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93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness
93 Documentaries to Expand Your Consciousness
This is the crash-course in 'what the hell is going on here' that we surely all wish we got from our education growing up but probably never did.
Films For Action · 523,447 views · 91%
How We Understand the Crisis Is Part of the Crisis
How We Understand the Crisis Is Part of the Crisis
It was something I heard one dissident professor say when I was an undergraduate studying psychology in a Nigerian university. He didn’t quite say it; he whispered it. When the white men came, they brought us schools and the bible, he intoned. And then we gave them our own...
Bayo Akomolafe · 864 views · unrated
On Ending Racism and the Need for Holding Simultaneous Realities
On Ending Racism and the Need for Holding Simultaneous Realities
One of the things I've been reflecting on a lot lately is the importance of holding simultaneous realities in our hearts and awareness at the same time. When it comes to ending the violence and divisions of racism, nationalism, and other historical conflicts, I see many...
Tim Hjersted · 10,938 views · 100%
The Happiness Conspiracy
The Happiness Conspiracy
What does it mean to be happy in a modern consumer society? John F Schumaker argues that our entire socio-economic system is designed to spew out citizens eternally in search of satisfaction.
John Schumaker · 6,203 views · 100%
Why the Changing Nature of Work Means We Need a Universal Basic Income
Why the Changing Nature of Work Means We Need a Universal Basic Income
We have a crisis of work. The secure, well-paid jobs of the past — many of them in manufacturing — are disappearing. What is replacing them is insecurity and uncertainty. Low-paid, part-time, temporary and seasonal work. The “feast or famine” of self-employment. The so-called...
Frances Coppola · 10,743 views · 100%
The Lessons of Standing Rock
The Lessons of Standing Rock
In mid-November of 2016, I was a Water Protector at Standing Rock. At first my goal was to play investigative journalist; documenting then writing about every detail for my article readers and online followers. However, by the time I actually got there, all my goals had changed.
Michael Emero · 4,122 views · 100%
Beyond Trump: Rebooting the System From Inside the Death Machine
Beyond Trump: Rebooting the System From Inside the Death Machine
Free your mind, find your power, change the world
Nafeez Ahmed, with Andrew Markell and Gunther Sonnenfeld · 5,490 views · unrated
The Sharing Economy: It Takes More Than a Smartphone
The Sharing Economy: It Takes More Than a Smartphone
I ran into my friend Rick the other day in a small town near our homes in northern Vermont. He was just coming out of the bookstore, holding a pink plastic bag that, I would soon learn, contained a dozen eggs from his flock of free range hens. After a bit of small talk, Rick...
Steven Gorelick · 7,640 views · 100%
I Don't Want to Benefit From The Indignity of Others
I Don't Want to Benefit From The Indignity of Others
The following is an excerpt called A Slave World taken from a passage from Sacred Economics.
Chris Agnos · 17,606 views · 100%
Life in a ‘Degrowth’ Economy
Life in a ‘Degrowth’ Economy
And why you might actually enjoy it.
Samuel Alexander · 334 views · unrated
The Commons of Humanity
The Commons of Humanity
We are unable to seriously envision a new economic paradigm for managing the earth’s shared resources, unless we first contemplate the need for a psychosocial transformation in consciousness, whereby the awareness of the average person is expanded to embrace the common good...
Mohammed Mesbahi · 358 views · unrated
Is Capitalism Really the Best We Can Do? Actually, No.
Is Capitalism Really the Best We Can Do? Actually, No.
We can do so much better than this.
Tim Hjersted · 49,127 views · 69%
Journalism's Next Frontier: Crossing the Threshold From Having to Being
Journalism's Next Frontier: Crossing the Threshold From Having to Being
A personal journey
Nafeez Ahmed · 1,608 views · 100%
The Paris Climate Deal Won’t Save Us – Our Future Depends on De-Growth
The Paris Climate Deal Won’t Save Us – Our Future Depends on De-Growth
When Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate deal, the world reacted with outrage. And rightly so: the agreement represents a remarkable achievement in international diplomacy – a breakthrough after 20 years of failed climate negotiations. But as we...
Jason Hickel · 9,316 views · 100%
Don’t Be Scared About the End of Capitalism—Be Excited to Build What Comes Next
Don’t Be Scared About the End of Capitalism—Be Excited to Build What Comes Next
Instead of fixating on a fight between capitalism and socialism, imagine innovating a future economy that transcends old binaries.
Jason Hickel and Martin Kirk · 42,180 views · 100%
What Does "Organic" Mean?
What Does "Organic" Mean?
The organic food movement suffered a major setback recently, when the US National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) voted in favor of allowing hydroponically-grown products to receive the “organic” label. This decision should not have come as a surprise to those who have watched...
Francis Thicke, with an introduction by Steven Gorelick · 348 views · unrated
In Defense of Degrowth
In Defense of Degrowth
Why infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible, and why the alternative can actually be beautiful.
Jason Hickel · 6,092 views · 75%
Technology and Its Discontents
Technology and Its Discontents
Questioning the pro-digital consensus
Steven Gorelick · 1,112 views · unrated
The Abstract Empire of Global Capital
The Abstract Empire of Global Capital
Nonrepresentative Democracy at the Dark Heart of Globalization
Brent Cooper · 2,526 views · unrated
Tribal Revival: The Tribal Basis Of The Next Civilization
Tribal Revival: The Tribal Basis Of The Next Civilization
True tribalism is a societal balance point
Lothar · 7,362 views · 100%
Unlike a Globalized Food System, Local Food Won't Destroy the Environment
Unlike a Globalized Food System, Local Food Won't Destroy the Environment
Our food system is linked to an economic system that is fundamentally biased against what’s good for people and the planet.
Helena Norberg-Hodge · 6,194 views · 75%
Old Mother Forest
Old Mother Forest
I live across a small stream from an ancient rainforest in Wayanad, Kerala. It has a constancy that’s baffling, appearing more or less the same to me for all the years I’ve been here. The forest sustains. As do you and I. Tangled beings brought together by strange and...
Suprabha Seshan · 1,041 views · 75%
The World's Happiest People Already Have a Green New Deal, and They Love It
The World's Happiest People Already Have a Green New Deal, and They Love It
Green New Deal advocates in the United States should look to the Nordic countries for inspiration on how to overcome the 1 percent and address climate change.
George Lakey · 3,758 views · unrated
This Civilisation Is Finished: Conversations on the End of Empire - and What Lies Beyond
This Civilisation Is Finished: Conversations on the End of Empire - and What Lies Beyond
An excerpt from a new book by Samuel Alexander and Rupert Read
Samuel Alexander · 4,305 views · unrated
Resist Globally, Renew Locally
Resist Globally, Renew Locally
Localism taps into a deep need for community and a sense of place. Nationalism, on the other hand, destroys our sense of interdependence with human-scale community and the living environment.
Helena Norberg-Hodge · 8,072 views · 100%
The Invisible Ideology Trashing Our Planet
The Invisible Ideology Trashing Our Planet
If you get into debt buying your child branded trainers, if you fear redundancy, if you suffer anxiety about the future of the planet and you blame yourself for all of these things then you are showing symptoms of drowning in the “insidious” and “sinister” ideology...
Brendan Montague · 1,815 views · unrated
A Vote Against Bernie Sanders Is a Vote for the End of Human Civilization
A Vote Against Bernie Sanders Is a Vote for the End of Human Civilization
Frightening commentary has emerged among liberals committing to a protest-vote against both Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden. Proponents argue that, in some undescribed way, their protest-vote will send to these front-runners the “signal” that they are not entitled to our...
Ariän El-Taher · 1,406 views · 100%
Community Resilience in a Time of Pandemic
Community Resilience in a Time of Pandemic
Those who’ve already made the transition to a permaculture-based life are beacons of hope for a more sustainable way of life. Featured in our short film ‘Creatures of Place’, Meg Ulman and Patrick Jones are a great example of what’s possible. They were 15 days into...
Happen Films · 168 views · unrated
Affluence Is Killing the Planet, Warn Scientists
Affluence Is Killing the Planet, Warn Scientists
Would you like to be rich? Chances are your answer is: “Yes! Who wouldn’t want to be rich?” Clearly, in societies where money can buy almost everything, being rich is generally perceived as something good. It implies more freedom, fewer worries, more happiness, higher social...
Julia K. Steinberger, Thomas Wiedmann and Manfred Lenzen · 4,379 views · unrated
Make Earth Great Again: a Manifesto for Ecological Democracy
Make Earth Great Again: a Manifesto for Ecological Democracy
Make Earth Great Again (MEGA) exists to support and amplify the movements that are actively working towards a just, regenerative, free and egalitarian world. MEGA seeks to reclaim the Earth from corporate globalization and create a society that honors all beings on the...
Films For Action · 894 views · 100%
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