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MY FAVORITE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTARIES (2020)

This is a repost from my old blog.

THE MELTING OF ICE \ THAWING OF PERMAFROST
⋆ Chasing Ice - the melting of the artic.
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ON CLIMATE BREAKDOWN 
⋆ Before the Flood - climate breakdown with Leonardo DiCaprio. 
⋆ The 11th Hour - global warming & change with Leonardo DiCaprio.
⋆ An Inconvenient Truth - extreme weather due to climate change.
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SPECIES EXTINCTION 
⋆ Racing Extinction - stunningly about biodiversity loss. I cried twice and rewatched it.
⋆ Chasing Coral - coral bleaching. One of the more heartfelt documentaries on the list.
⋆ Blue Planet - on biodiversity and plastic; showcasing the beauty of nature.
⋆ The Cove - secrets of dolphin slaughter in Japan.
⋆ Covid and the pangolini - about how deforestation, animal markets and agriculture spread somatic diseases to humans, and how it links to climate change. Narrated by a bunch of sientists. 
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WILDLIFE DOCUMENTARIES
⋆ Our Planet - how climate change affects biodiversity.
⋆ Blue Planet - on biodiversity and plastic; showcasing the beauty of nature.
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PLASTIC POLLUTION \ WATER POLLUTION
⋆ Drowning in Plastic - plastic pollution and environmental costs.
⋆ A Plastic Ocean - ^
⋆ Planet Plastic - ^
⋆ Blue Planet - on biodiversity and plastic; showcasing the beauty of nature.
⋆ 50 Minutes to Save the World - youtube. covering the degradation of reefs and the ocean.
⋆ Blue Gold: World Water Wars - water pollution and bottled water industry
⋆ Explained: The World Water Crisis (S1E19) - Netflix series. on the world water crisis.
⋆ Planet Plast - Nrk1. Line ser nærmere på hvordan plastvanene våre påvirker naturen, og hvordan vi kan endre dem.
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ABOUT GEOLOGY 
⋆ Expedition Volcano - expedition to one of Africa's most dangerous volcanos and how it affects the lives of those living close by 
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THE FASHION AND BEAUTY INDUSTRY + SOCIAL INJUSTICE
⋆ The True Cost - on the human and environmental toll of the fashion industry
⋆ The Dark Secret Behind Your Makeup - youtube. Refinery29. child labor, poverty, corruption, and exploitation make the shimmer (mica) in your beauty products.
⋆ The Price of Free - a short documentary on modern children slavery.
⋆ Blood Coltan - mining of minerals to everyday technology leading to war in Africa.
⋆ Fashions Dirty Secrets - impacts of the fashion industry
⋆ River Blue - on the fashion industry's water pollution
⋆ Broken: Makeup Mayhem (S1E1) - Netflix series. Norsk tittel: "Forbukerbedraget." Episodes on the danger of makeup counterfeits,
⋆ Patriot Act: The Ugly Truth of Fast Fashion (V5E3) - Netflix series. How fast fashion operates and affects the world.
⋆ Avkledd - nrk1\nrktv. Norwegian. Jenny Skavland sjekker ut hva det tar for å skape trender og   fører en rekke prosjekt rundt bærekraft i moteverdenen.
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WASTE EPIDEMIC
⋆ Broken (2019): Recycling Sham - Netflix series. About how recycling won't save us from all the waste we're making.
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FOOD INDUSTRY
⋆ Cowspiracy - The meat industry's impact on agriculture and the environment.
⋆ The Game Changers - how a vegan diet can improve your health, physical strength, etc. 
⋆ What the Health - the relationship between what you eat and sicknesses, etc.
⋆ Rotten (2018) - Netflix series. Environmental and ethical tolls of regular food items like avocado, honey, nuts, fish, chicken, milk etc.
⋆ Line fikser maten - nrktv. Line ser på hvordan ulike matvarer er produsert, og om de er etiske og miljøvennlige.
⋆ Matsjokket - nrktv. Norske kjendiser blir utfordret til å kaste mindre mat og lærer om hvor mye det kastes hvert år.
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OTHERS
⋆ Explained: Billionaires (S2E2) - Netflix series. How the world is affected by some people sitting on unimaginable wealth. 
⋆ Patriot Act: Why billionaires won't save us (V5E4) - Netflix series + youtube. why billionaires won't help us fix the climate crisis and how they affect the world and justify their wealth.






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