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It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. ~Jiddu Krishnamurti
Coal pollution is the single biggest driver of climate change on the planet. It's causing more and more extreme weather and pushing the world's poorest people into poverty and hunger. If we keep burning fossil fuels at the rate we are now, climate change could push 50 million...
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Remember, its not the planet that needs saving, its us. #savethehumans
You may have already heard a few appalling facts about food waste but just in case you havent, here are a few tidbits of information to catch you up on the issue.
Rob Greenfield
When street artistLouis Masai Michelwent on a trip to South Africa to paint endangered animals, he came back a man on a mission.
Brandon Siewert
Film series tells the stories of eight embattled indigenous communities around the world
Christopher McLeod
The transition from a capitalist to a cooperative economy could be one of the defining achievements of the 21st century.
Guy Dauncey
Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez has been campaigning since he was six. He explains why young people are not afraid to take on the fossil fuel industry
Lilah Raptopoulos
Earth Day is one of the most confused and misguided celebratory days of the year. The UN refers to this day as the International Mother Earth Day, but what is it were supposed to celebrate?
Shahid Naeem
Using California's rooftops, parking lots, and other developed land, the state could power itself up to five times over.
Adele Peters
"We [should] tell new stories of the dream, not the nightmares. We must describe where we want to go, such as happier lives, and better cities."
Bill Kilby
A more beautiful, egalitarian and regenerative world is possible. Take this library and use it to inspire global change!
Only a sweeping Constitutional amendment can save us from a global environmental disaster beyond our imagination.
Michael Lerner
Is there a belief about the Universe or about ourselves that causes all of the conflict in the world?
Chris Agnos
Boading, dubbed China's 'greenest city', is the world's biggest maker of solar panels and wind turbines, write Caleb Goods & Carla Lipsig-Mumme. But it's also has the country's worst pollution. Green energy, electric cars and the batteries that power them are great, but with...
Caleb Goods & Carla Lipsig-Mumme
When you take a moment and look around at the world, things can appear pretty messed up. Take 5 or 10 minutes and watch the 6 oclock news. Chances are, the entire time, all you are going to see is war, conflict, death, illness, etc. Sure, this is part of the mainstream medias...
Joe Martino
Im looking out across a valley, very fertile and green. Different cultures share their space with young and old alike. A society that cares for the soil beneath our feet, the water that nourishes us and the air that fills our lungs. The health and well-being of all beings...
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I went through a recent awakening where I realized that something very important has been missing throughout my entire life.
Chris Agnos
Earthship is a concept of over 40 years and yet the first one ever built in Europe was in 2000. The idea is a trademark of Michael Reynoldsa US architect. In the 70s, Reynolds envisioned a home which would have three exciting traitsself sustainability, construction utilizing...
Whoever controls the price of oil can play god with the global economy - thats why the US and Saudi Arabia are leading the way to smash OPEC and re-create a new global oil cartel
No one can set the price of oil,saidSaudi oil minister Ali
Nafeez Ahmed
Recent scientific reports about climate change make grim reading. A paper published in The Economic Journal by the respected UK economist Lord Stern states that the models previously used to calculate the economic effects of climate change have been woefully inadequate. They...
Steve Taylor Ph.D.
Following decades of research and hundreds of cross-cultural studies, psychologists have identified a number of consistently-occurring human values.
Common Cause
The Future of Energy is a powerful documentary that captures the movement across the United States to transition to renewable energy and what everyday people are doing to help foster that shift. It's a positive film about the renewable energy revolution, and a love story...
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Part III of The Bloom New Ways of The Sacred looks at how Transformational Festivals are venues for an active engagement with ancient, universal themes of MYTHOS, RITUAL and THE SACRED, exploring ways which both honor the traditional, while reflecting our unprecedented...
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Some things are beyond measure and beyond price. No amount of money is enough to compensate for the loss of the sacred.
Charles Eisenstein
What If A Solution To Climate Change Was Beneath Your Feet?
Soil is a living universe beneath our feet.As important to our lives as clean air and water, soil also holds a potential solution to the global climate crisis. Increasing numbers of scientists, farmers and ranchers...
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Geoff Lawton talks International Permaculture Day at The Greening the Desert Sequel Site in the Jordan Valley (PRI Jordan). Join us worldwide on Sunday 3rd May for International Permaculture Day: In Support of Soil! http://bit.ly/IPD2015SupportSoil
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Transformational Festivals Panel for Practicing The New World LIVE at 7:00pm April 29th following the LIVE MASS VIEWING of THE BLOOM PART II
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A lot of people reacted tomy comment on Facebookthe other day that greed is more a symptom than a cause of our current system, with all its inequities. Im asked, What is the cause of greed? First Ill say what I think greed is: Greed is the insatiabl
Charles Eisenstein
Spectacularly photographed in Europe, Scandinavia, North America and Hawaii, Breath of Life travels the globe in search of the truth behind what appears to be a looming environmental catastrophe. Everyone is telling us how we are destroying our world. BREATH OF LIFE is a film...
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An Apology Letter to Future Generations.
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Humanity is more than ever threatened by its own actions; we hear a lot about the need to minimize footprints and to reduce our impact. But what if our footprints were beneficial? What if we could meet human needs while increasing the health and well-being of our planet?
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Richard Heinberg explores why The Great Burning the combustion of oil, coal, and natural gas must come to an end during the next few decades. If the twentieth century was all about increasing our burn rate year after blazing year, the dominant trend of twenty-first century...
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Richard Heinberg explores how in our economy, the environment, and energy production we may well be hitting the point of diminishing returns. When previous societies have hit similar limits, they often doubled-down by attempting ever more complex interventions to keep...
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Growing inequality, political stalemate, and climate disruption prompt an important insight. When the old ways no longer produce the outcomes we are looking for, something deeper is occurring. It is time to explore genuine alternatives and new models-"the next system."
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Through first-hand testimony The Bliss of Ignorance investigates South Africa's complex relationship with one of the country's most abundant resources: coal.
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In 10 years, Los Angeles plans to reduce per capita water use by 22.5 percent. It will no longer get any of its electricity from coal-fired power plants. It will turn public library lawns into urban gardens and lay out rain barrels like a city full of survivalist...
Heather Smith
Once in a while a film comes along that has profound impact this is a delicious taste of what can be. - Polly Higgins
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Every day, farmworkers across the county are exposed to a toxic brew of chemicals. One of the communities that has been impacted is Lake Apopka, Florida. This video tells their story. There is a better way to get our food from farm to table.
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The Great Squeeze chronicles our dependence on cheap and abundant fossil fuels that have been feeding the engine of our economic system for the past 200 years. Although cheap energy has lifted modern civilizations to new heights, the ecosystem we depend on has paid the...
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We are in the midst of a global crisis of perspective. We have forgotten the undeniable truth that everything is connected. PLANETARY is a provocative and breathtaking wakeup call, a cross continental, cinematic journey, that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a...
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The global epidemic of violence against women and their systematic exclusion from the power structures that rule us are integral to man's violent exploitation of Earth and her resources, writes Nafeez Ahmed. The fight to save the Earth must begin with the empowerment of women...
Nafeez Ahmed
Profit-driven approaches to our energy supply are not working. Emissions continue to rise and our climate is rapidly changing. How can we move toward energy democracy, shifting to a more sustainable, equitable energy system? And whats the role of trade unions in getting us there?
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Across the globe, countless women are standing up to the ravages of climate change and to the governments and big businesses who are allowing it to destroy the world
"I give you a message from my heart," she says, "let's move forward and work together for the benefit of...
Jon Queally
A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Gene banks of the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation inspired rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are already...
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Modern industrial capitalism is based on a simple premise, writes Derrick Jensen: our mother Earth is a great store of raw materials for us to pillage, and a vast trashcan for our endless volumes of waste, no matter how long-lived and deadly. How can this be changed? First we...
Derrick Jensen
Shifting away from an emphasis on global economic growth toward local economies provides a means to increase meaningful employment, shrink the gap between rich and poor, and tackle climate change.
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Despite the countless grassroots projects already under way, the global economic juggernaut can seem too powerful to stop. But because more and more of us are becoming aware of how disastrous the global economy is for people and the planet, I believe that the chances for...
Helena Norberg-Hodge
When we talk about saving the world, what world are we talking about? Not the globe itself, obviously. But also not the biological worldthe world of life. The world of life, strangely enough, is not in danger (though thousands and perhaps even millions of species are). Even...
Daniel Quinn
In this sedition we look at the economic clusterfuck enveloping the globe, the mega drop in oil prices and the political party that has the left screaming like Justin Beaver fans.
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Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change
Derrick Jensen
An animation about consumption in a surreal, miniature world
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Join the intrepid naturalist as he follows the greatest of all Canadian migrations: the journey of the tar sands.Say no to the Energy East pipeline proposal here.
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Alan Heeks explores the pathways that can take us from the old story of addictive materialism into a new, creative and regenerative post-industrial society.
Alan Heeks
The World's largest environmental organizations are failing to address the single most destructive force facing the planet today. Follow the shocking, yet humorous journey of an aspiring environmentalist as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing...
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New research first of its kind to identify specific national reserves that must remain untapped
A groundbreaking new study is confirming what green campaigners have long argued: in order to stave off climate disaster, the majority of fossil fuel deposits around the...
Sarah Lazare
Whilst filming in the prairies of Minnesota recently, Geoff Lawton was struck by the contrasting field of industrial corn. In 3 minutes he gave you an interesting account of the contrast and despair of industrial agriculture. Its Geoff Lawton at his unplugged best.
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I walk a small path, surrounded by an infinite number of trees, plants and the scent of flowers. My lungs fill with pure, fresh air when I take a deep breath. My bare feet touch the ground, damp from yesterday's rain. This is my home. This is where I grew up. This is what I...
Nina Gualinga
An organic farmer is the best scientist of today, because they actually have to understand how nature works in order to produce.They are the best health specialist of today, because they are giving us the food that gives us health. An organic farmer is the best steward of the...
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