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Environment, agriculture & food systems Videos Recommended on Hacker News (104)
Environment, agriculture & food systems is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 104 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2010 and 2026 — 265 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Environment and farming: conservation, pollution, plastics, recycling, water, deforestation, farming, regenerative agriculture, fisheries, food supply, vertical farming, sustainability.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Dominion (2018) - full documentary [Official]: “this documentary made me re-evaluate my diet.” — an HN commenter, 2020.
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3 mo on HNA Third of America Belongs to America
CGP Grey
3 HN recommender · 2018–2020
3 mo on HNWho’s Taking America’s Water? | Climate Town
Climate Town
3 HN recommender · 2024–2026
3 mo on HN50 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything | Short Film Showcase
National Geographic
3 HN recommender · 2018–2022
3 mo on HNInside Africa's Food Forest Mega-Project
Andrew Millison
3 HN recommender · 2025–2026
2 mo on HNIf You Eat Meat You Should Know This
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
3 HN recommender · 2025–2026
2 mo on HNHow Wolves Change Rivers [REMASTERED HD] - George Monbiot
Sustainable Human
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNIowa Swine Day 2022: Agriculture at the End of the World
Iowa Pork Industry Center
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HN#Earth 🌏 Will we survive this ? Amazing⚡️ #crashcourse on #collapse & #environment by #ArthurKeller
NEXT - Les Mondes Sensibles (byThePassengerStudio)
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
2 mo on HNInternet of food: Arduino-based, urban aquaponics in Oakland
Kirsten Dirksen
2 HN recommender · 2013–2018
2 mo on HNCody's Algae Panel
Cody'sLab
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNGeorge Carlin - Saving the Planet
Dadniel
2 HN recommender · 2014–2024
2 mo on HNIs Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNFreeman Dyson: Heretical Thoughts About Science and Society
Boston University
2 HN recommender · 2014–2023
2 mo on HNIs Meat Really that Bad?
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNTractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly
Motherboard
3 HN recommender · 2018–2018
2 mo on HNRegreening the desert with John D. Liu | VPRO Documentary | 2012
vpro documentary
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HNScavenging rechargeable lithium cells from the roadside
bigclivedotcom
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNWhy Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World 🍔
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
2 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HNIs Our Food Becoming Less Nutritious?
Veritasium
2 HN recommender · 2019–2022
2 mo on HNHow to grow fresh air | Kamal Meattle
TED
2 HN recommender · 2016–2026
2 mo on HNGay Frogs: A Deep Dive
Oki's Weird Stories
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNFinal Warning Limits to Growth
biopilz
1 HN recommend · 2017–2020
2 mo on HNCan We Terraform the Sahara to Stop Climate Change?
Real Engineering
3 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HNWhat *Really* happens to used Electric Car Batteries? - (you might be surprised)
JerryRigEverything
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNWhy Are 96,000,000 Black Balls on This Reservoir?
Veritasium
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1385 - Paul Stamets
PowerfulJRE
2 HN recommender · 2020–2021
1 mo on HNPlastic Wars (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
FRONTLINE PBS | Official
1 HN recommend · 2020–2023
1 mo on HNCows, Carbon and Climate | Joel Salatin | TEDxCharlottesville
TEDx Talks
1 HN recommend · 2017–2022
1 mo on HNForgotten wrecks are a time bomb | DW Documentary
DW Documentary
1 HN recommend · 2020–2021
1 mo on HNThe Problem with Biofuels
Real Engineering
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNTom Chi: How to Address our Carbon Debt to Heal the Planet
Foresight Institute
2 HN recommender · 2019–2022
1 mo on HNLiam – An Innovation Story
Apple
1 HN recommend · 2016–2020
1 mo on HNWhy Farmers Can't Legally Replant Their Own Seeds
Veritasium
1 HN recommend · 2025–2025
1 mo on HNPlastics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
1 HN recommend · 2021–2021
1 mo on HNWhat Microplastics Are Doing to the Brain, Body, and Reproductive Systems
FoundMyFitness
1 HN recommend · 2024–2026
1 mo on HNForest Man
William D McMaster
1 HN recommend · 2014–2021