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Film Trailer: The Bentley Effect – The story of a social movement

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The extraordinary tale of a community who defied the gas juggernaut. Filmed over five years, The Bentley Effect documents the highs and lows of the battle to keep a unique part of Australia gasfield-free. This timely story of a community’s heroic stand shows how strategic direct action and peaceful protest from a committed community can overcome industrial might and political short-sightedness. It celebrates the non-violent ‘Eureka Stockade’ of our time and chronicles one of the fastest growing … Watch video

The Two Bank Executives Who Saw the Light: How Spiritual Activism Helped Save the Isle of Harris

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"To change the world, even just to be our tiny part of the change, we have to deepen consciousness. "It seemed to me that activists who engage only with the conventional levers of power – politics, economics and even ecological science – so easily become depleted in resources as time wears on. "That’s where life either withers on the vine, or the spiritual fermentation kicks in. That is why our activism, if it is to be sustained and refined in purity, must rest upon a loving … Continue reading

Bill McKibben: What Winning the Climate Change Battle Looks Like | Bioneers 2016

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"The most influential climate activist of our era, Bill McKibben, a founder of the extraordinarily effective 350.org grassroots campaign, describes the immense groundswell of global citizen engagement rising to challenge the "dirty" energy industry. Find out where we are scientifically and politically in the transformation to end our reliance on fossil fuels, while lighting the pathways toward a clean-energy future." Introduction by Clayton Thoma-Muller, 350.org Bill will be one of the keynote … Watch video

Victory for Standing Rock ~ Lyla June

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A crucial reminder from prayer activist Lyla June countering the narrative that the movement is over. "We won this movement in so many profound ways. We have planted seeds all across the world and inspried and awakened people to see water in a new way, to see water as life. We have united peoples of all races in this country behind a common dream. And that's a win! We're going to continue to keep protecting the water... we need to send a clear message to our descendents that we stood up, and … Watch video

The secret to effective nonviolent resistance | Jamila Raqib

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"Jamila Raqib grew up with the sound of tanks rolling around her Afghanistan home. From a young age, she felt the suffering and horror conflict brings. "We're not going to end violence by telling people that it's morally wrong, says Jamila Raqib, executive director of the Albert Einstein Institution. Instead, we must find alternative ways to conduct conflict that are equally powerful and effective. Raqib promotes nonviolent resistance to people living under tyranny - and there's a lot more to … Watch video

Love Takes Action: The Power of Peaceful Protest

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As part of its #LoveTakesAction series, the Huffington Post recently interviewed a nun and a monk at Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village monastery in France, to ask what advice they would give to activists. "Sister Peace, who previously worked in the office of the mayor of Washington, says action must be inspired by a deep-rooted sense of love. “If we can be strong in ourselves, then we could offer a resistance that is nonviolent,” she said. “But that means that we ourselves are at a place where we … Watch video

Love Will Change the World ~ March On by Fire Mane

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This song is an anthem for the Lovers, for those of us that are here to make change and create a NEW WAY. It is a pledge to Hope and Encouragement, a reminder that both our strength and softness of Love is needed now. We need not raise arms in war. We need not fight AGAINST, but stand FOR. At this time in human history, when the shadow is being brought to light, may we MARCH ON in solidarity of a harmonious world, may we MARCH ON in Love. For it is our LOVE that is changing the game, it is … Watch video

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