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Author and activist Raj Patel on supermarkets and organic food at Walmart

   Raj Patel is a food activist and the acclaimed author of "Stuff and Starved and more recently, "The Value of Nothing". He's very critical of the policies and research methods of the World Bank and is one of the fe...

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Crudessence: Love and Fermentation
Crudessence: Love and Fermentation
Fermented foods are essential to our health. In Montreal Crudessence is brewing Kombucha, a fermented beverage known as ...
Me and The Canada Metal Company
Me and The Canada Metal Company
Toxic soil, sick children, angry residents, unabashed polluters......
CIVICUS 2010-Vox Pop 3
CIVICUS 2010-Vox Pop 3
 Steps to achieve greater justice and our role in achieving climate justice....
Fuki & Shiso
Fuki & Shiso
A digital short celebrating the culinary plant contributions of Japanese Canadians to the community of New Denver....
A smart way to save water
A smart way to save water
 Here's a short video showing a clever way to save water, 2 litres at a time. It is a video that is part of the documen...
Climate Change Testimony from Constance Okollet Achom
Climate Change Testimony from Constance Okollet Achom
Constance Okollet Achom, a resident of the village of Asinget in Tororo in Eastern Kenya and a victim of climate change...
The Litterbug
The Litterbug
I sometimes wonder - why do people litter? ...
The Something out of Nothing Recycling Project, South Africa
Something out of Nothing contributes to Waste Management by recycling and re-using waste in the manufacturing of art and...
The Zamimpilo Arts and Craft Market, South Africa
The Zamimpilo Arts and Craft Market, Kwa Zulu Natal consists of 164 women who make a living by selling Arts and Craft...
Farm Fresh: Fair Trade Market
Farm Fresh: Fair Trade Market
Peppermaster owners, Tina and Greg Brooks, speak about their products and how they have worked to create a market for ce...
Farm Fresh: A new season begins
Farm Fresh: A new season begins
The new season starts with a portrait of Francis Mador....
Saskatchewan Organic Farmers Fight Back
Saskatchewan Organic Farmers Fight Back
A group of organic Farmers fight against the invasion of Genetically Engineered crops on their organic fields....
Hot Lips Pizza: a Different kind of Slice
Hot Lips Pizza: a Different kind of Slice
in Portland, Oregon Hot Lips Pizza uses sustainable practices to operate its business and create community....
Food Not Lawns
Food Not Lawns
in Arcata, California a community group encourages citizens to turn their lawns into home gardens to grow food....
The New Farmer
The New Farmer
Carlyn Ross moves out of Montreal and decides to learn the ways of farming while trying to live her polical ideals....
Tour of the Arcata Food Coop
Tour of the Arcata Food Coop
Arcata, California home to one of the biggest community owned food coop in Northern California....
État d'Urgence 2010 ***** ! Trailer!
 Video promoting État d'Urgence 2010 *****, a five-star all-inclusive event inspired by the issue of homelessness! Nov...
The World According to Monsanto
 A look at how Monsanto, a bio-tech giant, is des- troying the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for t...
DIRT!
 DIRT! is an insightful and timely film that tells the story of the glorious and unappreciated material beneath our fee...
Growing Awereness
This feature-length documentary from the Pacific Northwest examines Community-Supported Agriculture (csa), through which...
FRESH (trailer)
FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system.  ...
Neglected Sky
In this fast-paced animation, youth producer John Cooney shows us that a little effort can go a long way in reversing gl...
Saving the Seed Documentary Trailer
This short film looks at a team of farmer-scientists from the hillsides of Honduras, on the frontlines of food sovereign...
Banking Diversity
Set in Ethiopia, this short film explores the critical role that seed saving and seed diversity play in ensuring a susta...
Food Inc. Trailer
Food Inc. reveals the dark side of America's corporate food industry....
Hijacked Future Documentary Trailer
For 10,000 years, farmers have planted and saved their seeds, but now the control of seeds and our foodcrops have shifte...
The Story Of Food
It's time to rethink our global food production systems.  In this short animation USC Canada critiques mass food p...
Climate Justice Now
Climate Justice Now
Shot during the 9th CIVICUS World Assembly, held in Montreal in August 2010, this video is an interview with Tom Athanas...
Commuting in Toronto 2010
Here is just a glimpse of how commuting is like in the inner burbs of Toronto during September 2010. I made this video ...
Social Commentary or Self Promotion? You Decide.
We were thrilled to come across this fascinating video on buying local produce, however we were alarmed to see Hellmann'...
Why the Tar Sands Blow
In Canada's tar sands, giant oil corporations are turning huge tracts of the pristine Boreal Forest, the Amazon of the N...
Five Ring Circus (part 2 of 8)
Exposes a side to the Vancouver Olympics which has not been revealed before. This film shows how this three week event i...
Five Ring Circus (part 1 of 8)
Exposes a side to the Vancouver Olympics which has not been revealed before. This film shows how this three week event i...
In search of the Mountain's face
In search of the Mountain's face
A 19th century mountaineer is separated from his friends after weathering out a surprise ice storm on a treacherous pass...
Tragic Incident in Hamburg - A digital story by Liselotte Ivry
Tragic Incident in Hamburg - A digital story by Liselotte Ivry
Liselotte (Epstein) Ivry, was born into a Jewish family on the 7th of July, 1925, in Lichtenstein, Czechoslovakia. In 19...
Santropol's Rooftop Gardens
Santropol's Rooftop Gardens
Santropol Roulant, known for their meals on wheels program, recently started producing their own local and organic produ...
Une Nouvelle Vision du Canada dans le Monde
Une Nouvelle Vision du Canada dans le Monde
Un animation qui utilise l'image d'une arbre comme symbol pour illustrer une nouvelle vision du Canada dans le monde. Ce...
Questions About Canada's Role in the World
During the next Canadian federal election, Canadians have several important questions about Canada's role in the world. ...
Youth Ideas on Canada's Role in the World
Toronto youth share their ideas and visions for Canada's role in the world....
Personal Connections to Canada's Role in the World
Toronto youth share their personal reasons for why they care about Canada’s role in the world and how it affects their...
La Ferme Pousse Menu
La Ferme Pousse Menu
In1988 Philippe Robillard bought earth and started La Ferme Pousse Menu, the only building in Montreal with farm status....
Motion and Flow
Motion and Flow
Urban motion and flow. Why do I feel like a Salmon when I am pushed along in the city?...
Twestival Well Drilling - Day 1
The first well drilled in Ethiopia on April 11th....
Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - introduction
Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - introduction
Author Varda Burstyn speaks about the impact of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World in todays terms....
South Fraser Perimeter Road: Part 3
September 2008 update about the progress of the South Fraser Perimeter Road. ...
South Fraser Perimeter Road: Part 2
Burns Bog...
Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - consumerism & the environment
Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - consumerism & the environment
Author Varda Burstyn speaks about the impact of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World on the environment....
Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - consumerism & society
Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - consumerism & society
Author Varda Burstyn speaks about the impact of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World on contemporary society....
Varda Burstyn on "Double Think" - concluding remarks
Varda Burstyn on "Double Think" - concluding remarks
Author Varda Burstyn gives a brilliant and incisive talk about the Orwellian notion of "Double Think," and applies it to...
Varda Burstyn on "Double Think"
Varda Burstyn on "Double Think"
Author Varda Burstyn gives a brilliant and incisive talk about the Orwellian notion of "Double Think," and applies it to...
Pascua Lama Project (working title)
Pascua Lama Project (working title)
One man's mission to travel across the Chilean desert to  the heart of gold country to uncover ...
South Fraser Perimeter Road: Part 1
Part one of this series introduces us to Delta BC resident Brad Major and his fight against the expropriation of his lan...
Strathcona : A Slice Through Paradise
A kayak trip across Vancouver Island exposes some sad truths about British Columbia's oldest Provincial Park - Strathcon...
SPRAWL
SPRAWL
Urban space is examined through the perspectives of two Davids: David Cote, founder of living food restaurant Crudessenc...
Halifax Critical Mass - 06/08
Halifax Critical Mass - 06/08
An insiders look at a Critical Mass. This was during the Chebucto Road Widening fiasco. We showed up at the church on th...
Rainbow Warriors
A song inspired by the Hopi Prophecy, ...
What's Wrong with Bottled Water?
In the United States, bottled water is the second largest saleable beverage sold. There are many drawbacks to this commo...
Toxic Service The Gagetown Atrocity ( Chapter 1 )
Toxic Service The Gagetown Atrocity ( Chapter 1 )
Toxic Service The Gagetown Atrocity revials the truth about Canada's Government spraying of deadly toxic chemicals on CF...
Toxic Service The Gagetown Atrocity
Toxic Service The Gagetown Atrocity
Toxic Service The Gagetown Atrocity is a series of short videos designed to educate Canadians about our Governments pois...
Reflect Circles: Realities of Change
Reflect Circles: Realities of Change
Reflect Circles: Realities of Change is a locally-produced documentary showing the lives of women involved in Reflect Ci...
Sonder Water, South Africa
Sonder Water, South Africa
Township residents outside of Johannesburg, South Africa struggle for access to drinking water.  ...
Le Quartier - Notre Environnement Quotidien (English version)
A documentary about the Montreal Urban Ecology Centre's sustainability plan for the neighbourhood of Milton-Parc....
The Canadian Water Crisis
The Canadian Water Crisis
Excerpts of CitizenShift's cross-Canada tour on Water. Local water activists from 5 Canadian cities speak to subject of ...
Agent Orange: a Canadian Made Tragedy
Agent Orange: a Canadian Made Tragedy
An animated exploration of the history and use of agent orange and related herbicides in Vietnam and Canada....
Globalization
Globalization
What impact does globalization and what we choose to buy have on the working people of the world?...
Surfing the Waste: A Musical Documentary About Dumpster Diving
Surfing the Waste: A Musical Documentary About Dumpster Diving
A musical journey through the back alleys of Montreal with a group of dumpster divers.....
Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - consumerism & the economic collapse
Varda Burstyn: Huxley today - consumerism & the economic collapse
Author Varda Burstyn speaks about the impact of consumerism and the recent economic collapse, through the lens of Aldous...
Dirty Oil: Alberta's Tar Sands Explained
Watch this video and listen to environmentalist, Andrew Nikiforuk, explain the environmental crisis occuring in Alberta ...
Interview with Gordon Laxer, Parkland Institute Director
Interview with Gordon Laxer, Parkland Institute Director
Gordon Laxer is the Director of Parkland Institute, a non-corporate Alberta research network that studies public policy ...
Effects of the Tar Sands: Fort Mackay, Alberta
Clips from an interview with Celina Harpe, an elder in the Cree community of Fort Mackay, about 40km downstream from Sun...
This is the L.A. River - Part I
This is the L.A. River - Part I
This Is The L.A. River was largely created by 21 neighbourhood youth between the ages of 14 and 19 who explored the Rive...
Treaty Rights are not for Sale
Treaty Rights are not for Sale
Why has Bear River refused to sign the Marshall Agreement?...
Diversidad (Trailer)
Diversidad (Trailer)
The trailer for Diversidad, a film exploring food security and sustainable agricultural practices in today's world....
The Long Journey Home
Donald G. McNeil Jr. visits a monarch butterfly tagging operation in Kansas and describes the creatures' impressive migr...
Tom Goldtooth - No New Tar Sands Approvals
Tom Goldtooth and an Aboriginal speaker from Fort Chipewayn speak at Taking the Boom to the Streets, a march and rally a...
Birds and Canada's Tar Sands: Why America's Number 1 Source of Oil is Removing Millions of Birds
Dr. Jeff Wells explains how Canada's tar sands (US' #1 source of oil, over Saudi Arabia), will likely result in millions...
Tar Sands & Water (Part 1 of 5)
Interviews with mostly members of the Fort MacKay and Fort Chipewyan communities, discussing cultural and environmental ...
Mike Mercredi on his time working in the tar sands
Mike Mercredi on his time working in the tar sands
Mike Mercredi, member of the Athabasca Dene first nation speaks about his experience working in the tar sands and the im...
This is the L.A. River Part II
This is the L.A. River Part II
This Is The L.A. River is a film project where 21 neighbourhood youth between the ages of 14 and 19 to explore the River...
Blockade (clip 1)
Blockade (clip 1)
A family from Ontario talks with a Native-American clan to resolve territorial differences....
Blockade (clip 2)
Blockade (clip 2)
Members of a small logging community become angry when the Eagle Clan set up a road block....
The Miraculous Migration of Monarch Butterflies
   This video takes you through the life of a butterfly....
How the Oil Sands Got to the Great Lakes Basin: Pipelines, Refineries and Emissions to Air and Water
Refineries in the Great Lakes Basin are rapidly expanding to accommodate crude oil from the Alberta oil sands....
Toxic Alberta - Part 1
VBS travelled to Ft. McMurray, Alberta to document the environmental, social, health and economic impact of the oil sand...
Presentation Greg Stringham of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Presentation Greg Stringham of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
 Greg Stringham, Vice President of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers talks to the media about current an...
Blockade on the 117
In 1991 Algonquins of Barrier Lake negotiated a groundbreaking agreement with Canada and Quebec giving their joint manag...
Monarch Migration
In Missouri, a Grade 5 class led by teacher, Gerald Axelbaum, take an annual field trip to help catch Monarch Vectors....
Family Vehicle
Family Vehicle
This short clip filmed in Havana, Cuba 2006 depicts a Cuban family of three triple-riding the family vehicle....
H2Oil
H2Oil
With hope and courage H2Oil tells the story of one of the most significant, and destructive projects of our time....
The Alberta Oil (Tar Sands): Canadian Prosperity- Global Nightmare
Although the Alberta tar sands may bring prosperity to Canada, it comes with a heavy price. ...
To The Tar Sands Trailer
To The Tar Sands Trailer
To The Tar Sands follows a group of young environmentalists across Alberta learning firsthand about the Alberta oil sand...
Transforming Turcot
Montreal's Village des Tanneries is a neighbourhood rich in history, culture and community, but now it faces destruction...
Resist 2010: Eight Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympics
Resist 2010: 8 Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympics, is a short, fast-paced documentary focusing on the negative i...
Report From the 2010 Vancouver Peoples Summit
The 2010 Peoples Summit wrapped up today after two days of workshops and presentations, building up to the Vancouver Ant...
Greenwash Games
Despite promises that the 2010 Winter Olympic Games will be 'the greenest games ever,' major environmental justice organ...
Monarch's Mexican Reserves in Trouble?
The monarch butterfly's wintering grounds in Mexico are in peril. Are the monarchs in trouble, too?...
Tar Sands Training Camp
Tar Sands Training Camp
This year, from January 16th-18th, a group of activists, environmentalists and students gathered in the University of Sa...
A Tour of Syncrude "with commentary"
A Tour of Syncrude "with commentary"
This is a tour through the mining complex with "running commentary" from the tour guide. This is one of the largest oil ...
The Water Front
The Water Front
The Water Warriors, a group of Highland Park residents, fight the privatization of their water plant....
Organic Prophecies
Organic Prophecies
Armed with a PhD in Chemistry, Dr. Ken Taylor went into organic farming with a mission to produce good, safe food....
Deconstructing Supper (Clip 4)
Deconstructing Supper (Clip 4)
Chef John Bishop's quest ends with a locally produced feast in India....
The Gift
The Gift
A film that explores the rich history and sacred relationship that indigenous people have with corn....
Diversidad (Clip 1) What is Sustainability?
Diversidad (Clip 1) What is Sustainability?
An activist from the caravan outlines her vision of sustainability....
Diversidad (Clip 2) Biking With Farmer Bill/The Struggle of the Farm Workers
Diversidad (Clip 2) Biking With Farmer Bill/The Struggle of the Farm Workers
The activists learn about agriculture from Farmer Bill and visit a resource center for illegal farm workers....
Diversidad (Clip 3) The Watts Garden Club
Diversidad (Clip 3) The Watts Garden Club
A visit to The Watts Garden Club and an interview with its founder, "The Seed Lady", Anna Marie Carter....
Diversidad (Clip 4) Cancun: Outside the WTO Meeting
Diversidad (Clip 4) Cancun: Outside the WTO Meeting
Scenes of protesters and the words of a South Korean farmer who killed himself outside the WTO meeting....
Diversidad (Clip 5) Roots of Oaxaca
Diversidad (Clip 5) Roots of Oaxaca
After Cancun, Mexican farmers bring a message of conservation and biodiversity back to their villages....
Diversidad (Clip 6) Bringing it Back Home
Diversidad (Clip 6) Bringing it Back Home
Back home in Canada, Geneva tries to integrate what she has learned into her everyday life....
Being Caribou (clip 5)
Being Caribou (clip 5)
Summer has come to the tundra and it's calving time for the herd....
Lords of the Arctic (clip 1)
Lords of the Arctic (clip 1)
Why is the Arctic marine environment particularly vulnerable to climate change?...
Lords of the Arctic (clip 2)
Lords of the Arctic (clip 2)
Why are polar bears getting smaller? Climate change may hold the answer....
Food Space
Food Space
Concerned students have taken it upon themselves to produce and distribute affordable, healthy food for the University p...
Protect the Nature
Protect the Nature
This video was produced by Secondary 5 students at Ratihente High School in Kanesatake who took part in one of a serie...
Water Pollution
Water Pollution
This video was produced by Secondary 5 students at Ratihente High School in Kanesatake who took part in one of a serie...
Garbage Woes
Garbage Woes
This video was produced by participants who took part in a series of media literacy workshops offered to community gr...
Pets
Pets
This video was produced by participants who took part in a series of media literacy workshops offered to community gr...
Bacon, the film; by Hugo Latulippe (clip 3)
Bacon, the film; by Hugo Latulippe (clip 3)
A hog farmer talks matter-of-factly about pork production in Quebec....
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 7
Water Sprinklers in Manteca, California
Tailings Pond
The team - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 13
Lake Malawi - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 12
A picture of a picture - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 11
The village in the eye of the storm - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 9
The Chief - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 10
Hard times in Kayelekera - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 8
No-show mine - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 7
Unionising from the ground up - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 6
A widow’s story - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 5
Dreams up in flames - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 4
Mapping out Malawi’s Resources - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 3
What else is there? - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 2
No petrol - Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine Photo 1
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 15
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 14
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 13
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 11
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 10
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 9
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 8
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 6
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 5
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 4
Who’s intruding on who? Barrick’s North Mara Mine: Photo 3
A Hidden Gem, Pyramid Falls
Water Sprinklers in Manteca, California [part 2]
Irrigation in California
Strawberry Farm in Salinas, California
Farm Workers on Strawberry Farm
Farm Workers on Strawberry Farm
Farm Workers in Central California
Farmer leave handprint on DDC Banner
Agri-Biz Farm in California
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
CIVICUS Youth Assembly March
Victory Garden Collage
Create your own Victory Garden Poster
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Victory Garden poster no.1
My Victory Garden Cucumbers
My Victory Garden Tomatoes
A Metaphor for Canadian Global Leadership - After The Vision
Word Cloud
a festival within a festival
Remnants of war in Southern Sudan 2
Remnants of war in Southern Sudan (1/2)
A Real Mess, Eh Mrs. Campbell?
BNW: Genetically modified food
"Operation Enduring Freedom": doublethink for "War Is Peace" ?
Cartoon- Prozac: the new Soma
George Orwell writing, 1945
Logo Metals and Mines
Bed of Monarch Butterflies
Syncrude Oil Sands Upgrader Plant
Suncor Millenium Mine
Shelter kits distribution in Pakistan
Shelter kits distribution in Pakistan
Development Near Fort McMurray
Members of Athabasca Chipewyan/Dene First Nation
Repairing a Caterpillar 797B
Michael Mercredi
One of the world’s largest shovels
Tar sands oil at the Albian Sands mine
Shell’s Albian Sands mine
Caterpillar 797B
Bitumen picked from the ground
Separated from the sand
Myra Falls
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
Blockade - film still 3
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Jean-Marc production still
Bus to Cancun
The Farmers' Right To Save Seed
Caravan to Cancun
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Cape Town
VectormonarcaMexico - invitation
Monarch Butterfly in Crysalis Stage
Map: Tar Sands Exports
The Second Largest Dam on Earth
where does the waste go?
The Vancouver Aids Memorial
Development Debris
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The Golden Gate Bridge
Melissa on the Highway
DDC at the Mexican border
Corn in the Clouds
Vancouver send-off
Diversidad Mural
Diversidad Mural
Salinas, California
Fresh Sawdust
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