13 videos about ecology

3 short films10 interviews

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Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, explains how our current average lifestyle requires more than nature can generate. Mathis offers two possibilities for dealing with this imbalance:

(1:50)

By Force or By Will

Chris Peters, director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, explains how ceremonial lifeways provide optimism that the change toward ecological awareness and sustainability will happen

(2:18)

Dealing with a Global Crisis

Laboratory scientist Dean Radin describes how children growing up in this time of global environmental crisis may, out of necessity, behave in a radically different way and make a significant difference.

(2:33)

Knowing How to Nurture Ourselves

Stephan Fayon, director of an international seed bank in Auroville, India, explains how preserving the diversity of seeds insures against the breakdown of large-scale industrial agriculture.

(4:19)

Limitation, Complexity and Interdependence

Parliamentarian and social activist Nirmala Deshpande interprets the ecological principles of limitation, complexity and interdependence

(5:15)

Our Collective Survival

Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, explains how industrial society treats land as something that belongs to us, and asks, how can we shift back to "belonging to the land"?

(3:49)

Permaculture 101

Permaculture expert Penny Livingston-Stark shows how natural systems can teach us better design practices.

(3:16)

The Ecological Footprint

Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, describes how this tool lets us calculate the amount of natural resources necessary to support our collective expenditure.

(4:59)

The Land Owns Us

Bob Randall, a Yankunytjatjara elder and traditional owner of Uluru (Ayer's Rock), explains how the connectedness of every living thing to every other living thing is not just an idea but a way of living.

(6:13)

The Naive Child

Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, shares his childhood realization that Earth's limited resources could not support our current lifestyle indefinitely.

(2:03)

Three Areas of Oneness

Duane Elgin, media activist and pioneer of the "Voluntary Simplicity" movement, explains three levels of oneness, along with the response evoked by each level.

(2:44)

We're Lookin After Her Cause She's Lookin After Us

Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, reminds us that we share the same earth, water and air.

(3:18)

What Can I Do?

Spoken word poet and activist Drew Dellinger says that one of the deepest questions a person can face is, What can I do?, and describes the quest to answer it as a spiritual challenge.

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