Disney’s Tinker Bell may be Earth’s most appealing spokespixie, having been named the United Nations Honorary Ambassador of Green prior to the screening of Walt Disney Pictures’ animated film, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, in 2009. She was on hand for the Disney documentary debut of Oceans on Earth Day that year and she’s in good company.

Top environmental documentaries that hail from around the world aim to shock, entertain and inspire humanity to make a difference. They examine everything from the negative effects of America’s industrial agriculture system and the rising domination of the petrochemical industry to the threatened livelihood of trash-recycling entrepreneurs and people’s right to safe drinking water.

For details on this years best, visit mnn.com (Mother Nature Network) and search “top films,” which also pulls up a look at what might be the top 10 environmental activist films of all time.