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The Meatrix: Will Leo the pig take the blue pill and remain in a fantasyland where quaint family farms produce food for our tables?
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The Official Meatrix II: Revolting: The second installment of the Meatrix (www.themeatrix.com) features three superhero farm animals including Leo, the young pig who wonders if he is "the one," Chickity, the feathered family farm defender, and Moopheus, the trench-coat clad cow with a passion for green pastures. The sequel delivers even more action
 
The Meatrix II ½: www.participate.net/fastfoodnation for more info about what's happening inside your local meat packing factory. The line is moving too fast and workers are being injured. Leo and Chickity must slow down the line before Moopheus becomes, expendable.
 
Climate Change --- Global Dimming, Part 1: BBC program on climate change. 

Part 2  Part 3  Part 4

Slow poisoning of india: Documentry on how the use of Endosulfan (pesticide) has created widespread congential abnormalities in the children of Kochinim, Kerala.  Also on how the rampant use of fertilizers and pesticides in decimating the ecology and how farmers are moving back to organic farming to ensure sustained development  
26 min
Cheat Neutral; A clever spoof on carbon offsets, a program that allows corporations to sell their rights to pollute to others.

12 min

Global Carbon Emissions in 60 Seconds: A 60 second video that traces the rise in global carbon emissions.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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