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The Docuseek Sustainability Collection

THE SUSTAINABILITY COLLECTION encompasses a wide array of disciplines and approaches to sustainability, including new approaches to urban design, the implications of energy choices, and new and traditional agricultural methods and food distribution strategies. The collection shows in a variety of ways and places how design, conservation, community, and legislative action are all crucial components of a sustainable future at both the local and global level.

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The Docuseek Sustainability Collection includes the following titles:

Gringo Trails - imageGringo Trails

A global survey of the impacts on cultures, economies, and the environment of the most powerful globalizing force of our time: tourism.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 79 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT
Groundswell Rising - imageGroundswell Rising

Documents the opposition from both sides of the political spectrum to the ubiquitous practice of fracking for natural gas, and the health and environmental reasons behind it.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 70 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adults
Guardian - imageGuardian

Against the backdrop of BC's spectacular Great Bear Rainforest, Guardians and the salmon they monitor are victims of science censorship and reckless extractive industries.

Bullfrog Films | 2019 | 76 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adults
Guardians of the Sea - imageGuardians of the Sea

Reveals the reality of the daily work of activists from an ocean defense organization, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Less publicized but still as committed to the fight against polluters and poachers, today they use methods of action that are very different from the forceful interventions of the past.

Andana Films | 2022 | 52 minutes
H2Omx - imageH2Omx

Can a mega-city mobilize its 22 million citizens to become water sustainable?

Icarus Films | 2013 | 82 minutes
Haida Modern - imageHaida Modern

Explores the life and work of renowned Haida artist Robert Davidson.

Bullfrog Films | 2020 | 80 minutes
Hand Line Cod - imageHand Line Cod

Set in the coldest waters surrounding Newfoundland’s rugged Fogo Island, Justin Simms’ short film HAND.LINE.COD. follows a group of “people of the fish”—traditional fishers who catch cod live by hand.

National Film Board of Canada | 2016 | 13 minutes
Harvesting the Sea - imageHarvesting the Sea

How can we keep Maine’s world-famous fishing communities employed and feeding us all when the oceans they depend on are warming so fast that fish stocks are declining? The answer, says economist Brianna Warner, is seaweed.

Bullfrog Films | 2022 | 8 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults
Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth - imageHeart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth

Six young Maya present a wholly indigenous perspective, in which all life is sacred and connected, as they resist the destruction of their culture and environment.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 98 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Higher Grounds - imageHigher Grounds

Tells the story of how Panama is reimagining coffee, and driving new standards for both quality and economics

Collective Eye Films | 2022 | 65 minutes

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