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Posted: 19-Aug-2008 Video duration : 18 minutes 10 seconds
Jeffrey Lee talks about mining at Koongarra
Jeffrey Lee is the last of the Djok clan and the senior custodian of the Koongarra uranium deposit, talks about mining inside Kakadu National Park, NT. Read more…
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Posted: 10-Jul-2008 Video duration : 25 minutes 20 seconds
The Place That Got It Right
An overview of the economic and environmental consequences of woodchipping Tasmania. Read more…
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Posted: 07-Jul-2008 Video duration : 24 minutes 5 seconds
The One Tree Project
A documentary outlining some of the issues about Tasmanian forestry. One tree that was to be woodchipped for export is given to over 30 artists and craftspeople. The exhibition of the art works and furniture toured Australia for over three years. An on-line auction of the pieces after the exhibition raised over $10,000. As woodchips, the tree was valued at $350-$450 if that. What is the value of one tree ? Read more…
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Posted: 05-Jul-2008 Video duration : 6 minutes 45 seconds
629Anti-G8 Action
629Anti-G8 Action in Japan. Read more…
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Posted: 19-Jun-2008 Video duration : 12 minutes 0 seconds
In the name of oil palm
The impact of oil palm in the Oro Province and the challenges faced by landowners and organisations who are trying to stop the expansion of oil palm plantations in the region. Read more…
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Posted: 11-Feb-2008 Video duration : 9 minutes 14 seconds
The Franklin River Blockade - Part 1
On December 14th, 1982, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society began an onsight blockade of the construction work on a dam to flood the Franklin River in south west Tasmania. This action was the culmination of 7 years protest against the proposed dam. Read more…
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Posted: 11-Feb-2008 Video duration : 11 minutes 4 seconds
The Franklin River Blockade - Part 2
On December 14th, 1982, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society began an on sight blockade of the construction work on a dam to flood the Franklin River in south west Tasmania. This action was the culmination of 7 years protest against the proposed dam. Part two of the film follows the intensification of the protests against the dam. Read more…
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Posted: 08-Feb-2008 Video duration : 9 minutes 55 seconds
The Gordon Splits
Wilderness photographer Peter Dombrovskis visits the Gordon Splits in Tasmania's Southwest during the time of the Franklin dam controversy in the early 1980s. Read more…
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Posted: 02-Feb-2008 Video duration : 10 minutes 0 seconds
Bruce Rich - The Initial Findings of the Jury
Bruce Rich's initial findings of the Independent People's Tribunal on the World Bank Group in India that took place in Delhi at the end of September 2007. Read more…
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Posted: 20-Dec-2007 Video duration : 2 minutes 29 seconds
Man the Menace
A poem recited by the Author and Producer of Man's role in destroying his environment. Read more…
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Posted: 11-Dec-2007 Video duration : 0 minutes 40 seconds
Nature’s Investment Bank
Marine protected areas can contribute to poverty reduction. In a preview of this documentary, a local leader from Waiqanake, Fiji tells in his own words how marine protected areas have improved his community's wellbeing and helped reduce poverty. "Nature's Investment Bank" is a companion to a quantitative and qualitative analysis of more than 1,000 interviews and group discussions in four countries that show how specific marine protected areas have contributed to local poverty reduction. Read more…
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Posted: 28-Nov-2007 Video duration : 32 minutes 6 seconds
When the Plantations Came
A moving 30 minute documentary produced in 2001, showing how people's lives are affected by the woodchipping plantation industry in Tasmania. Interviews with those living on the land - organic farmers, retirees and others - about how the clearing and poisoning of land affects them directly, and with people such as eco-tourism operators who tell how sustainable industries are put under threat by the destructive practices of large forestry corporations. Images of the incredible beauty of wild forests in Tasmania are contrasted by the devastation and plantation monocultures that threaten the bio-diversity of this region. Read more…
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Posted: 12-Nov-2007 Video duration : 1 minute 35 seconds
Freedom to wander the land again
A farmer pressured by having to cull his herd because of the drought. Laments the shrinking of the long paddock. Read more…
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Posted: 03-Nov-2007 Video duration : 2 minutes 30 seconds
Daddy Cool Dances in the Kitchen
An Audio/Video view of the symbiotic relationship of arachnid and humans. Read more…
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Posted: 22-Oct-2007 Video duration : 2 minutes 8 seconds
Save Happy Valley train blockade court hearing 1
In late April 2007, two Save Happy Valley activists locked on to train tracks in Christchurch to stop a coal train from reaching Lytellton Port. After several hours, they were removed and arrested, and a third activist was also arrested and charged with "communicating with a prisoner". On Friday September 14th they appeared in court, and this is what happened. Read more…
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Posted: 21-Aug-2007 Video duration : 11 minutes 1 second
Save Happy Valley: The Movie
Happy Valley is a beautiful area of native bush, fragile wetlands and a thriving ecosystem of native birds and animals located on the West Coast of New Zealand, just North East of Westport. It is home to many threatened species including the Great Spotted Kiwi and the large native Patrickensis land snail.... and it is under attack from state-owned enterprise Solid Energy! Read more…
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Posted: 15-Aug-2007 Video duration : 7 minutes 1 second
Forest Gardeners
A seven minute documentary about two guys in Brisbane who create forests using the 'chunky pizza' technology. Read more…
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Posted: 21-Jun-2007 Video duration : 17 minutes 14 seconds
Tasmania's Clean Green Future: Too Precious To Pulp?
Gunns Ltd’s proposed pulp mill will affect the future of all Tasmanian families. This film explains the environmental, economic and health impacts of the proposed pulp mill that Gunns, the Tasmanian State Government and the Federal Government have so far ignored. Read more…
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Posted: 06-Jun-2007 Video duration : 3 minutes 34 seconds
Save Our Sealife
South Australia contains some of the most pristine marine wilderness left anywhere in the world. Despite this, very little of South Australian waters have any form of protection. Read more…
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Posted: 01-Jun-2007 Video duration : 10 minutes 41 seconds
Kingfisher Festival 2000
Community effort has restored Melbourne's degraded Merri Creek into a nature corridor. An indicator of the success of the efforts was the return in 1992 of the Sacred Kingfisher, a small and beautiful bird to the creek. Read more…
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