Die Biosprit-Lüge [The Biofuel Myth]
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.
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.
Intended to address the alarming rate of deforestation worldwide, this series documents the efforts of indigenous peoples across the globe to find alternatives to exploitative and destructive forest practices.
This film follows the residents of Brazil’s virgin forests as they struggle to maintain their identity in the face of environmental exploitation.
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.
This film follows the filmmaker to the remote temperate rainforest of Vancouver Island, and shows how modern logging, in contrast to indigenous forestry practices, is leading to its rapid extinction.
This film follows two young men fighting to preserve the Ecuadorean Amazon. One is a member of the indigenous Cofan tribe, sent to the US for a Western education as a child; the other is an American college student.
This award-winning documentary sheds new and positive insight on the importance of indigenous knowledge for conservation and how indigenous commerce could save the mighty Amazon rainforest.
Jungleburgers is a documentary about the rainforest in Costa Rica being destroyed for the sake of low-cost beef for the US hamburger market.