Environment
Conversation with Economist David Korten on When Corporations Rule the World
David Korten is an economist, author, and former Professor of the Harvard Business School. His political activism has made him
Read moreThe $250,000 Synthetic Hamburger (CBS News)
Global meat production rose from less than 50t in 1950 to about 275t in 2010. This growth has caused unaccounted
Read more2013 Jack Beale Lecture on the Global Environment (David Suzuki)
Dr David Suzuki presents the 2013 Jack Beale Lecture on the Global Environment, on the topic of Imagining a sustainable
Read moreCoral reefs under rapid climate change (Ove Hoegh-Guldberg)
Professor Hoegh-Guldberg has studied oceans from Mexico to Antarctica and is leading the creation of an online virtual diving experience
Read moreSarvodaya Shramadana Movement (Dr Ariyaratne)
The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement is the largest people’s organization in Sri Lanka. Sarvodaya is Sanskrit for ‘Awakening of All’ and
Read moreFarmers autonomy and winning the battle against poverty (Periyapatna Satheesh)
A very interesting interview (28 minutes) with Periyapatna V. Satheesh, director of the Deccan Development Society commenting on: Farmers autonomy,
Read moreArsenic Mitigation and Social Mobilisation in Bangladesh (AMRF)
This is a short 8-minutes version of a 60-minutes documentary Development in Bad Waters (AMRF). In Bangladesh, millions of rural poor are
Read moreChallenging our measure of progress (Robert Kennedy)
In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy challenged the basic way progress and well-being is measured through Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This
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