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Films for a Wiser Earth

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

Shift Change: True Stories of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces (2013)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil (2006)

Dancing With The Cannibal Giant: New Stories for the Great Transition (2019)

Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life (2011)

The Third Harmony: Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature (2020)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

School Circles: Every Voice Matters (2018)

Invisible Hand: Who Will Speak For Nature? (2020)

The Nature of Cities (2010)

The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)

Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World (2021)

The Wisdom To Survive (2014)

War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007)

A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization (2016)

The Myth of the Liberal Media: The Propaganda Model of News (1997)

Medicating Normal: How Big Pharma Makes Healthy People Sick (2021)

Advertising & The End of The World (1997)

Redefining Prosperity (2018)

Constructing Public Opinion: How Politicians & the Media Misrepresent the Public (2001)

Spiritually Incorrect (2020)

Captive Audience: Advertising Invades the Classroom (2003)

GIFT (2018)

Overload: America's Toxic Love Story (2019)

Blood and Oil (2008)

Let Them Eat Dirt: The Hunt For Our Kids' Missing Microbes (2019)

We Are Many (2020)

Fly By Light: A Film about Discovering Your True Nature (2015)

Oyler: Can a School Save a Community? (2015)

Call Of Life: Facing The Mass Extinction (2010)

To The Ends of the Earth (2016)

Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019)

Paradise with Side Effects (2004)

Accidental Anarchist (2017)

Abundant Land: Soil, Seeds and Sovereignty (2017)

The Staging Post: Courageous People Never Give Up! (2017)

Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh (1993)

Freedom Ahead: Democracy Does Not Offer Freedom, Nature Does (2012)

Capitalism Hits The Fan (2008)

Broken On All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice (2012)

Miki Kashtan

Miki Kashtan: Exiting the Either/Or Trap - Decision Making Beyond Consensus and Command / Control

#MeToo and Liberation for All

Wanting Fully Without Attachment

Core Nonviolence Commitments

Why Capitalism Cannot Be Redeemed

Tenderness, Vulnerability, and Mourning in Response to the Legacy of Patriarchy

Why Patriarchy Is Not About Men

Positive Alternatives to Business as Usual

Not Business As Usual (2014)

Real Value (2013)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy (2018)

Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time (2015)

Money & Life (2013)

Waste = Food (2007)

Shift Change: True Stories of Dignified Jobs in Democratic Workplaces (2013)

Can We Do It Ourselves? (2015)

Together: How Cooperatives Show Resilience to the Crisis (2012)

Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)

Creating Prosperous Communities: Examples of Small-Scale Cooperatives in Maleny (2002)

A Passion For Sustainability (2008)

Intersections of Science and Spirituality

We Need a New Story for Our Relationship with the Earth, One that Goes Beyond Science and Religion

Scientific Pantheism: Frequently Asked Questions

The Realist Approach to The Afterlife: Living On Through Memory and Deeds

Indigenous Knowledge Systems / Alaska Native Ways of Knowing

The Other Way of Knowing

The Present Need of the World (1926)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

All Is Self (2019)

The Five Blind Men (And the One Who Knows He Is Blind)

Metanoia: A New Vision of Nature (2008)

Dada Krsnasevananda on "The Role of Spirituality in Modern Society"

Spiritually Incorrect (2020)

My Spirituality as an Atheist

Embracing Spirituality With a Scientific Mind

Igniting the Life Force at Our Creative Core, Bringing Spirituality into Action

Co-Creating a Peaceful World Through Love-in-Action

New Documentaries

Power 2 the People (2013)

The Outdoor Classroom: How to Bring a Permaculture Garden to Your School (2013)

Tribes on the Edge (2021)

Food, Inc. 2 (2024)

SiDiKi: Celebrating the Healing Powers of Music & Dance (2014)

Britain's Ultra Nationalists (2019)

Israel: Above the law? (2024)

Resilience: What Makes the Soul Strong (2024)

October 7 | Al Jazeera Investigations (2024)

The Stones Cry Out: The Story Of Palestinian Christians (2013)

In The Eye Of The Storm: The Political Odyssey Of Yanis Varoufakis (2024)

The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation (2021)

Walk With Me: A Journey into Mindfulness (2017)

The Amazon Changers - Cook to Empower (2019)

LAST CALL! (2022)

Frontier: The Story of the First Americans (2019)

The Sanctuary (2022)

Edward Said: The Myth Of The Clash Of Civilizations (1998)

Complicit: The Dark Realities of China's Electronics Industry (2017)

The Settlers (2016)

Edward Said: On Orientalism (1998)

Ecosophia: Ecological Wisdom (2024)

The Medicated Child (2008)

Constructing The Terrorist Threat (2017)

Films about Localization - the Solution to Globalization and Destructive, Infinite-Growth Economics

Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution (2022)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Bioregional Living: A Permaculture Guide to Food and Energy Independence | Andrew Faust (2020)

The Movement for Localization Is Growing Rapidly, Worldwide

LOCAL: A Story Of Hope

World Localization Day 2020 (Short Version) Be Part of this Inspirational Movement for Change!

Planet Local: A 7-Part Film Series about the Regenerative Food Movement

Coming Home: The Reinvention of the Local Economy (2009)

Locally Abundant (2012)

The Economics of Happiness (Abridged Version)

Helena Norberg-Hodge: An Overview of Localization

Local Futures: Beyond the Monoculture (1998)

Local Living Economies - Protecting What We Love

Videos Under Five Minutes

The Fight for Clean Water (#NoDAPL)

2 min

The Love Mob: You Want To See The Leader Of The Future? Go Look In The Mirror.

5 min

Mumia Abu Jamal: The Real "Outside Agitators"

3 min

Rights VS Responsibilities: "In Our Language, We Don't Have a Word for Rights. We Have Words for Responsibility."

3 min

Woman Confronts Former Spy Who Tricked Her Into a Relationship

3 min

Farmer in 1950s America Has Sage Advice for His Gay Son

4 min

What's More Precious: Grand Winner of iChange Competition

1 min

Brilliantly Articulated Animation About Mass Incarceration In The US

4 min

Something Awesome is Happening in Turkey. The People There are Living Without Dead Time.

4 min

The Root Cause of Addiction

3 min

Star Wars - The Environmentalists Version

5 min

1 Marine vs. 30 Cops (Occupy Wall St)

5 min

9 Out of 10 Teenage Girls Haven't Given Up On This Idea. We Shouldn't Either.

2 min

Jane Goodall Encourages Empathy With All Beings

2 min

Republican Fight to Criminalize Protest Tactics

5 min

Action Man: Battlfield Casualties

3 min

Comedy Sketch Shows Deep-Seated Sexism in Advertising

1 min

Join Congressman Wexler's Call for Cheney Impeachment Hearings

2 min

Because You're Worthless - Challenging The Current Economic System in 3 Minutes

3 min

The Coolest Nature Video Ever!

2 min

The Racism of the US Criminal Justice System in 10 Charts

2 min

The Onion: Torture Made Green (2008)

2 min

Sky Roosevelt-Morris: The Secret of Indigenous Resiliency

2 min

'Theresa May and the Holy Grail' is Satirical Genius

3 min

Trending Articles

Comic: If Bart Simpson and Chris Griffin Went to Couples Therapy

Panic Volkushka

The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World

Films For Action

The Top 10 Documentaries About the Israel / Palestine Conflict

Tim Hjersted

The Top 100 Documentaries Inspiring the Shift to a Sustainable Paradigm (2012 Edition)

Films For Action

Revolution and American Indians: “Marxism is as Alien to My Culture as Capitalism”

Russell Means

How American Oligarchs Created the Concept of Race to Divide and Conquer the Poor

Courtland Milloy

John Lennon's "Imagine," Made Into a Comic Strip

John Lennon. Art by Pablo Stanley

The White Man in That Photo

Riccardo Gazzaniga

The Truth About “Trailer Trash”

Sonya Salamon and Katherine MacTavish

Seeing Wetiko: on Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition

Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk

The Great Forgetting: You Probably Haven't Heard About It but It Completely Affects Your Life

Deep Ecology Hub

Capitalism and Communism - Two Economic Systems With the Same Goal

Chris Agnos

Scientific Pantheism: Frequently Asked Questions

Paul Harrison

Survival Of The Nicest? A Theory Of Our Origins Says Cooperation-Not Competition-Is Instinctive

Eric Michael Johnson

Bernie Sanders Will Tie Biden in the Final Super Tuesday Results: Why It Looks Good for Sanders

Saib Bilaval

Caitlin Moran's Posthumous Advice for Her Daughter

Caitlin Moran

The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves

Yasha Levine

Cancel the Apocalypse: Here Are 37 Documentaries to Help Unlock the Good Ending

Films For Action

An Open Letter: Why I'm Leaving the Cult of Wokeness

Africa Brooke

22 Documentaries That Tell the Truth About How Government Really Works

Tim Hjersted

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (The Real Reason For The Forty-Hour Workweek)

David Cain

Your Life Can Be Different: 11 Things I'd Like to Tell My Younger Self

Charles Eisenstein

The Boiling Frog (Is Us): Signs of Distress from 5000 B.C.E. to Today

Daniel Quinn

The History and Philosophy of Aikido

Aikido Association of America

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%

The Bloom Episode 3: New Ways of the Sacred

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

15 Films Inspiring and Illuminating the 'New Story' Revolution

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?

This Is The "Living on Earth 101" Primer Every Human Needs To See. And It's Only 52 Seconds.

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

Happen Films: Permaculture, Living Simply, Living Joyously

Together We Grow (2022)

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018)

Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)

From Finance to Farmer - Incredible Permaculture Farm Created in Just 3 Years!

Sustainable City Living on 1/10th of an Acre - Degrowth in the Suburbs

Growing an Abundance of Food in the City Using Permaculture

Beautiful Off-Grid Tiny House Truck Made From Reclaimed Materials

Fighting Climate Change With Regenerative Agriculture

How A Family of 5 Creates Almost Zero Waste

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

Incredibly Abundant 1-Acre Permaculture Homestead Tour

Growing Huge Amounts of Food on 1/2 an Acre - Urban Abundance

Living Simply in a Tiny Off-Grid Cabin

Converting an Old Van into a Home & Office on Wheels

Let's Support Farmers, Not Supermarkets - The Future of Food

Family Flourishing on an Urban 1/4 acre Permaculture Plot - Creatures of Place

Beautiful 1 Acre Small Scale Permaculture Farm

Watch a Really Cool Tiny House Get Built from Start to Finish for $2500

$420 Tiny House Made From Recycled Materials

How to Make Compost From Your Poo! - Closing the Loop

Permaculture Tours - Episode 1: Abdallah House

Transition Documentaries

In Transition 2.0: A Story of Resilience & Hope in Extraordinary Times (2012)

The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? (2020)

Voices of Transition (2012)

Communities Of Hope: Discovering the Ecovillages of Europe (2020)

Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

The Transition

What's a Colloquium? An Oral History of the Natural Building Movement (2020)

Feeding Ourselves (2017)

Transitions For Society: Job Guarantee and Basic Income (2014)

Occupy Love (2013)

Ecovillage Pioneers: A Journey Towards Low-Impact Living (2016)

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (2018)

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

Building the Democratic Economy, from Preston to Cleveland (2018)

Own The Change: Building Economic Democracy One Worker Co-op at a Time (2015)

Coming Home: The Reinvention of the Local Economy (2009)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Wetheuncivilised, A Life Story (2017)

Watch These First

The Corporation (2003)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

A Quest For Meaning (2017)

Schooling the World (2010)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Money & Life (2013)

Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2019)

Fall and Winter (2013)

Tomorrow: All Over the Globe, Solutions Already Exist (US-Only) (2015)

New Videos

Israel’s Secret War

Holocaust Survivor Tells Me: Israel Is Committing Genocide - w. Stephen Kapos

US Presidential Candidate Cornel West on Israel-Hamas War, Despair vs Hope and Biden vs Trump

How the US Privatized WAR

Holocaust Survivor Tells Piers Morgan Why He’s Not A Zionist

What This Jewish Professor At Columbia Wants You To Know

Israel Supporters Assault, Spit, Wish R-pe On Protestors

Wallace Shawn SLAMS Israel's 'Horrifying Sadism' & Defends Protests

Jeremy Corbyn on Rafah: "We're Live-Streaming a Genocide"

Israel's Atrocities Exposed By CNN - A Network Defined By Pro-Israeli Bias

Gaza Genocide: A Socialist Perspective (2024)

Not Backing Down: Israel, Free Speech & The Battle For Palestinian Rights (2019)

John Oliver, Macklemore & Chris Hayes Defend Student Protesters From Media Smears

Biden PANICS Over Israel's Genocide

Honest Government Ad | How to State Capture

Psychedelic Psilocybin Magic Truffle Veteran Retreat (2022)

America's Support for Israel is ONE BIG SCAM

Holocaust Survivor's POWERFUL Message to Gaza Protesters

Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations Surge at US Campuses after Columbia University Arrests

Why Are Palestine Slogans Worse Than Israel’s Genocide?

Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet (trailer)

The Lie That Made Food Conglomerates Rich...And Is Slowly Poisoning Us

Alter Nativas: Building Possible Futures (2024) (trailer)

No AI for Genocide: Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Contract with Israeli Military

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