Green Planet Films

Did you know that goats are great swimmers but hate to get wet? Join host Joel Greene on this entertaining quest to learn all about goat farming and how goat cheese is made. Be sure and keep an eye...

Did you know that goats are great swimmers but hate to get wet? Join host Joel Greene on this entertaining quest to learn all about goat farming and how goat cheese is made. Be sure and keep an eye out for the sneaky goat that tried to eat our microphone!

Esteem is a profound documentary that explores the fundamental reason behind the environmental crisis. It suggests that our destruction of the earth is a mirror of humanity's psychological and...

Esteem is a profound documentary that explores the fundamental reason behind the environmental crisis. It suggests that our destruction of the earth is a mirror of humanity's psychological and emotional state, and shows how we can heal this wound with vulnerability, compassion, love and mindfulness.

The Gauchos del Mar brothers (producers of the films Gauchos Del Mar, Tierra de Patagones and Peninsula Mitre) explore the Falkland Islands, a 700 hundred islands archipelago, aiming to unite and...

The Gauchos del Mar brothers (producers of the films Gauchos Del Mar, Tierra de Patagones and Peninsula Mitre) explore the Falkland Islands, a 700 hundred islands archipelago, aiming to unite and construct bridges through surfing and the ocean. After the Falklands War in 1982, the islands have been a very delicate subject in the Southern Hemisphere. The Azulay brothers aim to bring peace and start building a relationship in between the inhabitants of the Islands and Argentina that have been...

ScrapHouse was a temporary demonstration home, built entirely of salvaged material on Civic Center Plaza adjacent to San Francisco City Hall. Over the course of just six weeks, a team of volunteers...

ScrapHouse was a temporary demonstration home, built entirely of salvaged material on Civic Center Plaza adjacent to San Francisco City Hall. Over the course of just six weeks, a team of volunteers scoured Bay Area dumps and scrap yards. A group of architects, landscape architects, lighting specialists, and metal fabricators repurposed the materials, giving them new life. ScrapHouse illustrated the possibilities as well as the challenges of green building, recycling, and reuse.

What if all of the toys in the world were made out of recycled materials? Check out Green Toys as Joel revisits the factory and finds out how they make super sturdy toys out of recycled milk jugs!

What if all of the toys in the world were made out of recycled materials? Check out Green Toys as Joel revisits the factory and finds out how they make super sturdy toys out of recycled milk jugs!

"The Price of Sand" is a documentary about the frac sand mining boom in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Due to a rapid increase in demand, pure silica sand has become a valuable commodity, and mines are...

"The Price of Sand" is a documentary about the frac sand mining boom in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Due to a rapid increase in demand, pure silica sand has become a valuable commodity, and mines are opening at a rapid rate.

Did you know that millions of recyclable food is thrown in the landfills each year? Join Joel on this episode as he learns the benefits of backyard composting.

Did you know that millions of recyclable food is thrown in the landfills each year? Join Joel on this episode as he learns the benefits of backyard composting.

Join in this episode as professional child drummer Cole Marcus, travels through the Vic Firth manufacturing facility to learn how drum sticks are made. Watch as Cole tries to teach Joel drumming...

Join in this episode as professional child drummer Cole Marcus, travels through the Vic Firth manufacturing facility to learn how drum sticks are made. Watch as Cole tries to teach Joel drumming tips and technique.

Part of the Earth's Furies series: With new scientific knowledge, we know how electrical charges inside clouds are created, and new technology can monitor lightning moving through the sky. However,...

Part of the Earth's Furies series: With new scientific knowledge, we know how electrical charges inside clouds are created, and new technology can monitor lightning moving through the sky. However, it can hit anything, anywhere, at any time and it cannot be stopped. Nowhere is unaffected by this devastating and frightening natural.

By now, we should all be aware that paper is recyclable. Join Joel as he journeys afar to learn what types of products can be made from recycled paper.

By now, we should all be aware that paper is recyclable. Join Joel as he journeys afar to learn what types of products can be made from recycled paper.

This production chronicles the history of the Whooping crane, while highlighting the OM-developed reintroduction method currently being used to safeguard the species from extinction. Hope Takes Wing...

This production chronicles the history of the Whooping crane, while highlighting the OM-developed reintroduction method currently being used to safeguard the species from extinction. Hope Takes Wing details the 2003 southward ultralight-guided journey, and finishes with the cranes somewhat different return trip north in the spring of 2004. Of the 15 crane species worldwide, 11 are either threatened or endangered. The Whooping crane is the most imperiled, with fewer than 400 wild individuals...

Thousands of Americans have left everything behind to explore the USA from behind the wheel. Far removed from previous generations, these #Vanlife travellers are nomadic workers, hyperconnected to...

Thousands of Americans have left everything behind to explore the USA from behind the wheel. Far removed from previous generations, these #Vanlife travellers are nomadic workers, hyperconnected to the world around them.

Narrated by Emma Thompson. To the Ends of the Earth follows concerned citizens living at the frontiers of extreme oil and gas extraction - tar sands in Alberta, oil shale in Utah, and seismic...

Narrated by Emma Thompson. To the Ends of the Earth follows concerned citizens living at the frontiers of extreme oil and gas extraction - tar sands in Alberta, oil shale in Utah, and seismic testing in the Arctic - bearing witness to a global crossroads. They call for human ingenuity to rebuild society at the end of the fossil fuel era. Two films on one DVD: 80 min Director's Cut amd 55 min Broadcast Cut.

Did you know that hot water freezes faster than cold water? Join host Joel Greene on this chilling episode of Curiosity Quest as he learns the art of ice sculpting. Experience the freezing...

Did you know that hot water freezes faster than cold water? Join host Joel Greene on this chilling episode of Curiosity Quest as he learns the art of ice sculpting. Experience the freezing temperatures that must be regulated in order to create these masterful creations.

Join Joel as he visits Zingerman's Bakery in Michigan to learn how different types of bread are made. Watch as he helps create black cherry, chocolate bread and brownies at this world famous bakery.

Join Joel as he visits Zingerman's Bakery in Michigan to learn how different types of bread are made. Watch as he helps create black cherry, chocolate bread and brownies at this world famous bakery.

When it comes to being green solar panels are one of the best ways to help families and companies operate off "the grid." Joel visits a plant that manufactures solar panels that create energy from...

When it comes to being green solar panels are one of the best ways to help families and companies operate off "the grid." Joel visits a plant that manufactures solar panels that create energy from the sun!

The film provides fascinating insights into the pressures facing non-Western people as they confront the global economy. Follow two women from Ladakh, or Little Tibet, on a reality tour of London to...

The film provides fascinating insights into the pressures facing non-Western people as they confront the global economy. Follow two women from Ladakh, or Little Tibet, on a reality tour of London to see what life in the West is really like. The women are exposed to aspects of modern urban life homelessness, old-age homes, massive garbage dumps that contrast sharply with the idealized media and advertising images impressed upon people's minds in the less-developed parts of the world.

What do you think happens to old tires? Join Joel on this quest as he learns how Rubber Bark recycles tires and makes them into a new product.

What do you think happens to old tires? Join Joel on this quest as he learns how Rubber Bark recycles tires and makes them into a new product.

Part Three: On the land in the foothills above California's Central Valley, we join Wukchumni basket weavers, Jennifer Malone and her mother, Marie Wilcox, as they gather basket materials and weave...

Part Three: On the land in the foothills above California's Central Valley, we join Wukchumni basket weavers, Jennifer Malone and her mother, Marie Wilcox, as they gather basket materials and weave baskets with friends and family. Along the way there are lessons to be learned about personal accomplishment, care for the earth, and cultural resilience. THE VALLEY AND THE LAKE is a four-part film odyssey focused on water issues, conflicts, and hopes in California's Central Valley, the breadbasket...

A cross between "The Last Waltz" and "An Inconvenient Truth," "Dear Governor Cuomo" captures a concert organized on the doorstep of the New York state governor to protest the lifting of a four-year...

A cross between "The Last Waltz" and "An Inconvenient Truth," "Dear Governor Cuomo" captures a concert organized on the doorstep of the New York state governor to protest the lifting of a four-year moratorium against hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The event brought together scientists, musicians, activists and actors in a scripted night onstage inviting the governor to join the anti-fracking majority in his home state. The film that resulted -- with musical direction by Natalie Merchant, and...

"The Climate Blueprint" is the FIRST DOCUMENTARY to explore the history of the COP climate change summit and the fight against our most challenging and powerful enemy. Under the framework of the...

"The Climate Blueprint" is the FIRST DOCUMENTARY to explore the history of the COP climate change summit and the fight against our most challenging and powerful enemy. Under the framework of the United Nations, 194 countries meet once a year during two extremely hectic weeks at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

A look at the ethics of the natural gas extraction process known as "fracking". The film covers political, spiritual, scientific, medical, and educational points of views of hydraulic fracturing.

A look at the ethics of the natural gas extraction process known as "fracking". The film covers political, spiritual, scientific, medical, and educational points of views of hydraulic fracturing.

Ever wonder what recycled milk jugs can become? Join Joel as he learns how milk jugs are recycled into children's toys.

Ever wonder what recycled milk jugs can become? Join Joel as he learns how milk jugs are recycled into children's toys.

When it comes to paint, do you know what a hockey puck is? Greene visits Acrylatex to learn how they recycle unused paint and make some amazing new products out of dried up paint.

When it comes to paint, do you know what a hockey puck is? Greene visits Acrylatex to learn how they recycle unused paint and make some amazing new products out of dried up paint.