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Turning to Face the Dark
Educators Parker Palmer and Ariel Burger explore themes on suffering, healing, and joy in a contemplative dialogue.
with Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger and Parker Palmer
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Our Responsibility as Earth Citizens

Vandana Shiva feels that it is our responsibility as "earth citizens" to keep water systems alive by avoiding three main problems: pollution, diversion of water, and privatization.

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Water: The Carrier and Matrix of Life

Fritjof Capra, physicist and author, describes Leonardo da Vinci's fascination with water. 

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Rabbi Froman: Complete Interview

Rabbi Menachem Froman explains that the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is really an issue of East and West and therefore a reflection of one larger conflict of global concern.

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Slow Money

Author Woody Tasch speaks about creating capital flow that supports environmentally sustainable food movements and environmentally sustainable financial markets in general.

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The Other Side of Fear
Environmental and social justice activist Julia Butterfly Hill speaks about fear and love as two opposing forces in the world.
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How Society's Structures Can Shift

Zen teacher and social activist angel Kyodo williams reminds us that societies can change on a massive scale.

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Mutual Consent

Youth worker Orland Bishop explains how young people learn about power from adults.

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Peace with the Unknown
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy explains why making peace with the unknown helps us be more present in the time we live in.
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Humanity's Immune Response
Paul Hawken, environmentalist and entrepreneur, describes humanity's immune response to political corruption, economic disease and ecological degradation.
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The Role of Women in Peacemaking 

Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed explains why women need to be at the heart of peace negotiations. Ultimately men and women must work together if peace is to be fully realized.

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Drive for Progress

Author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker explains that when we link progress to industrialization without any sense of limits or nature as a guide, the result is the current global crisis.

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The Nature of the Mind

Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo describes how the infinite, primordial awareness that lies behind the mind and its sense of duality is the key to experiencing oneness.

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Storytelling
Actor Cliff Curtis explains how, from his perspective, storytelling is a form of activism.
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Anger as Inspiration

Peaceworker Sami Awad explains how he chooses to use his anger to fuel a commitment to peace rather than violence. 

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