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Earth Keepers (Ages 15-17)

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This selection of films looks at the different theories and approaches scientists, Indigenous communities, and citizen activists have used to manage resources and develop strategies for environmental sustainability. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.

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Earth Keepers (Ages 15-17)

This selection of films looks at the different theories and approaches scientists, Indigenous communities, and citizen activists have used to manage resources and develop strategies for environmental sustainability.

Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.

Playlist

  • Our Nationhood
    Our Nationhood
    Alanis Obomsawin 2003 1 h 36 min

    In this feature-length documentary, Indigenous filmmaker and artist Alanis Obomsawin chronicles the determination and tenacity of the Listuguj Mi'kmaq people to use and manage the natural resources of their traditional lands. The film provides a contemporary perspective on the Mi'kmaq people's ongoing struggle and ultimate success, culminating in the community receiving an award for Best Managed River from the same government that had denied their traditional rights.

  • Earth Keepers
    Earth Keepers
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    Sylvie Van Brabant 2009 1 h 22 min

    This feature documentary by Sylvie Van Brabant introduces us to Mikael Rioux, a young Québécois activist who founded Échofête, Quebec’s first environmental festival. Spurred by his passionate concern for the world his son will inherit, Rioux goes on a global quest to meet 7 visionaries with concrete solutions to ecological problems. Together, they offer a survival guide for our planet and a journey back to hope.

  • Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
    Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
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    Sturla Gunnarsson 2010 1 h 32 min

    This feature documentary profiles the life and work of world-renowned Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist David Suzuki on the occasion of his last lecture in 2009—a lecture he describes as “a distillation of my life and thoughts, my legacy, what I want to say before I die.” As Suzuki reflects on his family history—including the persecution of Japanese Canadians during WWII—and his discovery of the power and beauty of the natural world, we are spurred to examine our own relationship to nature, scientific knowledge, and sustainability throughout modernity and beyond.

  • Marilyn Waring on the Environment Show Three
    Marilyn Waring on the Environment Show Three
    Terre Nash 1996 26 min

    Marilyn Waring, ex-MP in the New Zealand Parliament and spokesperson for global feminist economics, now lives and works on her farm in the lush green hills of New Zealand. While in office, Waring fought to preserve the priceless natural resources of her riding, drawing on the pragmatic wisdom of her neighbours--farmers whose livelihoods depend on sustainable land use, and the Maori, who have lived in harmony with their environment for countless generations. Waring makes a convincing argument for changing a system that does not value what may be our most precious assets: clean air, water, and the unspoiled ecosystems that sustain and enrich life on earth.

  • René Dumont: Global Ecologist
    René Dumont: Global Ecologist
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    Richard D. Lavoie 2001 25 min

    In this short documentary, revisit the 20th century through the eyes of 97-year-old René Dumont, agricultural scientist and activist for peace, justice and the environment. Angered by enduring injustice, Dumont beseeches us to look to the future: "Open your eyes! The 21st century has had a rotten start!" This film brings us his outrage and activism, his love of humanity and hope for the future. In French with English subtitles.