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Art by Jessica Perlstein

Carl Sagan

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)

Cancel The Apocalypse: Here are 30 Films to Help Unlock the Good Ending

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

The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)

The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)

Renewables Can't Power Capitalism, But They Can Power Ecosocialism

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

A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (2016)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)

A New Story for Humanity: Change the Story, Change the World (2016)

Money & Life (2013)

Feeding Ourselves (2017)

Singapore: Biophilic City (2012)

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

Within Reach: Journey to Find Sustainable Community (2013)

The Nature of Cities (2010)

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

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

Inner Climate Change: The Change Starts Within You (2020)

Rundown Apartments Reborn as Food-Forest Coliving Agritopia (2021)

The Hardest Thing I've Ever Loved: Creating a Transformative Culture (2020)

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

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

Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas (2008)

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

India's Healing Forests: Come Home, Be Healed (2019)

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

Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)

Fantastic Fungi (2019)

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

Videos Under Five Minutes

What Made This Die-Hard Fox News Fan Believe In Climate Change?

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Homelessness Is A Sign of a Broken Society

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A Hauntingly Beautiful Short Film About Life and Death

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Honest Yoga

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5 Ways to Disrupt Racism

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Why McDonald's Is McF*cked | Weapons of Mass Distraction

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This is our Energy Reality

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The Best Intro to Tar Sands in 3 Minutes

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Forbidden Fruit: An Excerpt from the Feature Documentary Fantastic Fungi

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The Most Mind-Altering Photograph of All Time

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Disney Princesses Sing for Equal Pay for Women

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Watch This Wonderful Video Revealing the Results of a DNA Test

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Facts Don't Always Convince People - Here's Why and What You Can Do About It

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The Power of Just Doing Stuff

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You. Are. Powerful.

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The Big Brother State

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Time-Lapse Satellite Images Give a Startling Snapshot of Past 30 Years on Earth

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FOX Attacks! Decency... with Bill O'Reilly Leading the Way

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The Story of the Chinese Farmer

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What Do You See?

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The Difference Between Living Better and Living Well

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Monsanto: The Poison Expert That Wants to Feed Us

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10 Year-Olds Expose Racism With Powerful Poem, Using Lies They've Heard About Themselves

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The Cardboard House That Can Be Assembled in a Day and Last a Lifetime

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Documentary Series

Planet Community: A 5-Part Series Exploring Cooperation in Action (2019)

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

Digital Wampum: Testimony of the Iroquois | 8-Part Series

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

In Our Hands: A Documentary Series about People Regenerating Their Lives & The Earth (2020)

The Power Principle: Corporate Empire and the Rise of the National Security State (2012)

This Is Neoliberalism (2020)

Sustainable Living Series with Rob Greenfield

Our Land: A 7 Part Series about Revolutionizing Our Relationship to Food & Land

Masanobu Fukuoka (Mind, Farm, Life) - Three Part Series with Larry Korn

Counter-Intelligence: Shining a Light on Black Operations (2013)

Peter Joseph: Introducing a Resource Based Economy (Multi-Part Series)

The Battle For New York: A Series on the City's Housing Crisis

How TV Ruined Your Life (2011)

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)

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