"When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her tribal government swayed by corporate interests, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction. Three years later, when Lissa learned that a young white oil worker, Kristopher 'KC' Clarke, had disappeared...

"Investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only a reality but also a growing problem placing us on the brink of disaster. The film details the people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that greenhouse gases are not affected by human behavior. From the Koch Brothers to ExxonMobil, to oil industry front groups, to prominent politicians...

Oregon forests need regulatory protection to live beyond the century of over logging that occurred in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Regulatory actions of the past 20 years that limited logging in Oregon, primarily on federally owned land, which covers about half of the state. These limits have helped the forests regenerate, but have significantly hurt small, rural logging towns. Because so much of the geography of the state is forest land,...

The word "volunteer" is defined as "a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking" or "a person who performs a service willingly and without pay." Environmental organizations rely heavily on local volunteers from all walks of life, spanning the spectrum of age, race, class and ethnicity. These people are widely different but are unified in their desire to give back to their community, their towns or cities, or their...

"Native young people and elders pray in sweat lodges at the Ocaeti Sakaowin camp, the North Dakota landscape outside blanketed in snow. In Oregon, white men and women in army surplus and western gear, some draped in the American flag, gather in the buildings of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge. The world witnessed two standoffs in 2016: the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest against an oil pipeline in North Dakota and the armed takeover of Oregon's Malheur...

"Fatal conveniences are the toxic products we routinely use and the unhealthy things we do that our culture and corporations have made us believe are safe and necessary for living well and efficiently. These things--from deodorant, cosmetics, dental floss, and sunscreen to laundry detergent, air fresheners, carpets, and crayons to candles, tea bags, cell phones, and chewing gum--are ubiquitous in daily life . . . and they are wreaking havoc on our...