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Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret

  • 20142014
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  • 1h 30m
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Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)
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Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustaina... Read allFollow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability.Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability.
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  • Directors
    • Kip Andersen
    • Keegan Kuhn
  • Writers
    • Kip Andersen
    • Keegan Kuhn
  • Stars
    • Bruce Hamilton
    • Kip Andersen
    • Al Gore(archive footage)
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  • Directors
    • Kip Andersen
    • Keegan Kuhn
  • Writers
    • Kip Andersen
    • Keegan Kuhn
  • Stars
    • Bruce Hamilton
    • Kip Andersen
    • Al Gore(archive footage)
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    Bruce Hamilton
    Bruce Hamilton
    • Self - Sierra Club, Deputy Executive Directoras Self - Sierra Club, Deputy Executive Director
    Kip Andersen
    Kip Andersen
    • Self - Film Co-Directoras Self - Film Co-Director
    Al Gore
    Al Gore
    • Self - Former U.S. Vice Presidentas Self - Former U.S. Vice President
    • (archive footage)
    • …
    Heather Cooley
    Heather Cooley
    • Self - Pacific Institute, Water Program Co-Directoras Self - Pacific Institute, Water Program Co-Director
    Manucher Alemi
    Manucher Alemi
    • Self - CA Dept. Water Resources, Chief, Water Use and Efficiency Branchas Self - CA Dept. Water Resources, Chief, Water Use and Efficiency Branch
    Kamyar Guivetchi
    Kamyar Guivetchi
    • Self - CA Dept. Water Resources, Statewide Integrated Water Managementas Self - CA Dept. Water Resources, Statewide Integrated Water Management
    Richard Oppenlander
    Richard Oppenlander
    • Self - Environmental Researcher - Author, 'Food Choices and Sustainability (as Dr. Richard Oppenlander)as Self - Environmental Researcher - Author, 'Food Choices and Sustainability (as Dr. Richard Oppenlander)
    Kirk R. Smith
    Kirk R. Smith
    • Self - Professor of Global Environmental Health, University of California Berkeleyas Self - Professor of Global Environmental Health, University of California Berkeley
    Demosthenes Maratos
    Demosthenes Maratos
    • Self - The Sustainability Institute, at Molloy Collegeas Self - The Sustainability Institute, at Molloy College
    Will Tuttle
    Will Tuttle
    • Self - Environmental and Ethics Author (as Dr. Will Tuttle)as Self - Environmental and Ethics Author (as Dr. Will Tuttle)
    Michael Pollan
    Michael Pollan
    • Self - Best Selling Food Author, 'In Defense of Food'as Self - Best Selling Food Author, 'In Defense of Food'
    Michael Besancon
    Michael Besancon
    • Self - Former Whole Foods Market Executiveas Self - Former Whole Foods Market Executive
    Chad Nelsen
    Chad Nelsen
    • Self - Surfrider Foundation, Environmental Director (as Dr. Chaed Nelsen)as Self - Surfrider Foundation, Environmental Director (as Dr. Chaed Nelsen)
    Lisa Agabian
    Lisa Agabian
    • Self - Sea Shepherd Conservation Societyas Self - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
    Lauren Ornelas
    Lauren Ornelas
    • Self - Food Empowerment Project, Executive Directoras Self - Food Empowerment Project, Executive Director
    Susan Hartland
    Susan Hartland
    • Self - Sea Shepherd Conservation Societyas Self - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
    Geoff Shester
    Geoff Shester
    • Self - Oceana, California Program Director (as Dr. Geoff Shester)as Self - Oceana, California Program Director (as Dr. Geoff Shester)
    Lindsey Allen
    Lindsey Allen
    • Self - Rainforest Action Network, Executive Directoras Self - Rainforest Action Network, Executive Director
    • Directors
      • Kip Andersen
      • Keegan Kuhn
    • Writers
      • Kip Andersen
      • Keegan Kuhn
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    • Trivia
      Co-director Kip Andersen became obsessed with (saving) the environment after seeing Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth (2006), eventually leading up to this documentary.
    • Quotes

      Howard Lyman: Do what you can do as well as you can do it every day of your life and you will end up dying one of the happiest individuals that ever ever died.

    • Connections
      Featured in Days of Revolt: The Assault of the Animal Agriculture Industry (2016)

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    10/10
    Courageous Eye-Opener to the #1 Environmental Problem: Animal Agriculture
    This is a major movie event, a real eye opener, documenting why animal agriculture is the #1 contributor to greenhouse gases, the #1 environmental problem , the leading cause of rain forest destruction and habitat loss, creating massive amounts of untreated waste and using far more of our precious aquifers than if we all simply ate a plant-based diet.

    It's not a message most meat eaters and dairy users want to hear, as it's not easy to eat vegan in a culture so oriented to meat consumption. And it's not a message environmental groups acknowledge, a mystery explored by this courageous film maker. After learning that over 1100 activists were murdered in Brazil after protesting conversion of rain forests to animal agriculture, he considered putting the lid on this project.

    But it was too important not to get the message out, he realized. The answer to so many environmental problems is right in front of us. It costs nothing, can be implemented today and simply requires people to switch to a plant based diet, which could amply feed several times our current population with the same production as today.

    One of the most startling statements of the film was this: even if we stopped all systems of transportation (cars, trains, trucks, planes etc.) and turned off our utilities, we would still have irreversible damage from global warming, so long as we continued to raise so many animals for food.

    The take away from this film is, go ahead and conserve energy, put solar on your roof, change to LED light bulbs, minimize long trips. But first, switch to a plant-based diet.
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    • Release date
      • September 15, 2015 (Argentina)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
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      1 hour 30 minutes
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      • 2.35 : 1

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