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"I am because you are," is the deep meaning of Ubuntu, a traditional African philosophy recognizing the shared essence within humanity and life. In this film we visit Dorah Lebelo and the GreenHouse Project, Credo Mutwa, the great Zulu traditional healer and teacher, and the forem Deputy Minister of Health, Nozizwa Madlala-Routledge, to learn more about this fundamental understanding of life and its ramifications on how we treat each other, ourselves, and the earth.
(8 min 14 sec)
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What if the world embodied our highest potential? What would it look like? As the structures of modern society crumble, where do we find solutions that can help us build the future that serves us all?
This 25-minute Global Oneness Project film retrospective asks us to reflect on the state of the world and ourselves, and to listen more closely to what is being asked of us at this time of unprecedented global transformation.
(24 min 54 sec)
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Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge describes our capacity to make peace. Using Nelson Mandela as an example, she explains how we can resolve conflicts by uncovering our shared humanity.
(3 min 40 sec)
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Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge describes the concept of Ubuntu, or a spirit of sharing. Practicing Ubuntu creates relationships and understandings between people, something that is being lost as urbanization increases.
(5 min 53 sec)
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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. Using gender relations as an example, she says that it is important that women who move into positions of power traditionally held by men continue the spirit of sharing as they take this new role.
(3 min 7 sec)
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Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge applies the concept of Ubuntu, or a spirit of sharing, to international relations. She explains how the dismantling of Apartheid in South Africa was an example of nations working together for a value they share.
(4 min 51 sec)
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Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge describes the importance of taking a leadership role in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Living by example, she says, shows others that this is something we can overcome.
(3 min 11 sec)
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Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge explains how our commonly shared values are the basis on which we can build a common coexistence.
(3 min 31 sec)
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Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge shows the contradiction in working for peace while preparing for war. She gives examples of how to achieve peace in a different way, by changing your own thinking, cooperating with others, and making informed choices that serve the common good.
(6 min 54 sec)
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Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge discusses the importance of continual dialogue across nations and religions to understand our most positive shared values.
(2 min 35 sec)
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Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge suggests the need for large numbers of people to get involved in creating a more humane world.
(1 min 10 sec)
