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    In New Film, Greta Thunberg Connects the Dots Between Animal Exploitation, Climate Crisis, Pandemics

    In New Film, Greta Thunberg Connects the Dots Between Animal Exploitation, Climate Crisis, Pandemics

    By Julia Conley A new short film featuring climate action leader Greta Thunberg highlights the connections between the climate crisis, ecological emergency, and the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other public health crises that are likely to arise from humans’ exploitation of animals — and explains how communities and policymakers can repair people’s relationship to […]

    National Geographic Earth Day Series Provides a Rare Glimpse Into Whale Culture

    National Geographic Earth Day Series Provides a Rare Glimpse Into Whale Culture

    In celebration of Earth Day, a star-studded cast is giving fans a rare glimpse into the secret lives of some of the planet’s most majestic animals: whales. In “Secrets of the Whales,” a four-part documentary series by renowned National Geographic Photographer and Explorer Brian Skerry and Executive Producer James Cameron, viewers plunge deep into the […]

    9 Environmental Docs To Watch During the Coronavirus Lockdown

    9 Environmental Docs To Watch During the Coronavirus Lockdown

    By Anne-Sophie Brändlin COVID-19 and climate change have been two of the most pressing issues in 2020. So why not spend your lockdown binge-watching environmental documentaries that come with an impactful message about the fate of our planet? 1.My Octopus Teacher (2020) No person has ever gotten as close and intimate with a wild octopus […]

    3 Top New Environmental Documentaries

    3 Top New Environmental Documentaries

    This week marks the official start of fall, but longer nights and colder days can make it harder to spend time outdoors. Luckily, there are several inspiring environmental films that can be streamed at home. 1. Kiss the Ground Streaming on: Netflix Between wildfires devastating the U.S. West Coast and storms battering the Gulf, the impacts of the climate […]

    34 Movies and Series to Inspire During COVID-19

    34 Movies and Series to Inspire During COVID-19

    By Danielle Nierenberg and Katie Howell While COVID-19 is exposing fundamental flaws in the global food and agriculture system, it is creating the opportunity to reimagine honoring farmers and food workers and producing healthy, nutritious food. The virus is forcing people to press pause on their daily lives, so Food Tank has compiled a list […]

    ‘Artifishal’: New Film Asks, Have We Reached the End of Wild?

    ‘Artifishal’: New Film Asks, Have We Reached the End of Wild?

    That salmon sitting in your neighborhood grocery store’s fish counter won’t look the same to you after watching Artifishal, a new film from Patagonia. The project, which got its start when Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard wanted to make a film about the arrogance of humankind, turned out to be a film about salmon … and […]