Review: Killing the Hidden Waters
Water use, misuse and culture are interlinked and must be approached as symptoms of the same disease." read more
Review: The Glen Canyon Reader
"An anthology that gathers the literature on a pivotal ecological and political failure is a necessary preventative learning tool…" read more
Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
"We were about to begin the adventure of realigning our lives with our food chain. " read more
The Slow Column
Americans work more than anyone else in the industrialized world. According to the U.N.'s International Labor Organization, we work 250 hours, or five weeks, more than the Brits, and a whopping 500 hours, or 12 and a half weeks, more than the Germans read more
What Separates Us From The Apes?
"Each one of us can make an enormous difference by making ethical choices, if we exercise this power as individuals we will change the world... perhaps that is the next level of consciousness we will discover... " read more
Lives per Gallon
The true cost of America's addiction to oil: massive healthcare costs to combat air pollution effecting millions and the military cost of defending oil supplies. read more
We Need to Become the Media
"The main stream media is never going to cover what is life affirming and hope filled, because what is life affirming and hope filled makes us very bad consumers… " read more
The Long Emergency
Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century: A five-part video exploration with this author, lecturer, and de facto cultural historian. read more
Honor The Earth
"We, the indigeous people of the Americas, have stood to protect the earth throughout history… " read more
Reconnecting Human Naure
Julia talks about humanity's disconnect from nature and how we are part of nature's system… read more
Earth Democracy
"We are voting every moment by the way we live our lives, this is the place of democracy and freedom" read more
Living Democracy
"the most important problem in the world today is not global climate chaos or violence, it is people's feeling of powerlessness…" read more
Leadership in Politics
"We have good reason to be hopeful. When average citizens arm themselves with good infomation and take action… they can make change." read more
Full Access To Information
"We need media that would connect people; that would be a tool for peace and for international resolution of conflict; that would help people from any given country to escape from the vice-grip of propaganda" read more
The Organic Revolution
"science has been serving the interests of big business for too long. It must now be reclaimed for public good." read more
Corporate Social Responsibility?
As the year draws to its close we pay tribute to the late Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, who passed away in early September. In this exclusive clip, filmed in 2006, she discusses the challenges facing corporate social responsibility. read more
The Tragedy of Suburbia
Kunstler, an outspoken critic of suburban sprawl, believes the end of the fossil fuels era will soon force a return to smaller-scale, agrarian communities. read more
A World of Solutions
"Let's become the leaders ourselves, find the solutions that work, and implement them…" read more
"Our Economy Is Like A Cancer"
"In our economy everything has to grow continuously… nothing grows continuously except for cancer… we have an ideology which is like a huge cancer on society. read more
Interview with Gore Vidal
Everybody with an IQ above room temperature is on to the con act of our media. They are obeying bigger, richer interests than informing the public -- " read more
Interview with Amy Goodman
"a media that celebrates dissent, that is a sanctuary of dissent – because that's what will make this country healthy, and that's what will make us safer" read more
The Idea of a Local Economy
A total economy is an unrestrained taking of profits from the disintegration of nations, communities, households, landscapes, and ecosystems. " read more
Galtung's List
A world expert in conflict resolution, discusses what he believes to be the main challenges currently facing mankind. read more
We Need Action
"We need to understand that earth, air, and water are not limitless resources…" read more
The Real Wealth of Nations
We have been almost brainwashed into thinking we are here to serve the economy, right? But the economy should be there to help us develop our highest potential-to help us find a way of making a living that works for all. read more
The Awesome Power of Memes
Dennett unleashes a dazzling sequence of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of "memes" -- a term coined by Richard Dawkins for mental concepts that are literally alive and capable of spreading from brain to brain. read more
"Take Serious Care Of This Planet"
“Earth, from the stars, in the empty space, from a distance, looks beautiful,” he continues. “But on this planet there are a lot of man-made problems. Unnecessary problems. But despite these problems, there is no other home we can live in …" read more
Global Warming
"When you go to Western Europe, people there live completely elegant lives… and do it on half the energy that America uses per capita. They place more value on community. They spend less time working and more time living." read more
The Sustainability End Game
Sustainability addresses the ways in which businesses might produce products and services more responsibly and ethically. It requires today’s corporations to look beyond remediation and compliance. read more
Stolen Worlds
"Understanding that we never lost the battle of ideas, that we only lost a series of dirty wars, is key to building the confidence that we lack to ignite the passionate intensity that we need." read more
Identity and Violence
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is widely recognized for his ability to join economics and philosophy, reflected in his work through ethics and a sense of common humanity. In this Hitchcock Lecture from UC Berkeley he explores the violence of illusion. read more
Resilience Thinking
Resilience…you may not have heard much about it, but you're going to hear that word a lot in the future. read more
Courage in a Culture of Fear
"The metaphor of a "network" is not just a metaphor… it is a reality" read more
Social Effects of Peak Oil
How will rising oil prices affect low- and middle-class lives? Sociologist and professor Rowan Wolf sees at-risk populations growing while government services and class divides are increasingly strained. read more
Slow is Beautiful
Slow is Beautiful analyzes the subtle consumer, political and corporate forces stamping the joy from our existence and provides a vision of a more fulfilling life through the rediscovery of caring community, unhurried leisure, and life affirming read more
The Trance of Empire
David Korten implores us to replace the old control stories with new ones affirming life values of cooperation, community, and interdependence. read more
Are We Being Change?… Really
"I want us to get radical. I want us choir members to make even the hardest decisions while holding the Earth in mind." read more
The Shock Doctrine
Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades… read more
Standing Up to Corporate Power
If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. This requires building economies with heart. read more
Transition Towns
The founder of a growing movement shows us around 'Transition Town Totnes' in Devon and talks about peak oil, the origin of the Transition Towns concept and how to help your community develop an 'energy descent plan' and prepare to 'power down.' read more
Building Miles
While green building from the point of energy efficiency is becoming more commonplace, we need to consider the issue of building miles. We need to ask, how far have building materials travelled? read more
Going Local: Community Choice Energy
A fast-moving 18-minute briefing on Community Choice Energy, showing how local communities are using their collective purchasing power to dramatically accelerate the shift to renewable energy and efficiency. read more
Moral Imagination
"the point of my kind of writing is to empower the powerless, to give voice to people who have no voice, but also to educate readers in what I call the moral imagination. And that is the ability to understand the world from other people's points of view." read more
Transition & Resilience
Actualizing local responses to the new realities. read more
The Future With Less Oil
Thinking big and thinking long term. Quensland's doing it! Queensland's newly appointed Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation talks with GPM about his robust new portfolio (with double the previous environmental budget) read more
Transforming a Community
From an initial "Think Local First" program, they have expanded to business peer mentoring, and support for local food producers, sustainable buildings, and green energy. An astounding sixty percent of their community are aware of … read more
Action on Climate Change
The Energy & Climate Program discuss the rationale, aggressive plans, and activities for city-wide energy self-reliance and greenhouse gas reduction. Tools include energy efficiency in buildings, transit alternatives, alternative vehicle fuels, … read more
Civilization’s Century
Over-population and resource depletion are forces that could well unleash catastrophe. Mitigating this will take time and a great deal of effort. But things are changing and there is reason for hope. read more
Despair and Empowerment
Our psychological response is often overlooked. Feeling powerless, many people stay in denial. But if we acknowledge our feelings, we can find empowerment arising from our hopelessness. read more
The End of America
Talk by Naomi Wolf author of "The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot" given October 11, 2007 at Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus. read more
Disaster Capitalism
After 9/11 the Bush Administration launched a new economy, driven by the notion of an endless war against an undefined notion of evil. read more
Australia: Model for Change
As Australia goes to the polls, Phillip Adams says solutions to the climate crisis requires global unity read more
The Weather Makers
How Man is Changing The Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth. He wants to mobilize the social and political will to address this problem before it is too late. read more
Economics 101 Circa 2007
Are we at the top of a huge market bubble? University of Chicago MBA and Former Wall Street investments manager has his concerns… read more
Latest Climate Change News
New science points to abrupt climate change. Real science elaborates our situation. read more
New Years Resolution! "Overcome Denial"
Canadian leaders discuss the current energy supply and demand balance, the imminent need to redefine local governance, & imminent mass migration read more
Abrupt Climate Change Is Upon Us
"… our contract with Gaia is not about human rights alone, but includes human obligations. " read more
"Ripening The Time For Change"
Professor Ehrlich takes a fresh look at the global problems of overpopulation, overconsumption, and political and economic inequity. Speech Perth Australia, Nov 26th 2007 read more
The Clean Tech Boom
founder of UK Green movement, ex-Director of Friends of Earth, Chair of UK Sustainable Development Commission speech at Vancouver May 2, 2007 (58 min); followed by round-table Q and A read more
Addiction and Economic Demand
how our brains trick us to want more than we need. Nate is a former Wall Street investments manager and has an MBA from University of Chicago. read more
Nature, Complexity & Governance
We need to see nature as a complex system… we must overcome our tendency to look at issues in categories … read more
What Can One Person Do?
She's back!, telling us other ways one person can make a difference - from fresh water to humanure. Her focus on water includes educating herself on where it comes from, effects of pollution and climate change, and conservation read more
Economics 2.0
Decisions economist's are recommending are often destructive of natural, human and social well being… read more
The Fetish of Economic Growth
Max-Neef reminds us that while measurement is essential, we must not be led to believe that only those things which can be measured have value. read more
Response Ability = Adaption
Extreme climate change discussed in depth by the Climate Institute's chief scientist Dr. Michael MacCracken, author James Howard Kunstler, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ross Gelbspan, & Nefiz Ahmed. read more
Urban Democracy = Public Spaces
. Public spaces give the citizen a place to be social and to relax. More importantly, they provide a space for freedom of speech and protest – a vital component of any healthy democracy. read more
End of the Age of Oil • Parts 1 & 2
Vancouver's Simon Fraser University's Urban Studies Program hosts this colorful urban critic. read more
Climate Code Red • PDF+Audio
The Case for a Sustainability Emergency.” The report reviews disturbing new data and scientific understanding of climate change, explains why existing institutions have failed to respond adequately to the problem, and outlines an appropriate response. read more
Beyond Sustainability
the need to move beyond the lulling hope that 'green tech' breakthroughs will allow world-wide 'sustainable consumption' to the recognition that dwindling oil supplies inevitably mean a mandatory 'energy descent' for human civilization across the planet. read more
Climate Code Red • Part Two
Climate policy is characterised by the habituation of low expectations and a culture of failure. There is an urgent need to understand global warming and the tipping points for dangerous impacts that we have already crossed as a sustainability emergency read more
Climate Laws That Work
Author, scientist, policy modeler Mark Jaccard says 20 years of climate failure is enough. read more
The Things We Do in the Wild
Meditations on the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area read more
New Visions In Photography
Chris' astounding images are taken while he soars above the New Mexico landscape in his ultra-light aircraft. read more
Activism In Literature
"Artists need to be activists. A writer's job is to create in defense of the globe," igniting a "revolutionary consciousness" in the process. John's mission is to be a revolutionary. His writing illustrates an undying dedication to that mission. read more
Stewardship
Taos based environmental groups join the student activists from Yaxche School to protect the Valle Vidal from destruction by Coal Bed Methane drilling. read more
The simpleChangeAwards
simpleChangeAwards are given to persons and organizations who have demonstrated passion, commitment, and effectiveness in their arena of activism. They provide inspiration for other activists, groups, and communities to aspire to… read more