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Reveals the history and worldwide scope of plastics pollution, investigates its toxicity and explores solutions. | |
 | | Blue Vinyl
Filmmakers Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold use humor and chutzpah in their search for the environmental truth about vinyl. | |
 | | Celling Your Soul
An examination of our love/hate relationships with our digital devices from the first digitally socialized generation, and what we can do about it. | |
 | | Extreme By Design
In a Stanford multidisciplinary, project-based course, student design teams are building a better world...one product at a time. | |
 | | Groundswell Rising
Documents the opposition from both sides of the political spectrum to the ubiquitous practice of fracking for natural gas, and the health and environmental reasons behind it. | |
 | | King Corn (Original Version)
By growing an acre of corn in Iowa two friends uncover the devastating impact that corn is having on the environment, public health and family farms. | |
 | | Life Apps
5-part series in which tech-savvy young adults from around the globe create mobile apps for a better, more sustainable world. | |
 | | The Nano Revolution
3-part series explores the promises and potential perils of a new technological frontier -- nanotechnology and the world of the infinitesimally small. | |
 | | Planetary
A provocative and breathtaking wakeup call - a cross continental cinematic journey that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species. | |
 | | Point Of No Return
Documents the journey of the Solar Impulse—the first solar-powered, round-the-world flight—demonstrating the tremendous potential of renewable energy sources. | |
| | Point Of No Return - Bundle
Documents the journey of the Solar Impulse—the first solar-powered, round-the-world flight—demonstrating the tremendous potential of renewable energy sources. | |
 | | PROJECT Q: War, Peace, and Quantum Mechanics
Investigates the geopolitical and societal implications of quantum innovation in computing, communications and artificial intelligence. | |
 | | A Sea Change
Ocean acidification threatens over one million species with extinction--and with them, our entire way of life. | |
 | | Shattered Sky
The story of how America led the world to solve the ozone crisis. Will we dare to do the same with climate change? | |
 | | Split Estate
Documents the devastating effect that fracking for natural gas and oil is having on the health of families and the environment in the Rocky Mountain West. | |
 | | Welcome to Nano City
See how the invisible nano revolution is already at work in our lives--from photocatalytic window coatings that clean themselves to manmade fiber stronger, yet lighter, than steel. | |
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Aboriginal Architecture
New structures in seven North American Native communities that reinterpret traditional forms for contemporary purposes.
Addicted to Plastic
Reveals the history and worldwide scope of plastics pollution, investigates its toxicity and explores solutions.
After the Spill
The oil and gas industry has historically dominated Louisiana politics and is largely responsible for the state's rapidly disappearing coastline.
The Age of Stupid
An old man (Pete Postlethwaite) living in a devastated world, watches 'archive' footage from today and asks: Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?
Along the African Rift
Examines the East African Rift, Ethiopia's Afar Triangle, the Nile Valley and the Dead Sea Rift, places where the Earth's crust is ripping apart as molten rock pushes upwards.
American Outrage
Two elderly Western Shoshone sisters, the Danns, put up a heroic fight for their land rights and human rights.
The Antibiotic Hunters
Scientists are hunting urgently for new antibiotics -- a challenge that is taking them to some remote and unusual places.
Backfired
Investigates the largest auto scam in the world, tracing VW's deliberate installation of defeat devices in their diesel cars to circumvent California and US vehicle emissions standards.
Barbershop Punk
A David & Goliath tale of one man's fight against restrictions by Internet service providers and governments on consumers' access to the internet.
Beethoven's Hair
Traces the journey of a lock of Beethoven's hair, culminating in the scientific analysis that reveals Beethoven's medical secret.
Beethoven's Hair (Short Version)
Traces the journey of a lock of Beethoven's hair, and reveals Beethoven's medical secret.
Being Caribou
A filmmaker and biologist follow the Porcupine Caribou Herd from central Yukon to the herd's calving grounds in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Big Spuds, Little Spuds
The impact of climate change and monoculture on one of the world's staple food crops.
Biomimicry
2-part series based on the book Biomimicry - a new science that studies nature's best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems.
Biomimicry: Learning from Nature - Part 1
Using natural processes as the model for agriculture and business.
Biomimicry: Learning from Nature - Part 2
Advances in materials and medicine based on research into natural processes.
Bitter Seeds
The final film in Micha X. Peled's Globalization Trilogy examines the epidemic of suicides amongst India's cotton farmers, deeply in debt after switching to genetically modified seeds.
Black Diamonds
Examines the escalating drama in Appalachia over mountaintop removal mining.
Black Wave
The story of the Exxon Valdez and the 20-year legal battle to get restitution from ExxonMobil.
Blue Vinyl
Filmmakers Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold use humor and chutzpah in their search for the environmental truth about vinyl.
Blue Vinyl (Short Version)
Filmmakers Judith Helfand and Daniel B. Gold use humor and chutzpah in their search for the environmental truth about vinyl.
Borderline Cases
The environmental impact of the 2,000 factories (maquiladoras) on the US-Mexico border.
Brazil
Brazil has developed generic antiretroviral drugs to care for those afflicted with HIV/AIDS.
Broken Limbs
Looks at the plight of apple growers in the age of globalization, and points the way to sustainable US agriculture.
Build Green
David Suzuki reports on a wide range of green buildings, from large community developments to mini-homes.
Burning in the Sun
An inspirational portrait of a young West African man who starts a business building solar panels from scratch and selling them to rural customers in Mali.
Can Condoms Kill?
Investigates the Catholic Church's allegation in SEX AND THE HOLY CITY that condoms are unreliable and ineffective in preventing the transmission of HIV.
Celling Your Soul
An examination of our love/hate relationships with our digital devices from the first digitally socialized generation, and what we can do about it.
China Blue
A clandestinely shot, deep-access account of how the clothes we buy are actually made.
The City Dark
The definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars.
City Life
22-part series examining the effect of globalization on people and cities worldwide.
Collision Course
Reviews the positive steps being taken in India and Brazil to confront the serious public health issue presented by traffic accidents.
The Collision Zone: Asia
Examines the collision zone in Asia--from Indonesia's volcanoes at one end to the Himalayas at the other--which is in the process of forming the earth's next supercontinent.
Coming Home
Suzuki explores biophilia -- the innate, hereditary need of human beings to affiliate with nature.
Community - Planet Neighborhood
Community regeneration, energy-efficient design, and waste water treatment.
Community by Design
Good design of houses and neighborhoods builds community.
Company Town
A grassroots movement challenges Citizens United, corporate power, and moguls of the "sharing economy" to stop gentrification and wrest back control of San Francisco's future.
Cracking Cancer
A clinical research trial at the Personalized OncoGenomics Program is changing the way scientists think about the future of cancer care.
Crapshoot
Looks at the failure of our current sewage disposal system and presents alternatives.
DamNation
Explores the sea change in national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the call for dam removal as awareness grows that our own future is bound to the health of our rivers.
A Dangerous Idea
Examines the history of the US eugenics movement and its recent resurrection, which uses false scientific claims and holds that an all-powerful "gene" determines who is worthy and who is not.
Dead Mums Don't Cry
Grace Kodindo's heroic efforts in Chad to lower the rate of maternal mortality, one of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.
Death By Design
Debunks the notion that electronics is a 'clean' industry by revealing the human and environmental cost of electronic gadgets that are designed to die.
Deconstructing Supper
A leading chef investigates food safety in the age of GMOs and industrial agriculture.
Designing A Great Neighborhood
A model co-housing project, where future residents participate in the design of their own neighborhood.
Diamond Road
Examines every facet of the diamond trade from the prospectors to the miners, cutters, jewelers, smugglers and dealers, and advocates for fair trade.
Dirty Business
Reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and looks at promising developments in renewable energy technology.
DIVEST! The Climate Movement on Tour
Chronicles 350.org's 'Do the Math' bus tour as it launched the fossil fuel divestment campaign onto the national and ultimately international stage.
Drones In My Backyard
How comfortable should Americans be with the growing use of drones by all segments of society?
Drowned Out
An Indian family chooses to stay at home and drown rather than make way for the Narmada Dam.
The Ecological Footprint
Dr. Mathis Wackernagel introduces the Ecological Footprint, a resource accounting tool that measures human demand on the Earth.
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets
Examines the global marine fisheries crisis and the efforts to implement sustainable fishing practices.
Empty Oceans, Empty Nets (Short Version)
Examines the global marine fisheries crisis and the efforts to implement sustainable fishing practices.
Everything's Cool
Examines the media strategies, on both sides, that have resulted in the US government's failure to take decisive action on global warming.
Expedition Earthscope
America's turbulent geologic story and earth scientists' biggest push yet to uncover its deepest secrets.
Extreme By Design
In a Stanford multidisciplinary, project-based course, student design teams are building a better world...one product at a time.
Farming The Seas
The perils and promise of fish farms in a world running out of ocean fish stocks.
Favela Farm
In Brazil can Pedro build a Life App to help the secret world of urban farms and gardens in Rio's shanty towns?
Field of Genes
The effects of the biotechnology revolution on farmers and consumers.
A Fierce Green Fire (Classroom Version)
The documentary of record on the environmental movement.
A Fierce Green Fire
The documentary of record on the environmental movement.
The Fire of Creation
Suzuki explores the latest scientific findings which amplify the age-old reverence for the sun.
Fixing Food 2
Looks at changes being made to the ways we produce and consume our food: inventing an entirely new way of producing food, learning from Indigenous food sources, and reimagining agriculture.
Force Of Nature
Inspirational distillation of the life, thoughts and legacy of famed Canadian scientist, broadcaster and activist, David Suzuki.
Frankensteer
Investigates the dangers to human health, including BSE (Mad Cow disease), posed by feedlot-raised beef.
Fury for the Sound
Women's contribution to the battle to save the rainforest at Clayoquot Sound.
Fury for the Sound (Short Version)
Women's contribution to the battle to save the rainforest at Clayoquot Sound.
Galileo's Sons
A rare behind-the-scenes look at the Vatican Observatory, and the cosmological questions tackled by the Jesuit astronomers there.
Gene Blues
Examines the ethical issues associated with DNA testing.
Geologic Journey II
5-part series that explores the geologic forces that shape our planet and our lives.
The God Squad and the Case of the Northern Spotted Owl
A rare, behind-the-scenes look at the way politics shape environmental policy.
Going Home
Ways to reconnect with the earth.
Good Riddance! Air Pollution
An accident leads to a radical redesign of the Eco Van.
Good Riddance! Flies
Eco uses frogs and a spider to combat a pesky fly infestation.
Good Riddance! Rats
Eco, the pest controller, applies his eco-friendly methods to a mischievous group of rats.
Good Riddance! Termites
Eco combats a nest of termites that are dining on his home.
Greening Business
Reports on sustainable business practices and philosophy.
The Greening of Southie
The story of Boston's first LEED-certified residential green building, and the people who made it possible.
Groundswell Rising
Documents the opposition from both sides of the political spectrum to the ubiquitous practice of fracking for natural gas, and the health and environmental reasons behind it.
The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced
Two scientific expeditions to Alaska, 100 years apart, give us an unparalleled view of environmental damage and the change in society's attitudes.
Hawaii: Roots of Fire
Investigates the hidden forces that drive the planet's largest and most active volcanic system, the Hawaiian Islands.
Helping Ourselves!
In India, two community projects help people move out of poverty and gain control of their lives.
Home
Green technology and innovative design save energy.
Home Place
Putting the role of human beings in the biosphere back into proper perspective.
The Home
Families can reduce air pollution and save money.
Homeland
Tells the inspiring story of four battles in which Native American activists are fighting to preserve their land, sovereignty, and culture.
Homeland (Short Version)
A shorter version of the inspiring story of four battles in which Native American activists are fighting to preserve their land, sovereignty, and culture.
Homo Toxicus
Explores the links between the hundreds of toxic pollutants in our environment and increasing health problems.
Hot Potatoes
Explores the dangers of potato blight and the chemicals used to control it.
Independent Intervention
Focuses on the human cost of the Iraq War to contrast corporate-controlled media coverage with independent media.
Inside-Outside
Replaces the human-centered concept of environment with ecosystems.
It's Eco-Logic
Practical things kids can do to protect the environment.
Journey into New Worlds
Suzuki celebrates the birth of a new scientific worldview that is holistic rather than reductionist.
Jumbo Wild
A 25-year battle in Canada's iconic Jumbo Valley pits developers of a large ski resort against conservationists, backcountry skiers and First Nations, who revere it as home of the grizzly bear spirit.
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Kill Or Cure?
India's $4.5 billion dollar pharmaceutical industry that serves the world's poor is at a crossroads.
King Corn (Classroom Version)
Classroom version of classic film about how two friends uncover the devastating impact of corn on the environment, public health and family farms. DVD contains new BIG RIVER: A KING CORN COMPANION.
King Corn (Original Version)
By growing an acre of corn in Iowa two friends uncover the devastating impact that corn is having on the environment, public health and family farms.
The Last Child
Tells the behind-the-scenes story of the global campaign to eradicate polio.
Life 4
A 27-part series about global efforts to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals.
Life Apps
5-part series in which tech-savvy young adults from around the globe create mobile apps for a better, more sustainable world.
Life Cycles
Life is a property of Earth.
Living Under the Cloud
A sobering look at the Chernobyl disaster, with exclusive home video footage.
Louisiana Water Stories
Hard-hitting 2-part series on the fragile state of Louisiana's wetlands making the coastline even more vulnerable to hurricanes like Katrina and explosions like Deepwater Horizon.
Lovins on the Soft Path
Hunter and Amory Lovins make the case for energy efficiency and energy conservation.
Maps with Teeth
Bioregional mapping by locals communicates a sense of place and regional identity.
The Matrix of Life
Suzuki travels the world exploring our intimate relationship with water and air.
Meat the Future
Follows Dr. Uma Valeti, co-founder of leading "cultivated" meat startup Upside Foods, as he and his team develop a game-changing solution to a global, unsustainable hunger for meat.
Missing Out
Anemia threatens the population of Niger and Tanzania.
Mobile Harvest
In India can Sachin build a "Life App" to help stem the tide of farmer suicides?
Monumental
A stirring portrait of America's greatest environmentalist.
More Than Human
With nanotechnology medicine could evolve from treating disease to a practice that is predictive, personalized and preemptive.
Motor
The controversy surrounding off-road motor vehicles using public lands.
The Nano Revolution
3-part series explores the promises and potential perils of a new technological frontier -- nanotechnology and the world of the infinitesimally small.
Net Loss
Examines the controversy surrounding salmon farms, and the threat they pose to wild salmon.
The Next Industrial Revolution
Architect Bill McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart bring together ecology and human design.
Not for Sale
Examines the disturbing new corporate practice of patenting life forms.
Nuclear Dynamite
Investigates American and Soviet plans to use nuclear explosives for "geographical engineering."
Nuclear Dynamite (Short Version)
Investigates American and Soviet plans to use nuclear explosives for "geographical engineering."
The Pacific Rim: Americas
From the glaciers of Alaska to the Andes of Chile, the relentless subterranean forces that formed the eastern Pacific Rim have convulsed our cities and overshadow our future.
Paradise Domain
Pacific islanders are not benefiting from digital windfall or World Wide Web.
Partnership
Changing our present exploitative relationship with Earth to one of partnership.
Patently Obvious
International patent regulations only protect multinationals.
Patents and Patients
India battles HIV/AIDS using generic drugs.
Paying the Price
Pharmaceutical companies block generic drugs, threatening the lives of millions of Africans with AIDS.
Peanuts
A hand-operated peanut-sheller makes a difference in the lives of villagers around the world.
The Perils of Plectropomus
The life and death struggles of fish on a coral reef today.
Planet Neighborhood
The latest in energy saving technology and good design.
Planetary
A provocative and breathtaking wakeup call - a cross continental cinematic journey that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species.
Point Of No Return
Documents the journey of the Solar Impulse—the first solar-powered, round-the-world flight—demonstrating the tremendous potential of renewable energy sources.
Point Of No Return - Bundle
Documents the journey of the Solar Impulse—the first solar-powered, round-the-world flight—demonstrating the tremendous potential of renewable energy sources.
Poison in the Rockies
Threats to water quality in the Colorado Rockies.
PROJECT Q: War, Peace, and Quantum Mechanics
Investigates the geopolitical and societal implications of quantum innovation in computing, communications and artificial intelligence.
Racing To Zero
Follows San Francisco's innovative efforts towards achieving zero waste, thereby dramatically reducing the city's carbon footprint.
RADICALLY simple
Author Jim Merkel leads by example on the path to simple and sustainable living.
Razing Appalachia
Explores the controversial issue of mountaintop removal mining by following a grassroots fight to stop the process in West Virginia.
The Return of the Cuyahoga
The story of the death and rebirth of one of America's most emblematic waterways.
Revenge of the Electric Car
Tells the story of the global resurgence of electric cars, following the race to be the first and the best, and to win the hearts and minds of the public around the world.
Risky Business
A discussion-starter on genetically engineered plants and animals.
Rough Science
10-part series in which five scientists on a tropical island cooperate to solve a series of scientific challenges using only their knowledge, ingenuity, and whatever is at hand.
Rough Science DVD Disc 1
Episodes 101-103 of the entertaining science series.
Rough Science DVD Disc 2
Episodes 104-106 of the entertaining science series.
Rough Science DVD Disc 3
Episodes 107-110 of the entertaining science series. All shot on the island of Capraia in the Mediterranean.
The Sacred Balance
4-part series that celebrates the meeting of science and spirit.
Save Our Land, Save Our Towns
Examines the causes and effects of -- and then remedies for -- suburban sprawl.
Save Our Land, Save Our Towns (Classroom Version)
Examines the causes and effects of -- and then remedies for -- suburban sprawl.
A Sea Change (Short Version)
Ocean acidification threatens over one million species with extinction--and with them, our entire way of life.
A Sea Change
Ocean acidification threatens over one million species with extinction--and with them, our entire way of life.
Secrets of Silicon Valley
Shocking exposé of the hidden downsides of the Internet revolution.
Shattered Sky
The story of how America led the world to solve the ozone crisis. Will we dare to do the same with climate change?
The Shoreline Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Coastal erosion and our mostly futile efforts to hold the ocean at bay.
A Sidewalk Astronomer (Short Version)
John Dobson has revolutionized astronomy and helped thousands to look in wonder at their own universe.
A Sidewalk Astronomer
John Dobson and his simple telescope mount have revolutionized astronomy.
Silent Killer
Highlights promising attempts in Africa, and in South and Central America, to end world hunger.
A Snowmobile For George
A rambunctious road trip reveals the toll that environmental deregulation has had on the lives of ordinary people, including the effects of fracking for natural gas.
SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories
Investigates how the exploitation of Southern Louisiana's abundant natural resources compromised the resiliency of its ecology and culture, multiplying the devastating impact of the BP oil spill and Hurricane Katrina.
Split Estate
Documents the devastating effect that fracking for natural gas and oil is having on the health of families and the environment in the Rocky Mountain West.
Standing on Sacred Ground
In this 4-part series, indigenous people from eight different cultures stand up for their traditional sacred lands in defense of cultural survival, human rights and the environment.
Subdivide and Conquer
Suburban sprawl: causes and remedies.
Subdivide and Conquer (Short Version)
Suburban sprawl -- causes and remedies.
The Suzuki Diaries: Future City
David and Sarika Suzuki explore urban innovations leading toward sustainability.
The Suzuki Diaries: Sustainability in Action
David Suzuki and daughter Sarika travel to Europe to visit inspiring people and projects that give hope for a sustainable future.
Swim for the River
The story of the Hudson, and the battle to save it, are told as Chris Swain swims the entire length of the river.
Symbiotic Earth
Explores the life and ideas of Lynn Margulis, a scientific rebel who challenged entrenched theories of evolution to present a new narrative: life evolves through collaboration.
Tectonic Europe
Examines the Earth's surface under pressure, from Iceland to the Alps, landscapes that inspired scientists to invent the study of geology.
Thirst
A piercing look at the global corporate drive to control and profit from our water -- from bottles to tap.
Triple Divide [REDACTED]
Exposes the mishandling and cover-up of drinking water contamination related to unconventional natural gas extraction — aka fracking — in Pennsylvania.
The Trouble with Bread
A gluten intolerant filmmaker's quest for the perfect loaf leads to unexpected discoveries about modern bread.
Turning Down The Heat
Renewable energy sources and energy conservation are the solution to global warming.
Turtle World
A powerful allegory about the survivability of Homo sapiens.
Unconquering the Last Frontier
Chronicles Native Americans' struggle to survive in the midst of hydroelectric development.
Up Close and Toxic
Examines the alarming levels of pollutants inside our homes and suggests ways to reduce them.
Uranium
Native peoples pay the consequences of uranium mining.
Uranium Derby
A filmmaker discovers that her hometown of Ames, IA, was secretly involved in the Manhattan Project.
Virulent: The Vaccine War
Examines the consequences of vaccine hesitancy and denial.
Wake Up, Freddy
One man's morning routine reveals the hidden energy costs of everyday life.
Warming Up in Mongolia
Unless sustainable alternatives are introduced, Mongolia's dependence on fossil fuels and rapid urbanization threatens the environment.
Waste
Surprising introduction to the many facets of our waste problem.
The Wasting of a Wetland
The destruction of the Florida Everglades.
Waterlife
An epic cinematic poem that reveals the extraordinary beauty and complex toxicity of the Great Lakes, the largest remaining supply of fresh water (20%) on Earth.
Weather Report
A report from the front lines of climate change in Kenya, India, Canada, the Arctic, China, and Montana where people's lives have already been dramatically altered.
Weather The Storm
Fishing communities on France's western coast show the path to sustainability.
Welcome to Nano City
See how the invisible nano revolution is already at work in our lives--from photocatalytic window coatings that clean themselves to manmade fiber stronger, yet lighter, than steel.
The Western Pacific Rim
Examines the western Pacific Rim, home to 50% of the world's active volcanoes, and 90% of its earthquakes.
When Is Enough, Enough?
A small Cree band in Alberta battles major oil companies for their land which lies on top of one of the world's richest oil deposits.
Where Am I?
Why are some of us good at finding our way, while others are not? The latest findings in spatial cognition research have multiple implications including for urban planning and design.
Will Nano Save the Planet?
Environmental problems might be solved by nano solar cells, clean fuel additives, contaminant remediation, but are we creating pollutants more dangerous than the ones we already have?
Work
Energy-efficient skyscrapers, controlling waste, and innovative automobile design and recycling.
World of Apps
Young people are writing apps to solve problems from reproductive health care in South Africa to helping young minority adults in London who are "stopped and searched."
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