We had a rare opportunity to meet with the co-founders of Films For Action, Tim Hjersted and Matthew Toplikar. Their amazing and free site is informative, educational, and on the cutting edge of a new type of news media. It's honest, innovative, and a leader in social change. The interview was filmed after The National Conference on Media Reform, on April 7th, 2013, in Colorado...
Lost actress Evangeline Lilly speaks out at the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver, April 2013. Her keynote tells the story of how she woke up and got involved in the media reform movement.
Journalist Amy Goodman made the case for independent media at the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver on Saturday, saying the pro-war views of the corporate media networks were firmly entrenched. “This is no longer a mainstream media, it’s an extreme media beating the drums for war,” she said after citing statistics about the mainstream media’s bias in...
Peak Moment 26: Author Guy Dauncey's lively, optimistic solutions for Peak Oil and climate crisis are do-able here and now. Conservation, efficiency, proven technologies, and emerging innovations will take us through this critical planetary energy transition.
Patrick Chalmers, former Reuters journalist (environment and later precious metals/FTSE correspondent) and the author of " Fraudcast News: How Bad Journalism Supports our Bogus Democracies", presented at the 3rd annual Positive Money conference in London. More about the ' Modernising
This week, Cenk Uygur sits down with Peter Joseph, founder of the Zeitgeist movement and creator of Zeitgeist: Moving Forward . The Zeitgeist movement's goal is to create global sustainability by changing established social systems. Can people save the world by changing socially? Is the market economy responsible for corruption, and is it serving its original purpose? Does the market...
The realm we exist in is so unimaginably huge, yet so incredibly detailed. We couldn't even begin to comprehend the true complexity of this cosmic domain. This Video mash shows a section of the IMAX movie Cosmic Voyage. It puts big and small into perspective and takes you on a voyage through the universe! Fractals has always intrigued me to a great degree. Fractals at the...
Economist Richard Wolff joins Bill Moyers to shine light on the disaster left behind in capitalism's wake, and discusses how to battle for economic justice. A noted professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and now visiting professor at Manhattan's New School, Wolff has written many books on the effects of rampant capitalism, including Capitalism Hits the Fan.
The Food is Free Project is creating a repeatable model of growing food and community. It is our vision and wish to empower you with the knowledge and know-how to transform your block and neighborhood step-by-step. Using salvaged materials we are building front yard community gardens for all to share.
Graham Hancock tells the story of his 24-year relationship with cannabis brought to an abrupt halt in 2011 after an encounter with ayahuasca, the sacred visionary brew of the Amazon. Along the way he explores the mystery of death, the problem of consciousness, and the implications for the human future of a society that wages total war on true cognitive liberty.
This video features two presentations from Bioneers 2010. The first is by john a. powell and asks us to "Dance Like You Matter in an Intra-Related World." The second presentation is by Gloria Feldt and her talk is titled, "Riding the Leadership Wave: Women Embracing Controversy." Both highly recommended. Skip to the 9:00 minute mark if you want to skip the introductory...
Social entrepreneur Nina Simons, a charismatic New Yorker-turned-New Mexican, is a living example of someone who walks her walk and talks her talk. As cofounder, with husband Kenny Ausubel, of the annual Bioneers Conference: Revolution from the Heart of Nature
Peter Warshall is Co-Director of the Bioneers' Dreaming New Mexico Project, and a world-renowned water steward, biodiversity and wildlife specialist, research scientist, conservationist, and environmental activist. Dreaming New Mexico has built a map of pragmatic and visionary solutions to create a more localized and green economy with greater local self-reliance and enhanced prosperity.
A debate between Chris Hedges and the CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective on Tactics & Strategy, Reform & Revolution. Most notably the debate was about the usefulness of the 'black bloc' tactic employed minimally in the Occupy Wall St protests and the controversy that Hedges stirred with his essay, "The Cancer in Occupy."
Modern agriculture, industry and finance all extract more than they give back, and the Earth is starting to show the strain. How did we get in this mess and what can we do to help our culture get back on track? The ecological design approach known as permaculture offers powerful tools for the design of regenerative, fair ways to provide food, energy, livelihood, and other needs while letting...
Wall Street is a full fledged counterfeiting operation with brokerages in every community in the nation and around the world trafficking in counterfeit goods (securities and other instruments). While the counterfeiters in Wall Street and the private Federal Reserve profit handsomely from the continual sale of bogus receipts and other counterfeited instruments. Eventually, the various...
Go to the average mainstream libertarian venue on any given day, and you’re likely to see elaborate apologetics for corporate globalization, Wal-Mart, offshoring, Nike’s sweatshops, rising CO2 levels, income inequality and wealth concentration, CEO salaries, Big Pharma’s profits, and Microsoft’s market share, all based on the principles of “the free...
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What is infant circumcision? Why is the practice common in U.S. hospitals and not in other countries? What does it remove and how does that affect the child? Does scientific data suggest that circumcision has benefits? What are the potential complications? How does it affect sexuality? Is it a medical procedure or a social surgery? If it's unnecessary surgery, what about contemporary...
Bookchin was an American libertarian socialist author, orator, and philosopher. A pioneer in the ecology movement, Bookchin was the founder of the social ecology movement within anarchist, libertarian socialist, and ecological thought. “Until society can be reclaimed by an undivided humanity that will use its collective wisdom, cultural achievements, technological innovations...
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 School of Graduate Education at Portland State University, a Scholar-in-Residence at Pacific University, and a biologist...
Aviva Chomsky is a history professor and coordinator of Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies at Salem State College in Massachusetts. Her 2007 book "They Take Our Jobs!" And Twenty Other Myths about Immigration provides a careful analysis of the overheated rhetoric around immigration policy in the United States, debunking the 21 biggest myths and stereotypes in today's...
A short film kick-starting a crowdfunding campaign of a new social enterprise in Manchester, UK. A group of friends decide to put their ideas into practice and defy the barriers that many of young people face in today's globalized economy. Please visit www.coffeecrankscoop.org.uk to find out more
In December, 2000 at the request of Professor David Andrus of USC's School of International Relations, Michael C. Ruppert gave a lecture on economics that rocked the foundations of about 70 upper classmen. There is the economics that is taught in most college curricula and then there is the real economics; fully documented, incontrovertible, and shocking. One seems like an...
A fantastically well articulated viewpoint of the worlds present state & possible future. In a sobering introduction he discusses the impacts of diminishing oil resources & the pivotal importance of a collaborative response to the crisis that will inevitable follow when this fundamental resource is no longer available. He continues by discussing the role of empathy in education...
Carl Miller is an expert on the constitution and the bill of rights. He has studied law for 25 years and has a courtroom win-loss rate of over 90%. He is not an attorney; Carl prefers to represent himself in pria persona, and he delights in tying legal prosecutors in knots, often winning the praise and respect of the judges at the same time. Carl is a highly decorated hero of the...
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 (from her forthcoming book by the same title) revolutionary solutions to the world's most vexing challenges? ...
Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin.
David Diamond, Ph.D., of the University of South Florida College of Arts and Sciences shares his personal story about his battle with obesity.
Philip Wollen, a former vice president of Citibank turned founder of the Kindness Trust gives a passionate, emotive speech on the ethics of modern factory farming. Powerful. Just watch. ‘Animals must be off the menu because tonight they are screaming in terror in slaughterhouses,’ he began, going on to detail what he witnessed when he visited slaughterhouses in his former life...
This video is Midwest Permaculture's Intro to Permaculture Internet Webinar, The Case for Permaculture. Originally available free online in eighteen segments it is now available here as one single video. It is the first video in our Foundations of Permaculture Webinar Series and is how we begin our Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) Courses.
Do you often ask yourself if the future is getting better?! Well, Peter Diamandis is one of those people who believe that not only is it getting better all the time but also that it is happening at a truly extraordinary pace. Want to find out more about Peter argument? Check out this cool video titled The World We Dream which was recorded during the 2012 Zeitgeist Americas. In it...
Uruguayan journalist Jorge Gestoso interviews Julian Assange from within the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Originally aired on GamaTV, August 30, 2012. “Well, there's a question as to what sort of information is important in the world, what sort of information can achieve reform. And there's a lot of information. So information that organizations are spending economic effort into...
Farm Sanctuary's Bruce Friedrich talks at the 2011 Animal Rights National Conference in Los Angeles, California. Want to know how to best get your voice heard for the animals? Bruce gives you the knowledge you need to get out there effectively, emphasizing the use of animal message wear, leaflets and the socratic method. +++ Don't forget to rate and comment! Thank You =3 Check out...
Slide presentation by Gary L. Francione about the theoretical and practical differences between animal rights and animal welfare. Professor Francione argues that there are profound theoretical and practical differences between animal rights and animal welfare. He is critical of what he calls “new welfarism,” or the position that incremental improvements in animal welfare...
Gary Yourofsky's inspirational speech at Georgia Tech, summer 2010. Kick back, relax, and open your ears to this powerful, straightforward speaker who dispels the many myths widely believed about how animals are treated in our society for a myriad of purposes and emphasizes how the use of these animals contributes to animal exploitation as well as environmental and humanitarian concerns. Open...
Taylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs, and that kids can change the world. And he knows something about both of those: When he was 14, he built a working fusion reactor in his parents' garage.
Catherine Mohr walks through all the geeky decisions she made when building a green new house -- looking at real energy numbers, not hype. What choices matter most? Not the ones you think.
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 entire self-sustaining village (starting cost: $10,000).
Peak Moment 218: Futurist Guy Dauncey's enthusiastic determination is absolutely infectious! The author of Climate Change: 101 Solutions to Global Warming sees multiple environmental crises descending on us all at once. He points to numerous historical examples of our coming together around critical issues. "We can do this!" he insists. We can "change, adapt, innovate and build an entire...
This is a video compiled of footage and images from various sources of Martin Luther Kings Last speech known as 'At the mountain top'. It is supplemented with a selection of thought provoking music. With thanks to the rightholders and their generosity (due to the CREATIVE COMMONS & Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for \"fair use\" for purposes such as...
A Different Kind of Education from a Different Kind of Educator… The Ultimate History Lesson is a 5 hour course, illustrating the cause and effect relationship of how Americans became incoherent, and thus how the American dream has was usurped by an international agenda. When John Taylor Gatto resigned from his job, he did so on the Op-Ed page of the Wall Street Journal . At the...
Innovative farmer Joel Salatin says sustainable agriculture requires both perennials (like native grasses) and herbivores (like cattle) to build soil. Mimicking patterns from nature, this maverick Virginia farmer rotates cattle followed by chickens into short-term pasture enclosures, where their poop fertilizes the earth. His new book Folks, This Ain’t Normal is a critique of the...
Utrecht, the Netherlands, March 2011: Noam Chomsky lecture on "Responsibility and integrity: the dilemmas we face". He spoke to students of Utrecht University on the responsibility of what he calls "intellecutuals", which he describes as "people of relative privilige... and ability to be in a position to get involved in affairs that matter to human beings." Chomsky believes intellectuals have...
This Video Essay discusses a number of issues related to common yet gross misunderstandings regarding The Zeitgeist Movement and how you can help.
We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust.
Part 1: Where are we now? Part 2: Where are we going? Part 3: Social Pathology? Part 4: A 20 minute Intro to a Resource/Earth-Based Economy Part 5: A 10 minute Intro to a Resource/Earth-Based Economy
Lawrence Lessig explains how institutional corruption has affected every aspect of our government. Quotes from the video: "The big change came in the late 1970s and 1980s when large corporate chains accelerated the long-term trend to gobble up daily newspapers." -- quote from The Death and Life of American Journalism by Robert McChesney, John Nichols "When locally based family owned...
What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of 'normal' can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs.
From their “Zero Mile Meal Eatery” to zoning and financing innovations, O.U.R. Ecovillage in BC, Canada has paved the way for many communities worldwide. For Brandy Gallagher, the story on the planet right now could be a shared ethos of caring: “Everyone is fed. Everyone is taken care of.” Asserting that “No is just an uneducated Yes,” Brandy shows how a...