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How We End Consumerism: The Degrowth Movement Shows a Way
How We End Consumerism: The Degrowth Movement Shows a Way
How we end consumerism, explained.
12 min
Dancing With The Cannibal Giant: New Stories for the Great Transition
Dancing With The Cannibal Giant: New Stories for the Great Transition (2019)
"When today's stories of crushing greed and endless growth have come to an end, what, then, will be the new stories?" This film was created as an educational tool that can be used to move us beyond disempowerment, in order to enact real change in a changing world. Chris...
35 min
Nomads in Search of a Villain
Nomads in Search of a Villain
The new film Nomadland is a heartfelt look at the lives of itinerant Americans cast aside by the Great Recession. But it ignores how employers like Amazon are raking in profits off this new class of worker.
Paris Marx
Why Are So Many Young People Becoming Socialists?
Why Are So Many Young People Becoming Socialists?
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
The Hardest Thing I've Ever Loved: Creating a Transformative Culture
The Hardest Thing I've Ever Loved: Creating a Transformative Culture (2020)
This 36-minute documentary follows 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
How Community Organising Could Change the Game for the British Left | Chardine Taylor Stone
How Community Organising Could Change the Game for the British Left | Chardine Taylor Stone
It could transform politics.
8 min
Creating the Conditions for Belonging and Breathing in a Toxic Environment | john a. powell
Creating the Conditions for Belonging and Breathing in a Toxic Environment | john a. powell
Bridging or breaking? That is the sharp choice we face today as a society and as individual citizens. john a. powell, Director of the Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley, has long been one of our nation’s leading and most original thought leaders. He has delved...
18 min
The People's Fight: How We Halt the Climate Crisis
The People's Fight: How We Halt the Climate Crisis
The world’s scientists have made it all too clear: our earth is overheating. It’s bad, but we can still make changes that could be the difference between life and death for tens of millions of people. We need to take power away from the fossil fuel industry that created the...
4 min
One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts: An Evolution From Industrial To Regenerative Farming
One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts: An Evolution From Industrial To Regenerative Farming
Fourth generation cattleman Will Harris shares his evolution from industrial to regenerative farmer.
15 min
Mutual Aid And Dual Power | Praxis 101
Mutual Aid And Dual Power | Praxis 101
"One of the most common questions I get on my channel is "what can normal people do to help?" So, here's a video on what you can do to help! Building dual power and getting involved in mutual aid networks are some of the most effective ways to win over new people to the cause...
14 min
How Socialists Can Win Elections
How Socialists Can Win Elections
Since 2015, the U.S. has witnessed the rise of an insurgent left electoral movement. Not only did Bernie Sanders nearly win the Democratic nomination twice, but socialists across the country have started gaining power – from city councils to congressional seats. But if you’re...
8 min
Nicholas Christakis - Our Common Humanity
Nicholas Christakis - Our Common Humanity
“These wonderful qualities that bind us together, that reflect our common humanity are unbelievably unbelievable and wonderful to see. And so this is one of the reasons I'm optimistic.” Nicholas Christakis
3 min
You Can't Hurt the Gangsters at the Capitalist Casino by Shuffling the Chips Around to Different Bets. You Take Their Chips off the Table.
You Can't Hurt the Gangsters at the Capitalist Casino by Shuffling the Chips Around to Different Bets. You Take Their Chips off the Table.
Pumping up GameStop will do nothing to change what people hate about Wall Street. There’s a better way.
Hamilton Nolan
Changing the World is SIMPOL
Changing the World is SIMPOL
Ever wondered why governments aren't acting fast enough on climate and other global problems? Ever wondered what you can do? Sign on to the SIMPOL campaign at:
5 min
The Tiny House Fire Truck That Runs on Waste Vegetable Oil!
The Tiny House Fire Truck That Runs on Waste Vegetable Oil!
Today Happen Films is taking a tour of this incredible tiny house truck that runs on waste vegetable oil! BEV, the biosphere emergency vehicle, is the mobile home for artists Brenna Quinlan and Charlie Mgee when they're on the road traveling in Australia. The house features a...
15 min
How Socialists Solved The Housing Crisis
How Socialists Solved The Housing Crisis
American housing is in crisis. With more luxury housing being built every day while huge numbers of people are stuck with substandard homes or none at all, the U.S. model for housing has proven to be a catastrophe. Zohran Mamdani, New York State assemblyman, talks about how...
9 min
Dreaming the Future | Kenny Ausubel
Dreaming the Future | Kenny Ausubel
This video is part of a series called "Seeding the Field: 30 Years of Transformative Solutions," which celebrates some of the best moments of the Bioneers conference through the last 30 years. Founders Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, who organized these brilliant lectures...
3 min
The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement
The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement (2020)
Western views and the legal system tend to view nature as property, and as a resource from which wealth is extracted, a commodity whose only value is to provide for human needs. But for millennia indigenous communities have viewed themselves as part of nature.
53 min
We Must Act With Unprecedented Boldness to Meet These Historical Crises
We Must Act With Unprecedented Boldness to Meet These Historical Crises
The headlines dominating the news understandably deal with the outrageous behavior of President Donald Trump and the attempted coup he inspired at our nation's Capitol.
Bernie Sanders
How 100% Clean Energy Could Power Our Cities and Towns
How 100% Clean Energy Could Power Our Cities and Towns
Grist built this tiny model town to show what it would look like if we tried to transition to 100% clean energy. In the real world, it’s even more difficult. Staff reporter Shannon Osaka wrote about what it really means when cities say they’re going ‘100 percent renewable.’
6 min
Tamera: An Ecovillage for a New Humanity
Tamera: An Ecovillage for a New Humanity
Tamera is an ecovillage situated in the south of Portugal. It is a holistic peace research and education center exploring different ways of being and living on this planet. With two hundred people currently residing there, Tamera has become an iconic space of experimentation...
11 min
The Minimalists: Less Is Now
The Minimalists: Less Is Now (trailer)
They've built a movement out of minimalism. Longtime friends Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus share how our lives can be better with less. Directed by Matt D'Avella.
2 min
The Sculptured House
The Sculptured House (2020)
A film made by Ayet Alers, documenting the creation of a small natural house, following the process from the start until completion.
48 min
Our Democracy No Longer Represents the People. Here's How We Fix It
Our Democracy No Longer Represents the People. Here's How We Fix It
Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig makes the case that our democracy has become corrupt with money, leading to inequality that means only 0.02% of the United States population actually determines who's in power.
21 min
Both And
Both And
A Direct Route to Feeling and Experience
Josh Liveright
Invisible Hand: Who Will Speak For Nature?
Invisible Hand: Who Will Speak For Nature? (2020)
From Executive Producer Mark Ruffalo comes the world’s first documentary film on the Rights of Nature Movement, a “Paradigm Shifting” story where the 'Rights of Nature' has become 'capitalism’s one true opponent.'
84 min
Nowtopia: Economic Alternatives in Action
Nowtopia: Economic Alternatives in Action (2020)
The term ‘Nowtopia’ is increasingly used by both activists and academics to describe a variety of interconnected tendencies. It can, for instance, apply to seeking freedom outside the confines of wage labour, or the creation of liberated common space in the here and now.
32 min
A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization
A Bold Peace: Costa Rica's Path of Demilitarization (2016)
70 years ago Costa Rica abolished its army and committed itself to fostering a peaceful society. It has been reaping the benefits ever since.
90 min
How Ranked Choice Voting Can Save American Politics
How Ranked Choice Voting Can Save American Politics
Tired of voting for the lesser of two evils? Our current election system is broken, and it yields worse and worse candidates every cycle. Ranked Choice Voting can help solve that problem.
12 min
In Our Hands: A Documentary Series about People Regenerating Their Lives & The Earth
In Our Hands: A Documentary Series about People Regenerating Their Lives & The Earth (2020)
‘In Our Hands’ / ‘En Nuestras Manos’ is a documentary series about a movement to restore ecological farming around the world. Filmmaker Matt Anderson (‘Fall and Winter’, 2013) traveled to over 40 farms and gardens in 7 countries to document the profound impact the GROW...
30 min
How America Can Leave Fossil Fuels Behind, In One Chart
How America Can Leave Fossil Fuels Behind, In One Chart
VOX talked to physicist and engineer Saul Griffith, who takes us through his incredibly detailed road map for how the US could actually walk away from fossil fuels in the next 30 years.
12 min
Why Everyone Deserves A Basic Income | Guy Standing
Why Everyone Deserves A Basic Income | Guy Standing
There is a simple solution to the economic problems we face today. It’s called a universal basic income and this is the justification for it.
6 min
World Localization Day 2020 (Short Version) Be Part of this Inspirational Movement for Change!
World Localization Day 2020 (Short Version) Be Part of this Inspirational Movement for Change!
After COVID-19, we can return to stressful disconnected lives and climate catastrophe or we can slow down, scale down and rebuild our connections to each other and to the Earth. On June 21, we hosted an inspiring online festival of ideas and inspiration in celebration of...
115 min
World Localization Day - full version. Be part of this inspirational movement for change!
World Localization Day - full version. Be part of this inspirational movement for change!
After COVID-19, we can return to stressful disconnected lives and climate catastrophe or we can slow down, scale down and rebuild our connections to each other and to the Earth. On June 21, we hosted an inspiring online festival of ideas and inspiration in celebration of...
259 min
Naomi Klein’s “Hard-Money” Ideas Undermine Her Laudable Climate Action Goals
Naomi Klein’s “Hard-Money” Ideas Undermine Her Laudable Climate Action Goals
2014 Book Review: Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Michael Hoexter
The Inner Peace Revolution
The Inner Peace Revolution
We all want peace, so why isn’t the world more peaceful? Discover the scientific evidence that points to a surprising solution.
21 min
50 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything
50 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything
Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land in the Texas Hill Country. Planting grasses to soak in rains and fill hillside aquifers, Bamberger devoted the rest of his life to restoring the degraded...
9 min
Worker Cooperatives: Expanding Democracy In The Workplace
Worker Cooperatives: Expanding Democracy In The Workplace
For the vast majority of people, work is miserable, tedious, and meaningless. It doesn't have to be that way. Expanding workplace democracy through worker co-ops is a step in the right direction. This video was written in part by a Second Thought patron! Big thanks to Thought...
11 min
Can Universal Basic Income End Our Cultural Obsession With Work? | Philosopher Andrew Taggart
Can Universal Basic Income End Our Cultural Obsession With Work? | Philosopher Andrew Taggart
In 1948, German philosopher Josef Pieper predicted that society was headed for a dystopia he called 'Total Work'. With most of us in 2017 working too long, missing social events, working on weekends, and egging on our older years just for the retirement, practical philosopher...
9 min
#Nicecleanvote
#Nicecleanvote
Sport is a bipartisan attraction in America today. No matter your party, you probably enjoy engaging in or following some matchup that takes it to the mat, court, or gridiron. Before starting in team or solo competition of all kinds, opponents recognize a moment devoted to...
Josh Adler
A Vision of Creation: Progress in the Long View of History
A Vision of Creation: Progress in the Long View of History
The arc of history is long and tiresome, but the events of the past are never as far away as we would like to believe they are. To understand where we are going, we must reflect on where we’ve been. In doing so, we will find the troubles of the past are not yet laid behind us...
Matthew R. Bishop
Is Universal Basic Income The Future?
Is Universal Basic Income The Future?
Imagine a future in which every person was afforded the basics of life. How would this change our society? Is UBI the future? – Second Thought
12 min
2040: Join The Regeneration
2040: Join The Regeneration (trailer)
Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.
2 min
From Trash To Treasure: Turning Negatives Into Positives
From Trash To Treasure: Turning Negatives Into Positives (2020)
In Lesotho—a highland country surrounded by South Africa—an artist named Nthabiseng TeReo Mohanela takes discarded materials and transforms them into unique clothing and accessories. Teaching young people the benefits of recycling and re-creation, she calls her project “From...
25 min
The Cure of the Earth
The Cure of the Earth
"Love of life is the guide and motivator of ecological healing on Earth. Next comes learning how to put that love into action. How do we do that for that most alive of all places, the Amazon?"
Charles Eisenstein
The Banker Ladies
The Banker Ladies
Created by the Diverse Solidarity Economies Collective, The Banker Ladies tells the stories of Ginelle, Aisha, and Mabinty, three Black women in Toronto creating diverse financial services for their communities through Rotating Saving and Credit Associations (ROSCAs).
21 min
Free Films for Action - Summer 2020 Highlights
Free Films For Action - Summer 2020 Highlights
In this round-up, you'll find the links to watch 19 documentaries we wanted to highlight this summer.
Films For Action
Framing Reality: A Plan for the Future
Framing Reality: A Plan for the Future (2020)
All humans on the planet are living under an illusionary paradigm that can be compared to what was presented in the 'Matrix'. A mental prison that exists within the minds of the collective. This prison exists as the societal paradigm we have chosen to accept. That is all...
51 min
Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature
Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature
How do we get from the world of now to the society we long to live in?
Michael Nagler
Degrowth and the Emerging Mosaic of Alternatives
Degrowth and the Emerging Mosaic of Alternatives
After decades on the defensive, the left has once again started to embrace positive visions of the future.
Corinna Burkhart, Nina Treu, and Matthias Schmelzer
What's a Colloquium? An Oral History of the Natural Building Movement
What's a Colloquium? An Oral History of the Natural Building Movement (2020)
A small band of natural building enthusiasts and outlaws met in a field over 20 years ago at something they called a ‘colloquium’. The movement they created has grown uncontrollably ever since; reviving and innovating ancient building techniques and training thousands in the...
76 min
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
We Need Solidarity, Not White Guilt, to Fight Racism
We Need Solidarity, Not White Guilt, to Fight Racism
The well-intentioned drive among white progressives to “check their privilege” or “take responsibility” for their unconscious biases won’t do much to fight racism. But forging real solidarity through concrete campaigns, protests, and movements can.
Hadas Thier
Working Assumptions for White Activists on Eliminating Racism: Guidelines for Recruiting Other Whites as Allies
Working Assumptions for White Activists on Eliminating Racism: Guidelines for Recruiting Other Whites as Allies
Assume that all human beings desire warm, close relationships with each other. This is also true of you and of all other white people.    Assume that you are a regular white person (not an exceptional white person) and that all whites are good people, caring, intelligent...
Ricky Sherover-Marcuse
What Are We Talking About When We Talk About 'A Police-Free Future'?
What Are We Talking About When We Talk About 'A Police-Free Future'?
Over the past two weeks, our “Building a Police-Free Future: Frequently-Asked Questions” zine has been shared tens of thousands of times. That zine is a great first step, but it’s also only 1000 words long! We know people still have questions, especially when it comes to some...
MPD150
We Must Look Beyond Police for Community Safety
We Must Look Beyond Police for Community Safety
As community leaders calling for less funding for police and more funding for alternative community safety measures, we were glad to see the Star Tribune Editorial Board reflecting on the relationship between police and public safety a few weeks ago (“Defunding cops is not...
Tony Williams, Leilah Abdennabi and Sheila Nezhad
The Myth of Class Reductionism with Adolph Reed
The Myth of Class Reductionism with Adolph Reed
Today Bhaskar Sunkara, editor & publisher of Jacobin magazine, is joined by professor emeritus of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Adolph Reed Jr., to talk about what materialist political history actually looks like and how the charge from liberals...
81 min
The War on Crime Is Really a War on the Poor – A Civilized Society Would Simply Abolish Poverty
The War on Crime Is Really a War on the Poor – A Civilized Society Would Simply Abolish Poverty
Invest in people, not prisons.
Tim Hjersted
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police
Congressional Democrats want to make it easier to identify and prosecute police misconduct; Joe Biden wants to give police departments $300 million. But efforts to solve p
Mariame Kaba
Miki Kashtan: Exiting the Either/Or Trap - Decision Making Beyond Consensus and Command / Control
Miki Kashtan: Exiting the Either/Or Trap - Decision Making Beyond Consensus and Command / Control
Are long, drawn-out consensus processes the only alternative to a rigid, hierarchical decision making model that reinforces unhealthy power dynamics? Trainer, facilitator and writer Miki Kashtan offers her powerful framework of Convergent Facilitation, which is a model of...
89 min
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