All Short Documentaries

Organic Urban Farming on a 1/2-Acre Property

In the small town of Oxford, New Zealand, Kane and Fiona Hogan have transformed their urban 1/2-acre property into abundant veggie gardens. The aim of Urban Gardener is to build…

Happen FilmsFebruary 16, 2017

Permaculture

Thriving 23-Year-Old Permaculture Food Forest

In the small town of Riverton at the bottom of New Zealand’s South Island is Robert and Robyn Guyton’s amazing 23-year-old food forest. The 2-acre property has been transformed from…

Happen FilmsNovember 25, 2016

Tiny Houses

Beautiful Off-Grid Tiny House Truck Tour

In this film, we take a tour of Adam and Sian’s beautiful off-grid tiny house truck, which was built using mostly reclaimed materials on the back of a 1969 Bedford.…

Happen FilmsAugust 21, 2016

Tiny Houses

Living Simply in an Off-Grid Tiny House

Tom, Sarah, and their daughter Neesa live in a 20sqm off-grid tiny house on a property on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. Instead of paying rent, they share the work…

Happen FilmsJune 22, 2016

Permaculture

Man Quits Job in Finance to Create a Food Forest

Andrew Martin once worked in the finance industry in Australia, but after learning about the true state of the world as peak oil and climate change begin to take effect,…

Happen FilmsApril 13, 2016

Tiny Houses

Amazing Off-the-Grid Tiny House on Wheels

This off-grid tiny house on wheels was built by Fred Schultz of Fred’s Tiny Houses in Victoria, Australia. At a cost of around AU$45,000 it’s fully equipped with bathroom, kitchen,…

Happen FilmsNovember 29, 2015

Permaculture

The Food is Free Laneway

The Food is Free Project is a community-building and food-growing initiative that began in 2012 in the USA and has taken root in many communities all over the world since…

Happen FilmsNovember 14, 2015

Permaculture

Purple Pear Biodynamic Permaculture Farm Tour

A tour of Purple Pear Farm in New South Wales, Australia, a permaculture and biodynamic farm with rotating tractor domes over mandala garden beds, pigs, chooks and some great philosophy.…

Happen FilmsOctober 30, 2015

Tiny Houses

Couple Builds Tiny House for Only $420!

Meet Liam and Rachel, who built this cute 6.25-metre tiny house for just $420. Using almost entirely recycled materials, including bits and pieces scavenged from building sites and dumpsters, the…

Happen FilmsOctober 20, 2015

Tiny Houses

Time Lapse of Earthbag Tiny House Construction

This 3-minute time lapse shows the construction of a SuperAdobe earthbag tiny house built in the community where we lived while filming the feature-length documentary A Simpler Way: Crisis as…

Happen FilmsOctober 7, 2015

Permaculture

Beautiful 1-Acre Small Scale Permaculture Farm

A tour of Limestone Permaculture Farm in New South Wales, Australia. Brett Cooper manages the 1-acre property as a productive farm helping to feed around 50 families. The tour includes…

Happen FilmsSeptember 26, 2015

Tiny Houses

Building a Beautiful Rustic Tiny House

Check out the construction and a tour of this cute 10-square-metre mostly recycled tiny house with a lead-light geodesic dome window, built on land shared by a community committed to…

Happen FilmsApril 28, 2015

Permaculture

Agari Permaculture Farm, in Victoria, Australia, is a workshop space for natural building, permaculture, natural health, healing and more. This little 4-minute film shows off their amazing cob house, earthbag dome,…

Happen FilmsFebruary 23, 2015

ALL SHORT FILMS