The documentary Bananas! highlighted plight of Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who brought a legal case in the US against the use of a banned pesticide DBCP by the Dole Food Company. Tom Levitt reports
… The film that stood up to banana giant Dole over … tried and failed to block the showing of the film in the US The documentary Bananas! … The biggest fruit company in the world sued a film-maker for daring to investigate the issue …
Report highlights the lasting impact of The End of the Line in raising awareness of unsustainable fishing practices - and illustrates how radical new film funding models can work
… The End of the Line: how a film changed the way we eat fish Tom Levitt … practices - and illustrates how radical new film funding models can work More than one … according to an evaluation of the film’s impact . The film was the first major …
From the next Erin Brokovitch, to a group of teens cleaning up Kenya's Kibera slum, a clutch of innovative youth film-makers are documenting crucial issues and demanding social and environmental justice
… Human Rights Watch film festival: young film-makers tackle eco-issues Matilda Lee | … Kibera slum, a clutch of innovative youth film-makers are documenting crucial issues and …
Playing with hyenas, hunting with cheetahs and running with wild dogs is all in a day's work for Kim Wolhuter. He tells Ruth Styles why he does it
… Q&A: Wildlife documentary filmmaker, Kim Wolhuter Ruth Styles | 30th … Reserve Singita Pamushana Travel Q&A Film Making Documentaries kim-holding.jpg … are bloody terrible mothers!’ Documentary film maker, Kim Wolhuter, doesn't pull his …
The planned closure of the BBC Wildlife Fund represents the premature end of a model for how wildlife film-making can support conservation of the very environments it documents, says Rob St John
… the premature end of a model for how wildlife film-making can support conservation of the … made famous by its wildlife documentary films. Since its inception, the Fund has … debate over the appropriate role of wildlife film-making in society. Wildlife film-making …
Watch the winner of the 'best youth film' award in the 1 Minute to Save the World competition, sponsored by Unicef and SONY Open Planet, produced by the children and staff at Wilbury Primary School
… Watch the winner of the 'best youth film' award in the 1 Minute to Save the World … to Save the World, an online international film competition, is proving that young people … the globe they have submitted one-minute films on the subject of climate change, making …
The Earth Liberation Front targeted dozens of businesses they accused of destroying the environment. As a new film charting its rise and fall premieres in the US, Matilda Lee speaks to director Marshall Curry about the fine line between activism and terrorism
… of destroying the environment. As a new film charting its rise and fall premieres in … Matilda Lee: What spurred you to make a film about the Earth Liberation Front? … on the ELF change in the course of making the film? MC: Yes, I have to say that along the …
Exclusive film looks at allegations that a coal power project in central India, approved under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism, is destroying forests and livelihoods
… Ecologist | 29th November 2011 News Ecologist Film Unit Coal Energy India Climate Change … Photo: Luke Starr / Ecostorm Exclusive film looks at allegations that a coal power … to an investigation by the Ecologist Film Unit . On the eve of the Durban climate …
The Ecologist investigates allegations a coal power project in India, approved under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism, is destroying forests and livelihoods
… to an investigation by the Ecologist Film Unit . On the eve of the Durban climate … the full investigation and watching the film. READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS Special … from Madhya Pradesh INVESTIGATION Exclusive film Mexico's poor suffer as food speculation …
Rebecca is an ordinary woman with extraordinary ambitions, inspiring people all over the world and making 'Shift Happen' through her charity that creates free educational films
… how one young activist uses documentary film to inspire change Sophie Laggan | 20th … her charity that creates free educational films You have just returned from your talk at … justice, and my practical experience in the film industry, it finally hit me that I could …
Her shocking film alerted unsuspecting consumers to the hidden costs of factory farmed pork. She talks to the Ecologist ahead of a special screening of Pig Business at the European Parliament
… Tracy Worcester, producer of Pig Business film Matilda Lee | 1st February 2011 Activism … MRSA 1tracy-and-outdoor-pig.jpg Her shocking film alerted unsuspecting consumers to the … Corporate Euro Observatory and WSPA. The film and event are being used by hundreds more …
Investigative films on key environmental and climate change issues from the Ecologist Film Unit
… Ecologist Film Unit 30th September 2011 Other Ecologist Film Unit Climate Change Food And Farming … Undercover Investigations 1.jpg Investigative films on key environmental and climate change …
Ahead of Pig Business's debut screening at the EU Parliament in Brussels, watch highlights from Tracy Worcester's mammoth investigation into the truth behind cheap pork
… Pig Business: the film the industrial pork lobby tried to … the truth behind cheap pork Next week the film-maker and campaigner takes Pig Business - … READ MORE... COMMENT Pig Business: behind the film they tried to ban Tracy Worcester’s ‘Pig …
Nicola Peel's new film Blood of the Amazon tells the story of the world's largest environmental lawsuit and investigates how the oil industry threatens a fragile rainforest environment. By Jan Goodey
… life of...Nicola Peel, Amazon activist and filmmaker Jan Goodey | 5th October 2011 … Nicola Peel, activist and filmmaker, travelled from Ecuador to Brazil to … and local populations Nicola Peel's new film Blood of the Amazon tells the story of …
Filmmaker, campaigner and environmental pioneer Helena Norberg-Hodge talks to Jemima Roberts about her latest film - The Economics of Happiness - the damage globalisation is doing, and what can be done to counter it
… Helena Norberg-hodge Economics Happiness Films Globalisation Politics And Economics helenan-h.b&w.portraitedit.jpg Filmmaker, campaigner and environmental … talks to Jemima Roberts about her latest film - The Economics of Happiness - the damage …
A ten-year campaign opposing a Shell gas pipeline in a remote cornor of Ireland is documented in a major new film - The Pipe - and has become a focal point for a community's right to oppose corporations and central government
… of Ireland is documented in a major new film - The Pipe - and has become a focal point … the planning rules are applied properly.' Film reveals protestors story A documentary film, The Pipe , about the local community's …
Despite campaigning to reduce child labour internationally, the US is home to at least 230,000 child labourers toiling in the fields to pick blueberries, tomatoes or cotton
… The Harvest: new film reveals scourge of child labour in US … that number working full-time. But now a new film - The Harvest - documents the occurrence … U Roberto Romano is an award-winning American filmmaker who spent over a year documenting …
Undercover footage of Portuguese rabbit farms shows the grim reality of intensive factory-style rabbit farming, which may now make a comeback in the UK
… by Ecostorm - the agency behind the Ecologist Film Unit - on behalf of Portuguese pressure … spokesperson. READ MORE... NEWS Ecologist Film Unit journalist beaten by seal hunters Ecologist Film Unit journalist Jim Wickens has been …
Annie Leonard's new film looks at how money that could be used to build a sustainable future through investment in renewables and increasing recycling is being used to fund wars and subsidise fossil fuels
… Annie Leonard's new film looks at how money that could be used to … has become well known for its quirky animated films and strong environmental messages. … but the basic tenet of her message in the film is simple: money that could be used to …
An Ecologist cover story in 2005 prompted the making of an epic documentary, Up in Smoke, about slash and burn farming. Now the film finally airs on More4 on September 27th... Matilda Lee reports
… Smoke, about slash and burn farming. Now the film finally airs on More4 on September … burn farming, Wakeling, who'd never done any filming before, picked up a camera. Over the … work, the result of which is in the new film Up in Smoke . ‘I thought, there's got to …
Campaign group calls for a consumer boycott of tropical prawns to stop environmental pollution and human rights abuse in Bangladesh
… produced in conjunction with the Ecologist's film partner. Sales of frozen prawns have … In an exclusive investigation, the Ecologist Film Unit reveals the impact of Indonesia's … 90,000 km coastline SPECIAL CONTENT EFU Film: Selling The Sea – revealing Indonesia’s …
As the new 'outbreak' film Contagion, starring Kate Winslet and Gwyneth Paltrow is released, The Ecologist reports on the book linking the threat of global disease pandemics and industrial animal farming
… Meat 1contagion.jpg As the new 'outbreak' film Contagion, starring Kate Winslet and … the glossy veneer of a Hollywood ‘outbreak film', Contagion, released on October 21. The film stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Matt …
As a new film encourages people to Just Do It, Matilda Lee looks at the future of eco-activism in the UK
… Plane Stupid eco activism image.jpg As a new film encourages people to Just Do It, Matilda … to do something about climate change. A new film, Just Do It, launching on July 15th gives … Do It: the story of modern-day outlaws A new film launching on July 15th gives an in-depth …
EJF’s ‘No Place Like Home’ film is part of their campaign arguing the case of people affected by climate change, who without international help and new binding agreements on assistance, will have no where to go and no means to survive...
… bangladesh1.jpg EJF’s ‘No Place Like Home’ film is part of their campaign arguing the … Rich Mix Cinema in Bethnal Green and Ipswich Film Theatre - to screen the above 90 second promotional film on EJF’s climate refugees campaign. …