Green Planet Films

When Sylvie's magical wand breaks, her mother comforts her by planting a tray of seeds. Over the course of the summer, Sylvie is filled with pride as the watermelons swell to enormous size. The transformation of tiny seeds into growing plants that bear huge fruits is truly magical. When harvest time arrives, Sylvie is faced with the realization that her watermelons must be taken to market and sold. How will she part with her precious babies she has nurtured all season?

Heavy Metal explores the haunting controversy behind a century of silver-lead-zinc mining in Idaho's panhandle and reveals the dangerous health impacts it left behind for its inhabitants. The Silver Valley region is slated to become the largest Superfund in the nation.

This visually and artistically unique documentary explores the physical and emotional aspects of a community of Canadian west coast tree planters who overcome grueling conditions and emotional difficulties to bring back the forest one tree at a time. Deftly weaving together still photos and film footage, Rita Leistner, an award-winning photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker and erstwhile tree planter, depicts the contradictions in the experiences of the tree planters the hardship and the...

Join the Curiosity Quest crew on this quest to learn how bowling balls are made. And, not just any bowling balls -- but scented bowling balls!

Did you know that light bulbs can be recycled and made into new products? Join the host of Curiosity Quest Goes Green, Joel Greene as he explores the Lighting Resources facility in Texas to learn how they collect old light bulbs. Then they dump them all into an incredible machine that breaks them apart, safely collects the mercury, chops, cleans, and separates them. Lastly, Greene follows the crushed light bulb remnants to a Glass Recycled in Texas to watch the process of mixing the recycled...

Have you ever wondered how mushrooms are grown? Follow Joel Greene and the Curiosity Quest as they travel through the Monterey Mushrooms facility to learn how these tasty fungi are grown and shipped all over the world.

Part of the Earth's Furies series: With teams of experts tracking them all over the world, earthquakes are one of the most heavily-monitored natural phenomenons. Despite this, in places such as Haiti, Nepal and Italy, they continue to be devastating and deadly. But what causes this destructive force of nature and can we minimize destruction? This documentary series focuses on the science behind natural catastrophes and helps audiences to understand these spectacular moments of Earth's anger.

Left for dead after decades of neglect, the terminus of the Colorado River in Northern Mexico was once a vibrant wetland ecosystem the size of Rhode Island. "A Changing Delta" chronicles the stories, issues, and people of the Colorado River Delta in Mexico, and what they've done to reconnect one of the most iconic American rivers to the sea.

Did you know that Americans use approximately 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour! Join Joel on this episode to find out how we can help our planet by recycling these plastic bottles.

A SCIENTIFIC ADVENTURE TO ENCOUNTER THE BAOBABS OF MADAGASCAR AND THE VEZO, A NOMADIC TRIBE OF THE SEA. By their sheer size and original shapes, baobabs are among the most remarkable trees on the planet. Relatively unknown in Madagascar, the giants are currently threatened by deforestation. To study them, in the heart of their forests, the French biologist Cyrille Cornu travel by pirogue with his colleague Wilfried Ramahafaly, exploring 400 km of wild and isolated coastline in the southwest of...

Multi award winning. Her name is GREEN, she is alone in a world that doesn't belong to her. She is a female orangutan, victim of deforestation and resource exploitation. This film is an emotional journey with GREEN's final days. It is a visual ride presenting the devastating impacts of logging and land clearing for palm oil plantations, the choking haze created by rainforest fires and the tragic end of rainforest biodiversity. We watch the effects of consumerism and are faced with our personal...

Did you know that it is illegal in the state of California to throw away your old batteries? Join host Joel Greene as he explores how batteries can be recycled.