.
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)
With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply.
The Future of Food (2004)
The Future of Food distilled the complex technology and consumer issues surrounding major changes in the food system -- genetically engineered foods, patenting, and the corporatization of food -- into terms the average person can understand.
Peaceable Kingdom (2004)
Animal rescuers and activists battle against the cruelties of industrial farming.
Super Size Me: The Fast-Food Industry in America (2004)
Director Morgan Spurlock's social experiment in fast-food gastronomy sees him attempting to subsist uniquely on food from the McDonald's menu for an entire month.
The Corporation (2003)
Explores a corporation’s inner workings, curious history, controversial impacts and possible futures.
The Next Industrial Revolution (2002)
Tells the story of architect William McDonough's and chemist Michael Braungart's work to resign the industrial material economy to "work with Nature, not against it."
Spirits of the Rainforest (1994)
In the heart of Peru's remote Amazon rainforest, Manu National Park and Biosphere Reserve, the film explores the work of three biologists studying Giant Otters, Squirrel Monkeys and macaws, and also an anthropologist who lives with and studies the Machiguenga Indians, who once had contact with the Inca Empire.

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