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TED Talk Controversy: 3 Powerful Talks TED Tried to Censor
TED Talk Controversy: 3 Powerful Talks TED Tried to Censor
TED is a powerful and paradigm shattering initiative that brands itself with the slogan “Ideas worth spreading.” At this point, we have probably all heard of TED and the short talks given by inspiring people from all around the world to audiences at different conferences...
Joe Martino
Redefining Family | Guruju Sri Vast
Redefining Family | Guruju Sri Vast
Guruju Sri Vast argues that it's our concept of family that leads to so much conflict and suffering in the world. "By only seeing those inside your house as your family, naturally, you must take from those outside of your house to take care of those inside of your house."...
4 min
The Ecology of a Police State
The Ecology of a Police State
Panagioti
Noam Chomsky's Roadmap to a Just World: People Reanimating Democracy
Noam Chomsky's Roadmap to a Just World: People Reanimating Democracy
Noam ChomskyI'd like to comment on topics that I think should regularly be on the front pages but are not - and in many crucial cases are scarcely mentioned at all or are presented in ways that seem to me deceptive because they're framed almost reflexively in terms of...
Noam Chomsky
9 Mind-Bending Epiphanies That Turned My World Upside-Down
9 Mind-Bending Epiphanies That Turned My World Upside-Down
Over the years I’ve learned dozens of little tricks and insights for making life more fulfilling. They’ve added up to a significant improvement in the ease and quality of my day-to-day life. But the major breakthroughs have come from a handful of insights that completely...
David Cain
Albert Einstein's Circle of Compassion
Albert Einstein's Circle of Compassion
Abby Martin gives a heartfelt remark about Einstein's 'Circle of Compassion' by reflecting on how to balance personal stability with the plight of humanity by establishing a sense of global empathy.
3 min
The Eighth City
The Eighth City (2013)
A debut short film about the transition of a woman from being a follower of others to a follower of her own authentic voice. Inspired by the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. You can visit NeoTribalist Films on Facebook here: facebook.com/NeoTribalistFilms on the web here...
21 min
Costa Rica Announces Plans to Close its Zoos and Release Animals from Captivity
Costa Rica Announces Plans to Close its Zoos and Release Animals from Captivity
What the tropical nation of Costa Rica lacks in size, it more than makes up for in a wealth of biodiversity. Despite occupying just 0.03% of the planet’s surface, the region's lush forests are home to an incredible 500 thousand unique organisms -- representing over 4% of...
Stephen Messenger
Art Saved My Life
Art Saved My Life (trailer)
Filmmaker Damon Lee Patterson attempts to immortalize the power of art in his feature documentary Art Saved My Life. The film aims to prove art has the power to transform, heal, progress, enrich, and even saves someones life.
4 min
Money & Life
Money & Life (2013)
Money & Life is a passionate and inspirational essay-style documentary that asks a provocative question: can we see the economic crisis not as a disaster, but as a tremendous opportunity?  
86 min
A New Story of the People | Charles Eisenstein
A New Story of the People | Charles Eisenstein
The old story of our culture is losing its meaning for more and more people. Perhaps almost everyone can feel it these days. But a new story is emerging too - one that recognizes some long forgotten truths about who we are and our relationship to the world.
8 min
Should the Basic Income Become a New Human Right? This Video Explains What It is in 3 Minutes
Should the Basic Income Become a New Human Right? This Video Explains What It is in 3 Minutes
Basic Income should be universal, individual, unconditional and high enough to ensure a dignified existence and participation in society. This new fundamental right for humanity, not only would eradicate misery, it is also a way to develop non-market oriented work: such as...
3 min
Conservatives Benefit From Instant Runoff Voting, Too
Conservatives Benefit From Instant Runoff Voting, Too
According to a report yesterday in Bloomberg Businessweek, former 2012 Republican Presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich were very close to forming a “Unity Ticket” back in February of 2012, in an effort to knock Mitt Romney out of nomination contention.
The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program
People Are Waking Up
People Are Waking Up
People are waking up. They're getting involved. They're saying, "Not another day! This is where I mark the line." Their desire to change the world is turning from simple wishful thinking on Monday mornings into tangible action. The thoughts they used to have only occasionally...
Tim Hjersted
The Left, the Market and the Struggle for Socialism
The Left, the Market and the Struggle for Socialism
A leader in the revolutionary left in the US should feel like a fox in a chicken coop. Increasingly large capitalists (Walmart, Enron, Wall-Street) are being exposed as so destructive to our society. The Bush administration created global chaos and suffering. Attacks on...
Elston Gunn
Forbidden Fruit: An Excerpt from the Feature Documentary Fantastic Fungi
Forbidden Fruit: An Excerpt from the Feature Documentary Fantastic Fungi
An excerpt from the feature documentary by Louie Schwartzberg following notable mycologist, Paul Stamets, as he discusses the important role mushrooms play in the survival and health of the earth and human species.
2 min
Awra Amba: Utopia in Ethiopia
Awra Amba: Utopia in Ethiopia (2010)
Men of quality do not fear equality. A message about equality from Awra Amba, the amazing egalitarian village in Northern Ethiopia, where men and women enjoy equality at home and at work.
28 min
CONTINUUM (2013) (trailer)
CONTINUUM (2013) (trailer)
CONTINUUM is a feature length documentary telling the story of where we came from, who we are, and the possibilities of our future.
3 min
The Cooperative Way to a Stronger Economy
The Cooperative Way to a Stronger Economy
Our little group of a dozen families was running out of time. After meeting every weekend for three years to plan our hoped-for cohousing community, and after investing much of our savings to acquire a few acres of land, it looked as though our dream would fail. We couldn’t...
Sarah van Gelder
The World Becomes What You Teach
The World Becomes What You Teach
This video is a popular TEDx talk by Zoe Weil, the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (www.HumaneEducation.org). She is a pioneer in the comprehensive humane education movement and speaks and lectures throughout the world.
17 min
6 Portraits of the Solidarity Economy
6 Portraits of the Solidarity Economy
In a solidarity economy, our needs are met by exchanging goods, services, resources, and knowledge in ways that advance core values of justice, democracy, cooperation, and ecological sustainability. Portraits of the Solidarity Economy is a film series exploring the stories...
15 min
Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice
Prout: Economic Democracy in Practice (2004)
Economics of Prout covers the basic economic principles of Prout, which offers a viable alternative to the materialistic, anti human philosophies of Capitalism and Communism.
30 min
The Astronauts Who Saw This Were Never the Same Again
The Astronauts Who Saw This Were Never the Same Again
On the 40th anniversary of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ photograph taken of Earth from space, Planetary Collective presents a short film documenting astronauts’ life-changing stories of seeing the Earth from the outside – a perspective-altering experience often described as the...
19 min
20 Big Ideas for Creating a Democratized Economy
20 Big Ideas for Creating a Democratized Economy
The economic collapse of 2008 came at the end of three decades of stagnant wages that resulted in record household debt and made it apparent that the economy does not work for most Americans. 
It's Our Economy
From Consumerism to Climate Change: 41 Outstanding Documentaries You Have to See
From Consumerism to Climate Change: 41 Outstanding Documentaries You Have to See
Over the last 7 years, Films For Action has been cataloging an online library of the best social change films that can be watched free online. Opting for quality over quantity, the site has grown slowly to include 500 documentaries and 900 short films, trailers and...
Tim Hjersted
Occupy Love
Occupy Love (2013)
Join acclaimed director Velcrow Ripper on a journey deep inside the global revolution of the heart that is erupting around the planet. Humanity is waking up to the fact that the dominant system of power is failing to provide us with health, happiness or meaning. The resulting...
85 min
How Hunter-Gatherers Maintained Their Egalitarian Ways: Three Complementary Theories
How Hunter-Gatherers Maintained Their Egalitarian Ways: Three Complementary Theories
As regular readers of this blog know, I have in previous posts commented on hunter-gatherers' playfulness; their playful religious practices; their 
Peter Gray
How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Earth, but Not Civilization
How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Earth, but Not Civilization
Hemenway is a frequent teacher, consultant and lecturer on permaculture and ecological design throughout the U.S. and other countries. His writing has appeared in magazines such as Natural Home, Whole Earth Review and American Gardener. He is an adjunct professor in the...
61 min
Is Scott Noble’s Film, “Human Resources,” a Masterpiece?
Is Scott Noble’s Film, “Human Resources,” a Masterpiece?
Seeing gurneys of babies trundled through the chiaroscuro of old black-and-white footage at the start of Scott Noble’s Human Resources, the gurneys in the tunnels of God only knows what kind of institution, the viewer does well to brace herself for the coming onslaught. 
David Ker Thomson
The Role of Ideology in Inspiring Change: Crossroads Film Review
The Role of Ideology in Inspiring Change: Crossroads Film Review
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview is an exciting and surprisingly uplifting new documentary about the role of ideology in finding solutions to the urgent global crises humankind faces in the 21st
Joseph Obeyon
Class Dismissed
Class Dismissed (trailer)
This is the new teaser trailer for the upcoming documentary Class Dismissed : A Film About Learning Outside of the Classroom. For more information and to find out how you can help see this film to completion please visit http://www.homeschoolfilm.com  The movie should be...
2 min
Democracy At Work: How This One Idea Could Make Your Job Amazing
Democracy At Work: How This One Idea Could Make Your Job Amazing
Democracy at Work is a project that aims to build a social movement. The movement's goal is to transition to a new society whose productive enterprises (offices, factories, and stores) will mostly be WSDE's, a true economic democracy.
2 min
Why the Wage Labor System Is Inherently Exploitative
Why the Wage Labor System Is Inherently Exploitative
“A fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work” has been the motto of the mainstream labor movement since at least the beginning of the 20th century. On the face of it, this general demand for workers sounds like a good thing. We have to work for a living, and so long as that’s the...
Nate Hawthorne and Matt Kelly
Examined Life: Cornel West
Examined Life: Cornel West
Extract from the documentary Examined Life by Astra Taylor, featuring Cornell West.
14 min
Janine Benyus: Nature's 100 Best Solutions to Humanity's Greatest Problems
Janine Benyus: Nature's 100 Best Solutions to Humanity's Greatest Problems
The brilliant naturalist, author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, and founder of the Biomimicry Institute, Janine Benyus, reminds us that our prime directive as living beings is to seek to create conditions conducive to life. What are Nature's 100 Best...
37 min
On Modern Servitude
On Modern Servitude (2009)
The central objective of this film is to reveal man's condition as a modern slave within the context of the totalitarian mercantile system and to show the forms of mystification which mask his servile condition. Its aim is to attack head on the dominant world organization...
52 min
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview (2013)
Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview is a documentary exploring the depths of the current human condition and the emergence of a worldview that is recreating our world from the inside out. Weaving together insights and findings from biology, psychology, network...
65 min
Labor: the New Gold Standard
Labor: the New Gold Standard
This article proposes issuing Hour-denominated currency nationwide, to stimulate creative and ecological economies, make grants to community groups, and make interest-free loans. Twenty years ago I started printing money.  Soon after, residents of Ithaca, New York, began...
Paul Glover
Join the Empathy Revolution!
Join the Empathy Revolution!
Introspection is out, and outrospection is in. Philosopher and author Roman Krznaric explains how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselves.
10 min
Stand In My Shoes (trailer)
Stand In My Shoes (trailer)
Stand In My Shoes is a crowd-fuelled social change film about exposing what President Barack Obama coined the "Empathy Deficit" in our world, and the global hunt for social revolutionaries dedicated to creating a countermovement of kindness.  That means together we'll fund...
7 min
The Best Social Change Documentaries of 2012
The Best Social Change Documentaries of 2012
2012 was another big year for break-out films in the social change genre. With most of the bases covered for all of the major problems we're facing, more and more films this year focused on the solutions side of the equation, giving a voice to the uplifting stories of people...
Tim Hjersted
Peter Diamandis: The Future is Getting Better at an Extraordinary Rate
Peter Diamandis: The Future is Getting Better at an Extraordinary Rate
Do you often ask yourself if the future is getting better?!
13 min
Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest
Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest
My ecological journey started in the forests of the Himalaya. My father was a forest conservator, and my mother became a farmer after fleeing the tragic partition of India and Pakistan. It is from the Himalayan forests and ecosystems that I learned most of what I know about...
Vandana Shiva
Plant a Front Yard Community Garden and Meet Your Neighbors
Plant a Front Yard Community Garden and Meet Your Neighbors
Teaching you how to meet your neighbors, grow food together, share the harvest and create a life that excites you.
The Food is Free Project
The Secret to Being as Radical as We Want to Be is to Finance the Revolution Ourselves
The Secret to Being as Radical as We Want to Be is to Finance the Revolution Ourselves
If Mohandas Gandhi were a typical North American activist these days, he would probably be wearing a three-piece suit and working in a plush office with his law degree prominently displayed. He would have little time to lead protests, since every other week would be spent...
Michael Shuman
Realize Your Potential: Occupy is a Consciousness-Expanding Phenomenon
Realize Your Potential: Occupy is a Consciousness-Expanding Phenomenon
The global Occupy movement is much more than an economic or political movement. Occupy is a consciousness-expanding phenomenon.
David DeGraw
University Uses Tesla Technology to Wirelessly Charge Electric Bus
University Uses Tesla Technology to Wirelessly Charge Electric Bus
Utah State University presented a first-of-its-kind electric bus that is charged through wireless charging technology in a demonstration Nov. 15.
Activist Post
Anchoring Wealth: How Cities can Address Climate Change, Boost the Green Economy AND Tackle Population Growth
Anchoring Wealth: How Cities can Address Climate Change, Boost the Green Economy AND Tackle Population Growth
In Brief: There will be at least 100 million more Americans by 2050, and likely 150 million more. Yet the cities that will house them are so spatially and economically unstable that it is impossible to do much beyond superficial sustainability planning. One solution is to...
Gar Alperovitz, Thad Williamson, Steve Dubb
Alan Watts: What If Money Was No Object?
Alan Watts: What If Money Was No Object?
How do you like to spend your life? What do you desire? What if money didn't matter? What if money was no object? What would you like to do if money were no object?
3 min
Manifesto for a Post-Growth Economy
Manifesto for a Post-Growth Economy
What single change stands to give Americans more free time, healthier ecosystems, and more meaningful jobs?
James Gustave Speth
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn
Daniel Quinn is the author of many works including The Story of B, My Ishmael, and Beyond Civilization. His first book,
Daniel Quinn
"Relearning" What We Have Forgotten
"Relearning" What We Have Forgotten
If we all treat one another with the best principles of human relationships, it is analogous to complying with Nature's biophysical principles by taking responsibility for our own behavior.
Chris Maser
Big Idea: To End the Fiscal Showdown, Tax Carbon
Big Idea: To End the Fiscal Showdown, Tax Carbon
At his official post-election press conference, President Obama told reporters that he's serious about fighting climate change while creating jobs. "We can shape an agenda that says we can create jobs, advance growth and make a serious dent in climate change and be an...
Van Jones and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream
Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream (2011)
Wake up to your own role in creating a new future. This new perspective of the current state of our planet features top scientific, indigenous and activist minds from around the world. Now available for the first-time ever on video, The Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the...
90 min
American: The Bill Hicks Story
American: The Bill Hicks Story (2010) (trailer)
The true life story of Bill Hicks the outlaw comic who tried to save the world, as told by the 10 people who knew him best. This groundbreaking documentary uses a stunning new animation technique to tell his story.
2 min
Can We Use the Opportunity of the Economic Crisis to Heal Our Relationship with Money?
Can We Use the Opportunity of the Economic Crisis to Heal Our Relationship with Money?
Can we use the opportunity of the economic crisis to heal our relationship with money and re-discover true wealth? MONEY and LIFE is a passionate and inspirational essay-style documentary that makes a provocative proposition: can we see the economic crisis not as a...
20 min
Open-Sourced Blueprints for Civilization
Open-Sourced Blueprints for Civilization
Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from scratch. And that's only the first step in a project to write an instruction set for an...
4 min
The Basic Income
The Basic Income (2008)
Grundeinkommen - ein Kulturimpuls (The Basic Income - A Cultural Impulse) is a German film with subtitles in 10 languages that makes the case for a basic income for all citizens. Subtitles Note: To make the subtitles easier to read, we highly recommend clicking the "CC"...
100 min
Healthy Homework Guidelines: A New Vision for Homework
Healthy Homework Guidelines: A New Vision for Homework
Together we can transform homework and encourage schools nationwide to reexamine and reimagine homework practices to better support student engagement, health and learning with healthy homework guidelines.
5 min
'Voice for the Voiceless' - Marineland Animal Rights Demonstration, Canada
'Voice for the Voiceless' - Marineland Animal Rights Demonstration, Canada
Oct 7th, 2012 - Animal Rights Demonstration. Marineland Amusement Park, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Brendon Culliton is a Neogonzo Journalist for Paradigm Shift Central - a collective of youth initiated communities that encourage open-mindedness, healthy living, and the...
8 min