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Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 7: A Little More Inspiration
As we’ve seen, the food system is broken.
Yuval Noah Harari - Global or Local?
“Humans think in stories rather than in facts, numbers, or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.”  Yuval Noah Harari
Joe Rogan Interviews Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders is a 2020 Presidential Candidate of the Democratic Party and is currently serving as the U.S. Senator of Vermont.
The Land for Our Food
👎Industrial Agriculture:  - Destroys soil  - Produces tons of emissions  - Pollutes water  - Destroys biodiversity
Mindful Travel in Ladakh
In the high altitude desert of the Tibetan Plateau, Ladakhi people have carved a living from the mountains for a thousand years. Tourism in Ladakh, first commencing in 1974, has developed into a robust industry with new economic opportunities, yet has also placed growing...
The Meaning of Life - Deep Therapy for Existential Crisis and Despair (Non-Dogmatic)
Exploring the intimate relationship between self, story, and reality. Join the course at http://www.CharlesEisenstein.org/metaphysics
Russell Brand & Gabor Mate | Damaged Leaders Rule The World
Russel Brand speaks with Dr. Gabor Maté on the latest episode of the Under the Skin podcast.
Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest
Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest is a 30-minute documentary about Hinewai Nature Reserve, on New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula, and its kaitiaki/manager of 30 years, botanist Hugh Wilson. When, in 1987, Hugh let the local community know of his plans to allow the...
Lost Nation Road
Spiritual activist Stephen Jenkinson and musician Gregory Hoskins craft a love letter to endings on the nights of grief and mystery tour. 
The Curse of Abundance
Which come first, people or oil? When money and morality collide, there's only one winner. The Yasuni Park in Ecuador is a haven of biodiversity and home to indigenous tribes. It also holds a third of the country's oil reserves. Ecuador had agreed to keep the oil in the...
Jim Acosta Refuses to Defend Free Press & Julian Assange EXTENDED
***Full extended version*** I asked Jim Acosta about the Trump administration's unprecedented use of the Espionage Act to prosecute Julian Assange for practicing journalism. Jim Acosta promotes his book “Enemy of the People” about defending the First Amendment @ the Newseum...
Perpetual Motion
Carpe Diem - Seize the day. While every day might not be good, there is always something good in every day. Life is filled with adventures and experiences. Life is about living. Find what drives you. Find what motivates you to get up every morning. Make every last second count.
Right to Own: Giving Workers a Chance to Buy their Workplaces
Too often, when businesses are sold, workers pay the price. Our new policy proposal would guarantee workers a right of first refusal, giving them a chance to bring their workplaces under democratic ownership. Learn more at: https://thenextsystem.org/rto
Jim Acosta Refuses to Defend the First Amendment in Julian Assange Case
I asked Jim Acosta about the Trump administration's unprecedented use of the Espionage Act to prosecute Julian Assange for practicing journalism. Jim Acosta promotes his book “Enemy of the People” about defending the First Amendment @ the Newseum, the First Amendment museum...
Abby Martin, Chomsky, Greenwald, Varoufakis - Experts, Journalists & Activists: Best of 2018-2019
Dear supporters of acTVism Munich, We’ve come a long way together, thanks to your donations and the commitment of our dedicated volunteers. We’ve built a truly independent non-profit & bilingual media network, which does not rely on advertisements and state or corporate...
How to Defeat Moral Grandstanders (and Stay Classy while Doing It) | Brandon Warmke
These effective strategies can minimize harmful moral grandstanding – in yourself and in others.
Ego Not Bad
A short film by the creators of A Quest for Meaning, inspired by Arnaud Desjardins, which plunges us into the themes of spirituality and self-knowledge.
Why the Julian Assange Case Threatens a Free Press
6 Pulitzer prize winners explain.
Seeking the Good Life in America: Alternative Ways to Live Sustainably
Join Joy on her journey to visit intentional communities as she searches for a place to call home.
Passive House Revolution
Create a Low Energy Home: Join the Passive House Revolution!
How A Family of 5 Creates Almost Zero Waste
To celebrate Plastic Free July we're bringing you the inspiring story of a zero waste/waste free family in Hobart, Australia. Lauren, Oberon, and their kids have found ways to produce almost no rubbish - they've only filled one small jar of waste in two years!
How The Shawshank Redemption Humanizes Prisoners
On a narrative level The Shawshank Redemption is a movie about the power of hope in the face of extraordinary hardship. But underpinning Andy Dufresne’s story we also find a blistering critique of the prison system and criminal justice policy in the United States. The film’s...
Why Don't We Quit Those Bullshit Jobs?
Does your job make little to no sense? Does it seem like it wouldn't even matter if your job didn't exist? Would it even make the world better? Then you likely have a bullshit job. In this documentary, vpro and American anthropologist, David Graeber looks more closely at...
#WeUnite | Accompany farmers Carlo  and Hanna  as they drive their tractors to Berlin to protest for a better food and farming system.
#WeUnite - The 12-minute film ‘We Unite’ is a window into the lives of two organic farmers and the reasons they join the yearly ‘We are Fed-Up’ demonstration in Germany .Along with hundreds of other farmers, they drive their tractors into the heart of Berlin where they unite...
Success, Culture & Race | Coleman Hughes
Coleman Cruz Hughes writes on the topic of race for Quillette and the New York Times. Despite still being an undergraduate, studying philosophy at Colombia University, his articles have sparked polarised reactions, leading to a meteoric rise in profile over the last couple of...
Can the Government Just GIVE EVERYONE a Job?
Australia's treasurer is doing the rounds celebrating 5% unemployment... as if that's something to be proud of? That's celebrating a system in which hundreds of thousands of single parents, old people, and young people are locked out of paid work. Where eight people are...
The Way Politicians Talk about Economics is Wrong – and Dangerous
The government is very excited about “returning to budget surplus”. But what does it actually mean? Because so far, chasing surpluses has gutted our schools and hospitals. It's stopped us from acting on climate catastrophe. It's condemned folks doing it tough to starve. Why?...
What Can Baltimore Learn from the Bay Area's 30% Decrease in Homicides?
Bay Area violence interrupters say a sustained commitment to community-based violence reduction is key to reducing violence. 
D-Day: How the US Supported Hitler's Rise to Power
Historian Peter Kuznick joins Paul Jay to discuss the role of Ford, GM, and other industrialists in rearming Germany and supporting Hitler’s rise to power. 
Coordinates
They say it's the end of the world. We say it's the beginning of the next.
Charles Eisenstein Full-length Interview from Living the Change
“Going around New Zealand making a film … like that's not gonna get you anywhere, that's irrational, impractical, unrealistic…”
Where Are the Skeptics as the Drums Roll for War with Iran?
Vijay Prashad challenges the media reality that Iran attacked the oil tankers, calling for a real investigation to uncover the truth. 
The Military is Afraid of Climate Change
President Trump is skeptical of climate change and its link to extreme weather events, but the U.S. Department of Defense takes the threat deadly serious. The Pentagon is fortifying military bases to withstand things like flooding and wildfire. Military leaders are also...
Feeling Guilty About Climate Change feat. Hank Green
Do you have complicated feelings about fossil fuels? 
Fritjof Capra Speaks to the Heart of the Matter
This is an urgent video message by Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., renowned physicist and systems theorist, about the critical importance of systems thinking as a means for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The “heart of the matter” is the realization that our...
Maori Elder Rose Pere Speaks and Sings for the 2015 Parliament Indigenous Plenary
Dr. Rangimarie Turuki Rose Pere, a Traditional Maori Elder, Leader Creation, and a Tohuna, addresses the Spotlight on Indigenous Peoples plenary at the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 19th.
5 Heroic Truth-Tellers Wrongly Charged with Espionage
Thanks for watching! - Matt Orfalea 
David Foster Wallace - The Dangers Of Internet & Media Addiction
Decades ago, David Foster Wallace foresaw the problems that technology, media, and entertainment would cause for this generation. We now live in the internet/information age, where technology and media are inescapable. During Wallace's later life, he pointed out the problems...
Existentialism & The Internet  - Why We’re Getting More Anxious
It is not as if the internet and age of information is bad, but it's not as if it's good. In this video, Pursuit of Wonder explores why, during an era where there is more information than ever about how to live and be happy, we are more confused and less happy than ever, in...
Regreening the Planet
Regreening the Planet looks at the profit that comes from the recovery of ecosystems in Spain, Egypt and India. Restoring ecosystems does not only generate ecological profit but also economic.
The Salt of the Earth
The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting deprived societies in hidden corners of the world.
Honest Government Ad | Julian Assange
The British, Australian, Ecuadorian and US Governments have made an ad about Julian Assange’s arrest and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | The Economy
The Australien Government has made an ad about wages and the economy, and it's surprisingly honest and informative!
Omnipotent Amazon
No company stores more data than Amazon, the former online bookseller. Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has become the richest man in the world. Every second Euro in online trading is spent at Amazon. Is the IT giant, with its unabated growth, about to turn our economic system upside...
XY Chelsea
Produced by Pulse Films, XY Chelsea tells the historic story of whistle-blower Chelsea Manning, whose 35-year sentence in an all-male maximum security prison was commuted by President Obama in 2017.
The Donut Economy: Why Our Economic Model Must Change
In Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth, we see that markets are inefficient and growth is not the holy grail. It's time for a new economic model: doughnut economics. 
FRONTLINE: Trump's Trade War
As the trade war between the U.S. and China escalates, FRONTLINE and NPR take a look at what led to the rising tensions and what’s at stake.
A Blueprint for 21st Century Public Ownership
Problem: Privatisation. Solution: Public ownership.
Eurotopia: Why the EU Needs a New Vision
What is wrong with the EU and why does the EU need a new vision? Is the EU new vision to become a republic? Or what can we still expect from the EU? 
Five Myths in the Fight against Climate Change
With so much misinformation about climate change about, New Internationalist co-editor Hazel Healy debunks 5 myths about the climate crisis that are doing the rounds. These myths are a dangerous distraction from the task at hand.
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
A stunning sensory experience and cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is a years-in-the-making feature documentary from the award-winning team behind Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013) and...
Socialism: The Same Old Scare Tactic
Robert Reich explains why Donald Trump and Republicans use socialism to scare the American people.
All About Weeds
Weeds are a symptom, not the cause, of a problem. We can observe weeds to read the landscape, deduce what reparative steps need to be taken, and speed up the natural sequence of recovery. Weeds can actually be great friends to gardeners. In any square meter of ground, there...
The Meaning of Life
A video remix featuring the wisdom of Alan Watts. I hope this video is able to inspire you more than once to be the person you were always meant to become in this life! 💓 - Gabriel Ng
White Widow (Modern Slavery, Farmer Suicide and Agriculture Crisis in India)
White Widows portrays the tough and disadvantaged life of Indian cotton farmers in their village Dhanoli located in the region of Vidarbha, well known as the epicentre of farmer suicide. 
Snowflakes -- The Right's War on the Individual
Thought Slime explains the Right's war on the individual, in a kind of funny roundabout way.
Forget Iran. Here's the REAL Enemy and the True Danger
Some people in the media want you to believe that Iran is your enemy. Is this really true? In this video we reveal who is the shocking real enemy... the true danger to your freedom. HINT: It is NOT who you think it is. And it has NOTHING to do with nuclear weapons. We reveal...
What Is: Oligarchy?
Robert Reich explains why American democracy has become an oligarchy.
How Corporations Shifted The Blame For Climate Change
How corporations convinced the public to blame themselves rather than the 100 companies most responsible. 
Robert Reich: Why We Need a Wealth Tax
Robert Reich explains why we must tax wealthy estates in order to reduce inequality.