The bamboo homes of Bali

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On the tropical island of Bali, Indonesia, there are homes tucked into the jungle that look like something out of a fairytale. They’re designed to have soaring roof lines, few walls or windows – and nearly everything is fashioned from bamboo. Seth Doane reports.

President of Iceland Ólafur Grímsson: The Will of the People Must Rule the Day

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When the financial crisis hit Iceland, President Ólafur Grímsson felt a great deal of pressure from other European nations to bail out the banks. But as he discusses here, he felt that democracy must not be trumped by the financial forces at hand. He put the issue to a vote, and credits the resulting public… Read more »

Matthew Taylor on The Power to Create

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The 21st century presents us with huge challenges. How can we empower people to be active participants in creating a world we want to live in? In this extract from his annual RSA Chief Executive’s Lecture, Matthew Taylor offers a vision for the future – a world where every individual has the freedom and opportunity… Read more »

The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (CC available)

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The film follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz’s help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz’s groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to… Read more »

Evolutionary Biologist Divulges The Secret To Human Coexisting

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Luke Rudkowski in Majorca, Spain talks with Evolutionary Biologist and Futurist Elisabet Sahtouris about her life’s work. She studied algae which covered Earth in its first 2 billion years to find that there’s a maturation cycle of all life, and is trying use this information as a blue print for how humans should live. Learn… Read more »

A World of Solutions: The U.N. Climate Sequel

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On the floor of the General Assembly, Director Louie Schwartzberg and Producer Lyn Lear’s 3 minute film, WHAT’S POSSIBLE, asked world leaders to be bold. Now it’s your turn. Watch and share the sequel, A WORLD OF SOLUTIONS, narrated by Morgan Freeman with an original score by Hans Zimmer. Together, we can make a world… Read more »

THE SHIFT Movie Filmmaker Video

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THE SHIFT Movie Trailer 2014

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A Movie Made by a Movement THE SHIFT to Global Human Thriving! Help Finish the Film & Accelerate THE SHIFT! Produce with us here: Indiegogo Link: http://igg.me/at/theshiftmovie/x/7441946 POST YOUR SHIFT STORY: www.TheSHIFTMovie.com

Smoking Weed with the President of Uruguay: Full Length

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Check Out The VICE Podcast with José Mujica: http://www.vice.com/read/the-vice-pod… At the end of 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize marijuana. VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu headed over to Uruguay to check out how the country is adjusting to a legally regulated marijuana market. Along the way, he meets up with… Read more »

A World Beyond Markets

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For more information about the event and to listen to the podcast go to the RSA event page: http://bit.ly/1jGN6C3 How will the ‘collaborative commons’ transform our lives? Jeremy Rifkin, one of the world’s most popular public thinkers and political advisors, argues that capitalism will no longer be the dominant paradigm in the second half of… Read more »