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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben issues an impassioned call to arms for an economy that creates community and ennobles our lives.
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Food Sovereignty and Autonomous Local Systems
Short food chains not only create a sense of community and of “living together” by building trust and social bonds, they also generate jobs and strengthen local economies. Yet despite these social and economic benefits, local food systems are threatened by transnational corporations gaining monopoly control over different links of the food chain and the modernist development agenda that encourages jobs in sectors other than food production.
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Water Makes Money
This film investigates the increasing trend towards privatizing control of water resources, and the response of cities, organizations, municipalities, and communities.
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Flow: For Love of Water
This film discusses many of the themes surrounding water issues, especially privatization.
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The Devil Operation
This film follows Father Marco, a priest who has earned a price on his head because of his opposition to Peru’s powerful mining companies.
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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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The End of Poverty?
This film criticizes the socioeconomic system of the Washington Consensus as being insufficient for overcoming global poverty, and argues that it is based on centuries of exploitation.
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Switch
This award-winning documentary explores ways the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is likely to happen around the world.