Conscious Consumer Videos

watch tv!Take our world video tour. Meet some people at the other end of the production line, as well as others affected by the consumption choices we make.

Find out how you can do your part to preserve the rights of local communities to live well and protect resources vital to their health and livelihoods.

Coffee

Visit the Miraflor Coffee Co-operative of Nicaragua and learn why fair trade, organic, shade grown coffee is helping both farmers and the environment

Bananas

You wouldn’t think it, but banana plantations can be dangerous places. They don’t have to be. Learn about organic banana production.

Shrimp

Shrimp production is having oversized impacts on our oceans and coastal areas. Watch the Hidden Cost of Shrimp.

Wood

Promoting sustainable wood production helps ease the burden on one of the planet’s most vital resources. See how unsustainable forestry in Ecuador not only destroys the forest, but fails the local community. Learn about a better way.

Lobster

Lobster divers are suffering serious injuries to bring this luxury item to American tables. Discover how a few simple safety measures could improve their lot, and find out who’s working to make that happen.

Oil

Learn how our appetite for oil is scarring the Amazonian rainforest and destroying the lands of the Huarani people.

Globalization

See how massive privatization and the creation of free trade zones have massively impacted Nicaraguans.

Climate Change

In sub-Saharan Africa: Heat and drought are pushing once thriving communities over the edge.

In the Central and South American rainforests: Cutting down tropical rainforests accelerates climate change, which in turn weakens the remaining forests.

Picture/Interview Gallery

We've put together a gallery of many of the people featured in the videos above. Find out more about them and read the full transcripts of their interviews.

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