\r\n \r\n I\'ve been watching a lot of Environmental Documentaries lately. It\'s a little depressing to see how messed up the earth is, but very informative.
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\nTwo I found excellent are:
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\nGasland - about Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking), natural gas extraction.
\nThis film shows the damage fracking is doing to a number of areas in the U.S., especially to the water supply.
\nwww.gaslandthemovie.com
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\nWaterlife - about the pollution and invasive species affecting the entire great lakes system.
\nwww.ourwaterlife.com
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\nHere\'s a list from EcoHearth of the best environmental documentaries:
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\nThere are many great environmental documentaries besides Al Gore�s informative and Academy Award-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth. Check out the brief environmental, ecology and nature movie reviews we present below to see the best. If you are in the mood for some ecologically themed edu-tainment, you\'ll be hard-pressed to top them.

• Gasland (2010) - A stirring expose of the widespread water pollution resulting from hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, a process of using high-pressure fluids to crack surrounding rock formations in order to stimulate oil and gas wells. Buy it
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• Blue Planet: Seas of Life (2002) - Explores life in the oceans with amazing underwater photography (eight-part BBC series). Buy it
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• National Geographic: Human Footprint (2008) - Graphically illustrates the environmental impact each of us has on the planet. Buy it
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• Burning the Future: Coal in America (2008) - Appalachian residents battle a coal industry that is poisoning ground water and flattening mountains with the equivalent of a Hiroshima-sized atom bomb every 11-1/2 days�all to extract coal that will contribute 36% of America\'s global warming emissions. Buy it
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• Home (2009) - AVisually stunning aerial views of the Earth that illustrate the complex web of ecosystems on the planet, and how, along with sunlight and water, they make life possible. Narrated by Glenn Close. Buy it
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• No Impact Man (2008) - Fascinating story of a man, his wife, two-year-old daughter and dog who go off-grid for one year in New York City in order to minimize their environmental impact. Buy it
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• Tapped (2010) - A shocking look at the attempt by multinational corporations to privatize water�a resource that is essential to our survival and should be held in common�and sell it back to us in plastic bottles that end up clogging our oceans. Buy it
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• The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006) - An empowering look at how communities in Cuba worked together to decrease their dependence on fossil fuels when their oil imports were cut in half as a result of the fall of their ally and oil supplier, the Soviet Union. Buy it
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• The End Of The Line (2010) - Looks at the ecological devastation�on both global and local levels�caused by overfishing and sends out a dire warning from scientists that we may be looking at a fish-less ocean by 2048 if we don\'t implement sustainable fishing practices soon. Buy it
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• A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2007) - This film expertly interweaves new and archival footage with experts warning that our addiction to oil�unless we shift to alternatives�will destabilize the world politically and decimate it economically as oil reserves continue their inevitable decline. Buy it
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• Dirt! The Movie (2009) - A truly inspiring look at the importance of the ground beneath us in facilitating life on the planet�and the dire consequences of neglecting this essential resource. Buy it
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• Monumental: David Brower\'s Fight for Wild America (2005) - A survey (using his own films) of the life of environmental activist David Brower (1912-2000), who was instrumental in passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act, saving the Grand Canyon from damming and creating both Point Reyes National Seashore and Redwoods National Park. Buy it
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• The 11th Hour (2008) - Some of our top scientists, environmentalists and politicians discuss the imminent ecological crisis we face and what we must do now to prevent it. Buy it
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• The Unforeseen (2007) - Examines the friction aroused by the competing goals of economic development and environmental protection in Austin, Texas. Buy it
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• Rivers and Tides (2006) - An eco-art documentary that examines the work and philosophy of nature sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. Buy it
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• Fuel (2010) - Created over the course of 11 years, this documentary showcases America�s unhealthy dependence on fossil fuels and explores viable alternatives that are kinder to the ecology. Buy it
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• Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (2000) - Presents a short, comedic look at a misguided effort in Australia to import the predator of a local pest�another example of man trying to manipulate nature and being unable to anticipate the unintended consequences. Buy it
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• Food, Inc. (2008) - Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore\'s Dilemma) and others participate in this engaging documentary about the dangerous state of our food supply thanks to unchecked corporate greed. Buy it
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• Manufactured Landscapes (2007) - This eco documentary reports on the environmental effects of strip mining in China. Buy it
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• The Garden (2008) - When the largest community garden in the US is threatened with closure, social and political battles ensue as many working class families resist this greed-based decision. Buy it
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• Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series (2007) - Highly informative and beautifully filmed survey of life as it exists in wide-ranging ecosystems across the globe. Buy it
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• Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006) - Details car company GM�s efforts to bury their own electric-car research and development. Buy it
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• Crude (2009) - The largest environmental lawsuit to date is explored in this documentary about the Indigenous Amazon Rainforest dwellers who accuse oil giant Chevron of poisoning and destroying their rainforest. Buy it
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• Garbage Warrior (2008) - About US architect Michael Reynolds who builds Earthship (self-sustaining) homes from tires and beer cans. As he says, "a family of four could live here and never have to leave�not for food, water or electricity." Buy it
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• March of the Penguins (2005) - A gripping chronicle of the treacherous and suspenseful lives of Emperor Penguins as they struggle to survive and breed in a harsh, sub-zero-temperature climate. Buy it
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• King Corn (2008) - Highlights the ubiquity of genetically engineered corn, thanks to government corn subsidies, and how this degrades our ecology and threatens our survival. Buy it
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• Go Further (2005) - Highly entertaining and humorous film that follows Woody Harrelson as he roams the country in a tofu-powered van touting environmental consciousness. \'Nough said. Buy it
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• The Future of Food (2005) - Exposes how the food industry uses its political influence to eviscerate the government�s environmental and safely regulations. Buy it
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• The Cove (2009) - This Academy Award winner depicts the gruesome ritualistic slaughter of bottlenose dolphins in Taiji, Japan. Not recommended for the squeamish. Buy it
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• Blue Vinyl (2005) - When a woman documentary filmmaker discovers her parents want to install blue vinyl siding on their house, she investigates the anti-ecological manufacturing process and ends up in Italy at the manslaughter trial of an Italian purveyor of toxic vinyl siding. Buy it
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• Life and Debt (2001) - Shows how the International Monetary Fund�s regulation of Jamaica�s economy has adversely affected its ecology. Buy it
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• Flow (2008) - Exposes the concerted effort by multinational corporations to privatize the world\'s water supply and what this means for our environment and our future. Buy it
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• Planet in Peril (2008) - A wide-ranging 3-hour documentary, shot in high definition, that engagingly covers four key environmental issues: climate change, vanishing ecosystems, loss of species and the human population explosion. Buy it
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• Earth (2009) - James Earl Jones narrates this Disneynature (an independent Disney film subsidiary) documentary that shows how climate change has negatively impacted species across the planet by following polar bears, African elephants and humpback whales over a one-year period as they try to cope with the results. Buy it
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• Trashed (2007) - An informative and graphic look at the amount of garbage we produce, where it goes and why this level of trash generation is unsustainable. Buy it
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