In this 3-minute video clip, Jay Shetty poetically enquires into the paradox of our times and how we can transform our experience of life today. Watch video
Changing The World Starts With Us
Make a Difference | Les Brown
"Listen to that still small voice that says I can do something... Life can use me as an instrument of change." In this 2-minute video, motivational speaker Les Brown gives a powerful talk on how each and every one us can 'make a difference' in changing this world for the better. Watch video
Changing the way we change the world
Fantastically honest video for anyone working in a social purpose organisation.... How do social purpose organisations make more impact in the world? Can we live internally the changes we are trying to create in the world? "This short film is intended as a conversation starter for staff, volunteers, board members, and funders of social purpose organisations. Through a compilation of crowd-sourced interviews, it challenges us to pay closer attention to the link between an organisation's social … Watch video
How a Land High in the Western Himalayas Can Help Us Understand The Crisis of The Modern World
Throughout August our friends at Films for Action bring us 'The Economics of Happiness': a film by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick and John Page.... "The filmmakers have generously allowed us to share the film with our community for free through the month of August. It's a brilliant film that was easy to put at the top of our list of the top 100 documentaries we can use to change the world - 30 minutes that gets to the root causes of the crisis of the modern world, and 30 minutes that gets … Continue reading
Heralding Article 25: a strategy for world transformation
"After so many years of political inaction only the massed goodwill of ordinary people can bring about an end to poverty in a world of plenty through enormous and continual protests across all countries. So let’s take the path of least resistance and jointly herald the long-agreed human rights of Article 25 — for adequate food, housing, healthcare and social security for all — knowing that this is the surest route for impelling our governments to redistribute resources and restructure the global … Continue reading
Lifecycle of Emergence: Using Emergence to Take Social Innovation to Scale
"Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesn’t change one person at a time. It changes as networks of relationships form among people who discover they share a common cause and vision of what’s possible. "This is good news for those of us intent on changing the world and creating a positive future. Rather than worry about critical mass, our work is to foster critical connections. We don’t need to convince large numbers of people to change; instead, we need to connect with kindred spirits. … Continue reading
May East: The UN’s strategic vision of the world in 2030
With the convergence of multiple crisis on the planet, the UN has a bold, provocative strategic vision of the world in 2030. It’s a vision of an integrated sustainable development, within planetary boundaries, engaging thousands of stakeholders from all over the world and leaving no-one behind. Member states within the UN are realising that there is no more time to develop now and clean up later. May believes that despite the state of the world, if we don’t have a positive vision of the future, we will never get there. We need to activate this positive vision and communicate it to everybody we meet in order to co-create the new story. Watch video
The Next System Project: Revolutionary Thinking for the Future of the Planet
"Growing inequality, political stalemate, and climate disruption prompt an important insight. When the old ways no longer produce the outcomes we are looking for, something deeper is occurring. It is time to explore genuine alternatives and new models — The Next System." Watch video
5 Women Who Are Changing Our Relationship With the Earth
"August 26th is Women’s Equality Day, a day to honor when American women gained the right to vote, 95 years ago. In honor of women’s equality, we present 5 fearless women leaders who are creating a more just, sustainable world. Enjoy!" Read the full story by Rachael Steineckert.... Photograph: From left to right: Starhawk, Julia Butterfly Hill, Majora Carter, Vandana Shiva, and Patricia Gualinga. Continue reading
Revolution without Upheaval: A Manual Of Change
"If the world is saved, it will not be by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all. "Why not new minds with new programs? Because where you find people working on programs, you don't find new minds, you find old ones. "Old minds think: How do we stop these bad things from happening? "New minds think: How do we make things the way we want them to be?" A great read in 4 parts by Daniel Quinn, author of Ishmael and Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great … Continue reading