Te Taru White, the Kaihatu (joint leader and curator) of Aotearoa New Zealand's national museum, explains the interconnectedness of life from a Maori perspective.
(4:51)
Don Alverto Taxo, a Quichua elder and Iachak (community leader/healer), speaks of the ancient prophecy of the eagle and the condor meeting to bring a new harmony into the world.
(4:58)
Freddy Ehlers, general secretary of the Andean Nations, describes an experience of beauty in which all sense of duality collapsed. These experiences of oneness bring both peace and passion to life.
(2:01)
Scholar, futurist, and activist Riane Eisler explains the potential of an economic system based on caring rather than domination.
(7:19)
People's Grocery director Brahm Amadhi points out reasons why many people in urban areas have lost their connection to the land, and offers some suggestions for restoring that relationship.
(2:29)
Gary "Jagamarra" Simon, a traditional healer and artist of the Walpiri tribe of central and western Australia, explains how oneness is a physical reality, whether we like it or not.
(5:50)
Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, asks why creation is not included in our thought and education.
(2:54)
Environmentalist and artist Jose Manuel Carrion shares some of the lessons he's learned from observing the natural world.
(3:24)
Napi Waaka, an elder and cultural ambassador of the Maori, tells us that it will take many years for the environment to be restored.
(1:38)
Orland Bishop describes the unique blend of mentoring, peacemaking, and community leadership that takes place at his L.A.-based Shade Tree Multicultural Foundation.
(2:52)
Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion describes the role of art as rousing humanity from its collective amnesia and guiding it toward its purpose in the world.
(2:17)
Lawyer and environmental activist M.C. Mehta believes that because we are interconnected, we can only protect ourselves by protecting every living thing on earth.
(1:37)
Napi Waaka, an elder and cultural ambassador of the Maori, explains how non-Maori agricultural and fishing practices are depleting the traditional reserves that the Maori have relied upon for centuries.
(9:02)
Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge talks about our responsibility to look after the planet and to carry forward positive values.
(3:07)
Environmentalist and artist Juan Manuel Carrion describes how within one generation most of Ecuador's forests were eliminated, leaving a struggling fraction of the original ecological richness.
(6:33)
Chris Peters, director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, says the dominant culture's lack of relationship to the land must be changed
(7:31)
Max "Duramunmun" Harrison, an elder of the Yuin Nation of Southeast Australia, explains why Aboriginal understandings of the land have no credibility in wider Australian society.
(2:46)