Below is a list of documentaries on climate change and peak oil, and an indication of where they might be available. If you get hold of one, why not host a DVD club evening at your home and invite others to watch... This is a list of recommedations by Transition B&H members – if you've seen another film that you recommend, please email the website.
Climate Change
An Inconvenient Truth (Dir: Davis Guggenheim, 2006) – essentially a film of Al Gore's talk, warning about the effects of climate change, that he has been giving around the world for a number of years. A good primer on the basic details of climate change, and much better than you would expect from a politician. (Available everywhere on DVD)
Are We Changing Planet Earth and Can We Save Planet Earth? (Nicolas Brown, Stephen Cooter, 2006) David Attenborough-presented 2-parter first aired on the BBC about the dangers of climate change (watch on Google video, Part 1 here and Part 2 here)
The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (Dir: Faith Morgan, 2006) When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's oil imports cut by more than half. This film shows how Cuba coped with its own peak oil crisis, and how Cubans transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. (DVD available from film's website)
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream (Dir: Gregory Greene, 2004) An array of evidence that the growing energy demands of the American dream in suburbia will eclipse our planet's ability to provide it, and how the suburban way of life will soon become economically and ecologically impossible to maintain. (DVD available from film's website)
Crude Impact (James Jandak Wood, 2006) An exploration of the interconnection between human domination of the planet and the discovery and use of oil, Crude Impact exposes our deep-rooted dependency on the availability of fossil fuel energy and examines the dire implications of the pending threat of global peak oil. Well that's what the filmmakers say about it. (DVD available from film's website)
What a Way to Go - Life at The End of Empire (Tim Bennett, 2007) A middle class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American Lifestyle.(sometimes on Google video if you're lucky, and on DVD from film's website)
Transition-themed films
Peak Oil
The History of Oil by Rob Newman (2006) Refreshingly funny stand-up show about the history of oil and peak oil. (Watch on Google video or Realplayer)
Oil, Smoke and Mirrors (2006) A sobering critique of our perceived recent history, of our present global circumstances, and of our shared future in light of imminent, under-reported and mis-represented energy production constraints. (Watch on Google video)
