Multimedia | film profile
Yindabad
Yindabad deals with the flipside of Indian economic development, and how the enormous Narmada Valley Development Project impacts an indigenous population.
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Multimedia | film profile
The Pipe
The Pipe tells the story of a small Irish community taking on the Shell Oil Company and their plans to build a pipeline through the village.
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Voices of Transition
This film explores how various communities around the world are transitioning to a more sustainable and local way of life.
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Wrenched
Wrenched captures the passing of the monkey wrench from the pioneers of eco-activism to the new generation who carries Edward Abbey’s legacy into the 21st century. The fight continues to bring awareness to the need for protection of the last bastion of the American wilderness - the spirit of the West.
Exhibition chapter
Further Reading | Radical Environmentalism’s Print History
Bron Taylor compiles a selected bibliography on literature connected to the history of radical environmental movements in the United States.
Exhibition chapter
Tributaries of Radical Environmentalism before Earth First! | Radical Environmentalism’s Print History
Bron Taylor discusses books, authors, and other streams of American counterculture which had significant impacts on radical environmentalism and the founding of the Earth First! movement.
Arcadia
Nordenskiöld, an Early Pioneer of Nordic Conservation
The Finnish-Swedish explorer and scientist Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832–1901) became in 1878—1879 the first European explorer to sail the Northeast Passage. He was also one of the pioneers of the Nordic conservation movement, proposing the creation of national parks and the protection of endangered species.
Exhibition chapter
Introduction | Petra Kelly
Introduction of Stephen Milder at al’s virtual exhibition, Petra Kelly: Life and Legacy of a Transnational Green Activist.
Arcadia
How Birds Became Europeans: Bird Protection Activists Cooperating across Borders for Supranational Protection
In April 1979, the European Communities (EC) adopted the Council Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC), the so-called “Birds Directive.”
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Greenpeace, The Story
This film recounts the formation and rise of Greenpeace as one of the world’s most prominent environmentalist organizations.