George Woodman is a former teacher and founder of Teng Hoi conservation organisation.(tenghoi.org ) He is running a composting project at the school in Sai Kung. The children learn how their food waste can be made into a valuabke rescource for gardening amd the project is showcasting a resilient composting system which could be applied to various institutions or big buildings...want to know...
Matt calls himself a designer and in three, extraordinarily compact minutes he explains the various levels of what "design" actually means. Hsiao-Yen Jones constructs a striking, visually layered representation of Matt's explanation and makes connections to the inner and outer world that most of us have never thought of. The passing of the film is exhilarating and makes deep...
In this installment of Peter Joseph's public access parody, the subject of Security and True Safety will be investigated. The evil terrorists are revealed to be at it again with a new airline scare; our Guy In A Tie reminds us of who is in control and a special award show finds a very special recipient in the Gun Control Debate.. Special guest appearances by Chad Fisher (Alex Jones)...
Film-makers' summary: After years of back-breaking toil in ground ravaged by the effects of man-made growing systems, Paul Gautschi has discovered a taste of what God intended for mankind in the garden of Eden. Some of the vital issues facing agriculture today include soil preparation, fertilization, irrigation, weed control, pest control, crop rotation, and PH issues. None of these issues...
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? This cinematic odyssey connects the dots on our current economic pains and offers a new story of money based on an emerging paradigm of planetary well-being that understands all of life as profoundly...
Unveiled and Lifted, a new documentary experience from Lifting the Veil with Cari-Lee, fuses music, art and substance to create an engaging assessment of the current problems facing humanity along with potential solutions to alleviate our situation. The film presents an array of authors, filmmakers, artists and freethinkers, join us as all is Unveiled and Lifted! Featuring special guests...
My life experiences have enabled me to have rich experiences in a broad range of fields: military officer (U.S. Army, artillery), professional sports (tennis), business (entrepreneur), politics (U.S. congressional candidate), architecture (masters degree), religion (Harvard Divinity School, masters degree), writing (numerous books), and higher education. - Joe Simonetta We live in...
First Spark Media and Animal Place present the feature length documentary Turlock chronicling 50,000 animals left to starve to death in Turlock, California in February of 2012. Filmed over the course of one year, the film delves into the reality of animal farming and raises the question of how we view non-human animals in our society.
One of the favorite arguments against alternative energy is that it isn’t available all the time. The sun goes down. The wind stops blowing. Gotta have that oil! Gotta have that natural gas! If there are accidents due to drilling or fracking, well, that’s just the price we’ve got to pay. Not so fast. German researchers have come up with a strategy to combine the output...
A short documentary that centers around a volunteer guide at Quetzaltrekkers, a trekking organization in Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala, that puts all of its profits towards Escuela de la Calle and El Hogar, a school and a home built to aid street kids in Guatemala.
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.
Short film release from Dominoes Falling Productions, featuring Jacque Fresco, Charlie Chaplin, Joe Rogan with music from William Fitzsimmons & Priscilla Ahn (JacM Chillstep Remix).
It’s a fact. In Europe, 1.5 million workers co-own their enterprises. They are called worker cooperatives, social cooperatives or participative enterprises. The documentary TOGETHER reveals, through extensive research and exclusive interviews, why those enterprises show a major resilience to the crisis and its consequences through 4 examples: a mineral water plant in Poland...
At a time when many are disillusioned with big banks and big business, the economic crisis and growing inequality in our country, employee ownership offers a real solution for workers and communities. Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work is a new documentary (released in fall 2012) that highlights worker-owned enterprises in North America and in Mondragon, Spain. Part 2 is a video...
This video is a consolidated video containing all of the videos provided by Chis Duane at http://www.thegreatesttruthnevertold.com/ . Please check out his website for more information. This is one of the most important videos anyone can watch. Please take the time to watch it from end to end.
The MONDRAGON Corporation is a corporation and federation of worker cooperatives based in the Basque region of Spain . Founded in the town of Mondragón in 1956, its origin is linked to the activity of a modest technical college and a small workshop producing
A video about the many cooperatives in Maleny, Australia, and the beneficial effects they have on the local community. It includes interviews with people from the Maleny Credit Union, the health food store, environmental coops and the kindergarden. Read More Kamala Alister -- Maleny is situated 100 kilometers north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Australia. It is...
THE WORLD BECOMES WHAT YOU TEACH 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. Through the Institute's graduate programs, online courses and resources, people are provided with the knowledge, tools...
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.
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 and motivations of New York City's solidarity economy leaders. You can view a map of solidarity organizations and...
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.
Animals are hidden in the shadows of our highly mechanized world. Director's statement: "The Ghosts in Our Machine is a journey of discovery into what is a complex social dilemma, one that needs to be considered morally significant. In essence, humans have cleverly categorized non-human animals into three parts: domesticated pets, wildlife, and the ones we don’t like to...
Should it be a crime for people to share their renewable energy with others? From an Iowa farmer to a California solar guerrilla, these people have clean power to share--if only their utility companies would let them. Power From The People is about the fight to distribute homemade renewable energy over the nation"s power grid. Awards: EarthVision 2002 Award Winner, EarthVision...
Motherboard's 30-minute film on the grassroots movement to make thorium nuclear power a reality. Follow us: @motherboard on Twitter | motherboardtv on Facebook Note for Non US-Visitors: If the video doesn't play in your country, use www.securitykiss.com and after downloading and installing the free program, in the options set your server to a U.S. server.
A short documentary about Casas de la Esperanza, a changemaker based in Granada, Nicaragua that works to with impoverished locals living beyond the edge of the city to create housing options for a better life. This video was produced on location by an Actuality Media student crew and shot with a Canon XA10.
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...
Big cities have serious errors that affect our quality of life. Over half of our world's population is now living in cities. Life in a City Full of Errors is an online short documentary series about those who dig out, record, share but also go out and fix the errors of their big city. The series is part of a cross-media platform called City of Errors. City of Errors is a mobile and...
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 crisis has become the catalyst for a profound transformation: millions of people are deciding that enough is enough ...
A film about saving the Colorado River & exploring a new water ethic for the New West. Currently, the Colorado River does not reach the Gulf of California due to excess water use higher up in the river's path through the Western United States - we can change that but need your help. Executive produced and narrated by Robert Redford.
At a time when many are disillusioned with big banks and big business, and growing inequity in our country, employee ownership offers a real solution for workers and communities. Shift Change is a new documentary that highlights worker-owned enterprises in North America and in Mondragon, Spain. The film couldn’t be more timely, as 2012 has been declared by the U.N. as the...
An epic rumination on the nature of modern human existence -Maryland Film Festival At the core of humankind's ethos is an ongoing struggle to come to terms with the impermanence of self. Reconvergence offers an intriguing exploration of mortality, consciousness and identity in the modern age from the perspectives of four distinct characters: a naturalist, a neuroscientist, a poet and a...
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...
The Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship commissioned ITN to make this short film to look at some of the key features of a Steiner School including: - how Steiner Schools nurture spiritual development in keeping with the cultural setting of the school and without being tied to a particular faith; - the emphasis on "doing" to complement academic learning; - how the absence of testing in...
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Freedom is a film about a fictive person in the real world who is set on a quest for freedom. In 12 steps he searches for the feeling of total freedom. The path starts with the question "what is freedom?". It brings him to the point where he decides to go to Egypt on a 14-day tour guided by bestselling author Robert Bauval and co-hosted by bestselling author Graham Hancock. On that...
Host David Brancaccio tackles one of the toughest challenges facing Americans today: How does our country create jobs that pay well and build prosperity? Brancaccio travels across America uncovering innovative community and small business projects pioneered by inspirational personalities. Want to host a screening of this film? If your city is not listed on our screening list , and...
A rural village in Ethiopia has combated poverty by making men and women equal, educating all its children and eradicating conflict. Learn about Awra Amba's innovative solutions in a new interactive 360° web experience. Ask questions directly to the villagers and contribute your own ideas to a global discussion about a more sustainable future.
The Panthers are a unique organisation that takes inspiration and methods from the Black Panthers in the USA. The Panthers was started in February 2011 by a few older youths from the suburb of Biskopsgården in Gothenburg, Sweden. They have organised themed days, summer and winter camps, and a football tournament with invited teams from other suburbs. With a strong sense of commitment...
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 of interest to people who homeschool, use co-ops, believe in child-led learning or are seeing the benefits of any...
With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was decades in the making and in fact reflects seismic failures within the structures of American-style capitalism itself. Wolff traces the source of the economic crisis to the 1970s, when wages began to stagnate and...
Democracy at Work is a project, begun in 2010, that aims to build a social movement. The movement's goal is transition to a new society whose productive enterprises (offices, factories, and stores) will mostly be WSDE's, a true economic democracy. The WSDEs would partner equally with similarly organized residential communities they interact with at the local, regional, and national...
Featuring many key figures from Europe and the U.S., this is the first documentary film to look with scientific thoroughness at the world of Cultural Creatives. It shows that a great mass of people think differently from the way propagated by the media and promoted by the establishment. By the end of the film it becomes evident that this huge mass, were it to become aware of its power, could...
Have you ever wondered why there’s so much debt? Or why the experts and authorities seem completely unable to solve the current debt crisis? Well the reason they can’t solve it is because they’re trying to fix and repair the existing banking system. But the existing banking system is completely flawed. It’s the existing system that has buried all of us under a...
In Guatemala, giving birth can often be a dangerous thing due to the environs of public, government run hospitals for which there is little alternative. Mayan women especially are given sub-par care. This documentary looks at the organization Manos Abiertas - a changemaker based just outside of Antigua, Guatemala, that works to give local Mayan women a safe, affordable option.
The film deals with one of the most dramatic societal trends happening today: urbanization. The world population is expected to soar to more than 9 billion people by 2050, with roughly 70 percent living in cities. At the same time, Information Communications Technology is extending its reach. These parallel trends are intersecting at a time in which the world faces serious economic...
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
This documentary invites viewers to follow environmentalist Mikael Rioux as he meets exceptional men and women behind innovative projects for the future of society.Earth Keepers profiles India’s Ashok Khosla, head of Development Alternatives, which is putting development back in the hands of local populations ; Canadian John Todd and his “living machines,” which mimic nature...
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? ...
Growing Change follows the filmmaker's journey to understand why current food systems leave hundreds of millions of people in hunger. It's a journey to understand how the world will feed itself in the future in the face of major environmental challenges. Part 2 is the Trailer Show Your Support for the Film-Makers. Donate $5 or Buy the DVD. The documentary...
The Thai government would rather deny that there is a problem with underage sex trafficking in northern Thailand, but amongst the far-flung hill tribes there is no stigma about selling off a daughter. The Children's Organization of Southeast Asia has developed a new method to fight this problem.