Super Eco

Photo credit: Food Inc.

Back-to-school doesn't have to mean time to come in from the deep end, towel off and get serious—not for grownups, right? That's just for those pesky kids. Now that they're all headed back to school, we can snag a few hours to creep into a cool, dark movie theatre. ... What's that? Of course, we're talking about serious films here! This is stuff worth watching—come on, this is the Earth we're talking about.

Shhh. Now pass the popcorn, please.

• Dirt Dirt tells the story of Earth's most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility, from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. Narrated by Jaime Lee Curtis, it brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact of soil.
• Food Inc. This film cracks open the truth behind the factory farm mindset of the industrial food production system. Food Inc. examines how the American food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment.
• HOME You don't even have to go to the theatre for this one—watch HOME online right at home! This film explores world environmental and social challenges through aerial photos taken in more than 50 countries across the globe 
• The Cove This multiple award-winning documentary on Japanese dolphin killing has garnered some of the year's best reviews.
• No Impact Man Coming in September, this movie follows one man's obsessive, year-long quest to live sustainably.