Tools, services and organisations that do less harm than the default choice, in 43 categories. We’re re-checking every entry against our checklist, one category at a time.
Documentaries and talks on fashion, climate, animals, money and humane technology, from Ron Fricke’s wordless Baraka (1992) to talks by Ellen MacArthur and Thich Nhat Hanh. For documentaries about sustainability and fairness, we look for films that still hold up, linked to the makers’ own pages where we can.
Two to start with: The True Cost, Andrew Morgan’s 2015 film on the people and places that pay for cheap fashion. And Chasing Ice, James Balog’s time-lapse record of melting glaciers, from the director of The Social Dilemma. Both are paid to rent or buy; most of the talks are free to watch.
How we choose: we pick films and talks in the spirit of the 6 principles in our manifesto, from interbeing to what we leave behind, and check that every link still works. Last checked on 13 October 2026.

Shalini Kantayya's 2020 film on bias in facial recognition, following Joy Buolamwini

Becky Hutner's 2022 film on designer Amy Powney's bid to make a fully sustainable range

David Allen's 2023 film on the Knepp estate's rewilding, from Isabella Tree's book

Lush ethics director Hilary Jones on why ethical is the new normal (Meaning 2016)

Pam Warhurst on the small actions that grew into Incredible Edible (Meaning 2012)

Jo Berry of Building Bridges for Peace on the disarming power of empathy (Meaning 2016)

Andrew Morgan's 2015 film on the people and places that pay for cheap fashion

Liberti and Parenti's 2018 film tracing how China's meat demand reaches the Amazon

Tristan Harris on how a few tech firms steer billions of minds every day (TED 2017)

Fisher Stevens and Leonardo DiCaprio's 2016 climate film, shot on five continents

Baichwal, de Pencier and Burtynsky's 2018 film on how humans reshape the planet

NASA climate scientist James Hansen on why he had to speak out on warming (TED 2012)

Graham Hill on living with less stuff, in less space, and being happier (TED 2011)

Richard Stallman on free software and digital freedom at TEDxGeneva 2014

Amber Case on calm technology that informs without grabbing attention (2017 talk)

Mariah Hay on why product managers carry a duty to do no harm (Mind the Product 2018)

Amber Case on how phones and screens are turning us all into cyborgs (TED 2010)

Ellen MacArthur on the circular economy she saw after sailing solo round the world

Ron Finley on planting food gardens on the verges of South Central LA (TED 2013)

Kathryn Schulz on why being wrong is human, and worth embracing (TED 2011)

Charles Ferguson's Oscar-winning 2010 film on what caused the 2008 financial crash

Ron Fricke's wordless 1992 film, shot in 25 countries, a meditation on humanity

Chris Kelly's BAFTA-nominated film on Cambodia's land-rights protests, shot over 6 years

Ai Weiwei's 2017 film on the refugee crisis, shot by 25 crews in 22 countries

Robert Waldinger on what a 75-year Harvard study says makes a good life (TED 2015)

Greta Thunberg's case for acting on climate right now, at TEDxStockholm in 2018

Tristan Harris's 2017 talk on 'time well spent' and design that competes for attention

James Balog's time-lapse record of melting glaciers, from The Social Dilemma's director

Jerry Rothwell's 2015 film on the friends who founded Greenpeace, from unseen footage

Hedge fund founder Paul Tudor Jones on why capitalism must serve more than profit

Shaun Monson's 2005 film on how we use animals for food, clothing, fun and research

Louie Psihoyos' Oscar-winning 2009 film on the dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan

Thich Nhat Hanh and David Suzuki in conversation on ecology and mindfulness