“American Scar”: The Environmental Tragedy of the Border Wall
A 13-minute documentary from The New Yorker that features activists exposing an ecocide at the U.S.-Mexico border that could alter the evolutionary... Read More
A Biblical View of Justice
Explores biblical justice beginning with creation and sin in Genesis, through the Exodus and Sinai traditions and the eighth-century prophets, culminating in... Read More
A Creative Approach to Community Climate Action
A TED Talk featuring eco-artist Xavier Cortada, who founded a movement around beautifully designed elevation markers highlighting the risk of flood damage... Read More
A Food System that Fights Climate Change — Instead of Causing It
A TED Talk, featuring farmer and UN climate champion Gonzalo Muñoz, who points out that nearly one-third of the world’s food production... Read More
A Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA
A TED talk by Ron Finley telling the story of a group that plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA — in... Read More
A Life on Our Planet
A nature & environmental documentary featuring Emmy-winning narrator David Attenborough (“Our Planet,” “Planet Earth II”), who recounts his life, and the evolutionary... Read More
A New Social Contract for Global Climate Justice
A TED Talk featuring Huma Yusu, who shares a vision for global climate diplomacy where the countries responsible for pollution pay reparations... Read More
A Provocative Way to Finance the Fight Against Climate Change
Suggests that a unconventional monetary tool, issuing more international currency, could fund a global commitment to a green future. Read more.
A Small Country with Big Ideas to Get Rid of Fossil Fuels
A TED Talk featuring climate advocate Monica Araya, who uses her native Costa Rica as an example of positive action on environmental protection... Read More
Al Gore Address on Climate Change to 2015 Parliament of Religion
Al Gore reflects on the convergence of faith based environmentalism, theology, and the scientific community. Read more.
An Action Plan for Solving the Climate Crisis
A TED Talk featuring engineer and investor John Doer, Countdown cofounder Lindsay Levin, and systems innovator Ryan Panchadsaram, who discuss six big... Read More
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Former Vice President Al Gore follows up on his earlier film, An Inconvenient Truth and travels around the world to train activists... Read More
An Inconvenient Truth
Former Vice President Al Gore, lends an appropriately sober face to the issue of global warming in this arresting documentary. Read more.
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
A documentary that looks at humanity’s massive re-engineering of the planet. Explores the industrialization and extraction in astonishing scale and perspective. Anthropocene... Read More
Before the Flood
A National Geographic documentary that provides an account of the changes occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as... Read More
Capitalism Broke the Climate. Now It Can Fix It
A TED Talk featuring journalist Akshat Rathi, who says that we can use capitalism to create the solutions we need for the... Read More
Chasing Coral
A documentary from Netflix about a group of scientists working to show one of the effects of climate change: the bleaching and... Read More
Chasing Ice
The story of environmental photographer James Balog’s mission to gather evidence of the changing planet called “The Extreme Ice Survey,” by using... Read More
Climate Change is Real
A short, animated video that addresses six common arguments challenging the science of climate change: This is the Coldest Winter Ever Climate... Read More
Climate Change: The Facts
A resource from PBS that brings together leading climate scientists who explain what might happen if global warming increases 1.5 degrees. Experts... Read More
Decoding the Weather Machine
A 2 hour NOVA documentary from PBS, that cuts through the confusion around climate change and explains why scientists overwhelmingly agree that... Read More
Does Recycling Your Plastic Actually Work?
A short, animated TED Talk that examines the confusing and sometimes misleading recycling symbols on many plastic products — how they came... Read More
Earth’s Recent Climate Spiral
A short visualization from NASA, that graphically shows the gradual warming of the Earth over the past 120 years. The depicted temperatures... Read More
Enough Red Tape — We Need to Say Yes to Clean Energy
A TED Talk, featuring climate innovation leader Rich Powell, who dives into the bureaucracy, bottlenecks and not-in-my-backyard attitude preventing the US from... Read More
For More Wonder, Rewild the World
A TED Talk by George Monbiot, who imagines a wilder world in which humans work to restore the complex, lost natural food... Read More
From the Ashes
An award-winning documentary that focuses on Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry... Read More
Going Circular
A documentary that features four groundbreaking thinkers who navigate environmental, economic, and social crises of the modern age. They suggest that the... Read More
Greening the Ghetto
A TED Talk, featuring MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter, who details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx — and shows... Read More
How to Be a Leader for Climate Justice
A TED Talk, featuring Member of Parliament in the UK David Lammy and Tennessee state representative Justin J. Pearson, who discuss how... Read More
How to Make Sure Materials Get Reused — Again and Again
A TED Talk, featuring circular economy builder Garry Cooper, who presents a vision for transforming cities into sustainable, circular economies, citing real-world... Read More
How Whales Change Climate
A Vimeo production about whales at their historic populations, before their numbers were reduced, might have been responsible for removing tens of... Read More
How Wolves Change Rivers
When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable “trophic cascade” occurred. Read more.... Read More
Into the Ice
A climate change documentary that follows several of the world’s leading glaciologists to Greenland to see just how fast the ice sheet... Read More
Laudato Si
An introduction, in 3 languages, to the encyclical letter of Pope Francis regarding the care for our common home. Read more.
Let the Environment Guide Our Development
A TED talk featuring Johan Rockstrom, who points out that human growth has strained the Earth’s resources, but has also provided the... Read More
Let’s Ban the Bead
This 2-minute short looks at plastic microbeads—the little bits of plastic in body washes, hand soaps, toothpaste and make up that end up... Read More
Let’s Launch a Satellite to Track a Deadly Greenhouse Gas
A TED Talk featuring environmentalist Fred Krupp, who discusses his idea of a launching a satellite to track global methane emissions —... Read More
Let’s Prepare for Our New Climate
A TED talk featuring Vicki Arroyo who says that it’s time to prepare homes and cities for the changing climate, with its... Read More
My Country Will Be Underwater Soon Unless We Work Together
A TED Talk featuring the President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, who discusses his country’s present climate catastrophe and its imperiled future in... Read More
NASA Climate Video
A short animation of the Earth that graphically indicates temperatures rising from 2016 to 2020.
Nature Is Everywhere — We Just Need to Learn to See It
A TED talk featuring environmental writer Emma Marris, who offers a broader definition of nature — one that includes not only pristine... Read More
Nature Now
A short video featuring climate activist Greta Thunberg and writer/climate activist George Monbiot, who urge a natural solution to climate change: protecting... Read More
New Thinking on the Climate Crisis
A TED talk featuring Al Gore, who presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists predicted... Read More
Our Planet
A documentary series from Netflix, narrated by David Attenborough, that highlights our planet’s natural beauty and examines how climate change is impacting... Read More
Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It
A report from PBS Newshour, that looks at the use of plastics, the effect they have on the environment and the movement... Read More
Plastic Wars
A documentary from PBS Frontline and NPR, investigates the fight over the future of plastics with the plastic industry expanding like never... Read More
Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman
An award winning documentary narrated by Tom Brokaw, based on the book of the same name. Tells the story of heartland conservation... Read More
Recycling in America vs Recycling in Norway
A short video from the Farm Project that shows the difference that making a deposit can make on returning recyclable materials such... Read More
Salvation (and Profit) in Greentech
A TED talk featuring John Doerr who says there needs to be investment in clean, green energy, but is concerned it won’t... Read More
Sinking Cities
A resource from PBS, this four-part series examines how cities such as New York, London, Tokyo and Miami are preparing for the... Read More
Sustainable
An investigation of the economic and environmental instability of America’s food system, from the agricultural issues we face — soil loss, water... Read More
The Age of Consequences: How Climate Change Impacts Resource Scarcity, Migration and Conflict Through the Lens of US National Security and Global Stability
Through case-study analysis, military leaders explain how the stress of climate change interacts with social tensions, sparking conflict. Through long-term vulnerability or... Read More
The Awakening Universe
Uses images and an original musical score to show how science, spirit and ancient indigenous wisdom are now all converging. Read more.
The Climate Crisis is Expensive — Here’s Who Should Pay for It
A TED Talk, featuring economist Avinash Persaud, who argues that the developing world is most affected by climate change but has contributed... Read More
The Dalai Lama Discusses How Climate Change Affects The World’s Poorest
Discusses the challenges of the climate crisis with Parliament Chair Imam Malik Mujahid in an interview for the 2015 Parliament of the... Read More
The Disarming Case to Act Right Now on Climate Change
A TED Talk featuring Greta Thunberg who, explains why she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of... Read More
The Economic Injustice of Plastic
A TED Talk by Van Jones, shows how a throwaway culture hits poor people and poor countries “first and worst,” with consequences... Read More
The Fairy Tales of the Fossil Fuel Industry — and a Better Climate Story
A TED Talk, featuring activist Luisa Neubauer, who says that the fossil fuel industry is a factory of fairy tales. She traces... Read More
The Human Cost of Coal Mining in China
A TED Talk, featuring Xiaojun “Tom” Wang, who grew up in the Chinese province of Shanxi, the world’s largest coal producer. Each... Read More
The Intersection of War and Climate Change
A TED Talk, featuring youth advocate Victor Ochen, who says that conflict is the biggest barrier to tackling climate change. Having seen... Read More
The Letter: A Message For Our Earth
A feature documentary based on Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ (The Letter), about the environmental crisis. Focuses on four voices that... Read More
The Life Cycle of a Plastic Bottle
A short animation that traces the life cycles of three different plastic bottles, shedding light on the dangers these disposables present to... Read More
The Link Between Climate Change, Health and Poverty
A TED Talk, featuring physician Cheryl Holder, who says the health impacts of climate change are already here for the poor and... Read More
The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Fight Climate Change: Talk About It
A TED Talk featuring climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, who suggests that the key to having a real discussion is to connect over... Read More
The Need to Grow
A documentary from the Food Revolution Network. With an estimated 60 years of farmable soil left on Earth, offers a look into... Read More
The Pope Video: Protecting The Oceans
Using images from around the world, this short video highlights the importance of the oceans for all life on earth & how... Read More
The Problem with Food and Climate — and How to Fix It
A TED Talk, featuring sustainability scientist Jonathan Foley, who points out that global food production — from meat to grains — accounts... Read More
The Science Behind a Climate Headline
A TED talk featuring atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike, who provides a brief glimpse of the scientific effort behind the headlines on climate... Read More
The Shocking Danger of Mountaintop Removal — and Why it Must End
A TED Talk, by research investigator Michael Hendryx, who studies “mountaintop removal” — an explosive type of surface coal mining used in... Read More
The State of the Climate and What We Might Do About It
A TED talk featuring economist Nicholas Stern, who lays out a plan showing how the world’s countries can work together on climate... Read More
The Stop Sign Analogy
A brief animation from Recycle Across America that explains how uniform labeling would help consumers recycle more effectively. Watch now
The Story of Cap and Trade
Looks at the leading climate solution discussed at the Copenhagen 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference and argues that the “devils in... Read More
The Story of Change
Argues that it’s not bad shoppers who are putting our future at risk; it’s bad policies and business practices. If we really... Read More
The Story of Cosmetics
The seven-minute film examines the pervasive use of chemicals in everyday personal care products, from lipstick to baby shampoo; the implications for... Read More
The Story of Electronics
Explores the high-tech revolution’s collateral damage—25 million tons of e-waste and counting, poisoned workers and a public left holding the bill, including... Read More
The Story of Plastic
A resource from The Story of Stuff Project, the film reveals the truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic... Read More
The Story of Stuff
A 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of production and consumption patterns while exposing the connections between environmental and social issues,... Read More
The True Cost of Gold
A short TED animation, looks into why gold-rich countries in Africa aren’t seeing the income they should be — given the price... Read More
The Voice of the Natural World
A TED Talk featuring Bernie Krause, who uses sound recordings of nature to show in a different the way how environments are... Read More
The Water Front
The story of an American city in crisis but it is not just about water, it also touches on the essence of... Read More
This Country Isn’t Just Carbon Neutral, It’s Carbon Negative
A TED Talk featuring the Prime Minister of Bhutan,Tshering Tobgay, who shares his country’s mission to put happiness before economic growth and... Read More
This is What Happens to Your Body When You Breathe Polluted Air
A short video featuring Dr. Sanjay Gupta who explains what factors affect our air quality and some of the steps we can... Read More
Three Seconds
A short film that uses a 24 hour clock to look at what humans have done to the earth, where we stand... Read More
Time Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss
A TED talk featuring photographer James Balog who shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras... Read More
To the Ends of the Earth
An award winning documentary that follows concerned citizens living at the frontiers of extreme oil and gas extraction, bearing witness to a... Read More
To Which We Belong
A documentary that highlights farmers and ranchers leaving behind conventional practices that are no longer profitable or sustainable. With quiet courage they... Read More
Uncovering the History of Earth’s Climate
A report from PBS News Hour how researchers are understanding the history of climate change by digging underneath the ocean floor where... Read More
Understanding Laudato Si
A 14 part series, featuring Fr. Daniel P. Horan OFM, that introduces three models to creation that have arisen over the course... Read More
We’re Too Late to Prevent Climate Change, Here’s How We Adapt
A TED Talk featuring Alice Bows-Larkin, who says that if people don’t significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions now, temperatures are going to... Read More
What Does It Mean to Be a Citizen of the World?
A TED Talk with Hugh Evans discussing a movement that mobilizes “global citizens,” people who self-identify first and foremost not as members... Read More
What Really Happens to Recycled Glass
A short video that shows exactly how glass can be recycled into other products such as insulation. Watch now.
What the US Would Look Like if All the Earth’s Ice Melted
A short, animated map from Business Insider that shows what American cities would be flooded by rising sea levels. Watch now.
Why Beef is the Worst Food for the Climate
A short video based on data from the University of Oxford’s Our World in Data, explains why avoiding high-emission foods such as... Read More
Why Climate Change is a Threat to Human Rights
A TED talk featuring Mary Robinson, who points out that climate change is unfair: while rich countries can fight against rising oceans... Read More
Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change
A TED talk featuring climate scientist James Hansen, who tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over... Read More
Why is 1.5 Degrees Such a Big Deal?
A brief, animated TED Talk, featuring Kristin Bell, that answers one of the key questions about climate change. Watch now.
Why You Should Become a Climate Activist
A TED Talk, featuring Luisa Neubauer, climate activist and author. With Greta Thunberg, she is also a leader of the international “Fridays... Read More
Wiring a Web for Global Good
A TED talk featuring former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who says that the world is at a unique moment in history,... Read More
Your Invitation to Help Build a Sustainable Future
A TED Talk featuring Jim Snabe, chairman of the world’s largest maritime shipping company, who says that if we want to avoid... Read More