"We are about as far away from civilisation as one can get. Yet here, all around us, is evidence
of our daily lives on land. Our choices. Our purchases. This is your old toothbrush, my empty
shampoo bottle, the lid to his coffee cup."
– Michelle Byle, packaging designer
There are thought to be 500 times more pieces of microplastic in the sea than stars in our galaxy. And every tiny fragment of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has come from somewhere. Some things are so vast, complex and far away that they seem impossible to grasp, and harder to recount. But change is wrought through personal testimony, and heroes are made at sea. X Trillion takes us aboard with the all-women crew of eXXpedition North Pacific as they sail out of their comfort zone and into the unknown, becoming witnesses to a global problem and emerging transformed.
Read more about X Trillion here:
https://www.xtrillionfilm.com/about
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A documentary about cycling and those who participate in it, from South to Center Portugal, to the UK, France and Spain.
'A Alma de um Ciclista' by Nuno Tavares aims to understand the passion of cyclists when it comes to this hobby and, most particularly, to old-school bikes.
Through a group of "classic" cyclists and their common interest in vintage bicycles, we'll rediscover the values that are being lost in our modern society, such as the importance of friendship, ecology, valuing the old, and other important premises to achieve a happier, simpler and more fulfilled life with what really matters. As in life, in this documentary, bicycles transport us in our discovery, in our reflection.
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Based on Isabella Tree’s best-selling book by the same title, Wilding tells the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. The young couple battles entrenched tradition, and dares to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe.
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The ground-breaking feature documentary Plastic People investigates our addiction to plastic and the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Almost every bit of plastic ever made breaks down into “microplastics”, particles that drift in the air, float in all bodies of water, and mix into the soil, becoming a permanent part of the environment.
Now, leading scientists are finding these particles in our bodies: organs, blood, brain tissue, and even the placentas of new mothers. What is the impact of these invisible invaders on our health? And can anything be done about it?
Acclaimed author and science journalist Ziya Tong takes a personal approach by visiting leading scientists around the world and undergoing experiments in her home, on her food, and her body while collaborating with award-winning director Ben Addelman in an urgent call to action for all of us to rethink our relationship with plastic.
Learn more about the documentary and its call to action:
https://plasticpeopledoc.com/
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