"The Story of Stuff" is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns that exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues. "The Story of Stuff" calls for creating a more sustainable and just world. Al Gore entertains the crowd at Ted Talks with this informative lecture on some steps we can take to address Global Warming. Believe or not he actually manages to draw a few laughs. Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design buildings that are green, beutifal and "basically pollution free".
When Paraoa Bakehouse won the NZI Sustainable Business of the Year 2008 at the Sustainable Business Network Awards, Robert Glensor sang a song as his acceptance speech that had the crowd of 300 on its feet. Here he is performing the tune again at his family farm in rural New Zealand. Beautifully filmed by Airplane Studios. Watch the first installment of Earthship 101, a closer look at what makes it so cool. 
Greenspark Biofuels offers a modern solution for renewable resources. Converting vegetable oil into clean, pure diesel fuel, restaurant and home owners can save money and resources. Mike Lakritz explains the process during the Healthy Homes Tour. 
As the pendulum has swung toward a globalized economy, more people are realizing the huge costs associated with the singular pursuit of maximizing profit, employing cheap labor, and ignoring environmental concerns. A shift is underway to promote sustainable local economies, in part, a necessary response to increased fuel costs, and global warming threats. Creating a local food economy means valuing the production of healthy foods, creating sustainable markets for farmers who produce the food, and livable wages for farm workers who toil in their fields.
 Jared Diamond is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs & Steel. In this video he gives his take on why societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana, Jared Diamond talks about the signs that collapse is near, and how -- if we see it in time -- we can prevent it. Permaculture Co-Founder David Holmgren discusses his new book Permaculture & Peak Oil, Beyond Sustainability Permaculture in Action - Greening the Desert - Geoff Lawton's Ground Breaking implementation of Permaculture in The Dead Sea Valley. This video illustrates how Permaculture design techniques can restore a Salt Ridden Degraded Landscape to a flourishing and diverse Oasis. For more information about Geoff and his Permaculture work please visit; http://www.permaculture.org.au
This ten part video details the work of corporate giant Monsanto and their vision of a world with genetically modified foods and chemical additives. Watch and learn.
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The World According to Monsanto