92% of Her Vegetables In Just 4 Hours a Week The Plummery, 5-year Revisit Other films you might like Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture 8 mins Hua Parakore Hua Parakore encapsulates the principles behind growing food from a te ao Māori – Māori worldview perspective. Permaculture, Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Urban Living 8 mins The Plummery 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. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living 12 mins Creatures of Place This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Share your thoughts about The Plummery Revisit Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ Aeyla-n1r “ daviddreher8588 “ yvonnescraftycorner Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Watch our first film with Kat: The Plummery Find out more about Kat and The Plummery: Kat Lavers' Website Kat Lavers' Instagram Subtitles Most of our subtitles are generated by YouTube (English) or created by volunteers. We try to make time to correct YouTube's English but for other languages we can't control the quality, sorry! Download your preferred language and upload it via your media player. The Plummery, 5-Year Revisit – English If you'd like to volunteer to create subtitles in your language, please contact us ! Back in 2019 we visited Kat Lavers at her Melbourne home, The Plummery. We were awed not just by the abundance of food growing in her 100sq/m back yard, but by her approach to life, her household and community practices, and her wonderful eloquence. That film has been a hit – 2.2 million views to date on YouTube and over 1500 comments that are overwhelmingly inspired, excited, loving and grateful to Kat for her quiet wisdom. The film was also selected in four international film festivals. It’s been on our mind to film with Kat again – to see if things have changed in the garden and in her thinking. Happily Kat was equally excited to share an update and even expand on her insights into inner-city gardening and living. We shot a revisit film with her in December 2024, just at the start of Melbourne’s summer, and this time Kat spoke about creating resilience both in our gardens and in our homes. We also get to see some of the very cool critters that maintain her garden’s thriving ecosystem. Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Permaculture About The Plummery, 5-year Revisit 12 mins “ I absolutely love your garden! I have watched the first film so many times! So this second one is a delight! Thank you! Aeyla-n1r YouTube ” “ I get some much inspiration from watching smaller spaces produce such abundance. I'm filled with awe at what can be accomplished with consistent effort and love for the process. daviddreher8588 YouTube ” “ How wonderful to see an update, I shared the first video with many people to try to encourage them to grow food not lawns. Thank you for sharing. yvonnescraftycorner YouTube ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

This Couple Live an Ultra Low-Waste Life and You Can Too! The Rubbish Trip Other films you might like Zero Waste, Community, Urban Living, Food & Gardening 39 mins Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story Follow the remarkable journey of a passionate man making composting at a community-wide scale not just a dream but the real thing. Permaculture, Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Urban Living 8 mins The Plummery 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. Share your thoughts about The Rubbish Trip film Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @earth2jennyl “ @barbarajones9069 “ @slowhappytravels “ @onestrangeboat Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Festival selections: Subtitles Most of our subtitles are generated by YouTube (English) or created by volunteers. We try to make time to correct YouTube's English but for other languages we can't control the quality, sorry! Download your preferred language and upload it via your media player. The Rubbish Trip - English If you'd like to volunteer to create subtitles in your language, please contact us ! Hannah and Liam are the inspiring couple behind The Rubbish Trip, originally a nationwide tour offering free zero waste workshops around Aotearoa New Zealand. Now experts on the why’s and how’s of reducing waste, Hannah and Liam are our personal zero waste heroes – educators, advocates, and activists on a subject that is ultimately about so much more than waste. For this film, we asked Hannah and Liam about their perspective on what it means to be zero waste, what it’s taken for them to make suitable lifestyle changes toward that goal, and their work in advocacy and activism. This short film offers inspiration and encouragement to all of us, no matter where we are on our waste minimisation journey. Hannah and Liam’s story offers another opportunity for Happen Films to contribute to the global conversation about waste. It is topical and it needs urgent action. We see it as a critical subject to be discussing in our households, communities, businesses, and with our governments: how can each and every one of us assume responsibility for our impact on the planet and on each other and work towards the necessary system change? Find out more about Hannah & Liam and The Rubbish Trip The Rubbish Trip website Instagram Facebook Zero Waste, Urban Living, Simple Living About The Rubbish Trip 17 mins “ I loved this video! I feel inspired, not lectured. Thank you! @earth2jennyl YouTube ” “ I have been working towards minimal waste but your film has inspired me to go for zero waste and hopefully inspire others. @barbarajones9069 YouTube ” “ Wow, Hannah and Liam are amazing human beings! Thank you for sharing their story. I'm slowly adopting the "zero-waste" lifestyle. I have so much to learn but watching this video was super helpful and inspiring! @slowhappytravels YouTube ” “ This is really impactful, thank you. Makes me think a lot about how I can change my lifestyle too! @onestrangeboat YouTube ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

FILMS ABOUT ZERO WASTE Transitioning to a lifestyle in which our consumption habits don't impact negatively on the planet, our society and our health is one of the most straightforward ways we can each make immediate changes for the good of all. 'Zero Waste' is a term that can make the mission sound alarming and impossible, but it sets a beautiful intention. What does transitioning to zero waste look like? Why is it important? Across these films you'll hear stories from peole who've made that journey their life goal, as well as from people for whom composting food scraps, composting human waste, being frugal in the home, and homesteading are all conscious or unconscious steps on that path. We hope you'll learn heaps and be deeply inspired! Browse all films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Feature (+40 mins) Mid-length (21-40 mins) Short (0-20 mins) Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste The New Peasants 66 mins Our new feature film won Best Environmental Documentary at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2025. Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Economy, Urban Living Being the Change at 85 13 mins Helen Dew is an 85-year-old activist with a passion for gardening, community resilience, biochar, seed saving and living simply. Zero Waste, Urban Living, Simple Living The Rubbish Trip 17 mins 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? Zero Waste, Community, Urban Living, Food & Gardening Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story 39 mins Follow the remarkable journey of a passionate man making composting at a community-wide scale not just a dream but the real thing. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living A Life with Less Waste 8 mins What secrets does this family hold to reducing individual impact on the planet by reducing family waste streams? Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Food & Gardening, Community, Economy Degrowth in the Suburbs 15 mins What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living Creatures of Place 12 mins This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Community, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living, Permaculture, Economy, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Zero Waste Living the Change 86 mins Living the Change is a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to the global crises we face today. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste Closing the Loop 7 mins Learn about how this couple manages their composting toilet, why it's so important, and how easy it is! Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste A Simpler Way 78 mins What would it look like to live within Earth's available resources? This group came together to explore a one-world-footprint lifestyle. Community, Simple Living, Permaculture, Homes & Building, Zero Waste $420 Tiny House 4 mins This film showcases the build of a very tiny house, built using reclaimed materials by a couple with no previous building experience.

Permaculture Tours Episode 2: Melliodora Melliodora Tour Other films you might like Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Food & Gardening, Community, Economy 15 mins Degrowth in the Suburbs What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living 14 mins Abdallah House A tour of a very small urban section that has been developed using permaculture principles to make best use of the space. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living 12 mins Creatures of Place This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Share your thoughts about Melliodora Tour Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @BioGartenReich “ @Gia_Mc_Fia “ @sophieisobelasher “ @bedurveghardwoodgardenbeds7047 Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Find out more about Melliodora and David and Su’s work: Holmgren Design: https://holmgren.com.au/melliodora Retrosuburbia: https://retrosuburbia.com In Episode 2 of Permaculture Tours, we visit Melliodora, the home of David Holmgren and Su Dennett in Victoria, Australia. David is the co-originator of the permaculture concept and this tour offers an insight into how he and Su have designed their home and gardens according to permaculture principles. Come and take a tour through the four zones that make up their 1-hectare property – vegetable gardens, fruit trees, geese, goats and chickens, a tiny house, and a very cool “cool cupboard” in the kitchen! Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature About Melliodora Tour 11 mins “ I love this place! Thank you so much for sharing! Imagine how the world would look like if many more people lived like this! Paradise. @BioGartenReich YouTube ” “ So inspiring!! I love to see love for the earth like this. Really brightens my day. Thank you so much for sharing! @Gia_Mc_Fia YouTube ” “ Amazing! I’ve always wanted to see this property. @sophieisobelasher Instagram ” “ A beautifully crafted short film about a beautifully crafted lifestyle. Thanks! @bedurveghardwoodgardenbeds7047 YouTube ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

FILMS ABOUT FOOD AND GARDENING In this selection of films you'll find a wide range of approaches to growing food. So much personal and collective resilience comes from having local and backyard access to quality food – our health and the planet's health depend on it! Here you'll find examples of permaculture gardening, food forest gardening, oraganic gardening, an indigenous perspective on food growing, gardening in tiny spaces and gardening across acres, growing food to share with others and composting everything from food scraps to poo – you name it, if it has to do with growing beautiful soil and beautiful vegetables we're interested! Browse all films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Feature (+40 mins) Mid-length (21-40 mins) Short (0-20 mins) Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature 15 Years of Limestone Permaculture Farm 12 mins Limestone Permaculture Farm is a 1-acre property in Stroud Road, NSW, Australia. This is our third film with them! Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste The New Peasants 66 mins Our new feature film won Best Environmental Documentary at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2025. Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Permaculture The Plummery, 5-year Revisit 12 mins In this film we revisit The Plummery, the 100sq/m backyard garden in inner-city Melbourne where Kat Lavers lives and gardens. Regenerating Nature, Food & Gardening, Community Rongoā Māori 11 mins Rongoā is the healing practice and an essential element of the worldview of Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Economy, Urban Living Being the Change at 85 13 mins Helen Dew is an 85-year-old activist with a passion for gardening, community resilience, biochar, seed saving and living simply. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living The City Food Commons 12 mins The commons has been an almost-forgotten concept, and yet once provided so much community resilience. This film showcases a new approach. Zero Waste, Community, Urban Living, Food & Gardening Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story 39 mins Follow the remarkable journey of a passionate man making composting at a community-wide scale not just a dream but the real thing. Regenerating Nature, Food & Gardening Fishing for the Future 17 mins A small-scale, thoughtful and ethical approach to fishing our oceans is possible – this family is leading the way. Permaculture, Food & Gardening, Urban Living, Regenerating Nature Growing Wild Together 16 mins 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! Food & Gardening, Community, Permaculture, Urban Living Together We Grow: The Story of Common Unity 39 mins Learn the variety of ways this community comes together to help those in need to have access to great food and meaningful connections Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture Hua Parakore 8 mins Hua Parakore encapsulates the principles behind growing food from a te ao Māori – Māori worldview perspective. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature The Food Forest Farmers 24 mins What role do humans play in Earth's ecosystems and how can we be good stewards of the land? This film showcases syntropic farming as a way. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Farming Limestone Permaculture Tour #3 17 mins Our second film with Brett and Nici of Limestone Permaculture, and the third film in our Permaculture Tours series. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature Melliodora Tour 11 mins A tour of David Holmgren and Su Dennett's 1-hectare permaculture paradise – explore the home and garden of the co-founder of permaculture. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living An Invitation for Wildness 20 mins 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. Permaculture, Food & Gardening How to Make Seaweed Gomasio 11 mins A step by step guide to foraging for edible seaweeds at your local beach and making gomasio to season your meals. Permaculture, Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Urban Living The Plummery 8 mins 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. Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Food & Gardening, Community, Economy Degrowth in the Suburbs 15 mins What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living Abdallah House 14 mins A tour of a very small urban section that has been developed using permaculture principles to make best use of the space. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living Creatures of Place 12 mins This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Community, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living, Permaculture, Economy, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Zero Waste Living the Change 86 mins Living the Change is a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to the global crises we face today. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture The Future of Food 5 mins Frank and Josje discuss Community Supported Agriculture as a sustainable and viable food system for the future. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste Closing the Loop 7 mins Learn about how this couple manages their composting toilet, why it's so important, and how easy it is! Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Urban Living Urban Abundance 5 mins 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. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste A Simpler Way 78 mins What would it look like to live within Earth's available resources? This group came together to explore a one-world-footprint lifestyle. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Economy From Finance to Farmer 15 mins Explore the beautiful food forest Andrew Martin has created from a paddock of grass, and learn all the reasons why he's doing so. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Urban Living The Food Is Free Laneway 4 mins A film showcasing Lou and the Food is Free Laneway she initiated alongside her house, following the principles of #foodisfree. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture Purple Pear Permaculture Farm 6 mins A tour of Purple Pear Farm, where permaculture principles and biodynamic farming guide the management of gardens and animals. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature Limestone Permaculture Tour #1 13 mins 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.

Couple Builds Tiny House for Only $420! $420 Tiny House Other films you might like Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Food & Gardening, Community, Economy 15 mins Degrowth in the Suburbs What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living, Homes & Building 8 mins Building a Beautiful, Rustic Tiny House Meet Taj as she gives a tour and describes living simply in this 10 sq metre tiny house built using reclaimed materials. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living 4 mins Agari Permaculture Farm A short film showcasing Agari Permaculture Farm, a place for exploring natural building and permaculture. Share your thoughts about $420 Tiny House Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @enoch327 “ @australianwoman9696 “ @smileyhappyradio “ @bottlenosedolphin8494 Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . See more about Liam and Rachel’s community in our free-to-view feature film A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity . Meet Liam and Rachel, who built this cute 6.25-metre tiny house for just $420. Using almost entirely reclaimed materials, including bits and pieces scavenged from building sites and dumpsters, the couple built their first home with no previous building experience. The teeny little house has a living area downstairs and above it a loft with a double bed. As they were living in community, Liam and Rachel didn’t need to include a kitchen and bathroom, as they have shared facilities and a communal living space nearby. This is their perfect retreat, surrounded by vegetable plots and looking out onto beautiful native bush. Community, Simple Living, Permaculture, Homes & Building, Zero Waste About $420 Tiny House 4 mins “ Living proof that one man's trash is another man's treasure. Bravo! @enoch327 YouTube ” “ I love this tiny home! It's got soul, unlike commercially built homes. Great job, guys! @australianwoman9696 YouTube ” “ This is one of the most joyful videos I have watched in a long time. Good luck to you with your home! @smileyhappyradio YouTube ” “ This video was heartwarming and gave me hope and spiritual strength. Encouraging, humble and honest simplicity. @bottlenosedolphin8494 YouTube ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

Permaculture Tours Episode 1: Abdallah House Abdallah House Other films you might like Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Food & Gardening, Community, Economy 15 mins Degrowth in the Suburbs What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living 12 mins Creatures of Place This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Economy 15 mins From Finance to Farmer Explore the beautiful food forest Andrew Martin has created from a paddock of grass, and learn all the reasons why he's doing so. Share your thoughts about Abdallah House Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @AussiePharmer “ @passionfruit2819 “ @fionaludbrook8193 “ @janetbransdon3742 Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Find out more about Abdallah House and permaculture: http://abdallahhouse.com http://retrosuburbia.com permacultureprinciples.com Permaculture Principles Explore the ethics and design principles behind the diversity and creativity of permaculture with practical examples of permaculture in action. Subtitles Most of our subtitles are generated by YouTube (English) or created by volunteers. We try to make time to correct YouTube's English but for other languages we can't control the quality, sorry! Download your preferred language and upload it via your media player. Abdallah House- English Abdallah House- Danish If you'd like to volunteer to create subtitles in your language, please contact us ! Welcome to the first episode of our Permaculture Tours series! In this series we diving deep into some amazing properties designed using permaculture principles, with the aim of giving you inspiration and ideas on how to apply these solutions in your own life. In this episode we take a tour of Richard and Kunie’s property, Abdallah House, in Seymour, Australia. On this 1/7th of an acre property, incredible abundance is achieved in the tiny amount of available section through thoughtful design of the garden, house, and marginal spaces. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living About Abdallah House 14 mins “ Great story of sustainability. Well done to the owners and to the film makers. Thank you! @AussiePharmer YouTube ” “ What an amazing lifestyle, this is so inspiring! Thanks a lot for this interesting video. @passionfruit2819 YouTube ” “ Love the quality of the work of Happen Films. Wish SBS or the ABC would run a collection of your short films. @fionaludbrook8193 YouTube ” “ This would have to be one of the most inspiring videos I've ever watched. Thank you. @janetbransdon3742 YouTube ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

Family Living Off the Grid in a Tiny House in New Zealand Living Simply in an Off-Grid Tiny House Other films you might like Permaculture, Food & Gardening, Urban Living, Regenerating Nature 16 mins Growing Wild Together 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! Permaculture, Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Urban Living 8 mins The Plummery 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. Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Food & Gardening, Community, Economy 15 mins Degrowth in the Suburbs What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living 12 mins Creatures of Place This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Share your thoughts about Living Simply in an Off-grid Tiny House Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @emalinedelapaix “ @hannahletinich “ @cracksofthepast “ @barradale_farm Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Find out more about Tom and Sarah Visit their Instagram page Subtitles Most of our subtitles are generated by YouTube (English) or created by volunteers. We try to make time to correct YouTube's English but for other languages we can't control the quality, sorry! Download your preferred language and upload it via your media player. Living Simply in an Off-Grid Tiny Home - English If you'd like to volunteer to create subtitles in your language, please contact us ! 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 of looking after the land with the owners, and both families share in the farm’s abundant produce. We were inspired by how much happier they’ve found themselves by living with less. Tom is a medical doctor and Sarah is an illustrator but both have chosen to reduce their work to almost nothing in order to have more time to focus on living well – a lifestyle choice that is more possible for many of us than we might think. This little 6-minute film has been one of our most popular to date, perhaps because it describes a lifestyle so many of us would love to be living. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living, Homes & Building About Living Simply in an Off-Grid Tiny House 6 mins “ This made me smile and cry. What a beautiful couple and life. So inspiring. @emalinedelapaix YouTube ” “ Love the way you highlight people and their relationship with land and food. @hannahletinich Instagram ” “ This is actually how we are supposed to live! Kudos fo this beautiful family! @cracksofthepast YouTube ” “ Such a lovely family and a great film. @barradale_farm Instagram ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

Farming Sustainably With Regenerative Agriculture Restoring Paradise Other films you might like Permaculture, Food & Gardening, Urban Living, Regenerating Nature 16 mins Growing Wild Together 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! Community, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Farming 12 mins From Weedy Forests to Grassy Woodlands A film exploring how the simple practice of grazing goats on wild lands can lead to a healthier forest and a more connected community. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture 5 mins The Future of Food Frank and Josje discuss Community Supported Agriculture as a sustainable and viable food system for the future. Share your thoughts about Restoring Paradise Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @OurChangingClimate “ @AgroforestryAcademy “ @LITTLEMUSTANGFILLY “ @merquitiedd Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Learn more about Greg's work at Mangarara: Visit the Mangarara website Regenerative agriculture offers a future for the sustainable farming of meat in line with nature’s needs, by using holistic grazing and organic/biodynamic practices and even sequestering carbon in the soil – so important in the fight against climate change. At Mangarara , in New Zealand’s beautiful Hawke’s Bay, Greg Hart and his family are in the process of restoring 1500 acres of land, conventionally farmed for over 150 years, into the paradise it once was. Focusing on diversity of animals, plantings and practices they are creating not only a beautiful landscape but also a beautiful place for animals and people to live and thrive. Holistic grazing keeps the grass long in order to build soil biology, sequester carbon, reduce fossil fuel inputs and keep animals naturally healthy. The neighbouring farmers might think it’s a wasteful practice, but as Greg says in the film, “Waste is a human concept. Nature doesn’t do waste.” Farming, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature About Restoring Paradise 8 mins “ When you get a Happen Films video in your subscription feed, you know it's going to be a great day. Another awesome video, thanks! @OurChangingClimate YouTube ” “ Very inspiring. We believe that working with animals, along with agroforestry systems, is one of the most powerful ways of regenerating soils and ecosystems. Congratulations on the work! @AgroforestryAcademy YouTube ” “ Amazing. Love seeing people who are actually making a change as opposed to just complaining on the internet. @LITTLEMUSTANGFILLY YouTube ” “ This is so incredibly interesting! Thank you for all your videos and work! You inspire! @merquitiedd YouTube ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

Rob Greenfield: Being the (radical) change you wish to see in the world HAPPEN FILMS PODCAST #2 << Previous Podcast Next Podcast >> << Previous Podcast Next Podcast >> Audio only Rob Greenfield: Being the (radical) change you wish to see in the world 00:00 / 58:15 Find out more about Rob Greenfield Website YouTube Instagram Facebook Description In episode 2 of the Happen Films Podcast we’re joined by a Dude Making a Difference, Rob Greenfield. You might already be one of Rob’s hundreds of thousands of followers; if not, we’re delighted to introduce you to him because he’s one of our favourite people out there working to make the world a better place. We’ve been fans of Rob Greenfield’s work for years, and had the opportunity to catch up with him while he was under lockdown in France during Covid-19. With this interruption to daily life giving many the opportunity to reflect on the type of life they’d like to lead, it was interesting to hear about Rob’s personal journey. “It’s been about a decade now since I really shifted my life. I was living a very materialistic life. I wanted to be a millionaire by the time I was thirty. Then I started to listen to other perspectives and I just woke up to the fact that my life was not what I thought it was at all. I was buying into all these lies that corporations had sold me on what I needed to do in order to be a happy, healthy, successful human being and I pretty quickly decided that I was going to radically transform my life.” Rob has gained notoriety around the world for some of his extreme campaigns – wearing all his own rubbish as he accumulated it over the course of a month (there was a lot to carry!); foraging or growing 100% (100%!) of his food for a year. Rather than fulfil his desire to be a millionaire, his financial vows see him donating 100% of his media income to grassroots charities and his financial net worth kept to the very bare minimum. Rob is a great inspiration. Not because we should all choose to live this way – he acknowledges it’s not for everyone – but because he lives his truth in a way that fulfils him, in a way that he can be proud of, and in the way he truly wants to. That seems to us to be something to aspire to, for each of us in our individual ways. Enjoy the podcast! Community, Simple Living, Zero Waste 58 mins Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest Fools & Dreamers Other films you might like Regenerating Nature, Food & Gardening 17 mins Fishing for the Future A small-scale, thoughtful and ethical approach to fishing our oceans is possible – this family is leading the way. Community, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Farming 12 mins From Weedy Forests to Grassy Woodlands A film exploring how the simple practice of grazing goats on wild lands can lead to a healthier forest and a more connected community. Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Food & Gardening, Community, Economy 15 mins Degrowth in the Suburbs What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living 12 mins Creatures of Place This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Share your thoughts about the film Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @phyllisgenetti9970 “ @p_aulwhite “ @yobrvldas “ @anroburger7689 “ @small.footprints.aotearoa Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Festival selections: Find out more about Hinewai Nature Reserve and Hugh Wilson: • Visit the Hinewai Reserve website • Read about the film in the media • The beautiful soundtrack to Fools & Dreamers , composed by Karl Steven and Ariana Tikao, is available for purchase as an album on Bandcamp . All proceeds from sales will be donated to Hinewai Reserve. Support Hinewai Nature Reserve: The work at Hinewai Reserve is made possible in part due to generous donations from people all over the world. If you’d like to make a contribution, big or small, you can do so using the PayPal donate button (you don’t need a PayPal account, just a credit card) or by bank transfer/cheque using the details below. Direct credit: Maurice White Native Forest Trust BNZ Akaroa 02 0832 0044225 00 Cheque: Maurice White Native Forest Trust Hinewai Reserve 632 Long Bay Road R.D.3 Akaroa 7583 New Zealand Subtitles Most of our subtitles are generated by YouTube (English) or created by volunteers. We try to make time to correct YouTube's English but for other languages we can't control the quality, sorry! Download your preferred language and upload it via your media player. Fools & Dreamers - English Fools & Dreamers - Spanish If you'd like to volunteer to create subtitles in your language, please contact us ! Audio Description An audio description (AD) version of this film is also available. Click this link to download the AD version of the Fools & Dreamers film . Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest is a 30-minute documentary about Hinewai Nature Reserve, on New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula, and its kaitiaki/manager of 30 years, botanist Hugh Wilson. When, in 1987, Hugh let the local community know of his plans to allow the introduced ‘weed’ gorse to grow as a nurse canopy to regenerate farmland into native forest, people were not only skeptical but outright angry – the plan was the sort to be expected only of “fools and dreamers”. Now considered a hero locally and across the country, Hugh oversees 1500 hectares resplendent in native forest, where birds and other wildlife are abundant and 47 known waterfalls are in permanent flow. He has proven without doubt that nature knows best – and that he is no fool. Watch the trailer for Fools & Dreamers Endorsements of Fools & Dreamers: “Fools and Dreamers tells the most important story of our time.” – Paul Hawken, founder Project Drawdown “Watch this natural Kiwi miracle: how the earth regenerates native bush if given half a chance.” – Bunny McDiarmid, Executive Director Greenpeace International “A powerful ‘call to action’ for all of us to heed.” – Jonathon Porritt, Forum for the Future “This is an inspirational documentary.” – Dr Mike Joy, freshwater ecologist “Regenerating human rights can learn from nature: it takes ‘Fools and Dreamers’ to give life a chance….” – a personal message from Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of Amnesty International Regenerating Nature, Simple Living About Fools & Dreamers 30 mins “ The world needs thousands of people like him. What a wonderful world it could be again. Legends @phyllisgenetti9970 YouTube ” “ This is my new go to film if ever I start believing that we cannot make change on a personal level. Hugh Wilson speaks with words of wisdom! @p_aulwhite YouTube ” “ This is one of my favourites. I rewatch it every once in a while when my soul needs saving. Tysm for capturing and sharing this story with the rest of the world. @yobrvldas Instagram ” “ I appreciate this documentary so much. This film will be the catalyst for change. @anroburger7689 YouTube ” “ I love this film....watched it over and over and told everyone to watch it. @small.footprints.aotearoa Instagram ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

FILMS ABOUT COMMUNITY In these films community is a focus or an element – the importance of connecting with our community for our health and well being; the ways we can come together in community, living in community, working with community. What difference would resilient communities have on our individual and collective futures? What ways are available to create better connections in our community? How can communities come together to create high-impact change? What are the challenges and joys of living 'in community'? Because we're personally convinced that connected communities will create a resilient future for humanity, you'll find lots of reference to the importance of community across our films! Browse all films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Feature (+40 mins) Mid-length (21-40 mins) Short (0-20 mins) Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste The New Peasants 66 mins Our new feature film won Best Environmental Documentary at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2025. Regenerating Nature, Food & Gardening, Community Rongoā Māori 11 mins Rongoā is the healing practice and an essential element of the worldview of Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. Simple Living, Permaculture, Community, Urban Living A Day in the Life of Woody 12 mins 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. Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Economy, Urban Living Being the Change at 85 13 mins Helen Dew is an 85-year-old activist with a passion for gardening, community resilience, biochar, seed saving and living simply. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living The City Food Commons 12 mins The commons has been an almost-forgotten concept, and yet once provided so much community resilience. This film showcases a new approach. Permaculture, Simple Living, Homes & Building, Community Strawbale Dream Home 25 mins Follow Adam and Sian as they build their traditional timber frame home combining timber joinery, strawbale and cob. Zero Waste, Community, Urban Living, Food & Gardening Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story 39 mins Follow the remarkable journey of a passionate man making composting at a community-wide scale not just a dream but the real thing. Food & Gardening, Community, Permaculture, Urban Living Together We Grow: The Story of Common Unity 39 mins Learn the variety of ways this community comes together to help those in need to have access to great food and meaningful connections Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture Hua Parakore 8 mins Hua Parakore encapsulates the principles behind growing food from a te ao Māori – Māori worldview perspective. Community, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Farming From Weedy Forests to Grassy Woodlands 12 mins A film exploring how the simple practice of grazing goats on wild lands can lead to a healthier forest and a more connected community. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature Melliodora Tour 11 mins A tour of David Holmgren and Su Dennett's 1-hectare permaculture paradise – explore the home and garden of the co-founder of permaculture. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living An Invitation for Wildness 20 mins 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. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living A Life with Less Waste 8 mins What secrets does this family hold to reducing individual impact on the planet by reducing family waste streams? Permaculture, Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Urban Living The Plummery 8 mins 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. Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Food & Gardening, Community, Economy Degrowth in the Suburbs 15 mins What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living Creatures of Place 12 mins This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Community, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living, Permaculture, Economy, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Zero Waste Living the Change 86 mins Living the Change is a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to the global crises we face today. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Urban Living Urban Abundance 5 mins 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. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living, Homes & Building Living Simply in an Off-Grid Tiny House 6 mins 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. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste A Simpler Way 78 mins What would it look like to live within Earth's available resources? This group came together to explore a one-world-footprint lifestyle. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Urban Living The Food Is Free Laneway 4 mins A film showcasing Lou and the Food is Free Laneway she initiated alongside her house, following the principles of #foodisfree. Community, Simple Living, Permaculture, Homes & Building, Zero Waste $420 Tiny House 4 mins This film showcases the build of a very tiny house, built using reclaimed materials by a couple with no previous building experience. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living, Homes & Building Building a Beautiful, Rustic Tiny House 8 mins Meet Taj as she gives a tour and describes living simply in this 10 sq metre tiny house built using reclaimed materials. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living Agari Permaculture Farm 4 mins A short film showcasing Agari Permaculture Farm, a place for exploring natural building and permaculture.

Thriving 23-Year-Old Permaculture Food Forest An Invitation for Wildness Other films you might like Permaculture, Food & Gardening, Urban Living, Regenerating Nature 16 mins Growing Wild Together 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! Permaculture, Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Urban Living 8 mins The Plummery 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. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living 12 mins Creatures of Place This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Share your thoughts about An Invitation for Wildness Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @LandElevated “ @raya7656 “ @elliebella2710 “ @stellamonde Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Find out more about Robert and Robyn Guyton: Watch our follow-up film with Guytons, five years on: Growing Wild Together Visit the Guyton's Facebook Page, The Forest Gardeners Read about the Longwood Loop food resilience network started by Robyn Read more about life at the Guyton’s place on Robert’s blog . Subtitles Most of our subtitles are generated by YouTube (English) or created by volunteers. We try to make time to correct YouTube's English but for other languages we can't control the quality, sorry! Download your preferred language and upload it via your media player. An Invitation for Wildness - English An Invitation for Wildness - Turkish An Invitation for Wildness - Spanish If you'd like to volunteer to create subtitles in your language, please contact us ! 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 a neglected piece of land into a thriving ecosystem of native and exotic trees where birds and insects live in abundance. Robert and Robyn are a huge inspiration to us, not only for their beautiful approach to healing the land and saving heritage trees and seeds, but for the way they’ve impacted on their local community. They’ve operated an environment centre in their town for over 20 years, where the community comes together to learn and discuss, buy produce and sit by the warm fire over a cuppa. We’ve even heard of folk who’ve up and moved to Riverton because they’re so inspired by the Guytons! Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living About An Invitation for Wildness 20 mins “ Truly inspiring. A lot of people prefer this kind of living now. Thanks for giving people great ideas! @LandElevated YouTube ” “ Thank you Happen Films, your videos changed my life and gIve me so much inspiration, I'm so grateful and happy that people who respect nature still exist @raya7656 YouTube ” “ What a brilliant film - thank you so much for sharing the Guyton's inspiring work. Putting it into practice here in Ghana! @elliebella2710 YouTube ” “ This is the video I always come back to. It's the video that has started me down the garden and permaculture rabbit hole, and it is still one of my favourites to watch. @stellamonde YouTube ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

Building Indigenous Food Sovereignty with the Hua Parakore Organic Framework Hua Parakore Other films you might like Regenerating Nature, Food & Gardening 17 mins Fishing for the Future A small-scale, thoughtful and ethical approach to fishing our oceans is possible – this family is leading the way. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature 11 mins Melliodora Tour A tour of David Holmgren and Su Dennett's 1-hectare permaculture paradise – explore the home and garden of the co-founder of permaculture. Farming, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature 8 mins Restoring Paradise A short film showcases Mangarara Farm, where holistic grazing practices are regenerating the land to the biodiverse fields that once were. Share your thoughts about the film Hua Parakore Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @realisticmgmt “ @richdensem “ @annburge291 “ @kirti9751 Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Find out more about Hua Parakore: Watch our full interview with Jessica Hutchings Visit the Te Waka Kai Ora website Visit Jessica Hutchings’ website Purchase Jessica Hutchings’ books on her website Subtitles Most of our subtitles are generated by YouTube (English) or created by volunteers. We try to make time to correct YouTube's English but for other languages we can't control the quality, sorry! Download your preferred language and upload it via your media player. Hua Parakore - Māori Hua Parakore - English If you'd like to volunteer to create subtitles in your language, please contact us ! Hua Parakore was established in Aotearoa New Zealand by Te Waka Kai Ora, the National Māori Organics Authority. It provides a framework using Indigenous values – Māori principles – for producing natural food without chemical inputs or GMO. It also encapsulates the Māori worldview in its approach to how food growers are verified as Hua Parakore, with principles that require practitioners to deeply consider such things as their connection with the land, its energy, the many species living on it, and their community. This documentary provides an insight into Hua Parakore from the perspective of one of its most knowledgeable practitioners – Jessica Hutchings was one of the researchers who helped develop the framework. Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture About Hua Parakore 8 mins “ There is so much we have to learn from Indigenous ways of knowing and caring for the land. Thank you for sharing this insightful piece on Māori principles. @realisticmgmt YouTube ” “ Loved it. Watched the full interview too. Makes for interesting viewing after just finishing Charles Eisenstein's book on the story of interbeing. @richdensem Instagram ” “ Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for making this film. @annburge291 YouTube ” “ Nine minutes of inspiring holistic practical wisdom. Thank you for bringing the values underlying the farm as a gentle immersive experience. @kirti9751 YouTube ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

Living a Radically Simple Permaculture Life Creatures of Place Other films you might like Community, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living 8 mins A Life with Less Waste What secrets does this family hold to reducing individual impact on the planet by reducing family waste streams? Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Food & Gardening, Community, Economy 15 mins Degrowth in the Suburbs What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Share your thoughts about Creatures of Place Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @joiab11 “ @hollyandleah “ @patchworkpenny328 “ @alwaysaboutthejourney Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Festival selections: Subtitles Most of our subtitles are generated by YouTube (English) or created by volunteers. We try to make time to correct YouTube's English but for other languages we can't control the quality, sorry! Download your preferred language and upload it via your media player. Creatures of Place - English Creatures of Place - French Creatures of Place - Spanish Creatures of Place - Spanish Latin America If you'd like to volunteer to create subtitles in your language, please contact us ! Creatures of Place is an insight into the wonderful world of Artist as Family: Meg Ulman, Patrick Jones, and their youngest son, Woody. Living on an urban 1/4-acre section in a small Australian town, Meg and Patrick have designed their property using permaculture principals. They grow most of their own food, don’t own cars – riding their bikes instead – use very little electricity, and forage food and materials from their local forest. We found their story super inspiring and we think you will too! We love this family and have made a few films about them! Watch more at the links below: From Weedy Forests to Grassy Woodlands A Day in the Life of Woody The New Peasants (in production) And find out more about Artist as Family by signing up to their blog . Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living About Creatures of Place 12 mins “ This was an amazing film. It brought tears to my eyes, and I'm inspired to change my life. @joiab11 YouTube ” “ I have watched this several times. Out of all the videos I have watched on minimalism, living clean and simply, this one speaks to me and motivates me the most to live out my soul beliefs! @hollyandleah YouTube ” “ One of my favourites - inspiring beautiful people. @patchworkpenny328 Instagram ” “ This is so inspiring. It has me asking myself what I can give up? What more can I contribute? Thank you for this film. @alwaysaboutthejourney YouTube ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

Cute $2500 rustic tiny house with beautiful geodesic dome window Building a Beautiful, Rustic Tiny House Other films you might like Community, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living, Permaculture, Economy, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Zero Waste 86 mins Living the Change Living the Change is a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to the global crises we face today. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste 78 mins A Simpler Way What would it look like to live within Earth's available resources? This group came together to explore a one-world-footprint lifestyle. Community, Simple Living, Permaculture, Homes & Building, Zero Waste 4 mins $420 Tiny House This film showcases the build of a very tiny house, built using reclaimed materials by a couple with no previous building experience. Simple Living, Homes & Building 2 mins Earthbag Timelapse A 3-minute time lapse showing the build of an earthbag tiny house built by unskilled labourers at Wurruk'an, in Gippsland, Australia. Share your thoughts about Building a Beautiful, Rustic Tiny House Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Find out more about the community Taj was part of in our free-to-view feature film A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity . 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 simple living. The build cost around $2500, and was completed by a group of mostly unskilled builders in Gippsland, Australia. The house has a loft bed, and work and living space below, with no need for a bathroom or kitchen as these are part of the community’s shared facilities. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living, Homes & Building About Building a Beautiful, Rustic Tiny House 8 mins Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

Incredible 1.5-Acre Syntropic Food Forest with Over 250 Plant Species The Food Forest Farmers Other films you might like Regenerating Nature, Food & Gardening 17 mins Fishing for the Future A small-scale, thoughtful and ethical approach to fishing our oceans is possible – this family is leading the way. Permaculture, Food & Gardening, Urban Living, Regenerating Nature 16 mins Growing Wild Together 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! Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture 8 mins Hua Parakore Hua Parakore encapsulates the principles behind growing food from a te ao Māori – Māori worldview perspective. Community, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Farming 12 mins From Weedy Forests to Grassy Woodlands A film exploring how the simple practice of grazing goats on wild lands can lead to a healthier forest and a more connected community. Share your thoughts about The Food Forest Farmers Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @bobterhaar9091 “ @PermacultureHomestead “ @johnb7046 “ @permibw Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Visit Permadynamics online: Website Instagram Facebook Access all 10 full-length interviews from the film shoot via our Patreon page Subtitles Most of our subtitles are generated by YouTube (English) or created by volunteers. We try to make time to correct YouTube's English but for other languages we can't control the quality, sorry! Download your preferred language and upload it via your media player. The Food Forest Farmers - English The Food Forest Farmers - Spanish The Food Forest Farmers - Portuguese If you'd like to volunteer to create subtitles in your language, please contact us ! Syntropic farming is a new and ancient regenerative agriculture practice that can be implemented in any region, in any climate, in limitless ways – even in your own back yard. For over a decade the Lotz-Keegan family have been implementing permaculture practices to regenerate a degraded hillside into an abundant food forest of native and exotic trees that feed their family, their community, the wildlife, the soil, and their souls. Combining the practices of syntropic agroforestry with the principles of permaculture and their own deeply thoughtful approach to land regeneration, food growing, and lifestyle, this family is partnering with nature to create a humming diversity on the land and a positive story about the role of humans in an ecosystem. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature About The Food Forest Farmers 24 mins “ Thanks a BUNCH for making this. These types of videos are my sign posts in life! :) @bobterhaar9091 YouTube ” “ Another masterpiece, thanks so much for sharing the love and knowledge from this family. @PermacultureHomestead YouTube ” “ This was fantastic! Put a smile on my face showing how humans should truly exist within our ecosystem. @johnb7046 YouTube ” “ This was an amazing film (as usual) with loads of valuable information and inspirational footage. @permibw Instagram ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

Incredibly Abundant 1-acre Permaculture Homestead – Limestone Permaculture Farm Limestone Permaculture Tour #3 Other films you might like Community, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Farming 12 mins From Weedy Forests to Grassy Woodlands A film exploring how the simple practice of grazing goats on wild lands can lead to a healthier forest and a more connected community. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living 12 mins Creatures of Place This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Economy 15 mins From Finance to Farmer Explore the beautiful food forest Andrew Martin has created from a paddock of grass, and learn all the reasons why he's doing so. Share your thoughts about Limestone Permaculture Farm Tour #2 Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @Tess-py4dx “ @suhtetko7363 “ @getsetgeorjette “ @ikefazzio Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Learn more about Limestone Permaculture Farm: Watch the first tour we made back in 2015 Limestone Permaculture Farm links – Website / Instagram / Facebook Subtitles Most of our subtitles are generated by YouTube (English) or created by volunteers. We try to make time to correct YouTube's English but for other languages we can't control the quality, sorry! Download your preferred language and upload it via your media player. Limestone Permaculture Revisit - English If you'd like to volunteer to create subtitles in your language, please contact us ! In Episode 3 of Permaculture Tours we revisit the amazing Limestone Permaculture Farm in NSW, Australia. We first visited Limestone back in 2015 (see below for a link to that film), when Brett and Nici were five years into developing their 1-acre permaculture property, working full time off-farm and creating their piece of paradise in their spare time. This revisit film was shot in October 2019 – four years on, Brett and Nici are full time at home, teaching permaculture and homesteading, offering farm tours, selling produce and thriving despite a severe drought and encroaching bushfires. Brett gives us an updated tour of the property, showing how things have changed and developed since we last visited, and Brett and Nici describe the motivation and passion behind all their hard work. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Farming About Limestone Permaculture Tour #3 17 mins “ Every video that I watch brings me to happy, joyous tears and I receive another dose of hope and inspiration! Thank you for these videos. @Tess-py4dx YouTube ” “ I am addicted to your videos. Thank you. This is my real passion even though I am stuck in city life. @suhtetko7363 YouTube ” “ Just watched this film. So amazing and inspiring to see the difference that a few years can make! @getsetgeorjette Instagram ” “ You can truly see the joy they get from nurturing the land. Thanks for the inspiration. @ikefazzio YouTube ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

A meditation on crafting a beautiful human Flute Making and Human Making Other films you might like Simple Living, Permaculture, Community, Urban Living 12 mins A Day in the Life of Woody 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. Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Economy, Urban Living 13 mins Being the Change at 85 Helen Dew is an 85-year-old activist with a passion for gardening, community resilience, biochar, seed saving and living simply. Share your thoughts about Flute Making and Human Making Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ @catalinadelcidbarillas4183 “ @MPBussey “ @jmindich “ @Elsa568being Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . About this series This film forms part of the collaborative series “Something Beautiful for the World”, a project in which three filmmakers from around the globe explore how small acts of love and kindness have the potential to ripple out and change the world, touching hearts and minds in ways that we could never begin to imagine. The series is made up of 12 short films, from across five continents, four from each filmmaker, and releasing one per month for the whole of 2024. Watch all the films here . Flute Making and Human Making is a meditation on the similarities to be found between two unlikely things – a traditional Japanese bamboo flute and a human being. This short film is a unique exploration into the making of a shakuhachi flute, from bamboo harvest to beautiful music, and the crossovers with the making of a beautiful human. Had the thought ever occurred to you? Set your imagination to play! Begin with a posture of openness, of attentiveness. Breathe down through the fluteness of your spine to sense the tensions, where to soften, where to loosen. Consider the flute’s five holes and your own five senses. What crafting can take place, what adjustments, so that the wholeness of your being becomes the greatest, most wonderful offering you can gift to the world? Buddhist teacher Tarchin Hearn and blind flutemaker Kelvin Falconer take us on a journey into new territory, asking us to meditate deeply on our own crafting, our own fluteness, to take our turn in serious music-making for the healing of the world. The film is based on Tarchin Hearn’s book Something Beautiful for the World: A shakuhachi sadhana . If you’re inspired by the film to read the book, or to learn more about Tarchin’s teachings, visit his website at https://greendharmatreasury.org/ Subtitles Most of our subtitles are generated by YouTube (English) or created by volunteers. We try to make time to correct YouTube's English but for other languages we can't control the quality, sorry! Download your preferred language and upload it via your media player. Flute Making and Human Making - English Flute Making and Human Making - Spanish Flute Making and Human Making - German If you'd like to volunteer to create subtitles in your language, please contact us ! Mindfulness About Flute Making and Human Making 17 mins “ Thank you for the poetry and metaphor of this film. 💚💙💛.... Pure light for the soul! @catalinadelcidbarillas4183 YouTube ” “ Fabulous meditation on craft, and sound, and spirit! Thank you! @MPBussey YouTube ” “ Stunningly beautiful and insightful; both the content and the filmmaking. Thank you! @jmindich YouTube ” “ This video touched my soul. Thanks so much. @Elsa568being YouTube ” Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. Find out how Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text Add text

Host a screening of a Happen Films documentary for your community. Learn how to hold a film screening and how to purchase a screening licence. HOST A SCREENING Film screenings are a great way to connect with your community and can be the perfect starting place for building local resilience. While most of our films are freely available on YouTube, if you’re holding an event you’ll need a public screening licence. Buy a screening license Why hold a screening? There are many benefits to hosting a film screening. You could use the event as a fundraiser for a project, political party or school; as an entertaining way to raise awareness about local environmental/community issues; as a way to bring members of your community together who might not otherwise meet; or, hey, just for fun! We’ve kept our licence fees low to be as accessible as possible to all communities. Please let us know if your situation isn’t met within the options we offer. Which films can I screen? Nearly all of our films, with a few exceptions, are available on our Store. Below you’ll find links to purchase a license for specific films. The New Peasants (66 minutes) Ben & bEartha: A Community’s Compost Love Story (39 mins) Together We Grow (38 mins) Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (30 mins) Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future (85 mins) A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity (79 mins) One or more short films for free events (<20 mins) (see the Store for a list of films that are not available) Frequently Asked Questions What happens at a film screening? You have lots of scope to create anything from a simple screening event through to a night filled with activities. If your aim is to create community connection and/or to raise awareness about local issues, here are some suggestions: Include a panel discussion after the film, inviting local experts to speak on the film’s subject. Show a collection of short films all around one theme – e.g.: “Tiny House film night”, “Be the Change film night”, “Permaculture Gardens film night” etc. If space allows, invite local groups to promote/share their wares, e.g., the local herb society could provide tea & coffee; the local seed library could set up a stand; local permaculture or organics educators/growers/farmers could have a table with flyers or samples of their produce, etc. These are all great ways that we’ve practised ourselves to create connections within our community at the same time as providing entertainment and time out. Why do I need a licence to screen films that are free to view online? As a rule, any public film screening, whether or not to a paying audience, requires licensing. If you’re screening our free-to-view films from YouTube there is, of course, nothing stopping you from doing so without a licence. However, when you purchase a download of our films, you receive a high-quality version that doesn’t require an internet connection to view and contains no ads. Importantly, you’re also supporting us to make more films. How do I purchase a licence? Click here to visit the Store page on this website to see the screening options we offer. Feature films, short films, and collections of short films are all available for purchase. See the FAQs page for details about film files. What do I receive upon payment? You’ll receive a link to a high-quality digital download of the film along with screening tips and a PDF invoice. If you’re purchasing The New Peasants , Living the Change , Fools & Dreamers , Together We Grow or Ben & bEartha you’ll also receive promotional materials and a press pack. Have a question about screening our films? Feel free to send us a message from the Contact page ! We’re happy to help. Photos by Wild Feet Productions