Today’s Solutions: August 07, 2026

Instead of watching another Hollywood blockbuster for your next movie night, use the time to put on an environmental documentary. Why? Because there’s nothing like a quality documentary to get the activist within you jumping out of your seat to make a difference in our world.

If you need some advice on which film to put on the big screen, here’s a fine selection of 8 environmental documentaries that the eco-minded news outlet Grist has selected from the Mountainfilm Festival, which has taken place every year since 1979 in the town of Telluride, Colorado.

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