Environment, Agriculture & Food Systems Videos Hacker News Recommends
Environment, agriculture & food systems videos on HackerTube: the talks, lectures and explainers Hacker News commenters keep sharing, covering conservation, pollution, plastics, recycling, water, deforestation, farming, regenerative agriculture, fisheries, food supply, vertical farming, sustainability.
78 videos · ranked by HN recommendations · showing 1–48
Most recommended environment, agriculture & food systems videos
The ones HN returns to most often when a thread turns to this topic.
documentary#32Dominion (2018) - full documentary [Official]
Farm Transparency Project
“this documentary made me re-evaluate my diet.”
10 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
talk#86Treating the Farm as an Ecosystem with Gabe Brown Part 1, The 5 Tenets of Soil Health
Living Web Farms
“Gabe Brown's talk is my favorite introduction to regenerative ag”
12 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
lecture#109The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 1 of 8)
wonderingmind42
“stick with it; it's really captivating and interesting”
13 HN recommenders · 2010–2025
talk#262How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change | Allan Savory
TED
“This is the idea behind this fantastic TED talk”
9 HN recommenders · 2013–2023
documentary#285Life in Syntropy
Agenda Gotsch
“Ever since watching the video on syntropic agriculture which I bumped into by reading a comment here in HN”
4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
explainer#296Eating less Meat won't save the Planet. Here's Why
Joseph Everett - WIL
“I was much more concerned about my beef consumption before watching this WIL video. It put things in perspective for me.”
10 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
explainer#367Why Grocery Shopping is Better in Amsterdam
Not Just Bikes
“had me pretty convinced land use was the key to breaking through a bad food waste vs shelf-stable food trade-off.”
7 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
talk#539Gabe Brown: Keys To Building a Healthy Soil
Transcend Productions
“This talk introduced me to the no-till, soil health farming paradigm”
5 HN recommenders · 2015–2023
explainer#541How Much Do Rockets Pollute? Are They Bad For Our Air?
Everyday Astronaut
“I highly recommend to everyone who is concerned about this.”
6 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
explainer#552The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History
Veritasium
“here's an excellent one by Veritasium on how it happened.”
6 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
explainer#558You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
Technology Connections
“Alec Watson’s recent, and excellent, Technology Connections YouTube piece on renewable energy.”
12 HN recommenders · 2026
lecture#642Arithmetic, Population and Energy - a talk by Al Bartlett
lXlSalemlXl
“have totally changed the way I look at all political discourse”
6 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
explainer#660The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1
CrashCourse
“This series taught me in a few hours what I didn't learn in school over years”
4 HN recommenders · 2015–2021
talk#711The Roots of Your Profits - Dr Elaine Ingham, Soil Microbiologist, Founder of Soil Foodweb Inc
Oxford Real Farming Conference
“Dr Elaine Ingham delivers a salient presentation.”
2 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
explainer#715Feeding Bill Gates a Fake Burger (to save the world)
Mark Rober
“This video from Mark Rober was eye opening for me.”
3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
explainer#733The Carbon Offset Problem
Wendover Productions
“does a much better job than the article of both highlighting specific examples and laying out the perverse incentive structures”
5 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
lecture#751Why Vertical Farming Won't Save the Planet
Utah State University Extension
“he does give hard numbers to do the math that shows that vertical farming is not as good as its proponents have made it out to be”
4 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
commentary#777DAIRY IS SCARY!
Erin Janus
“I know it opened my eyes”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
talk#7806 ways mushrooms can save the world | Paul Stamets | TED
TED
“He has a brilliant TED talk on the world-changing potential of fungi research [1].”
4 HN recommenders · 2018–2022
lecture#810Exponential Growth Arithmetic, Population and Energy, Dr. Albert A. Bartlett
Hiroob
“The point is well illustrated in the talk, I highly recommend it.”
5 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
documentary#858Man Spends 30 Years Turning Degraded Land into Massive Forest – Fools & Dreamers (Full Documentary)
Happen Films
“This is a great short film that goes into detail about the project and the challenges faced in getting it off the ground”
4 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
documentary#868Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea | KQED Truly CA
KQED Arts
“Definitely one of my top 10 documentaries”
4 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
lecture#1170Turning Photons Into Food
Apogee Instruments Inc.
“an extremely deep dive into the exact scientific measurements at which certain plant markets become viable at certain energy prices you will find this half hour very well spent”
3 HN recommenders · 2020–2021
commentary#1227PFAS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
“he does his homework”
4 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
explainer#1295Plastic Recycling is an Actual Scam | Climate Town
Climate Town
“This video is under 10mins and features a lot of the PR adverts.”
5 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
documentary#1337Nebraska retiree uses earths's heat to grow oranges in snow
Kirsten Dirksen
“Really interesting story/concept and I'm hoping to replicate on a small scale”
4 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
explainer#1454How Wolves Change Rivers
Sustainable Human
“You need to learn about trophic cascades. Here's a quick intro”
4 HN recommenders · 2014–2022
talk#1477How to use one paper towel | Joe Smith | TEDxConcordiaUPortland
TEDx Talks
“I actually improved my hand drying technique after the TEDx on it”
3 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
documentary#1527Chinampas of Mexico: Most Productive Agriculture EVER?
Andrew Millison
“who is an amazingly clear presenter about permaculture”
3 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
documentary#1651The Biggest Chemical Coverup In History
Veritasium
“If you want a good explanation of PFAs, Veritasium did a video on it.”
3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
documentary#1659Chai Jing's review: Under the Dome – Investigating China’s Smog 柴静雾霾调查：穹顶之下 (full translation)
Christopher He
“I highly recommend the documentary Under the Dome , released earlier this year and later banned in China”
3 HN recommenders · 2015–2018
documentary#1836Exposing The Dark Side of America's AI Data Center Explosion | View From Above | Business Insider
Business Insider
“Just watch that and not get hoppin' mad.”
2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
documentary#1880India's Water Revolution #1: Solving the Crisis in 45 days with the Paani Foundation
Andrew Millison
“they move thousands of villages from water tank dependency to self-sufficiency in their annual competition.”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
talk#1900Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard? | Jon Jandai | TEDxDoiSuthep
TEDx Talks
“He self-reports being much much happier, whether you believe it or not.”
3 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
documentary#1906Permaculture Greening the Desert - Geoff Lawton
SDA-Network
“Geoff Lawtons work in Jordan is inspiring”
3 HN recommenders · 2017–2020
explainer#2037A Third of America Belongs to America
CGP Grey
“You might enjoy CGP Grey's "What is federal land?" [0].”
3 HN recommenders · 2018–2020
explainer#2128Who’s Taking America’s Water? | Climate Town
Climate Town
“Climate Town has a good explainer”
3 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
documentary#214550 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything | Short Film Showcase
National Geographic
“National Geographic did a really good 8-minute video on it”
3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022
documentary#2328Inside Africa's Food Forest Mega-Project
Andrew Millison
“A few good ones that I watched: - Inside Africa's Food Forest Mega-Project”
3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
explainer#2381If You Eat Meat You Should Know This
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
“I highly recommend this Kurzgesagt video on how paying just a bit more for meat or eggs drastically improves animals' living conditions”
3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
explainer#2534How Wolves Change Rivers [REMASTERED HD] - George Monbiot
Sustainable Human
“probably one of the most fascinating videos on YouTube”
2 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
talk#2538Iowa Swine Day 2022: Agriculture at the End of the World
Iowa Pork Industry Center
“The audio is a little rough, but it's worth the watch (in my opinion).”
2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
explainer#2647#Earth 🌏 Will we survive this ? Amazing⚡️ #crashcourse on #collapse & #environment by #ArthurKeller
NEXT - Les Mondes Sensibles (byThePassengerStudio)
“you should really spend some 30 mins here”
2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
documentary#2764Internet of food: Arduino-based, urban aquaponics in Oakland
Kirsten Dirksen
“I recall watching was pretty neat.”
2 HN recommenders · 2013–2018
demo#2806Cody's Algae Panel
Cody'sLab
“Cody'sLab has a few videos about growing his own algae for consumption which are pretty interesting”
2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
comedy#2823George Carlin - Saving the Planet
Dadniel
“I cannot explain it better than George Carlin [1]. Enjoy!”
2 HN recommenders · 2014–2024
explainer#2832Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
“Kurzgesagt has a pretty great video[0] about organic food, and goes a little bit into what the definition of "organic" means.”
2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
talk#2844Freeman Dyson: Heretical Thoughts About Science and Society
Boston University
“I encourage you to listen to videos of him. I found him quite enjoyable to listen to.”
2 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
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