Celebrate The Earth With These Ten Films
JAMES COLQUHOUN
We’ve selected 10 of FMTV’s top films to remind us how incredible our planet is and why we need to look after and appreciate it!
Breath Of Life: Explore the wisdom of the people who sustainably live off the land, as this poignant Documentary goes on a global journey to get insightful commentaries from the world’s greatest scientists. Ponder what we can do to preserve our planet.
Dirt: Dirt! The Movie' takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility–from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. It is a call to action.
Inhabit: A documentary film introducing Permaculture, designing a world where people and planet can thrive.
Greenhorns:
The Greenhorns documentary, explores the lives of America’s young farming community – its spirit, practices, and needs. It is the filmmaker’s hope that by broadcasting the stories and voices of these young farmers, we can build the case for those considering a career in agriculture – to embolden them, to entice them, and to recruit them into farming.
Vanishing Of The Bees: Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives! Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to crisis, but was is causing this disappearance?
Of The Land:
Of the Land looks at our current food supply system as well as a variety of smaller, organic options available to consumers who want to support more sustainable and healthy farming methods.
Open Sesame: One of the world's most precious resources is at risk. This timely and emotionally moving film illuminates what is at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all of our food: SEEDS.
Common Weeds & Wild Edibles Of The World:
An instructional video on how to safely and sustainably harvest, clean, and prepare the most common weeds and wild edibles of the world.
The Search For Sustainability Documentary Series: The Search for Sustainability Documentary Series Features Dozens of Visionary Spokespeople for Sustainable Living and a Better World for Future Generations. Enjoy this overview and invitation into future sustainability pertaining to land, food, water, health, longevity, schools, business and even economy solutions. Be empowered by knowing there are things you can do now to start making a difference for the sustainability of our civilization and our planet and be inspired by the ideas you'll learn in this episode to get started now.
Origins: Four years, 19 countries, and 24 experts in anthropology, medicine, ecology, and health have exposed the roots of our DNA and how to prevent the modern world from making you sick.
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James Colquhoun is the filmmaker behind Food Matters, Hungry For Change, and Transcendence Seasons 1 & 2 and founder of Food Matters and FMTV. Along with Laurentine ten Bosch, James founded the Food Matters community following the release of the 2008 documentary, giving people the tools (films, books, articles, and guided programs) to take charge of their own health. From here, FMTV was born! It was designed as a place where you can access vital information by watching all of your favorite inspiring documentaries, expert interviews, & recipe videos in one place, and in early 2020 FMTV found it's new home on Gaia.