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Killing Cats in Garmisch
The Garmisch cat murder trial spotlights the hostility of the bird protection community towards felines.
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Scarcity in the Arctic: A Colonial Construct?
In European imagination the North Atlantic has been seen as a region on the far borders of civilization and marked by the contrasts of scarcity and plenty.
Perspectives Article
Anthropocene Blues: Abundance, Energy, Limits
Since fossil fuel consumption has been integral to the project of modernity, energy history offers one way of trying to understand the Anthropocene and link the histories of capital and climate.
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Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West
This film explores the issues facing the Colorado River Basin due to increased pressure from population growth, and the effect on an already decreasing water supply.
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A Future Without Oil
This film follows Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa’s plan to avoid exploiting its Amazonian oil fields and convince industrialized countries to help fund this initiative.
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Gas Hole
This film criticizes America’s dependency on oil, explains how oil companies were able to establish their power, and provides information on viable and affordable alternatives to petroleum fuel.
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Hempsters: Plant the Seed
This film follows activists campaigning for the legalization of industrial hemp, which they believe has great potential for sustainability.
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Water Wars: When Drought, Flood and Greed Collide
This film examines attempts by communities and experts around the world to protect their water resources in the face of global warming, pollution, and political conflict.
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The Happy Poet
This comedy drama is about a struggling poet who starts a healthy food stand to change the way people eat, and faces the complicated challenges of fighting against the system.
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Why Poverty? Solar Mamas
This film follows a diverse group of women from around the world as they attend the Barefoot College in India. The college teaches them solar engineering skills to allow them to contribute to their communities and improve their daily lives, but societal and familial pressure proves challenging.