Vote for climate action
Beamafilm
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12/05/2022
With the elections approaching fast, Beamafilm is casting a spotlight on the urgent need for climate action. The future of our economy, our jobs and our communities rely upon a healthy environment and it is essential that we raise awareness and take action now.
We need to make a more rapid switch from coal and gas to cleaner energy solutions. Our communities and transport options can be powered by more-innovative, cleaner energy alternatives. Our sunshine can be exported globally through green hydrogen and cleaner approaches to manufacturing. Political donations from coal and gas companies must be capped and declared more transparently in order to protect and restore our natural environment for generations to come.
As voters, we have the opportunity to shape a more positive future regarding climate change. Firstly, we can vote for political parties and candidates who prioritize climate action and have comprehensive policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, transition to renewable energy sources, and invest in sustainable infrastructure. By supporting leaders committed to strong climate action, we can influence the direction of policies and foster a transition to a low-carbon economy.
Additionally, we can use our electoral power to support initiatives such as carbon pricing mechanisms, increased funding for renewable energy research and development, and policies that promote energy efficiency and conservation. These measures can contribute to reducing our carbon footprint and mitigating the effects of climate change. By casting votes in favour of candidates and proposals aligned with climate action, we can play a crucial role in creating a more sustainable and positive future for addressing the challenges posed by climate change.
At this time when action is urgently required for the legacy that we create, our watch list below will challenge and inspire you to vote for climate action.
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An eye-opening vision of climate change.
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Reluctant Radical is an intimate portrait of climate activist Ken Ward.
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The story unfolds in a setting where activists make a moral case for acts of civil disobedience using the necessity defense. Movement lawyers defending activists in court must prove that the threat of the climate emergency justified acts of civil disobedience...
Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, "This Changes Everything" is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change.
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This powerful 2020 documentary transcends the rhetoric, following the inhabitants of San Juan County to reveal the mutual ideals between opposing ideologies: love and awe of a beloved land.
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The Disenchanted Forest is an intimate portrayal of the world of orangutans.
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A group of passionate and adventurous young people leave their known worlds behind to spend 100 days in the jungles of Borneo.
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Twenty years of political struggle to reduce NZ's emissions and avert disaster.
Award-winning director Damon Gameau explores what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions currently available to improve our planet & shifted them to the mainstream.
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With energising stories of people pioneering change in their communities and in their own lives, 'Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future' explores solutions to the global crises we face today,
Green Green Water' exposes the important story of displacement, resistance and insidious public relations that lie beyond the energy grid.
In one of America's first urban wildlife refuges, the plight of a little-known land locked salmon called the Lake Sammamish kokanee, or ‘Little Red Fish,’ is bringing together a unique and unlikely partnership between Tribal leaders, local and state agencies, private...
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As evidence of our changing climate mounts and the scientific consensus proves human causation, there continues to be little political action to thwart the warming of our planet.
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Are solutions already available to the climate crisis? Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson turns his lens to address worldwide climate change challenges and solutions.
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An eco-thriller about saving Indonesia's forests.
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The birth of Greenpeace.
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The fight to save the Leard State Forest a controversial coal mining project.
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The documentary tells the story of how the small New Zealand territory of Tokelau switched its power supply to 100% solar energy.
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By 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish.
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From knockabout pig-shooter to passionate activist.
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'Inventing Tomorrow' follows six passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront some of the most complex environmental issues facing humanity today.
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Discover the new power in the faces of the Pacific. Journey through nine island nations to trace a decade of struggle by the peoples of the South Pacific to declare their region nuclear-free.
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What if telling a story that gives hope by pointing out solutions was the best way to solve the ecological, economic and social crises that shake our world?
Across icebergs and over frigid seas, seals, seabirds, and emperor penguins make their homes amid harsh conditions in Antarctica.