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Environmental Films
Treeline: A Story Written in Rings (2018)
Klamath (2016)
Ecological Learning Through Direct Experience (2015)
India's Healing Forests: Come Home, Be Healed (2019)
How Wolves Change Rivers | George Monbiot
Public Trust: Fight for America’s Public Lands (2020)
Regreening the Planet (2014)
Stories Of Wolves: The Lobo Returns (2013) (trailer)
How Whales Change Climate | George Monbiot
Fantastic Fungi (2019)
Ripple Effect (2014)
Why Earth Destruction Is a Crime (2015)
HOME (2009)
Earth Days (2009)
Regreening the Desert with John D. Liu (2012)
Vanishing of the Bees (2009) (trailer)
The Dark Side of Tulum (2019)
Symphony of the Soil (2012)
Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War (2008)
The Soil Solution To Climate Change (2013)
Why We Need Big Picture Activism
Why We Need Big Picture Activism
The Economics of Happiness (2011)
Localization: a Strategic Alternative to Globalized Authoritarianism
Fall and Winter (2013)
Money & Life (2013)
A New Story for Humanity: Change the Story, Change the World (2016)
Engines of Domination: Political Power & The Human Emergency - Director's Cut (2018)
The Corporation (2003)
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview (2013)
Requiem For The American Dream (2015)
A Quest For Meaning (2017)
The Crisis of Civilization (2011)
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008)
The Global Brain | Peter Russell (1983)
The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)
What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire (2007)
The Choice Is Ours (2016)
United Natures: a United Nations of all Species (2013)
Human (2015)
The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)
The New Story Revolution
The New Story Revolution: Over 75 Films & Articles About the Movement With Many Names
A New Story of the People | Charles Eisenstein
A New Story for Humanity: Change the Story, Change the World (2016)
Stories That Once Offered My Life Meaning No Longer Satisfy. Have You Felt This Too?
The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)
Charles Eisenstein: The Two Great Stories That Give Meaning to Our Lives
The Global Brain | Peter Russell (1983)
The New Story: Why Changing the Myth Changes Our world
Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein (2019 Remix)
A Charter for the Social Solidarity Economy
Money & Life (2013)
Occupy Love (2013)
Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)
Charles Eisenstein: The Story of Interbeing
United Natures: a United Nations of all Species (2013)
Yearning our Way to A More Beautiful World
Carl Sagan - Who Speaks for Earth?
ENOUGHNESS: Restoring Balance to the Economy in the Most Awesome Way Ever
Joanna Macy: From The Great Unraveling to The Great Turning
The Revolution Is Love! Our Movement is for the 100%
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Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)
The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)
Jacque Fresco - A Story of Change
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible - Charles Eisenstein
10 Principles of Radical Ecological Democracy
The Sacred Balance (2002) (trailer)
Earth Democracy
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We Need a New Story for Our Relationship with the Earth, One that Goes Beyond Science and Religion
A New Story for a New Economy
The Charter For Compassion
The Burden of the New Story
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview (2013)
The Economics of Happiness (2011)
In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
Paradise or Oblivion (2012)
An Unlearning: My Meeting with Charles Eisenstein (2022)
The Choice Is Ours (2016)
Self-Organisation Beyond Hierarchy
The Story That's Destroying the World
PROUT's Concept of Economic Democracy
Imagine The Most Beautiful Future: What Do You See?
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Capitalism Is Just a Story - Rise Up and Create a New One
I Am Not Black. You Are Not White: We Are Not the Racial Labels Elites Invented to Divide Us
Dada Krsnasevananda on "The Role of Spirituality in Modern Society"
Love School (2019) (trailer)
Charles Eisenstein on The Challenge of Communicating Beyond the Boundaries of Consensus Reality
Charles Eisenstein - Why We Need Community To Live In the New Story
A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)
Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018)
Freedom Ahead: Democracy Does Not Offer Freedom, Nature Does (2012)
Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)
Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)
8 Principles for a Regenerative Civilization
Today I Rise: This Beautiful Short Film Is Like a Love Poem For Your Heart and Soul
Effective Collaboration
Collaboration: on the Edge of a New Paradigm? (2015)
Us Now: The Power of Open Collaboration & the Internet (2009)
Together: How Cooperatives Show Resilience to the Crisis (2012)
Tips for Building Coalitions
Guidelines for Alliance-Building: Working Assumptions for Winning Allies and Being an Effective Ally
Wendell Berry: 17 Rules for a Sustainable Local Community
Towards a Perspective on Eliminating Racism: 12 Working Assumptions
Reimagine Our Economy: Choose Collaboration Over Competition
Bringing People Together in “The Age of Loneliness”
Documentaries about the Israel-Palestine Conflict
With God on Our Side (2010)
The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States (2016)
Gaza Fights For Freedom (2019)
Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003)
Israel Vs Israel: A Film About Israeli Peace Activists (2010)
Palestine Is Still The Issue (2002)
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists (2011)
Life in Occupied Palestine (2009) (trailer)
The Israeli Lobby (2007)
The Zionist Story (2009)
Budrus: It Takes a Village to Unite the Most Divided People on Earth (2009)
Guides
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How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
The Compassionate Activist Toolkit: the Ultimate Guide to Love-Centered Activism
Revolution without Upheaval: A Manual Of Change
Seven Building Blocks for a Post-Corona World
Coronavirus and Climate Activism: Five Common Lessons
Six Rules for Organizing a Grassroots Regeneration Revolution
HOLY SH*T! 7 Things to Do Instead of Hoarding Toilet Paper
Regenerative Cultures, Regenerative Economics & Bioregional Regeneration
What Does It Take to Start a Worker Co-Op? A Practical Video Guide to Democratizing Our Economy
5 Guiding Principles for Social Justice
Positive Thinking in a Dark Age: A 12-Step Guide to Gracefully Responding to a Collapsing Dominant Culture
A Do No Harm, but Take No Sh*t Guide to Dealing With Others.
Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap For Radicals
How to Not Be Offended
The Steps Toward Self Empowerment
10 Things to Know About Nonviolent Struggle
The Feynman Technique - 3 Steps to Learning Something New
How to Resist the Pressures of Conformity
How to Resist From a Place of Love: Self-Care for the Long Haul
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The Tao Te Ching: The Classic Manual on The Art of Living
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A Manual for a New Era of Direct Action
The Most Amazing Guide to Leadership Ever
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What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilization?
The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)
A New Story for Humanity: Change the Story, Change the World (2016)
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