19 Films about the Environment

Wind power... It's green... It's good... Or is it? WINDFALL exposes the dark side of wind energy development when the residents of a rural upstate New York town consider going green

To save its fragile rain forests and ecosystems, Belize has stuck its neck out find the right kind of strategies to protect the environment, learning from the ravage of the rain forests in the Amazon and learning from its own past mistakes

There aren't many places left in America as isolated as the Otero Mesa; does this rugged landscape also hold the minerals we need to build the technology of the future?

Nature needs a mother like him

A former coal miner and his neighbors in a struggle for the future of their valley, their children, and life as they know it

A message from Beyond a Light Barrier. A warning from above. Good planets are hard to find. We are not the only ones who think so...

Seven extreme sports in eight minutes -- Ken Bailey's award-winning, pioneering extreme adventure short film played for years on The Best of National Geographic

Experience the terrifying beauty and deadly force of 20 powerful avalanches, set to Beethoven's great "Ode to Joy"

The Naked Option reveals the power of an organized group of Nigerian women who use the threat of stripping naked in public, a serious cultural taboo, in their deadly struggle to hold the oil companies accountable to the communities in which they operate

The extraordinary story of the tall ship Privateer Lynx and the exciting lives of the young men and women who sail her

After The Gas Rush is a unique look at the grassroots movement opposing the expansion of the Marcellus Shale industry in Pennsylvania

In Part 2 of After the Gas Rush, viewers get a rare behind the scenes look at industry efforts to reuse millions of gallons of toxic waste water used to frack gas wells in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region

A feature documentary that takes an unadulterated look at the food you eat -- what’s on your plate?

A look into the formation of America's first great city parks in the late 19th century through the eyes of Frederick Law Olmsted

China's 'green' businesspeople, caught in a whirlwind of change, reveal the secrets of building a greener China

In the second episode for Journey OnEarth, we take a closer look at Louisiana's marshes and examine what losing it means for us

Ladies of the Land tells the story of four women who have dedicated their lives to goats, grains and green beans.

Explores the impact of hurricane Katrina from the point of view of children from all walks of life in New Orleans

Marked by towering glaciers and vast expanses of tundra and open sea