Curated by Joni Clayton, Acquisitions Assistant

Change It! (Building Stuff) | 2024
Duration: 53 minutes

Thousands of years of human innovation have allowed us to shape the environment to improve lives. The consequences of our activities are not always benign–but there are solutions. From electrifying aviation, to building robots to protect threatened coral reefs, a new generation of engineers is finding creative solutions to some of our most critical environmental challenges.

Extinction: The Facts | 2020
Duration: 54 minutes

With 1 million species at threat, David Attenborough explores the science of extinction and how this crisis has consequences for us all even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.

Guardians of the Earth | 2017
Duration: 85 minutes

The Paris Agreement is a milestone in history that will influence decades to come.  For the first time, 195 countries committed to take action against climate change with the key goal of keeping the global average temperature from increasing.  This is the only film team that got access behind closed doors of the negotiations.

Rachel Carson (The American Experience) | 2017
Duration: 114 minutes

This is an illuminating and inspiring portrait of a seminal figure whose writings changed the course of our nation and are still highly relevant today.

Regenerating Life | 2023  
Duration: 137 minutes

John Feldman visits people who are working on solutions and looking for ways to repair the damage inflicted on the landscape. By working with nature, they are restoring the forests, fields, wetlands, and oceans. They are regenerating the soil in order to grow healthy food and build healthy, resilient communities.

River’s End: California’s Latest Water War| 2021
Duration: 81 minutes

This film explores the global water crisis, using California as a microcosm.  It inspires viewers to learn where their water comes from so that we can save our rivers and the ecosystems and communities that depend upon them.

More Resources for Earth Month
Resources at the Marriott Library in Celebration of Earth Day
Caring for the Earth: 6 Movies to Celebrate Earth Day