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 …
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 …
The video camera is the weapon of choice for activists and campaigners around the world, with campaign films an effective way to get a message across and fight back against mainstream media bias. Here's our guide to taking your stand...
… To Make A Difference Campaigning:the Basics Film Media Reporting Camera Police … campaigners around the world, with campaign films an effective way to get a message across … perhaps as an antidote to it – the means of film production has increasingly fallen into …
A new documentary, An Ecology of Mind, directed by Nora Bateson, celebrates her father Gregory - anthropologist, philosopher, ecologist and systems theorist
… An Ecology of Mind: film interprets a life of unconventional … familiar with your father's work, what the film is about? Nora Bateson : Well, the film is all about non-singularities, about …
In 2007 six Greenpeace activists attempted to shut Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent but were served a High Court injunction by a police helicopter.
… <i>A Time Comes</i> - A film by Nick Broomfield The Ecologist | 4th June 2009 Other Nick Broomfield Film Greenpeace Activism Campaigns Climate … of direct action, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield and Bright Green …
Environmentalists George Monbiot and Franny Armstrong launch Rivercide to expose pollution and crowdsource change.
… ground with the crowdsourcing for her climate film The Age of Stupid . It will also … killing more than 10,000 fish.” Armstrong's film Age of Stupid raised £900,000 from 330 … She is also an innovator of independent film distribution techniques. She said: “After …
A film runs through the highlights of last weekend's protest at the Coryton oil refinery in Essex, UK
… of an oil refinery (Image @CrudeAwakening) A film runs through the highlights of last … out more... VIDEO No pressure: the climate film that went too far? Richard Curtis, the … this week hastily withdrew a controversial film produced for the 10:10 climate campaign …
The film Civil War addresses the paradox that the only way to stop polarisation is to take a side.
… | 16th April 2024 | Comment Civil War Film Culture USA Republicans Fascism Activism … The film Civil War addresses the paradox that the … to become the American reality? Massacre The film is at its simplest the story of a …
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 …
Protesters at the Bafta film awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London chanted 'just stop oil' and banged drums.
… 2.65830366.jpg Protesters at the Bafta film awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London … yesterday near the red carpet for the Bafta film awards. Protesters at the Royal Albert … and “Just look up”, in reference to the 2021 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer …
Meet the undercover investigator revealing widespread cruelty in the animal agriculture industry.
… footpath, almost unthinkingly I began to film what I was seeing. That chance encounter … investigation – which involved secretly filming at Oaklands Livestock Centre, a major … my protective coveralls as I leant in to film them. They cried out constantly, …
Farms supplying supermarkets Tesco, Sainsbury’s and ASDA accused of keeping birds in appalling conditions.
… eight hours, for over three months. Cameras filmed for three days straight and the only … Similarly at Clearwell Farm, a worker was filmed making one thorough check in the … old, the turkeys at Strawberry Hill Farm were filmed being caught ready for slaughter, …
In Romford, Essex, villagers are getting their hands dirty transforming a historic walled garden at Bedfords Park
… year, she and Thomas created a compilation film called 'Love the Earth' by asking her fans to contribute nature themed film footage. The film was screened at the Albert Hall to her …
Your ideas for changing the world may be desperately important. But if you can't find a way to engage the interests of the people around you they may never take off, argues John-Paul Flintoff
… our group achieved a great deal, organising film screenings, talks and even a street fair. … opened by Val. I told her I had got hold of a film about how the world was going to run out … some biscuits and made tea and we watched the film, which is pretty devastating, because it …
Established in 1994 in response to Michael Howards' draconian Criminal Justice Act targeting activists, the Brighton-based SchNEWS has become integral to the UK - and global - protest movement, say Richard Purssell & Jan Goodey
… against a Brighton weapons factory. The film, On the Verge, documented the campaign's … by police to visit premises about to show the film and try to warn them off. Jani Franck, … the Community Cafe in Southampton where the film was due to be screened, said at the time, …
Their parodies of Dow Chemicals, Halliburton and the US Chamber of Commerce have propelled activist duo Andy Michlbaum and Mike Bonanno into the spotlight. They've gotten under the skin of corporate America - but what's next, asks Sarah Bentley?
… Brass Eye meets Borak - are documented in films The Yes Men (2003) and The Yes Men Fix … It feels odd no one recognises them. Their films have made them stars of the global … MAKE A DIFFERENCE How a new generation of eco-filmmakers are challenging broadcasting …
Marmite. Barry Manilow, Nigel Farage and wind turbines. People either love them or hate them with rarely anyone on the fence. But Deon Reynolds' atmospheric turbine photographs might just buck that trend and persuade even rabid climate deniers to acknowledge their beauty, writes
GARY COOK
… project, colour. But I'm a huge fan of B&W film Digital or film? This project, digital. However, I'm finding myself returning to film and Hasselblad cameras. Top environmental …
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… to do something about climate change. A new film, Just Do It, launching on July 15th gives … It: the story of modern-day outlaws . A new film launching on July 15th gives an in-depth …
Dave Hampton on watt's watt in carbon footprints and why he aims to launch a campaign for a million more carbon coaches
… the energy in the Emily James Just Do It film, it really captured the essence of 2011. … in these last 5 years, it really is a potent film. What is the most fun, interesting or … Do It: the story of modern-day outlaws A new film launching on July 15th gives an in-depth …
The top ten must-read articles published by The Ecologist this year.
… out Nolan's failure to never "make a didactic film" while Oppenheimer carries the most … The article flicks between discussing the film and the history of J. Robert Oppenheimer, …
Danny Chivers, author of the all-new No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change, gives his verdict on the upcoming RBS-sponsored Climate Week
… the climate? VIDEO No pressure: the climate film that went too far? Richard Curtis, the … this week hastily withdrew a controversial film produced for the 10:10 climate campaign …
Chemical giant dismisses allegations that it inflitrated Greenpeace in an effort to undermine its direct action campaigns
… on legal environmental protest The Ecologist Film Unit's second release documents how … campaigners around the world, with campaign films an effective way to get a message across …
A documentary that follows UK climate activists as they take on the combined forces of global capitalism, run-away climate change and the metropolitan police. Set for release in early 2011
… Change Energy Climate Rush Plane Stupid Films theoneminimouse_02.jpg A documentary …