Environment

After being offered $100,000 in 2008 by a gas exploration company seeking to drill on his family’s land, Josh Fox decided to learn more about the industry. Though the offer was tempting, he was determined to find out mo...

Tapped uncovers the long-term social and ecological impact of the bottled water industry, showing how large companies such as PepsiCo and Nestlé Waters are major contributors to the tonnes of plastics that end up littering th...

Addicted To Plastic embarks on a global journey spanning three years and five continents in search of solutions to plastic pollution. It chronicles the material’s rise over the past century, its toxic impact on our ecos...

Although many films have alerted the public to the issue of climate change, most have ignored one of its most important causes: rapid livestock production. Presented by Dutch MP Marianne Thieme, the leader of the Party for th...

Narrated and produced by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, The 11th Hour seeks to raise awareness of the depleted state of the earth’s natural environment. It explores how we have arrived at this state by looking at the way we live, o...

Global dimming is a scientific phenomenon referring to the decline in the amount of sunlight that is reaching Earth. The peak of this dimming occurred in the 1970s and may have caused the horrific droughts of the 1970s and 19...

The Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984 was one of the world’s most devastating industrial disasters and remains a cautionary tale about the importance of safety regulations. It occurred when methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a...

Darwin’s Nightmare takes a look at the social and environmental consequences of the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in Tanzania. After the Nile Perch species was introduced to the lake for exporting to lucrative Europea...