SHORT FILMS (0–20 mins)

Rongoā is the healing practice and an essential element of the worldview of Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand.

A Day in the Life of Woody showcases the unschooled life of 11-year-old Blackwood, a boy who has been schooled from home all his life.

A mediation on the unexpected similarities to be found between making a beautiful Japanese shakuhachi flute and making a beautiful human.

Helen Dew is an 85-year-old activist with a passion for gardening, community resilience, biochar, seed saving and living simply.

The commons has been an almost-forgotten concept, and yet once provided so much community resilience. This film showcases a new approach.

What does it mean to be on the zero waste journey? And why is it important for us each to take personal responsibility for our waste?

A small-scale, thoughtful and ethical approach to fishing our oceans is possible – this family is leading the way.

We revisit the food forest we filmed five years ago to discover what's changed and how much more wild it's all become – plants and people!

Hua Parakore encapsulates the principles behind growing food from a te ao Māori – Māori worldview perspective.

A film exploring how the simple practice of grazing goats on wild lands can lead to a healthier forest and a more connected community.

Our second film with Brett and Nici of Limestone Permaculture, and the third film in our Permaculture Tours series.

A tour of David Holmgren and Su Dennett's 1-hectare permaculture paradise – explore the home and garden of the co-founder of permaculture.

The Guytons have made a name for themselves as forest gardeners. In this first of two films we tour the forest when it is 23 years old.

What secrets does this family hold to reducing individual impact on the planet by reducing family waste streams?

A step by step guide to foraging for edible seaweeds at your local beach and making gomasio to season your meals.

Find out how to grow an abundance of fruit and vegetables even when you have a tiny backyard garden in the middle of a busy city.

What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact.

A tour of a very small urban section that has been developed using permaculture principles to make best use of the space.

This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life.

A short film showcases Mangarara Farm, where holistic grazing practices are regenerating the land to the biodiverse fields that once were.

Frank and Josje discuss Community Supported Agriculture as a sustainable and viable food system for the future.

Learn about how this couple manages their composting toilet, why it's so important, and how easy it is!

This couple have turned their urban back yard into beautiful neat rows of market garden and help others to garden in their own back yards.

Explore the simple life and beautiful home of this couple in their beautiful off-grid handmade tiny house truck, built with love and skill.

Living simply in just 20 square metres this family has found a different way of living that helps them to feel more sustained and content.

Explore the beautiful food forest Andrew Martin has created from a paddock of grass, and learn all the reasons why he's doing so.

This 17-minute tiny house tour takes us through all the highs and lows of building a tiny house on wheels.

A film showcasing Lou and the Food is Free Laneway she initiated alongside her house, following the principles of #foodisfree.

A tour of Purple Pear Farm, where permaculture principles and biodynamic farming guide the management of gardens and animals.

This film showcases the build of a very tiny house, built using reclaimed materials by a couple with no previous building experience.

A 3-minute time lapse showing the build of an earthbag tiny house built by unskilled labourers at Wurruk'an, in Gippsland, Australia.

The first of two Happen Films tours of well known Limestone Permaculture Farm, where an abundance of food and medicine is grown on 1 acre.

Meet Taj as she gives a tour and describes living simply in this 10 sq metre tiny house built using reclaimed materials.

A short film showcasing Agari Permaculture Farm, a place for exploring natural building and permaculture.