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Over 300 'How to Guides' to Help You Bring a More Beautiful World into Being
Over 300 'How to Guides' to Help You Bring a More Beautiful World into Being
We can create the more beautiful world we want for ourselves and future generations with a simple and powerful idea: "sharing"
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The River of Vision - On the Works of Daniel Quinn, Author of Ishmael
The River of Vision - On the Works of Daniel Quinn, Author of Ishmael
Timothy Scott Bennett director of the film What A Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire and author of the novel All of The Above shares his thoughts on the works of Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael, The Story of B, Beyond Civilization and other novels. 
55 min
Living the Questions: Questions, More than Answers, are the Pathway to Collective Wisdom
Living the Questions: Questions, More than Answers, are the Pathway to Collective Wisdom
[…] have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and do try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able...
Daniel Christian Wahl
How Much Good Can One Person Really Do?
How Much Good Can One Person Really Do?
One of the reasons the world is in the state that it is, is because everybody mortgages what is really pulling at their heart to do something abstract. For the thing that they think they have to do for the numbers to work out. - Charles Eisenstein
21 min
The Opposite Of Utopia | Jeremy Rifkin
The Opposite Of Utopia | Jeremy Rifkin
“Empathy is the opposite of utopia - the exact opposite.” ~ Jeremy Rifkin
11 min
The Truth About Depression | Johann Hari
The Truth About Depression | Johann Hari
“You are not a machine with broken parts. You are a human being with unmet needs.” ~ Johann Hari
7 min
Signs that Humanity is Returning to Loving a Living Earth
Signs that Humanity is Returning to Loving a Living Earth
I see a lot of encouraging signs that civilization is returning to an understanding of a living Earth. - Charles Eisenstein
8 min
Unbroken Ground: Revolutions Start from the Bottom
Unbroken Ground: Revolutions Start from the Bottom (2016)
Unbroken Grounds explains the critical role food will play in the next frontier of our efforts to solve the environmental crisis. It explores four areas of agriculture that aim to change our relationship to the land and oceans. Most of our food is produced using methods that...
25 min
Santa Is a Psychedelic Mushroom - It’s Time to Embrace the Shamanistic side of Christmas
Santa Is a Psychedelic Mushroom - It’s Time to Embrace the Shamanistic side of Christmas
It’s the holiday season, and I’m thinking of mushrooms. The hallucinogenic Amanita muscaria to be exact — a red-and-white toadstool mushroom — most closely associated with fairy tales. At first glance, Amanita muscaria and the Christmas holiday appear to be an unlikely duo...
6 min
The Dirty Secret of Capitalism -- and a New Way Forward / Nick Hanauer
The Dirty Secret of Capitalism -- and a New Way Forward / Nick Hanauer
Rising inequality and growing political instability are the direct result of decades of bad economic theory, says entrepreneur Nick Hanauer. In a visionary talk, he dismantles the mantra that "greed is good" -- an idea he describes as not only morally corrosive, but also...
18 min
Spiritually Incorrect
Spiritually Incorrect (2020)
Told through the life of Alan Clements, Spiritually Incorrect shatters numerous light-washed sacred cows of the spiritual movement and explores sustainability from an inner perspective - showing how we can escape the trap of spiritual narcissism and heal from trauma with...
88 min
MLK's Last Sermon | 4 Days Before His Assassination
MLK's Last Sermon | 4 Days Before His Assassination
3 min
Whiteness Is Blackness, and Blackness Is Whiteness
Whiteness Is Blackness, and Blackness Is Whiteness
Believing otherwise corrodes us, corrodes freedom, and corrodes the world we live in
Chloé Valdary
A World Worth Imagining - Jacque Fresco: The Man with the Plan
A World Worth Imagining - Jacque Fresco: The Man with the Plan (2019)
Produced by S.O.U.L. Documentary, this is a film on the life’s work of late, legendary visionary Jacque Fresco, founder of The Venus Project. The movie features never before seen archival footage and the inspirational last interview of his life.
44 min
Fantastic Fungi
Fantastic Fungi (2019)
This is the film of the century!- Films For ActionWhen so many are struggling for connection, inspiration and hope, Fantastic Fungi brings us together as interconnected creators of our world. Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg, is a consciousness-shifting film...
80 min
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 1: Intro to the New Food Movement
Planet Local Short Film Series - Part 1: Intro to the New Food Movement
Every person on earth needs food every day. Every day food is tended, harvested, transported, stored, and served up on our tables. In a very real sense, food cannot be separated from life itself. And so it has been said that changing the way we grow and eat food is one of the...
56 min
Right to Own: Giving Workers a Chance to Buy their Workplaces
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
2 min
Paper Straws Won't Save the Planet – We Need a Four-Day Week
Paper Straws Won't Save the Planet – We Need a Four-Day Week
Working less would massively reduce our carbon footprint, and bring many other benefits besides
André Spicer
Want to Tackle Inequality? Then First Change Our Land Ownership Laws
Want to Tackle Inequality? Then First Change Our Land Ownership Laws
What is the most neglected issue in British politics? I would say land. Literally and metaphorically, land underlies our lives, but its ownership and control have been captured by a tiny number of people. The results include soaring inequality and exclusion; the massive cost...
George Monbiot
Ego Not Bad
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.
26 min
Maori Elder Rose Pere Speaks and Sings for the 2015 Parliament Indigenous Plenary
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.
14 min
A Blueprint for 21st Century Public Ownership
A Blueprint for 21st Century Public Ownership
Problem: Privatisation. Solution: Public ownership.
2 min
Eurotopia: Why the EU Needs a New Vision
Eurotopia: Why the EU Needs a New Vision (2016)
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? 
47 min
Public Ownership Is Back and This Is How We Do It
Public Ownership Is Back and This Is How We Do It
Jack Harmsworth from We Own It makes the case for why the UK must learn from its European neighbours and take back control of privatised industries.
Jack Harmsworth
Do Charities work in Africa?
Do Charities work in Africa?
Back in 2015 the RnB artist Akon grabbed headlines when he claimed that he doesn’t think charities ‘in Africa work’. But was he right?
7 min
Why Earth Destruction Is a Crime
Why Earth Destruction Is a Crime (2015)
Damaging the earth is a crime, right? That is what earth´s lawyer Polly Higgins thinks. Why earth destruction should be seen as a crime and what is it that brings earth lawyers Polly Higgins and Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzón to fight for ecocide?
47 min
Richard Wolff: Beyond Universal Basic Income
Richard Wolff: Beyond Universal Basic Income
Prof. Richard Wolff presents an in-depth analysis of UBI, showing its advantages over most welfare, safety net systems. An even better alternative would avoid capitalism's unnecessary production of unemployment because it utilizes technical progress (rising productivity) for...
30 min
A Real Solution to Money in Politics! with James D'Angelo
A Real Solution to Money in Politics! with James D'Angelo
A Real Solution to Money in Politics with James D'Angelo How to end the corrupting influence of money in politics. America's founding fathers had an effective solution, but is it worth it? Matt Orfalea ▶https://twitter.com/0rf ▶https://medium.com/@0rf...
59 min
An Unlearning: My Meeting with Charles Eisenstein
An Unlearning: My Meeting with Charles Eisenstein (2022)
My meeting with Charles Eisenstein.
20 min
Not Capitalism, Not Communism: George Monbiot on Why We Need the Commons
Not Capitalism, Not Communism: George Monbiot on Why We Need the Commons
Cat Hobbs interviews activist and author George Monbiot on the potential of the commons, the idea of public luxury and more. 
21 min
We Need an Ecological Civilization Before It's Too Late
We Need an Ecological Civilization Before It's Too Late
In the face of climate breakdown and ecological overshoot, alluring promises of “green growth” are no more than magical thinking. We need to restructure the fundamentals of our global cultural/economic system to cultivate an “ecological civilization”: one that prioritizes the...
Jeremy Lent
This Love Letter to Resistance Will Light a Fire in Your Belly and Warm Your Heart
This Love Letter to Resistance Will Light a Fire in Your Belly and Warm Your Heart
The short film invites us on an intimate journey through the liberated territory of the Zad of Notre-dames-des-landes, a community in France who resisted an airport, and in doing so created a beautiful way of living with hope in these tempestuous times. 
4 min
Manila's Zero Waste Neighborhoods
Manila's Zero Waste Neighborhoods
Plastic polluted neighborhoods in Manila are taking things into their own hands by creating systemic zero waste programs that collect all recyclables, compost all organics, and push for corporate accountability.
4 min
A Korean Forest Gets its own Art Exhibition
A Korean Forest Gets its own Art Exhibition
What does it mean when we say "nature" is the artist?
7 min
The Green New Deal Can Work – Here's How
The Green New Deal Can Work – Here's How
18 concrete ways to make the urgently needed climate mobilization a reality
Jeremy Brecher
Robert Reich: A Bold New Idea to Boost Wages
Robert Reich: A Bold New Idea to Boost Wages
Robert Reich explains how expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit would boost wages for millions of working Americans. 
5 min
5 Reasons Why Milton Friedman Supported Guaranteed Income
5 Reasons Why Milton Friedman Supported Guaranteed Income
The latest video by Matt Orfalea.
7 min
How to Fight Fascism From a Position of Strength
How to Fight Fascism From a Position of Strength
The growth of white supremacy and fascism has been noticeable in a number of countries lately, prompting the question: What can we learn from each other? Each country might find “best practices” elsewhere that could be applied at home, in addition to learning from its own...
George Lakey
It's Climate Change That's Scary - Not Transforming the Economy
It's Climate Change That's Scary - Not Transforming the Economy
It’s very clear that conservatives have one plan for dealing with the popularity of the Green New Deal: scaring the hell out of people.
Bill McKibben
Creating Freedom: Raoul Martinez at TEDxWhitechapel
Creating Freedom: Raoul Martinez at TEDxWhitechapel
Much about who we are is determined by the lottery of our birth. We inherit genes we didn't ask for, and are faced with a world we played no part in creating. In short, we are shaped by forces over which we have no control. Raoul Martinez examines the radical implications...
18 min
5 Shareable Excerpts From Douglas Rushkoff's New Book 'Team Human'
5 Shareable Excerpts From Douglas Rushkoff's New Book 'Team Human'
Douglas Rushkoff's just released book "Team Human" is a passionately argued manifesto "for human dignity and prosperity in a digital age." Released this week, the manifesto's 100 points outline the many reasons and ways to"“reassert the human agenda." In true Shareable style...
Courtney Pankrat
What if a City Were Designed by Trees?
What if a City Were Designed by Trees?
Seeing trees as sacred is not an anomaly, it’s the fact that our culture has somehow lost this fellowship that’s an anomaly. If trees are a keystone of our wellness, why not learn to listen to their voice? If we did, how might the things we hear transform the landscape of our...
Patrick Lydon
Core Nonviolence Commitments
Core Nonviolence Commitments
I have not found a word that captures the exact line that I am looking for. Commitment may be a bit too strong, and tends to connote “should,” thus invoking the non-choiceful energy of obligation and duty. “Intention” is not strong enough, in my mind, to carry the unwavering...
Miki Kashtan
The Secret to Ending Poverty | Rutger Bregman
The Secret to Ending Poverty | Rutger Bregman
Historian Rutger Bregman found a way to end poverty. Obviously we had to ask him how!
6 min
The Public Ownership Solution
The Public Ownership Solution
The US has a surprisingly large amount of public ownership. But in order for it to truly serve the social good, it must be expanded — and democratized.
Thomas M. Hanna
Elements of the Democratic Economy: Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Elements of the Democratic Economy: Employee Stock Ownership Plan
An employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) enables full or partial ownership of a business by its employees through a pension plan or trust.
Stephanie Geller
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict (2011)
A Force More Powerful is a documentary series on one of the 20th century’s most important and least-known stories: how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule.  It includes six cases of movements, and each case is approximately 30 minutes long.
154 min
If You Oppose Donald Trump, Don't Hate Him
If You Oppose Donald Trump, Don't Hate Him
When we allow ourselves to fall victim to hatred, we are doing our opponents’ work for them.
Susan L. Rhodes and Charles R. Schwenk
Degrowth Is the Radical Post-Brexit Future the UK Needs
Degrowth Is the Radical Post-Brexit Future the UK Needs
As the Brexit negotiations wrap up and Theresa May’s deal is lambasted by Remainers and Leavers alike, it’s still far from clear what the future holds for the United Kingdom. On March 29 2019, it is due to leave the European Union.
Joe Herbert, Newcastle University
Unity and Diversity in the Land of Nonviolence
Unity and Diversity in the Land of Nonviolence
[Note: This essay was just published in the Fall 2019 theology journal, "Oneing," by Fr. Richard Rohr and the Center for Action and Contemplation. To order a copy, visit: www.cac.org ]
Rev. John Dear
Nationalism and Its Contradictions
Nationalism and Its Contradictions
Allow me to begin by stating an anthropological and genetic fact. Any conversation about so called “American” nationalism must begin with the story of human migration itself, which is a story that started in Africa: the one place where all humanity can affirm a shared genesis...
George Cassidy Payne
Let's Hear It for Men!
Let's Hear It for Men!
Stepping up in the era of Me Too and Total Shutdown.
Chris Taylor
Ideological Hegemony: How Our Own Thoughts Became the Greatest Weapon of the Ruling Class
Ideological Hegemony: How Our Own Thoughts Became the Greatest Weapon of the Ruling Class
"Ideological hegemony is the process by which the exploited come to view the world through a conceptual framework provided to them by their exploiters." - Kevin A. Carson
Tim Hjersted
100 Short Films to Expand Your Consciousness
100 Short Films to Expand Your Consciousness
There are over 4,500 videos on Films For Action, hand-curated for their potential to inspire action and raise awareness of just about every topic related to making the world a better place. You've probably already seen our top 100 documentaries feature. Here are our 100...
Films For Action
Trump is a Symptom, Not the Problem
Trump is a Symptom, Not the Problem
Check out the Jimmy Dore Show.
3 min
Raise Your Son to Be a Good Man, Not a ‘Real’ Man
Raise Your Son to Be a Good Man, Not a ‘Real’ Man
Michael Kimmel
This Restaurant Takeout Service Swaps Styrofoam for Sustainable
This Restaurant Takeout Service Swaps Styrofoam for Sustainable
After big cities like San Francisco banned businesses from using styrofoam containers, a woman from Durham, North Carolina, who was fed up with the plastic trash began her own crusade. When her efforts toward passing a local ban failed, she decided to focus on small-scale...
5 min
Unlearning Together: A Quest for Those Who No Longer Want to Suppress Their Experience of the Essential
Unlearning Together: A Quest for Those Who No Longer Want to Suppress Their Experience of the Essential
Movement, perception, thinking, effortless achievement and healing are inherent to life—they happen by themselves. When we observe children learning to walk or speak, ecosystems regenerating themselves, or animals self-organizing, we notice there’s a masterful way of...
Martin Winiecki
The Broken Century
The Broken Century
Welcome to the fake society. The world is dying. This is humanity... - James Scotmore
6 min
1968: a Missed Chance for Socialism
1968: a Missed Chance for Socialism
Precisely 50 years ago, the international anti-imperialistic students’ movement culminated in the uprisings in France. At that time, Dieter Duhm, a psychoanalyst and sociologist, was a spokesman of the “new left” in the German students’ movement and coined the slogan...
Dr. Dieter Duhm