Personal and Local Green Thing has two mouths and three eyes, a veggie girlfriend and a driving temptress. The suave Green Thing inspires people to lead a greener life, showing seven things you can do - and enjoy doing. Follow the Beaven family as they abandon their high consumption Fifth Avenue lifestyle in an attempt to make a no-net environmental impact for the course of one year. David Holmgren here offers a vision of a radically retrofitted, food producing suburbia. David Holmgren is the co-originator of Permaculture. An inspiring documentary on the Cradle to Cradle design that where Waste = Food. An amazing story that will definitely change your way of thinking about production and consumption. Meet Geoff Lawton as he takes us on a visual journey from discovering a meaningful activity to an expanded perception of time. DO YOU KNOW... "18% of all global Green Houses Gases are from the consumption of MEAT and DAIRY?" Peak Oil This Australian documentary looks at peak oil and its impact on society. Legendary Matt Simmons talks about crude oil prices in 2008 and how oil prices could eventually trade higher to reach $600 US dollars per barrel in the future. | National and Global Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries. Pledges to cut emissions made by countries during negotiations in Copenhagen last December would leave us facing an approximate doubling of severe fire days in south-eastern Australia by 2050. When the Great Global Warming Swindle was first broadcast on ABC - climate deniers thought that at last they had the definitive polemic to beat back the forces of science and reason..... A fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. If you’ve heard about cap and trade, but aren’t sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you. It’s much, much later than you think. Tipping point ahead. This really isn’t about polar bears any more. At this very moment, the fate of civilization itself hangs in the balance. A proposal at Copenhagen for sharing the remaining fossil fuels to avoid runaway climate change. How do the Copenhagen negotiations work towards emissions reduction targets to prevent runaway climate change? The President of the Maldives announces that the Maldives is planning to go carbon neutral. One of the three winners of the Germanwatch screenplay competition about Climate Justice. The CO2 intensive lifestyle of an urban dweller is put in contrast to the people in developing countries which are affected most by Climate Change. Further information on this topic: www.germanwatch.org |
