A.Fierce.Green.Fire.2012.WEBRip.x264-ION10

A comprehensive examination of the environmental movement- the largest movement of the twentieth century and one of the key movements of the twenty-first. It traces the evolution of environmental alternatives and global activism over the past fifty years, from conservation to climate change. The film provides deep insights into environmentalism as a cultural shift, aiming to bring our industrial society into sustainable balance with nature. It encompasses all the major facets of environmentalism and establishes connections between them. The focus is on activism, with people fighting to safeguard their homeland, lives, and future. This includes activists from organizations like Friends of the Earth or the Sierra Club, who fought against dam construction, Lois Gibbs and her campaign against toxic waste dumps, the founding of Greenpeace and the voyages of Captain Paul Watson, the struggles of activists to halt deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, the Indian Chipko movement, and the efforts of Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai.