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Category: environment

10 Mar

The Story of Stuff – You MUST See This!

A really great overview video condensed into a quick presentation. You really MUST watch this video and pass it along. You can learn more and pass it around by going to The Story of Stuff website.

17 Sep

Darwin’s Nightmare

Some time in the 1960′s, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was introduced into Lake Victoria as a little scientific experiment. The Nile Perch, a voracious predator, extinguished almost the entire stock of the native fish species. However, the new fish multiplied so fast, that its white fillets are today exported all around [...]

16 Sep

Black Gold

You are probably thinking this post is going to be about oil. ZZZZZZ… This is about fair trade coffee. I’m a big coffee drinker and passionate about it. When I have the choice I always choose fair trade and organic. Sadly South Korea (at least Jeju-do) has very few options in those regards. Although I [...]

16 Sep

An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth is an American Academy Award-winning documentary film about global warming, presented by former United States Vice President Al Gore and directed by Davis Guggenheim. The film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. A companion book authored by Gore reached #1 on the paperback nonfiction New York Times bestseller list on July [...]

16 Sep

The World According to Monsanto

The French documentary, called “The World According to Monsanto” and directed by independent filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin, paints a grim picture of a company with a long track record of environmental crimes and health scandals. This film has very similar information to “The Future of Food” which I posted here. I think “The Future of Food” [...]

14 Sep

The Future of Food

Update: I just found the full length documentary and embedded it above. Watch this movie now. It’s a really good one. This is still one of the most impacting documentaries I’ve seen on food and GMO’s (Genetically Modified Organisms). This is only a 10min excerpt. I highly encourage you to see the whole movie The [...]

13 Sep

Earthlings – Animal Use Documentary

EARTHLINGS is a feature length documentary about humanity’s absolute dependence on animals (for pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research) but also illustrates our complete disrespect for these so-called “non-human providers.” The film is narrated by Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix and features music by the critically acclaimed platinum artist Moby. With an in-depth study [...]

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