Library
1,021-1,080 of 10,934 results
A new photo book from conservation experts aims to shine a light on humanity's impact on the planet and convince people to think about their contribution.Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshootincludes photos and essays exploring man's complicated relationship with the planet.
James Gerken · 4.9 stars
The backyard of New South Wales is facing its biggest threat yet invasive gasfields. Betrayal by governments has meant protectors are fighting to save the things they love. The Pilliga, Great Artesian Basin, Liverpool Plains all are at risk.
100 min · 4.8 stars
In record numbers, people are escaping regions plagued by warfare, instability, disasters, poverty, or systemic persecution. The United Nations announced last year that forced displacement had topped 50 million globally, and early tracking indicates that number may increase...
Alan Taylor · 5 stars
The Commons is maturing politically, its methods and principles becoming more visible and its participants winning municipal elections in a variety of European cities. How did this happen, and what happens next? First, a look at our present political context, and then some...
Stacco Troncoso & Ann Marie Utratel · 5 stars
If you buy products or services from any of the 50 companies listed below (and you likely do), you are supporting modern American slavery
Sara Burrows · 4.7 stars
The universe is unbelievably big trillions of stars and even more planets. Soo there just has to be life out there, right? But where is it? Why dont we see any aliens? Where are they? And more importantly, what does this tell us about our own fate in this gigantic and scary...
6 min · 4.9 stars
It isnt just poor peoples lives which differ from rich peoples lives it's poor people's thoughts that differ from everyone else's.
Carmen Rios · 5 stars
Anarchists have traditionally opposed voting for a variety of ideological reasons. For many, not voting is held as a badge of honor - a way of signaling one's commitment to anarchist theory. I've often thought that this belief in not voting almost represents a sort of reli
Hello, I am selling unconditional love for $0.
Infinite square feet lot. Includes refreshing air, sunshine, the Earth, beautiful mountains and the ocean. A stunning 'classic' heritage made 4.5 billion years ago.
Address: Earth, Solar System, Milky Way.
Available now to...
Brice Royer · 5 stars
Over the past couple of weeks,@DMReporterand I (@BestoftheMail) have been getting more and more aghast by the tone of some of the coverage of the migration in Europe. This is especially apparent in newspaper comment sections where it now seems that literally anything...
Daily Mail Comments (@BestoftheMail) · 4.9 stars
People who live in a traditional village that means a community of about 150 people are far better off than the rest of us.
Diane Cole · 4.8 stars
The numbers do not lie: women have long been underrepresented on the United States Supreme Court. In the courts 228-year history, only four of the 112 justices have been female. Sandra Day OConnor became the first female justice in 1981, almost two centuries after the courts...
Tonja Jacobi and Dylan Schweers · 5 stars
The Democratic establishment and those in the media who support them keep making the same mistakes on Sanders and his movement.
Liam Miller · 4.6 stars
What if there were a magical place where blacks could escape the indignities, dangers and inconveniences of racism?
5 min · 4.8 stars
On October 3, a U.S. AC-130 gunship attacked a hospital run by Mdecins Sans Frontires in Kunduz, Afghanistan, partially destroying it. Twelve staff members and 10patients, including three children, were killed, and 37 people were injured. Acco
Jon Schwarz · 5 stars
For our Debt Issue, we explored ways we could turn the tables on the bankers, rethink the soul-crushing nature of debt, and find routes to get out of it.Because the shame and powerlessness of debt can overwhelm our senses and perceptions, wedecided to ask our favorite artists...
Yes! Magazine · 5 stars
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 · 5 stars
In Margaret Atwoods powerful essay [Its Not Climate ChangeIts Everything Change] on the reality of climate changeand its implications for the future of oil-dependent industrial civilizationshe tells two vastly distinct stories of our future.
Nafeez Ahmed · 4.8 stars
Bernie Sanders offers a different way forward.
Matt Karp · 5 stars
We need a real awakening, enlightenment, to change our way of thinking and seeing things. To breathe in and be aware of your body and look deeply into it, realise you are the Earth and your consciousness is also the consciousness of the Earth.
Thich Nhat Hanh · 5 stars
As an anarchist, as someone who believes neither in leaders nor the means by which we select them, Im obviously at something of a disadvantage when it comes to making political endorsements of any kind. That said, I wasnt born an anarchist.
Alan Moore · 5 stars
INVASION is a new film about the Unistoten Camp, Gidimten checkpoint and the larger Wet'suwet'en Nation standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence against Indigenous people.
18 min · 5 stars
Pope Francis argues that modern economy's worship of 'god of money' leads to disenfranchisement and extremism
Nika Knight · 5 stars
From authoritarian power grabs to Andrew Neils nonsensical eulogy, the reaction to the Paris attacks proves that we havent learned from our past mistakes
Frankie Boyle · 5 stars
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 · 5 stars
Latin American Artist Mara Mara Acha-Kutscher takes photographs from social and feminist movements and turns them into stunning pop art illustrations
María María Acha-Kutscher · 4.9 stars
Emma Lindsay responds to an all too common argument about womens responsibilities with respect to alcohol and rape
Emma Lindsay · 5 stars
Human beings seem unable to live without war, but they are also unable to live without love.
Arundhati Roy · 5 stars
The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. This project was completed as part of my thesis work in the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center...
11 min · 5 stars
100 celebrities narrate this enlightening documentary that re-examines the interconnectedness of all life on Earth, ponders our place in the universe, while taking viewers on an epic journey through the history of civilization and beyond. In this compassionate and inspiring...
100 min · 5 stars
Store Wars is a hilarious five minute mini-movie about a small band of organic vegetable puppets -- Cuke Skywalker, Ham Solo, Chewbroccoli and wise old Obi Wan Cannoli -- battling against Darth Tader, evil lord of the Dark Side of The Farm. Can these Organic Rebels rescue...
6 min · 5 stars
It doesnt happen often, but every now and then you hear a story about people overcoming all odds to help others and it completely changes your perspective of the world. The story ofJia Haixia and Jia Wenqiis certainly one of these.
Kate Good · 4.9 stars
It doesnt interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your hearts longing.
Oriah · 4.7 stars
Two years ago, I was hired as a campaign coordinator for a community initiative in South L.A. I got the job because Id been an organizer for labor unions, and I was eager and thrilled. Id be coordinating The Belong Campaign,part
Melissa Chadburn · 4.9 stars
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
R. Buckminster Fuller
Martin Winiecki · 5 stars
From left to right: Starhawk, Julia Butterfly Hill, Majora Carter, Vandana Shiva, and Patricia Gualinga.
August 26th isWomens Equality Day, a day to honor when American women gained the right to vote, 95 years ago. In honor of womens equality, we present 5 fearless women...
Rachael Steineckert · 4.9 stars
Mycologist Paul Stamets breaks down many of the discoveries he's made studying mycelium - and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world.
18 min · 5 stars
Short documentary on Uganda's US-backed dictatorship, the country's freedom struggle from colonialism until today, and the geo-strategic role the regime plays for US Imperialism.
17 min · 4.9 stars
Jackson Katz argues that widespread violence in American society, including the tragic school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and elsewhere, needs to be understood as part of an ongoing crisis in masculinity. Tough Guise is the first educational video...
5 min · 4.8 stars
Theres little dispute among social scientists that most of our major public programs are counter-productive on their own terms. There is also little analysis of this phenomenon as a pattern in need of an explanation and a solution.
David Swanson · 4.9 stars
Both Trump and Brexit can be explained by the failure of mainstream political elites to address the pain inflicted on ordinary citizens in the neoliberal era. But the real solutions lie not in hatred, but relocalisation.
Helena Norberg-Hodge and Rupert Read · 5 stars
Undergraduates ask me how to keep from getting cynical and demoralized, and my first question is how much mainstream news media they consume each day.
Arlene Goldbard · 5 stars
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 dont...
90 min · 5 stars
Ive written about or linked to a great deal here chronicling Mitts mendacity to borrow Steven Benens phrase.
Fred Clark · 5 stars
In 'Medicating Kids,' FRONTLINE examines the dramatic increase in the prescription of behavior-modifying drugs for children. Are these medications really necessary--and safe--for young children, or merely a harried nation's quick fix for annoying, yet age-appropriate, behavior?
56 min · 5 stars
What a vaccine's "efficacy rate" actually means.
8 min · 4.9 stars
Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain. Focusing on the industry's marketing practices, media scholars and...
5 min · 5 stars
This is a little window into our strategy to help catalyze a Global Paradigm Shift
A crash course in social democracy.
Ann Jones · 4.9 stars
London, May 2009. A small experiment involving thirteen homeless men takes off. They are street veterans. Some of them have been sleeping on the cold tiles of The Square Mile, the financial center of the world, for more than forty years. Their presence is far from...
Rutger Bregman · 4.8 stars
This is a film based on the book "Death of the Liberal Class" by journalist and Pulitzer prize winner, Chris Hedges.
51 min · 4.6 stars
Stand in solidarity with the people of Syria calling and dying for their freedom and right to choose their leaders.
Leftists can fantasize that they are doing a great service to humanity by scoffing at Bernie, but theyre merely isolating themselves from the rest of the country.
William Kaufman · 4.8 stars
For decades the United States has been a bastion of free market ideology and extreme individualism, but in the last few years we've seen a major resurgence of socialist ideas. In this episode, Second Thought takes a look at why so many young people are attracted to socialism...
19 min · 4.9 stars
In this documentary Bill Moyers exposes the inner workings of the secret government. Though originally broadcast in 1987, it is even more relevant today. Interviews with respected, top military, intelligence, and government insiders reveal both the history and secret...
86 min · 5 stars
Films For Action recently released a Facebook App that features a top-100 compendium of documentaries made to change the world...
Deep within you are two powerful allies: yourinner masculineandinner feminine. These complementary aspects of your fundamental nature, distinct from your gender identity, are a potent source of love, healing and success in the world. Each plays a crucial role in your overall...
Tiziana Dellarovere · 5 stars
Dear Mothers, Im writing you today because I can no longer contain the ache in my gut and fire in my heart over an injustice that you and I are bearing the brunt of.
Beth Berry · 4.8 stars
"I don't need to look at the evidence." "I wouldn't believe it even if it WERE true." "I refuse to believe that that many Americans could be that treasonous. Someone would have talked."
11 min · 5 stars
This 36-minute documentaryfollows the lives of 5 young explorers on their journey through the 5-week Ecovillage Design Education program in Switzerland, which navigates today's challenges as opportunities to build a regenerative future for all.
36 min · 5 stars