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On the Rim: Looking for the Grand Canyon
A cultural history of the Grand Canyon that investigates the intersections of culture, nature, and landscape.
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With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
An environmental history of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil from pre-modern times to the late twentieth century.
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Septemberweizen [September Wheat]
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.
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Roundtable Review of Quagmire by David Biggs
In this book, David Biggs explores the actual uses of land and water in Vietnam through its troubled history.
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SEKEM: Aus der Kraft der Sonne [SEKEM: Born of the Sun]
The film discusses how biodynamic agricultural methods transformed an area of desert 60 kilometers northeast of Cairo, and a leading agro-industrial corporation was founded.
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YELLOW CAKE: Die Lüge von der sauberen Energie [YELLOW CAKE: The Dirt Behind Uranium]
An in-depth examination of how uranium, the natural resource on which the nuclear power industry depends, is extracted.
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There Once Was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho
The Polynesian community of Takuu, a tiny low-lying atoll in the South Western Pacific, experiences the devastating effects of climate change first-hand.
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Narradores de Javé [The Storytellers]
This drama captures how the inhabitants of Javé, a small village somewhere in Brazil, set out to secure a future for themselves in the face of plans for a hydropower dam that threaten to submerge their village.
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Der Agrar Rebell [The Agro Rebel—Permaculture in Salzburg Alps]
“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.
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Estamira
This documentary is about Estamira, a 63 year-old woman suffering from schizophrenia who has lived and worked for decades in Jardin Gramacho, one of the largest landfills in the world.