"For many people living in the developed world, day to day life is hectic and increasingly stressful. While we are more connected than ever before, the amount of free time we have to take stock of our lives and spend time with friends and family is constantly under threat. "Maybe we should move to north-east Scotland. "Founded in 1962, the Findhorn Foundation has sustainability and clean living at its core, and offers an alternative way of life to the millions of us who find ourselves in the … Continue reading
Gaia Education Maximising Edges
"Gaia Education is developing a wonderful series of films. Creating new stories of solutions and learning in community. This, and The Edges film (in English and Spanish below), are powerful examples of implementing new stories." Click here for the Spanish version. Watch video
Barbara Marx Hubbard Speaks to the Emergent Humanity
Barbara Marx Hubbard, Findhorn Fellow, futurist and evolutionary biologist, explores how to find our 'Emergent Community' and join our collective genius/talents to co-create the world we want to live in. Watch video
The Findhorn Foundation and Community in Scotland
A little taste of the Findhorn Foundation and Community as seen through the lens of documentary film maker Serena Aurora. Findhorn is one of the oldest intentional spiritual communities and learning centres in the world and is a founding member of the Global Ecovillage Network. Watch video
Five Insights about Global Transformation from the Kosmos Study, Connecting for Change
"A growing community of noted authors, local and global activists, world spiritual figures, economists and ecologists (Influencers) are speaking urgently of a world in crisis and the simultaneous awakening around the world to a ‘new story’ of transformation, a story no longer based on greed, competition, and scarcity, but one informed by fresh expressions of cooperation, indigenous wisdom, community-building, sharing, and innovation at all scales from local to global. "Last year, Kosmos … Continue reading
‘HUMAN’ by Yann Arthus-Bertrand – Official Trailer
HUMAN shows the dark side of mankind but sheds light on the best of it, for we all have inside of us this will to live together. This is the message that this film tries to convey. Together, united, we can meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. Watch video
Kosha Joubert: The Power of Community
South African-born Kosha Joubert shares about the power of building community as an integral, intimate part of new story creation. We do not need our future to be defined by the current mainstream and by the advertising and media that are fed to us. We can design our own pathway to the future. By coming together in community wherever we are, we can support one another's potential, dreams, visions and imaginings. Kosha is President of the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) and Executive Director of … Watch video
Linda Kabaira & Mugove Nyika: Transforming the Future of Zimbabwe
Linda Kabaira and Mugove Nyika are leading participatory educators who are transforming life in Zimbabwe for future generations to come. Mugove Walter Nyika is a Permaculture and Environmental Education specialist with international experience of working with governmental and non-governmental organisations to build resilient school and college communities. His mission is to use his life skills, land use design skills and passion for culture and the environment to listen, encourage and teach … Watch video
Wade Davis: The worldwide web of belief and ritual
"Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories of the Elder Brothers, a group of Sierra Nevada indians whose spiritual practice holds the world in balance. "An anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Wade Davis has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity." [quote"Wade Davis, Anthropologist"]If human beings are the agents … Watch video
Better, Not More
Better, Not More is a short film from EDGE Funders Alliance: Engaged Donors for Global Equity, who are amplifying the Justice Funders movement for a Just Transition to a collaborative economy.... "As we assess the current state of our world and consider together the elements that are essential to a ‘just transition’, and ultimately, a just economy, we are called to consider four goals: to decommodify nature, reimagine work, liberate knowledge and democratize wealth. These are interrelated, … Watch video
