Standing on Sacred Ground: Pilgrims and Tourists
This episode of a four-part documentary series reveals the struggles of how two indigenous communities, in Russia’s Republic of Altai and in California, are resisting government mega-projects.
This episode of a four-part documentary series reveals the struggles of how two indigenous communities, in Russia’s Republic of Altai and in California, are resisting government mega-projects.
This film recounts the story of activists aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic 30. Protesting against the first oil drilling in the Arctic ocean, they were jailed by Russia and charged with piracy and hooliganism, sparking a bitter international dispute.
This film examines the global reach of transgenic agricultural technology through the use of genetically modified soy produced in Argentina and used as pig feed in Denmark, as well as the far-reaching health consequences in both countries.
This film examines lessons learnt from fracking in the US state of Colorado as the practice quietly expands to protected areas around the world.
The documentary follows trials and antics of the captain and crew from the radical activist Sea Shepherd Conversation Society, as they carry out campaigns on the ocean to save sea mammals.
This film examines the limitations and contradictions of finding safe places for nuclear waste storage.
Recent research on Africa has emphasised conservation and trypanosomiasis control as the major factors, which first motivated colonial officials and scientists to embark on forestry preservation and bush clearing policies. This paper contends that in Chepalungu, Kenya, forestry preservation and bush clearing were implemented with the objective to create a racially and tribally segregated landscape.
This paper explores imperial forestry networks by focusing on a single individual, Sir David Hutchins, who spent the final years of his life in New Zealand extolling the need for scientific forest management in the Dominion.
In 1990, Earth First! and the International Workers of the World initiated Redwood Summer in northern California to fight for old-growth redwood trees slated for logging and for timber jobs.
This film examines the situation of the Tuareg people, who live across borders and at risk from poverty, environmental disasters, and militant groups.