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Flow: For Love of Water

How did a handful of corporations steal our water?

Water Warriors

When water costs soar, residents of Highland Park, Michigan demand to know who will foot the bill

The Nature of Things: Biomimicry, Part 2

A new science that studies nature's best ideas and then copies these designs and processes to solve human problems

Robinson Crusader

The battle to protect the privacy of the Forbidden Island

Human Footprint

What makes up an average human life today and how everything we do has impact on the world around us

Environmental documentaries A-Z.

Black Dawn: The Next Pandemic

A mass dying

Dam/Age

Prize winning writer Arundhati Roy's bold and controversial campaign against the Narmada dam project in India

Days of Trash

“Sustainable Dave” attempts to not throw away anything for an entire year

Design: e2 - China: From Red to Green

China's soaring population and rapid industrialization

Design: e2 - Deeper Shade of Green

A look to the future

Design: e2 - Gray to Green

Taking the three R's to grand proportions.

Design: e2 - The Green Machine

Mayor Richard Daley take viewers on a tour through Chicago

E-Waste

An animated film illustrates the environmental and human damage caused by electronic waste

EARTH University

Drawing students from around the world, EARTH University in teaches future leaders how to implement agricultural techniques.

Every Third Bite

In the past few years, millions of bees have disappeared from their hives

Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars

Follows the story of Texans fighting against the construction of 18 coal-fired power plants

Flow: For Love of Water

How did a handful of corporations steal our water?

Global Focus: Canada

Canada, where local trapping and hunting wisdom were applied to a mapping project that helped to save miles of wilderness

Global Focus: Iceland

Iceland, where an avid fly fisherman is trying to restore wild salmon to their original abundance in the Atlantic Ocean

Global Focus: Mongolia

The son of a herdsman has battled to save the Oonk River from contamination

Global Focus: Peru

A crusader has taken up the cause of indigenous people

The Hudson Riverkeepers

A decades-long battle to protect one of the nation's great rivers, the Hudson

Human Footprint

What makes up an average human life today and how everything we do has impact on the world around us

Kokua Foundation

The Kokua Hawai’i Foundation

Lawns: America’s Passion for Grass

The great American obsession: the perfect green lawn

I Love Trash

Two friends decide not to buy any things for 3 months and find all their needs in dumpsters and trash cans

Neglected Sky

A little effort can go a long way in reversing global warming

Out of the Muck

10 years after the closing of the Lake Apopka Farms due to rampant pollution

A Place to Run To

When we think of the Arctic, we often think of global warming. But a deeper, darker issue plagues the region

Robinson Crusader

The battle to protect the privacy of the Forbidden Island

Shame On You: That Can Be Reused!

A must-see intergenerational documentary that explores environmental justice and recycling in NYC’s urban communities

The Nature of Things: Build Green

In a refreshing hour, Build Green shows how building a house using innovative practices and materials can help sustain the earth

The Nature of Things: Biomimicry, Part 2

A new science that studies nature's best ideas and then copies these designs and processes to solve human problems

Toxic Episode -  Imperial Valley 1

Join us as we explore the many splendored ways in which we humans have trashed the planet Earth

Toxic Episode - Imperial Valley 2

Join us as we explore the many splendored ways in which we humans have trashed the planet Earth

Twelve Fluid Ounces

A fantasy adventure through the land of recycling led by puppets

Vanish

A man and his boots ponder global warming

Water Warriors

When water costs soar, residents of Highland Park, Michigan demand to know who will foot the bill

The Waterkeepers

The heroic efforts of river, bay and soundkeepers from Alaska to North Carolina

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