development

This film follows the old farming community of Périgord, a region in southwest France, as it tries to navigate its future in the modern world.

This film reports on the eviction of villages near Mubende by the Ugandan army to clear land for a coffee plantation.

This film follows the obstacles which Guinea’s schoolchildren must overcome simply to find light at night to study by, in a country where only one fifth of the population has access to electricity.

This film examines the environmental impact and uses of hemp, from nutrition to construction.

The seminal “World Conservation Strategy” of 1980 argues for the protection of essential ecological processes and habitats, the preservation of genetic diversity, and the sustainable utilization of species and ecosystems.

Will Gadd hosts this Discovery Channel series exploring the history and formation of some of the Earth’s extreme landscapes.

This film examines how a Swiss village profits from a corporation’s majority stake in Zambia’s copper resources, while Zambia remains one of the twenty poorest countries in the world.

This award-winning documentary explores ways the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is likely to happen around the world.

In 1987 the UN’s World Commission for Environment and Development publishes the report “Our Common Future,” also known as the “Brundtland Report.”

This film examines how Mexico City—home to 22 million people—is trying to become water sustainable.