Caring Economics (Riane Eisler)
Eisler discusses the need for an economic system that gives visibility and value to two life-sustaining activities: (1) the work
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Debate: Food – Who Pays the Price? (TVE, BBC World, IFAD)
Food – Who Pays the Price? (October 2008) raises important questions about who produces the food we eat and how.
Read morePlanetary boundaries (Johan Rockstrom)
In 2009, a group of 28 internationally renowned scientists identified and quantified a set of nine planetary boundaries within which humanity can
Read moreDevelopment in Bad Waters (AMRF)
A 60-minutes video documentary of an action research programme on drinking water and public health in Bangladesh, in collaboration with
Read moreBusiness profitability without economic growth? (Jeremy Grantham)
Investment strategist Jeremy Grantham speaks with Richard Burrett after delivering the keynote speech at the April 2012 University of Cambridge
Read moreInfinite growth in a finite world: risk or certainty? (John Thackara)
2012 PopTech talk by social critic John Thackara, where he argues that the current human paradigm of endless growth is obviously unsustainable,
Read moreIs water still running? (Ned Breslin)
Tired of seeing broken hand pumps and taps litter Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Breslin sees these as signs of
Read moreThe Largest Mass Poisoning in History (AMRF)
In Bangladesh, millions of rural poor are currently drinking water that is contaminated with high levels of arsenic. Although the
Read moreEconomists must learn to subtract (Adbusters)
GDP adds up economic ‘goods’ and ‘bads’. This video argues that economists must learn to subtract the ‘bads’ (what Herman
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