GERF Hall of Fame – Comprehensive Documentary List
Here we have gone through all 150+ listings of amazing individuals and projects in our “Hall of Fame”, where we honor Earth restorers the world over for their lifetime great works for our planet. There are countless videos in this collection, but since we were looking for those which would be good to show at film screenings (such as our Climate Solutions Film Series at Fort Worden Commons)
A Brain Spa in Portugal for Creative Optimists – Leyla Acaroglu (6m5s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0j4SL8ztoQ&t=6s
Aguas de Oro – Maxima Acuña de Chaupe – (16m46s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWP9IOvrXBM
Alfred Brownell – 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize, Africa – (5m4s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4MEyPzsuK8
Ancient Futures – Helena Norberg-Hodge – (59m15s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnWMRR6ZCgU
Beyond the Horizon – Boyan Slat – (7m8s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPrgCPKG-cA
Build Simply – Choitresh Kumar “Bablu” Ganguly – (36m26s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1JSlquSino
Champions of the Earth: Russia – 2009 – Dr. Olga Speranskaya (2m36s) – https://vimeo.com/23303099
Chasing Coral – Jeff Orlowski – (1h28m58s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGGBGcjdjXA
Climate Change in Romania – Octavian Berchanu – (25m54s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir4DgZFTbuY
Cooling the Planet with Carbon Farming – John Wick – (4m19s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ak6fa3Yjc4
Creating Change Through Permaculture – Joseph Lentunyoi – (8m17s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt1vIi_y1jw
The Eden Project – (4m59s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8unx8-pZxg
Epicentro Mariza – Marsha Hanzi – (14m) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyEUn0-41lI
Fatima Jibrell – 2002 Goldman Prize Winner, Somalia – (5m7s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLfgzbH7Nls
Fighting Plastic and Public Ridicule – Afroz Shah – (5m3s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8HxIfz07rk&t=3s
Fantastic Fungi: The Spirit of Good – Paul Stamets – (2m24s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wzBPSbTGYM
Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration in Niger – Tony Rinaudo – (9m37s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyJc3vPqOx8 (part 1), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVAZjX5rwHw (part 2)
For 30 Days I Wore Every Piece of Trash I Created – Robin Greenfield – (4m25s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vCstrZ7ilk
Forest Gardening with Robert Hart – Robert Hart – (15m52s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBQCKK4sLhg
Forest Man – Jadav Payeng – (16m34s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkZDSqyE1do&t=195s
Forest Man of Ecuador – Omar Tello – (7m22s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fPIyt4PHTA
Free Machi Francisca Linconau – (1m28s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FycRe7wZQ0g
From Sand Dunes to Green Forests – Yin Yuzhen – (13m12s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqkok2p-Kw8
Grassroots Initiative – Samson Parashina – (3m13s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2UMnFZ_-T8
The Green Belt Movement – Wangari Maathai – (8m51s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQU7JOxkGvo
Green Gold – John D. Liu – (47m30s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBLZmwlPa8A
Guardiana de los Ríos – Berta Cáceres – (12m46s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btbMI2VT_AQ
Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary: And the Forest Came Back! – Boris Ersson – (17m12s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eDLjzUNbrQ
Hope for the Future: Sunday Morning – Jane Goodall – (7m46s) – https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jane-goodall-the-book-of-hope-a-survival-guide-for-trying-times/
Hope in a Changing Climate – John D. Liu – (29m25s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLdNhZ6kAzo
How One Man Created a Forest in a Cold Desert of Himachal Pradesh – Anand Dhawaj Neji – (7m15s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-foEwcAu_zw
How to Quit your Job and Start Farming – Joel Salatin – (45m41s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dp-5YAQ4VM
In Grave Danger of Falling Food – Bill Mollison – (51m54s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Jff5UoCOE
In Memory of Maria Taant – (3m57s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG0vJGGjMh0
In Senegal, a Master of Permaculture Grows a Lush Oasis in the Desert – Goran N’Diaye – (4m23s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYMIbLoxW8U
Isidro Baldenegro López – 2005 Goldman Prize Winner, Mexico – (4m49s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbPKXGUuH7M
Jeff Orlowski – Champion of the Earth 2017 for Inspiration and Action – (2m15s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz9PiGJy7Dc
Joan Carling – 2018 Champion of the Earth – (2m44s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRFSyQV5hMc
Joel Salatin’s Ultimate Mobile Farm Structures – Joel Salatin – (47m17s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNRRGlvBTdk
Kehkashan Basu – Lifestory – (5m26s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhBx4YZqsqI
Las Gaviotas – Gaviotas Community – (15m21s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xogJew_nlko
Legend of the Forest – Akira Miyawaki – (9m43s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfZTzsQ4gEs
Life in Syntropy – Ernst Götsch – (15m28s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPNRu4ZPvE&t=1s
Living in Harmony with Nature – Sepp Holzer – (5m38s) – https://youtu.be/tSc_BtVh1Qc?si=7gw-5VFR0g3-0XYo
Louise Mabulo – 2019 Young Champion of the Earth – (3m1s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jTv68k5JIU
Ludhiana’s Green Man – Rohit Mehra – (4m10s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz53bTIJw8A
The Man who Grew His Own Amazon Rainforest – Omar Tello – (5m3s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AngaeIf78AQ
The Man Who Planted a Forest – Jadav Payeng – (23m34s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpqaN21Bfgw
The Man who Planted Trees – Jean Giono – (30m8s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYlsIZXCQa4
The Man Who Plants Baobabs: A Burkina Faso Hero – El Hadji Salifou Ouédraogo – (12m34s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv8keCMr0WU
Maria Kolesnikova – 2021 Champion of the Earth – (2m31s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVIDHCflo5U
Miraculous Abundance – Charles and Perrine Hervé-Gruyer – (3m26s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpQ62zwywBU
Miyawaki Plantation Method – Akira Miyawaki – (4m12s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5jtg2q1gnU
Natural Sequence Farming – Peter Andrews – (28m45s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4OBcRHX1Bc
Nemonte Nenquimo – 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize, Ecuador – (4m50s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl4LAwHkaYM
On the Fence: Chipko Movement Re-visited – Sunderlal Bahuguna – (29m14s) – https://youtu.be/tlooQxBTrL8?si=EHXLvBQ-CPtdleRW
One Straw Revolution – Masanobu Fukuoka – (24m37s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj7nrOjhMtk
The Organic Pharmacist – Dr. Ahmed Salah – (11m54s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSvvZZ4TR5I
Percival A. Yeomans – A News Report – (9m27s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc18o6j9fGQ&t=109s
Permaculture – Positive Change for a World in Crisis – Geoff Lawton – (3m21s) – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_r1ELEvAuN0peKUxI0Umw
Permaculture – Robert Hart’s Food Forest – (48m6s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vkH-vBVqYw
Planting Tomorrow – Rishi Kumar – (7m6s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18fp4qBGm-Y&t=1s
A Tree a Day: Planting a Small Forest in 24 Hours – Beau Miles – (17m52s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbA-hoIuHM4
Ralegan Siddhi Documentary – Anna Hazare – (12m26s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-RVQQky050
Reforestation to Replenish Water Supplies – Global Ideas – Ana Paola & Flavia Balderi – (7m31s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaRkRsfEz-Q
Re-Greening in Niger – Dr. Chris Reij – (8m55s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBv7_K0PtZo
Restoring Dry Land in Tanzania – Bishop Simon Chiwanga – (7m8s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPJ9T4yAEGs
Rodrigo Tot – 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize, Guatemala – (4m57s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttruK2AYh8
Securing Gorillas’ Future through Coffee – Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka – (3m11s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZQCkzLoc8
Seven Hectares Back – Omar Tello – (9m42s) – https://vimeo.com/297884747
Shouf Biosphere Cedar Reserve: A Breathtaking Mountain to Experience in Chouf Barouk – Nizar Hani – (16m3s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhWVIlJ9rPw
Running out of Time – Alan Savory – (47m28s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7pI7IYaJLI
The Seeds of Vandana Shiva – (1h22m) – https://vimeo.com/ondemand/theseedsofvandanashiva
Sepp Holzer’s Mountain Permaculture Farm – Sepp Holzer – (33m44s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GMXqgQIU9c
The Story of Al Baydha – Neal Spackman – (19m47s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T39QHprz-x8
The Story of Dhun – Manvendra Singh Shekhawat – (9m51s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=415an1V0FxQ
The Teen Fighting to Protect Canada’s Water – Autumn Peltier – (7m52s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqdE_7OZaqE&t=1s
Timbaktu – Choitresh Kumar “Bablu” Ganguli – (29m41s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0Wp-5Mjs7Y
Tiny Forest Documentary: About the Effects of the Miyawaki Method in the Netherlands – Daan Bleichrodt – (9m55s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHVQtDtlMk
Water Gandhi – Rajendra Singh – (13m46s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgUBy-XmKJc
The Water Harvester – Zephaniah Phiri Maseko – (20m18s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieqYZaT0JwA
Water is Earth’s Blood – The Old and New Water Paradigms to Restore Our Planet’s Health – Zach Weiss – (17m20s) – https://youtu.be/Vik4vUN3SPI?si=zKdkoX9RxJlQs26N
Water is Life – The Water Retention Landscape of Tamera – Sepp Holzer – (12m28s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hF2QL0D5ww&t=4s
Waterman – Rajendra Singh – (2m53s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEFOLZ3vxvc
What Yacouba Did Next… – Yacouba Sawadago – (11m52s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wezxNnkcsW8
Wisdom Weavers of the World – Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff – (14m11s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2phg8nOd5E
Women-Led Effort to Restore Brazil’s Atlantic Forest – Ana Paola & Flavia Balderi – (3m34s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF5OP4yxQ7E&t=111s
Why not paradise? – Marsha Hanzi – (27m29s) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS-EgCmW_Cc
