Not just any movie of course. The best way to learn, recognise and to become aware is expand your knowledge of what has been done, what is being done so you can make changes in your own world – whether at home or in your work.
Invest some time in these great films (some we are inspired to see) and it will help to build a more sustainable world:
- Garbage Warrior – eco-architect Michael Reynolds and his fight to build sustainable homes (also called Earthships).
- We Feed The World – Austrian filmmaker Erwin Wagenhofer looks into where his food comes from and where it goes. In Christchurch 23% of the waste that goes to landfill is “kitchen” waste or food. This is food from households and businesses (especially stock that is beyond it’s sell by and use by dates). This film looks into the flow of food in a world where there is enough but it is being wasted.
- Story of Stuff - can’t go beyond this for a great tutorial on how our “stuff” is produced and wasted. You will also find the recently launched The Story of Bottled Water here too – to help reduce plastic bottle usage don’t buy bottled water.
- Continuing with the Bottled Water theme is this movie Tapped – makes you think.
- No Impact Man – this one we are hanging out to see. A Manhattan man (Colin Beavan) and his family spend a year living with No Impact. A great look at the positive and lasting changes we can make to live more sustainably. If a New Yorker can do it we (in Christchurch, Canterbury) certainly can.
- Trashed – A look at America’s waste problem and Food Inc – a look at America’s food production industries – issues in both movies that we can learn from here in New Zealand.
Watch alone or with many either way watch and become more aware.
If you know of any other waste or sustainable living movies that are worth watching we would love to know.
*Image: Source: Flickr When I was a Bird’s photostream
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