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The fight to save San Francisco's San Bruno Mountain speaks to the global dilemma of economic growth versus species preservation. | |
 | | Chávez Ravine
Don Normark's haunting photographs bring back to life a Mexican American village razed in the 1950s to build Dodger Stadium. | |
 | | Designing A Great Neighborhood
A model co-housing project, where future residents participate in the design of their own neighborhood. | |
 | | Detropia
A vivid portrait of Detroit, America's first major post-industrial city, as it struggles to deal with the consequences of a broken economic system. | |
 | | Megamall
The construction of a huge mall 18 miles north of Manhattan reveals the role of money, power and politics in the age of sprawl. | |
 | | The New Metropolis
Two short documentaries highlight the efforts of some of America's first suburbs to reverse their long decline. | |
 | | Save Our Land, Save Our Towns
Examines the causes and effects of -- and then remedies for -- suburban sprawl. | |
 | | Store Wars
Looks at the impact on a small town when Wal-Mart plans to build a mega-store there. | |
 | | What's On Your Plate?
A witty and provocative documentary about kids and food politics.
Spanish subtitles also available on DVD | |
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Aboriginal Architecture
New structures in seven North American Native communities that reinterpret traditional forms for contemporary purposes.
Ageing with Community
The search for community and independence as we grow old.
The Air We Breathe
Connects asthma and other respiratory diseases with air pollution and suburban sprawl.
Arid Lands
A moving and complex essay on a unique landscape of the American West, the area around the Hanford Site in Washington State.
The Barcelona Blueprint
Barcelona today is a model of urban planning that may prove sustainable.
Biophilic Design
A design revolution that connects buildings to the natural world, buildings where people feel and perform better.
The Boundaries of Change
Cities cope with changing demographics.
Build Green
David Suzuki reports on a wide range of green buildings, from large community developments to mini-homes.
Butterflies & Bulldozers
The fight to save San Francisco's San Bruno Mountain speaks to the global dilemma of economic growth versus species preservation.
China Blue
A clandestinely shot, deep-access account of how the clothes we buy are actually made.
Chávez Ravine
Don Normark's haunting photographs bring back to life a Mexican American village razed in the 1950s to build Dodger Stadium.
Cities
Is "sustainable cities" an oxymoron or can they be made to work?
The City Dark
The definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars.
City Life
22-part series examining the effect of globalization on people and cities worldwide.
City Life
Explores Sao Paolo in introduction to series examining the effects of globalization on people and cities.
Collision Course
Reviews the positive steps being taken in India and Brazil to confront the serious public health issue presented by traffic accidents.
Community Animals
Leading thinkers explore community, work, time, values, and change.
Community by Design
Good design of houses and neighborhoods builds community.
Cowboys, Indians, & Lawyers
The story of a pork-barrel project: a dam on the free-flowing Animas River in Colorado.
Crapshoot
Looks at the failure of our current sewage disposal system and presents alternatives.
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Chronicles the decades-long cycle of destruction and despair that defines modern gang culture in South LA.
Designing A Great Neighborhood
A model co-housing project, where future residents participate in the design of their own neighborhood.
Detropia
A vivid portrait of Detroit, America's first major post-industrial city, as it struggles to deal with the consequences of a broken economic system.
Doing the Right Thing
Porto Alegre, Brazil has benefited from urban revitalization.
Downwind/Downstream
Water quality for major southwest cities is threatened by mining, acid rain, urbanization.
E. F. Schumacher...
Summary of Schumacher's economic arguments referring to the world energy situation.
The Ecological Footprint
Dr. Mathis Wackernagel introduces the Ecological Footprint, a resource accounting tool that measures human demand on the Earth.
An Ecology of Mind
A daughter's loving film portrait of one of the 20th century's most influential thinkers, Gregory Bateson, anthropologist, systems theorist and ecologist.
Edens Lost and Found
4-part series that highlights models for urban transformation in the effort to make Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Seattle into sustainable cities.
Edens Lost and Found - Chicago
City Hall and grass roots groups in Chicago are working on open space, green buildings and an educated citizenry to create a sustainable city.
Edens Lost and Found - Los Angeles
Is it possible that the City of the Angels can be a model for the world of environmental rebirth?
Edens Lost and Found - Philadelphia
Faced with severe budget limitations, Philadelphia's rebirth is being brought about by a network of community-based volunteer organizations.
Edens Lost and Found - Seattle
Recognizing that the human community is growing faster than the aging infrastructure, the city of Seattle created an Office of Sustainability and Environment.
Finding Us and Them
Physically and mentally challenged people find community.
For Richer, For Poorer
In Brazil the gulf between the rich and the poor is one of the biggest in the world.
The Golf War
Globalization comes to a Philippine seaside community, which has to defend its ancestral lands against golf course development.
Good Food
An intimate look at the farmers, ranchers, and businesses that are creating a more sustainable food system in the Pacific Northwest.
Great Falls
Professional, Native and antiquarian researchers combine to investigate the archaeological history and modern legacy of Eastern Native civilization in Turners Falls, MA.
The Greening of Southie
The story of Boston's first LEED-certified residential green building, and the people who made it possible.
Kabul Transit
A street-level documentary that explores the soul of a city devastated by nearly three decades of war.
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Keepers of the Coast
Surfers organize to save the ocean and the coastline.
Kosovo: Rebuilding the Dream
Assesses the success of UN efforts in rebuilding Kosovo.
Life 4
A 27-part series about global efforts to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals.
Livable Landscapes
How growth and sprawl affect the quality of life in New England, and some possible solutions.
The Long March
Community in Chengdu, China has organized to clean-up polluted river.
A Lot in Common (Short Version)
A community garden grows community as well as food, flowers and consciousness.
A Lot in Common
A community garden grows community as well as food, flowers and consciousness.
Lovins on the Soft Path
Hunter and Amory Lovins make the case for energy efficiency and energy conservation.
Making Shelter
Co-ops and co-housing provide new models for building community.
Maps with Teeth
Bioregional mapping by locals communicates a sense of place and regional identity.
Megamall
The construction of a huge mall 18 miles north of Manhattan reveals the role of money, power and politics in the age of sprawl.
My Hanoi
Tour of rapidly urbanizing Hanoi, and the effect on citizens and culture.
The New Metropolis
Two short documentaries highlight the efforts of some of America's first suburbs to reverse their long decline.
The Next Industrial Revolution
Architect Bill McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart bring together ecology and human design.
Nottingham Lace
With unemployment figures rising across Europe, is there still a place for the niche craft skills of Cluny Lace in the U.K.'s East Midlands?
On the Road
RV owners leave their home towns and build their own communities.
Pavements of Gold
Increase in urban poverty and population, caused by globalization, threatens Peruvians.
Pointless Pollution
We all contribute to nonpoint source pollution of our water!
Poison in the Rockies
Threats to water quality in the Colorado Rockies.
The Real Leap Forward
Reports on China's successful efforts to reduce poverty through sustainable development and targeted programs.
Reclaiming Community
Communities in Toronto and Oakland take back and revitalize public spaces.
ReInventing The World
Three 50-minute programs on creating sustainable cities, food systems, and lifestyles.
Revenge of the Electric Car
Tells the story of the global resurgence of electric cars, following the race to be the first and the best, and to win the hearts and minds of the public around the world.
Save Our Land, Save Our Towns
Examines the causes and effects of -- and then remedies for -- suburban sprawl.
Save Our Land, Save Our Towns (Classroom Version)
Examines the causes and effects of -- and then remedies for -- suburban sprawl.
Slum Futures
The slums of Mumbai are an important microcosm of how slums are developing around the world.
Store Wars
Looks at the impact on a small town when Wal-Mart plans to build a mega-store there.
Subdivide and Conquer
Suburban sprawl: causes and remedies.
Subdivide and Conquer (Short Version)
Suburban sprawl -- causes and remedies.
The Suzuki Diaries
David Suzuki and daughter Sarika travel to Europe to visit inspiring people and projects that give hope for a sustainable future.
this black soil:
Chronicles the successful struggle of Bayview, VA, to pursue a new vision of prosperity.
Tokyo Waka
A poem about a city, its people, and 20,000 crows.
Truck Farm
Blending seriousness and whimsy, filmmaker Ian Cheney explores the promise and perils of urban farming.
Truck Farm
Blending seriousness and whimsy, filmmaker Ian Cheney explores the promise and perils of urban farming.
Valley at the Crossroads
The battle over sprawl in California's Central Valley, where 50% of America's fruits, nuts, and vegetables are grown.
Virtually Intentional
Finding community in the cloister, a commune, and in cyberspace.
The Wasting of a Wetland
The destruction of the Florida Everglades.
Water and the Human Spirit - Program One
Communities solving their own water problems.
Water and the Human Spirit - Program Two
Farmers and communities solving their own water problems.
The Water Front
The story of Highland Park, Michigan, and the larger issues of water privatization and human rights.
Ways We Live
New models of community living and building in the US and Canada are featured.
Weather Report
A report from the front lines of climate change in Kenya, India, Canada, the Arctic, China, and Montana where people's lives have already been dramatically altered.
What's On Your Plate?
A witty and provocative documentary about kids and food politics.
Spanish subtitles also available on DVD
The Yes Men Fix The World
Two daring political activists, posing as top executives, infiltrate conferences and pull off pranks designed to provoke better business practices.
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