The Green Channel is streaming service showcasing compelling, investigative and thought-provoking environmental films. We’re a subscription-based service and are completely ad-free, so you can focus on the good bits without any distractions. Learn more
about us.
What makes The Green Channel unique?
We believe the first step to solving an environmental problem is knowing about it. The filmmakers we support by licensing their films bring important stories to the public. Our subscribers support these independent stories that often compel decision makers and leaders to try and do better for the environment. We offer carefully hand-picked content that's hard to find anywhere else online. Also, from our inception The Green Channel has produced original content that is exclusive to our service. Look for films and series like The Pristine Coast, The Unofficial Trial of Alexandra Morton and series like The Firekeepers and Pressure Point. Any content exclusive to The Green Channel has our green tv logo on the poster.
How am I helping environmental filmmaking?
Simply by buying environmental films, we support the filmmakers that create them. As our subscriber base grows, so will our license fees. So our subsribers are helping the environment simply by subscribing and watching our films. We have also provided a convenient "Donation" button on our home page for those who would like to support content about the environment in a bigger way. Donations over $5000.00 CDN will entitle the donor to one free lifetime membership which they can use themselves or gift to someone else.
How do I help a film or filmmaker I like?
When you
sign up, watch their film first. The first film or series you watch after becoming a member triggers a $5.00 bonus to that filmmaker.
What else do you do with the subscription fees?
We remaster old films that might otherwise be lost in the digital age. We also have a unique folder called “Public Interest”. In this folder you will find raw or lightly edited content about the environment that has not been made into a finished film. We feel that this content is important for research and educational purposes and want to make it available to the public. It's one way we like to give back to the community.
What kind of content do you feature?
The Green Channel looks for compelling films that give a voice to any one of the world’s species or an environmental issue. You will find films about climate change to endangered species to ones about salmon fisheries to food sustainability and more. Many of our films are investigative in style and we hope revealing and informative. But The Green Channel is not limited to factual, serious documentaries. We now have eco-comedies like
How to Boil A Frog, Save the Planet Already!, The Green Film, and Pressure Point, and we have many more in the works. We’re also proud of our selection of remastered older films and of our hundreds of hours of raw, unedited footage documenting environmental events of public interest. Exhibit 2148 is the only copy of the Canadian Inquiry on The Decline of the Fraser River Sockeye where you will find some of this on our you tube channel as well.
How often do you add new films?
We add on average two films or series per week, especially on Wednesdays! So you can expect to see new content coming on a regular basis.
How do I subscribe?
Subscribing is easy! Our most basic subscription is free. Simply create an account by entering your email and a password. This will allow you to watch our free promotions and you will get emails about our upcoming new releases. If you want to watch paid content, we have two options. You can watch films in our Rent Library at $4.99 each or you can become a full member at $9.99 per month and watch everything in our library.
What if I'm a teacher and would like to show one of your films to my class?
The Green Channel strives to be a unique resource for educators and students. We believe knowledge drives change. Our founder frequently attends screenings of our original content and participates in a Q and A session about the film’s subject.
Get in touch if you would like to book a community or institutional screening or are interested in a group subscription. Group subscriptions start at $100.00.
How do I use The Green Channel?
Watching films should be simple. When you sign up, you’ll get immediate access to hundreds of hours of content. Simply sign in and browse films by genre in our library. Click the icon of the film or series you want to watch, which takes you to the film or, in the case of series, the watch page. Click on either the watch button or image associated with the episode you would like to watch.
The Green Channel now has Roku TV, fireTV, Google Play and Apple apps. Once you have joined, sign in with your same credentials and enjoy our service through the access point of your choice.
How do I get the best playback experience? Do I need special software?
The Green Channel will load in any modern browser, though we recommend
Google Chrome for the best viewing experience. Javascript must be enabled. It’s important that your internet connection has sufficient bandwidth to handle video streams. We adjust video stream data quality automatically depending on your internet connection speed: a better connection equals better quality streaming.
How do I cancel my subscription?
We're always sorry to see anyone go! But if you must, please login, go to your
profile page, and follow the instructions for cancelling your account. We may prompt you with language like "Are you sure?", just to be sure you aren't making a mistake. We hope your absence is temporary and you will join us again in the future.
Who's behind The Green Channel?
Scott Renyard founded
The Green Channel. Scott is a filmmaker and scientist who writes, produces, and directs award-winning films about the environment. Scott also founded the Canadian production company, Juggernaut Pictures Inc. Scott has worked on over 300 films and TV projects over his more than 40 year film career. He has dedicated the last 25 years to films and projects with a focus on environmental issues. Scott's most watched projects are: The Herring People, Pressure Point, The Firekeepers, Trial of An Iconic Species, The Unofficial Trial of Alexandra Morton, Food and Fuel: A story of resilience, The Pristine Coast and Save the Planet Already! Scott also believes that its just important to protect the independence of filmmakers and their stories as it is to protect the environment. So he created
The Green Channel with the goal that the Channel would support environmental filmmakers from around the globe. When he’s not building
The Green Channel, you’ll find Scott creating new films or volunteering as a streamkeeper in the Squamish River watershed.
What if I have more questions?
Don't be shy. Get in touch on our contact page.
How do I submit a film?
We're excited to hear your voice! Please see our page on film submissions. Or email us at submissions@thegreenchannel.tv