𝟏𝟎 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬

 The Soil at school made a list of 𝟏𝟎 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬. Check it out. Adults are also invited! It's worth watching!

1) 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐋-𝐄 (2008) - In a distant, but not so unrealistic, future where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation, WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left to clean up the mess. One day, a spaceship arrive on Earth, bringing the advanced robot EVE. The two of them go on a journey together to make the Earth habitable again.

Themes: - The responsibility that everyone should have in relation to the waste they produce; consumerism; the future of Earth and humanity; concept of sustainable development; and soil pollution.

2) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 (L'homme qui plantait des arbres) 1988 - The story of a shepherd's single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley. This film tells the story of a shepherd who repairs the ruined ecosystem of a secluded valley by single-handedly cultivating a forest over a thirty year period.

Themes: impact of climate change, species extinction, increased deforestation and desertification.

3) 𝐍𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝 (1984) - It is a Japanese animated film from 1984 by writer, director and illustrator Hayao Miyazaki. It tells the story of a post-apocalyptic future, a thousand years after the so-called “collapse of industrial civilization”, where, due to pollution and mistreatment of nature by humans, the land is practically all covered by the Sea of ​​Destruction, a toxic forest, which emanates poisonous gases, making the human species practically extinct, and those who live struggle to survive amid the chaos and destruction.

Themes: impact of pesticides on human life and soils, relationship between human beings and nature.

4) 𝐀 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐲 (Luiz Bolognesi, 2013) - This animation revolves around the love between an immortal hero and Janaína, the woman he has been in love with for 600 years, through Brazil's colonization, slavery, military regime and the future, in 2096, in the midst of wars for water.

Themes: colonization, slavery and the military dictatorship, indigenous peoples, the right to water.

5) 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐰 - 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞

This documentary outlines how the new environmental law can affect the whole Brazilian ecosystem, specially the water sources.

It is a non-profit documentary, with collective funding and available free online.

Themes: water, air, soil, food production and impact of environmental laws on the life of each citizen.

Link: https://vimeo.com/123222594

6) 𝐈𝐥𝐡𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 (1990) - In just 13 minutes, it shows the path of the tomato from the field to the landfill. But it does so with acidity and quasi-scientific language to show step by step how the relations between human beings is uneven in the capitalist system.

Themes: Consumerism, social relations, impact of garbage.

Link: https://vimeo.com/53862971

7) 𝐋𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐱 (2012) - A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.

Themes: Consumerism, air pollution and deforestation.

8) 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐬: 𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐥'𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞 (1996) - Microcosmos is a documentary film centered mainly on recording detailed interactions between insects, other small invertebrates and their relationship with the environment.

Themes: Relationship between soil and life and ecology.

9) 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 (1998) - In a little village somewhere in Africa, a boy named Kirikou is born. But he's not a normal boy, because he knows what he wants very well. Also he already can speak and walk. His mother tells him how an evil sorceress has dried up their spring and devoured all males of the village except of one. Hence little Kirikou decides, he will accompany the last warrior to the sorceress. Due to his intrepidity he may be the last hope of the village.

Themes: Knowledge of different ways of being, living and working, African culture, establish relationships between the environment and people, valuing its importance for the preservation of species and for the quality of human life.

10) 𝐌𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 by Jacques-Rémy Girerd -Nine stories that approach ecology in a fun and poetic way.

Themes: Various environmental themes, including the relationship between humans and the soil.