Interesting documentaries about the environment

I have always loved watching documentaries about the nature, science and environment. As this is a blog about to environment I thought it would be nice to write the coming days about some really interesting documentaries and leave behind some links for you to watch the documentaries if interested. Some are about the environment, some about the horrors humankind inflict to other living beings, and some are purely about the beauty of nature, to show how precious our earth is and how sad it would be if all would be lost.

Earthlings

We are all earthlings. The term is free of speciesism, sexism or racism as every single creature that inhabits the earth is considered an earthling. Humans depend totally on the animals with which we share the world for food, clothing, scientific research, entertainment and pets, however, many of us show them absolute disrespect. This documentary is about exactly that. Sometimes with hidden cameras the authors have filmed the most horrible, disrespectful and unethical things humans do to animals. We are shown footage from pet stores, puppy mills, factory farms, the leather and fur industry, sports and entertainment industries and the scientific profession.

My opinion is that this is a very good documentary. It’s informative and highly thought-provoking. It might be a bit too extreme or gory for some, but that is exactly what the authors intended; to shock, so that we would become truly conscious of how much animals suffer for humankind.

Here is a link to a website where you can watch the documentary: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/earthlings Here is also a link to their official website: http://www.earthlings.com

The cove

This documentary follows a team of activists, filmmakers and freedivers as they embark on a mission to uncover the dark and deadly secret of a remote and well-hidden cove in Taiji, Japan. Using cameras camouflaged as rocks and well hidden hydrophones the team uncovers how this small village by the sea is the scenery of dolphin massacre. 

Besides the footage filmed there, the narrator also tells us about Japan “buying” votes of poor countries in the International Whaling Commission IWC so that they can continue killing over 23000 dolphins and porpoises yearly. 

What’s more, most of the Japanese are unaware of the dolphin slaughter and that dolphin meat is so undesirable because of its high levels of mercury that it got sold to school children, risking their health.

This is the link to the website where you can watch the documentary: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cove  and a link to their official website http://www.thecovemovie.com

The end of the line: a world without fish

In the film we see the global effects of our fish consumption. It examines the imminent extinction of the bluefin tuna, the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish, and the profound implication that a world without fish could lead to mass starvation of the millions of people whom depend on fish

The End of the line rebukes myths of farmed fish as a solution. It advocates consumer responsibility to purchase sustainable seafood, pleas with politicians and fishermen to acknowledge the chilling devastation of overfishing, and for no-take zones in the sea to protect marine life. The solutions are simple and doable, but political will and activism is crucial to solve this international problem.

This is an excellent film to learn more about the current global problem of over-fishing, and to become more conscious about the fact that we, as consumers, can do a lot to help minimizing the extinction of fish

The link to the film online: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/end-of-line-world-without-fish/

And to their official website: http://endoftheline.com/

Tomorrow I will be posting more interesting documentaries. I truely hope you find them interesting and that they can help us become more concious of the great environmental problems that not only affect other species, but also all of humans.