The Green - Eco Documentaties

Eco Documentaries

From the fuels we use and the foods we eat, to the choices we make and the creativity we employ to solve our ecological problems, Sundance Channel's Eco Documentaries seek to explore the many shades of Green that make up the green movement. Make sure to tune into these inspirational films each week and to share your reactions to them with Simran Sethi, environmentalist and co-host of THE GREEN, in Second Life at the Sundance Channel screening room.

Burning the Future: Coal in America

West Virginia provides coal to produce electricity for half the nation. Ironically, while preserving jobs, coal mining disfigures mountainsides, destroys plant and animal species and spreads toxic groundwater. Yet so effective is the coal industry's public relations campaign promoting "clean coal" that these long-term environmental disasters remain largely unreported. In response, documentary filmmaker David Novack provides an impassioned, harsh exposé of big coal. "As upsetting as it is informative" - New York Times.

THIS MONTH'S ECO DOCUMENTARIES