Paul Josephson on "An Environmental History of the Soviet Arctic"
Paul Josephson discusses the project he worked on during his Carson Fellowship, from August to December 2011: an environmental history of the Soviet Arctic.
Paul Josephson discusses the project he worked on during his Carson Fellowship, from August to December 2011: an environmental history of the Soviet Arctic.
A sobering contribution to the food versus fuel debate and an equally poignant exposé of the human and environmental impacts of European policy on biofuels.
This film shows how farming, state, and business and finance interrelate, such that various forms of malnutrition continue to pose a risk that is often life threatening, even in times of overproduction.
“Cooperating with nature, instead of fighting nature. To observe nature and ascertain which plants support one another.” These are key concepts for organic farmer Sepp Holzer and the founding principles of permaculture.
Anya Zilberstein, Carson Fellow from February 2012 until July 2012, talks about her project on prison gardens, especially the work of Count Rumford (Benjamin Thompson), who designed Munich’s English Garden in the late eighteenth century.
Marianna Dudley, Carson Fellow from October 2011 until March 2012, talks about the unusual experiences of researching militarized landscapes.
One of the world’s largest dams, Ralco, on the river Biobío in Chile, opened in 2004 after numerous clashes with the Mapuche people. The land of this ancient indigenous community has been flooded by Endesa, the Spanish multinational company.
This film follows a resistance movement to the building of a dam on the Upper Yangtze River in southern China, highlighting Chairman Mao’s efforts to subjugate nature in the name of progress.
This film follows resistance to mining companies and the Peruvian government by local residents, focusing on the small town of Tambogrande.
This episode of a four-part documentary series reveals the struggles of how two indigenous communities, in Russia’s Republic of Altai and in California, are resisting government mega-projects.