Vacations matter - for productivity, happiness, family bonding and especially, health. Explore why Americans take less time off work, even when it’s proven to be good for us.

In this humorous monologue, ecological economist Dave Batker questions whether GDP is an adequate measure of society's well-being and suggests workable alternatives.

The amazing story behind Chief Joseph's "I will fight no more forever!" speech and a young soldier who became a champion of human rights and social justice after his experiences in the Nez Perce War.

Looks at the benefits of fair trade goods and product certification for people and the environment through case studies of the TransfairUSA and the Forest Stewardship Council. Filmed in Mexico, Canada, the US and Europe.

Looks at the obstacles facing working mothers and families and the employer and public policy changes needed to restore work-life balance.

Highlights promising attempts in Africa, and in South and Central America, to end world hunger.

Explores the history of potato blight and the chemicals used to control it, from the Irish potato famine to the present day, through the stories of two remarkable scientists.  Filmed in Mexico, Peru, the US and Europe.

Meryl Streep tells the story of farmer, writer and photographer Michael Ableman and his model of community-supported agriculture in the midst of suburban sprawl.

The sequel to the PBS hit AFFLUENZA explores ways to live better with less — hosted by Wanda Urbanska.

AFFLUENZA is a groundbreaking film that diagnoses a serious social disease — caused by consumerism, commercialism and rampant materialism — that is having a devastating impact on our families, communities, and the environment. 

The world's food supply may be seriously endangered by a dramatic decline in crop diversity. As high-yield hybrids replace traditional food crops worldwide, thousands of heirloom plant species have gone extinct, increasing the long-term possibility of famine. Filmed in Russia, Europe, Mexico and the US.

The moving story of a courageous young Japanese-American student who challenged the World War II relocation program and eventually won his case, upholding the American Constitution.

A stirring portrait of America's leading environmentalist, David Brower, who was instrumental in establishing some of America's most spectacular national parks, while heading the Sierra Club, establishing and directing Friends of the Earth, and later Earth Island Institute.

Master gardener John Jeavons seeks the smallest possible area to grow a diet for one person sustainably, and transforms thinking about small-scale agriculture.

Explores the WWII Japanese-American evacuation and Internment through the story of the first community evacuated under wartime orders, Bainbridge Island, Washington. Called "wondrously well done" by the New York Times.

Portrait of the late Alan Chadwick, Shakespearean actor, master gardener, and inventor of the "Biodynamic French Intensive Method," who spent 50 years in the garden — digging, planting and watching.

Travel writer Rick Steves narrates this story of the remarkable volunteers who created a wonderful 12 mile Rails to Trails project at Stevens Pass, Washington

Protecting habitat and contiguous areas of open space to save America's keystone predators--grizzlies, wolves, mountain lions, bobcats--while also protecting livestock and ranchers. A look at positive solutions.

The growing problems of "time famine" and overwork.

National environmental policies in the Netherlands and New Zealand offer models for the rest of the world.

Indian tribal members of Washington State relate traditional Indian concerns about the environment. Specific concerns include depletion of salmon fisheries, clear cutting of forests, damming of rivers and streams, oil spills and toxic pollution of beaches and harbors.

In the mid-1990s a virulent strain of blight threatened potato crops all over the world. Two brilliant scientists--an old man and young woman--lead a search for solutions. Shot in the US, Mexico, Peru and the Netherlands.

Mayan refugees from the "dirty war" in Guatemala restore the ancient Mayan city of Edzna in the Yucatan, reclaiming their own heritage.

How loss of genetic diversity in seeds threatens our future.