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Consumed
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In our two films for this month, we examine the environmental, physical and psychological ramifications of overconsumption and "planned obsolescence".
FILMS ON THIS DVD
2012: Time For Change (85 min)
Imagine It (52)
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2012 - Time For Change
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This month's films propose that we are capable of initiating necessary global changes utilizing ancient wisdom, modern technology, and imagination
FILMS ON THIS DVD
2012: Time For Change (85 min)
Imagine It (52)
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Earthdance: 2011 Ironweed Special Edition
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Member Price: $19.95
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This volume features 7 stunning hand picked short films from the Earthdance Films Library, with subject matter ranging from living in harmony with nature to sustainable architecture, tackling issues that we are all dealing with as our planet evolves.
On This DVD:
The Ecological Footprint: Accounting for a Small Planet (30 min)
IDEO Does Sustainability (10 min)
Nom Tew -- Man of the Soil (7.5 min)
One of the Last (10 min)
Living Lightly (24 min)
Girl Stars: Suryamani the Environmental Activist (7 min)
For the Next Seven Generations: the Grandmothers Speak (6 min)
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Vanishing of the Bees
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Where would we be without the honeybee? This volume features films that honor honeybees for their role in bringing a diversity of foods to our table, and alert us to their rapid decline in the face of modernity and progress.
On This DVD:
Vanishing of the Bees (90 min)
Pollen Nation (25 min)
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Chemerical
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The films on this volume expose the lack of industry regulation that allows consumers to unwittingly buy dangerous cosmetic and household cleaning products, and also offer some alternatives to the supplies we have come to depend on to clean ourselves and our homes.
On This DVD:
Chemerical (75 min)
The Story of Cosmetics (7 min)
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Fuel
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Americans are waking up to the reality that unless we reduce our carbon emissions quickly we will experience catastrophic consequences. This volume’s films highlight some very practical and viable alternative energy solutions, and encourage each and everyone to personally take action to create the shift we so immediately need.
On This DVD:
Fuel (111 min)
Unlimited (26 min)
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Back to the Garden
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Now decades after the original purveyors of peace (a.k.a. hippies) first emerged, this volume’s films reveal that remnants of the counter culture are alive and well. Shape shifting into today’s “Green Movement,” hippy conventions like organic gardening, conservation, and natural living, are now becoming as mainstream as the peace symbol itself.
On This DVD:
Back to the Garden (70 min)
A Circle and Three Lines (10 min)
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Sustainable Energy Solutions
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The environment is suffering and we are on the precipice of monumental catastrophe if we don’t make some drastic changes in our energy policy. This volume’s films offer ways we can create a sustainable future, incorporating both conservation and technology.
On This DVD:
Sprawling From Grace: Driven to Madness (82 min)
Reds Go Green (9 min)
Green Nirvana (14 min)
Fragile Day (A Music Video) (4 min)
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Oily Business
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In the wake of the BP oil disaster we are finally beginning to understand that the pursuit of further oil drilling and exploration is not the answer to our energy challenges. With this in mind we focused this volume’s film selections on the pitfalls of the oil industry and alternative sustainable energy resources.
On This DVD:
Lost in Palm Oil (43 min)
A Sustainable Star (20 min)
The Legacy of Exxon Valdez (14 min)
Birth of a Movement (8 min)
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David Vs. Monsanto
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What legacy will we leave behind? In a corporately dominated agricultural industry, issues of sustainability vs. greed shape the answer to this question. Like Percy Schmeiser in his fight against corporate giant Monsanto, this volume reveals how today’s farmers are challenged to place health and community as the priorities to provide a bountiful harvest for future generations.
On This DVD:
David vs Monsanto (65 min)
My Father's Garden (56 min)
Born of the Sun (27 min)
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Tipping Point
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The “tipping point” might be called the dramatic moment when everything changes… the point of no return. This volume’s compelling line-up of films address the environmental results of practices that may well have encountered, if they have not already passed, the “tipping point” in their respective areas of concern.
On This DVD:
Tipping Point (45 min)
Life in Plastic... (26 min)
Antarctic Oasis--A Haunting Journey (27 min)
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Food Matters
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In today’s modern society we have come to a place where both agriculture and medicine are geared more towards profit than sustaining human life and health. This volume’s films show how by changing the way we grow, prepare and consume food, we become empowered to make healthier decisions for ourselves, and our world.
On This DVD:
Food Matters (78 min)
A Thousand Suns (28 min)
The People's Grocery (9 min)
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When Clouds Clear
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When corporate ambitions trump livelihood, family traditions and the health of the environment, unlikely citizens become community activists in a struggle for their beloved way of life. On this volume Ironweed offers two powerful feature-length documentaries about communities threatened by the ravages of mining. From a small village in Ecuador in When Clouds Clear, to an unusual alliance of Alaskan fishing communities in Red Gold, these films tell the dramatic personal stories of people engaged in daring struggles to protect the environment that sustains them.
On This DVD:
When Clouds Clear (77 min)
Red Gold (54 min)
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Asparagus! Stalking the American Life
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American farmers have long been the backbone of the U.S. economy. When our foreign policy, and the attraction of globalization, take precedence over our local economies the consequences are far reaching. The imbalance is reviewed in this volume’s films, and gives us a new found respect for the American farmer.
On This DVD:
Asparagus! Stalking the American Life (53 min)
A Growing Season (50 min)
Good Stewards (19 min)
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Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home
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The three films on this volume reveal the true cost and consequences of our modern lifestyles, and our obsession with possessions. Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home is a humorous insider view of the waste produced by an average family over three months; The Recyclergy shows us some ways we can work with our waste; and finally, in The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard insistently reveals the real life cycle of goods, and actively stimulates controversy and conversation.
On This DVD:
Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home (76 min)
The Recyclergy (33 min)
The Story of Stuff (20 min)
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Running Dry
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Member Price: $19.95
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According to Mikhail Gorbachev, “Water, like religion and ideology, has the power to move millions of people. Since the very birth of human civilization, people have moved to settle close to it. People move when there is too little of it. People move when there is too much of it. People journey down it. People write, sing and dance about it. People fight over it. And all people, everywhere and every day, need it.” Our double features for this volume are two of three planned films from a project called Running Dry, by heroic producer/director Jim Thebaut, and narrated by award winning actress/activist, Jane Seymour.
On This DVD:
Running Dry (82 min)
The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry? (71 min)
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Burning the Future
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“Clean coal” technologies do nothing to mitigate the environmental effects of coal mining... no matter the method. The three films on this volume explore the coal industry's mining alternative of devastating mountain top removal, power plants’ toxic routine of burning coal for fuel, as well as a refreshing and informative examination of alternative renewable energy sources.
On This DVD:
Burning the Future: Coal in America (89 min)
Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars (34 min)
Power Shift: Energy + Sustainability (26 min)
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Globalization Matters
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Films Included: Mardi Gras: Made in China: Follow beaded necklaces back to their source at a Chinese factory staffed by overworked, poor women. No Logo: Brands, Globalization & Resistance: This biting film based on a best-selling book presents the backlash against multinational companies. Matamoros: The Human Face of Globalization: NAFTA's "free trade" takes its toll on a small border town in Mexico.
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The Future of Food
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Films Included: The Future of Food: This film illuminates the issues surrounding genetically engineered crops and our corporate controlled food supply. Fridays at the Farm: Lush time-lapse photography reveals a filmmaker's journey to understand and appreciate organic farming and sustainable communities. Planting Seeds: Eager young students connect to the natural world by growing their own organic produce. The Happy Box!: Watch Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in which farmers and consumers share the costs and the harvest of a membership farm.
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Green Catastrophe
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Films Included: Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea: This fascinating movie examines an old resort town turned natural disaster and the electic residents who still call it 'home.' Ghosts from Working Man's Death: Take a lyrical journey with hard working men in Indonesia who haul large blocks of sulfur over long, treacherous terrain.
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Vision for Environmental Change
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Films Included: Blue Vinyl: This humorous film exposes the dangerous health risks associated with vinyl, one of the fastest selling plastics in America. Crude Impact: Examine the journey to peak oil and the impact of human beings' pursuit of oil on our planet.
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Life After Peak Oil
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Films included: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil: Cuba's adaptation to this decline in petroleum offers a
much needed model for living sustainably on a finite earth. Escape from
Affluenza: Courageous life-style pioneers simplify their lives, help the
environment and reject our culture's over-consumption epidemic. Radically
Simple: Author and engineer Jim Merkel demonstrates a radically simple
lifestyle, encouraging us all toward sustainable living.
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Fair Trade, Globalization and our Planet
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Feature Film: Black Gold. (2006. 78 minutes) by Mark Francis and Nick Francis Black Gold is a 2006 documentary film about the international coffee trade and its ramifications for the farmers who grow coffee. It was directed by two British brothers, Marc and Nick Francis.Do you know where your latte comes from? Follow Ethiopian coffee co-op manager Tadesse Meskela as he travels the world seeking fair trade policies for his growers in the exploding international coffee market. This mesmerizing documentary tells the dark back-story of coffee, from the raw bean to your to-go cup.
ALSO INCLUDED ON DVD Heroes from Working Man’s Death.
Fair Trade: The Story.
Interview with Amartya Sen from “Nobelity”
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Salt of the Earth
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Films Included: Salt of the Earth: Mexican miners and their wives strike for social and economic justice. Hollywood Ten: In 1950, 10 filmmakers were sent to prison by the House of Un-American Activities Committee. This is their plea. Something Other Than Other: New parents talk about their multiracial son and their dream of an identity for him. The Luckiest Nut in the World: A lesson about the nutty economics of free trade.
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