Change the Story, Change the World
With truth and trust at its core, Tamera explores the vision of “Terra Nova” – a new world in which there can be love free from fear and why working on a new model for love is not just a personal topic but a political one, how the ability to love is the fuel for the deepest form of activism, and how love requires a whole new culture to blossom and endure. Watch video
"In 2007, Naomi Klein presented her thesis of disaster capitalism to the world in her groundbreaking book, "The Shock Doctrine." Klein's ideas seemed to perfectly explain much of what was — and still is — taking place globally. The idea is fairly simple: Create market opportunities out of disasters. Klein sketched a picture of how powerful entities use political and economic crises to weaken the public sphere and strengthen the interests of private capital. The "shock" that comes after … Continue reading
Everything we need is already inside us, just waiting to be moved. (2-minute clip) What if we could rise up from where we're rooted, meet each other like a long-lost harmony, dance as if we share the same five senses, as if our feet were planted on the same small planet, our veins running the same red blood? We'd forget why we ever stopped listening. We'd forget why we fought ourselves in the first place. We'd forget why we fight each other. We'd forget all the made up lessons we learned along … Watch video
This incredible short film shares an Indigenous Native American Prophecy that links all of life and the future of our planet. With Elders Oren Lyons and Floyd Red Crow Westerman. (10-minute video) "People have to become aware and awake. We are now placing in your hands all life. And it is your responsibility and it is your duty to look after all life..... the trees, the fish, the animals, everything that grows, everything with life. because it is a family." Watch video
A heartwarming snapshot of Newton Dee, an inspiring village in Scotland where people with learning difficulties and special needs live meaningful lives and are fully integrated into the community. (2-minute clip) By Hopscotch Films. Watch video
Longing for nature and community for you and your children? Ecovillages are wonderful places that offer an alternative to our hurried, isolated lives in cities and suburbs. Concretely, what is it like to live in an ecovillage as a family? In a place where parents feel supported by community, and where children can roam free? This video is based on the example of a beautiful Ecovillage near the vibrant and progressive city of Ithaca, in upstate NY. Many people would love to live in … Watch video
“Instead of being swept up in the urgency to attend to the world ‘before it’s too late,’ let the way that we walk be slow. Let us listen to the pleas of our surrounding thirsts. Let us acknowledge the forgetting that drifted us onto this terrifying precipice. Let the grief of it all make its encounter with us through our remembering. And may beauty come alive then, under our feet.” Excerpt from “Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home” by Toko-pa Turner (belongingbook.com) Artwork by Painting … Continue reading
The time has come for the sacred, hidden treasures of indigenous cultures to be revealed and shared in the spirit of the gift. However, when is there a risk of cultural appropriation by the dominant culture? (7.5 minute clip) Watch video
“It is no longer appropriate to think only in terms of even my nation or my country, let alone my village. If we are to overcome the problems we face, we need what I have called a sense of universal responsibility rooted in love and kindness for our human brothers and sisters. In our present state of affairs, the very survival of humankind depends on people developing concern for the whole of humanity, not just their own community or nation. The reality of our situation impels us to act and … Continue reading
