I love the capabilities films and books have for changing the world. They are roadmaps for our lives and infuse our days with knowledge and inspiration. If you love the planet and are interested in making a difference but don't know where to start - then the titles below can kickstart your environmental adventures. These titles can also add beauty and stoke to wherever you're at on your path. These have made me laugh, cry, and provoked me to do better along my journey. I hope you treasure them, find hope, seek solace, and gain what you need to move you to action.
PODCASTS - I literally listen to these religiously and not much else, always stoked to get more suggestions on progressive, regenerative and social justice based environmental podcasts!
BLOGS
Surfrider Foundation Coastal Blog
BOOKS
A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold
A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver
The Anthropology of Turquoise, Ellen Meloy
Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert
Blue Mind, Dr. Wallace J. Nichols
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan
Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex and Politics, Starhawk
The Book of Joy, Dalai Lama & Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The Four Agreements, Miguel Ruiz
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, James Lovelock
Gathering Moss, Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Girl With No Name, Marina Chapman
Global Chorus, Todd E. Maclean
The Golden Spruce, John Vaillant
Humankind: A Hopeful History, Rutger Bregman
The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King
Into the Wild, John Krakauer
Lands of Lost Borders, Kate Harris
Love Letter to the Earth, Thich Naht Hanh
The Man who Planted Trees, Jim Robbins
Me and White Supremacy, Layla F. Saad
Mycellium Running, Paul Stamets
No Logo, Naomi Klein
Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist, Bill McKibben
On Trails, Robert Moore
The Opposite of Hate, Sally Kohn
The Optimistic Environmentalist, Dr. David Boyd
Recovering the Sacred: Power of Naming and Claiming, Winona Laduke
The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Berry
Saltwater Buddha, Jamal Yogis
Seven Thousand Ways to Listen, Mark Nepo
Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Spiritual Ecology, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee and Sandra Ingerman
Swell, Captain Liz Clarke
This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein
Tracks, Robyn Davidson
Tsawalk: A Nuu chah nulth Worldview, Richard Atleo
Phenomenal, Leigh Ann Henion
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, Susan Freinkel
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism, Robin Diangelo
FILMS
Energy Infrastructure Ethics & Injustice: Fracked Land, DamNation, Sonics Seas, This Changes Everything
Climate Justice: Directly Affected, The Wisdom to Survive, The Yes Men Are Revolting, This Changes Everything, Chasing Ice
Food Justice & Animal Rights: Seeds of Time, Just Eat It, Cowspiracy, Salmon Confidential, Sonic Seas, Reverence: The Monarch Project, Microcosmos
Social Justice: The Dangerous Acts, #Chicagogirl, The Square, Everyday Rebellion
Personal Habits & Environment: The Gleaners and I, The Dark Side of Chew,
Indigenous Activism: Trick or Treaty (All Alanis Obomsawin films!), After the Last River, Red Gold, Norma’s Story, Maker of Monsters
Plastic Pollution, Impacts & Solutions: Plastic Bottle Village, A Plastic Ocean, Bag It, STRAWS, Landfill Harmonic, Blue, Albatross
Artistic Transformation & Activism: Angel Azul, Beyond the Walls
Urban Sustainability: Growing Cities, Lost Rivers, Edible City: Grow the Revolution, The Future of Cities
Permaculture: Green Gold
http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/the-top-100-films-for-action/