Using Films during Worldwide Teach-in on Climate & Justice

On March 29, 2023, the Worldwide Teach-in on Climate & Justice presents teachers and instructors from Universities, Colleges, High Schools, K-8 Schools, and Faith Communities with a unique opportunity to engage their students and community members in thoughtful conversation on the subject of climate change and the ways in which we can make a difference through action and participation.

To help anchor and focus your discussions, these and other Environmental Sustainability and Justice films are available now from Bullfrog Films. Academic streaming can be licensed from Docuseek. Campus-wide and community screening events can be booked with Bullfrog Communities. Bullfrog Films may be able arrange for virtual conversations with filmmakers as part of your teach-in.

Get in touch with us for guidance on finding a film to match your audience...from inspiring films for schools and general audiences to films that touch on every discipline, from STEM to Business, Art, Ecology, Law and Social Justice.

For teach-in resources, climate news and event registration, please visit the Worldwide Teach-in on Climate and Justice website hosted by Bard College Graduate Programs in Sustainability.

Reflection: a walk with water

The conditions that make life possible are rapidly changing. Reckoning with this reality on the cusp of a record-setting dry season, filmmaker Emmett Brennan embarks on a powerful journey to find stories of hope and healing. Brennan sets out to walk 200 miles next to the Los Angeles aqueduct. Along the way he encounters cultural leaders, ecological iconoclasts, and indigenous wisdom keepers who are re-envisioning our relationship to water. The water cycle is being broken, they say, and the consequence is an increasingly erratic and uninhabitable planet. Through a series of intimate vignettes, Reflection: a walk with water offers essential guidance for reviving this cycle.

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Pleistocene Park

Russian geophysicist Sergey Zimov and his son Nikita are gathering any large woolly beast they can get their hands on, and transporting them, by whatever low budget means they can contrive, to the most remote corner of Siberia. They call their project Pleistocene Park. The goal: restore the Ice Age “mammoth steppe” ecosystem—thereby preventing Arctic permafrost melt and slowing its release of sequestered carbon—and avoid a catastrophic climate feedback loop leading to runaway global warming. Can two Russian scientists stave off a worst case scenario of global environmental catastrophe and reshape humanity’s relationship with the natural world? The clock is ticking.

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Meat the Future

Animal agriculture and related land use generate one-quarter of annual greenhouse gas emissions; the three most consumed meats from ruminant livestock (cattle, sheep, and goats) use two-thirds of global agricultural land. Now, imagine a world where real meat is produced sustainably without the need to breed, raise and slaughter animals. This is no longer science fiction—it's now within reach. Meat the Future follows Dr. Uma Valeti, co-founder of leading "cultivated" meat startup Upside Foods, as he and his team develop a game-changing solution to a global, unsustainable hunger for meat.

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From Seed to Seed

Through the story of a group of Canadian organic farmers both large and small-scale, From Seed to Seed allows us to experience a full growing season with all of its rewards as well as the challenges of a changing climate. Scientists are working with these farmers using a blend of ancient traditions and cutting edge science to develop improved methods for growing food ecologically and in a changing climate. This hopeful story provides perspective on a global social movement that regenerates the land, farming, and communities.

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Bard College invites you to participate in the Worldwide Teach-in on Climate and Justice on or around March 29th, 2023. The Worldwide Teach-in is a powerful way to get students and teachers at your institution talking about climate and justice.

Teach-ins can be at colleges, universities, primary, middle and secondary schools, museums, or in faith or civil society communities. More than 350 teach-ins were held in more than 60 countries in 2022.

Please explore the available Teach-in models and see which model would work best for your institution!

Join the Worldwide Teach-in's Weekly Wednesday Webinars (10 AM and 9 PM Eastern) to learn about how you can host a Teach-in. These webinars also act as professional development workshops for teaching climate for non-experts. Browse events page for upcoming webinars. We hope to see you there!

All films are now available on DVD with public performance rights for purchase and rental by schools, libraries, and other organizations. Academic streaming can be licensed from Docuseek. Campus and community groups interested in hosting a community screening can book now through Bullfrog Communities.

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Bullfrog Films is the oldest and largest publisher of documentary films about the environment in the United States. We define "environment" broadly, and our catalog includes programs on food studies, energy, agriculture, STEM, climate justice, sustainable agriculture, social movements and activism, political science, business, ecology, environmental design, and more.