The Balance of Nature? Humanity is driving species to extinction a hundred times faster than species would become extinct naturally, and the rate continues to accelerate at an alarming rate. Reducing deforestation and restoring deforested areas

Alice Waters - Chicago 2009

Dec 8th, 2009 41m 39s

An Edible Education Round Table Chef Waters, owner of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA, will convene an edible education policy round table with local and national experts, including Illinois Congressman Danny Davis and filmmaker Chris Taylor. Wate

John Perkins - Chicago 2009

Nov 19th, 2009 44m 37s

Transforming Turmoil into a New Economy For the first time in human history, every individual faces the same crises: climate change, diminishing resources and economic turmoil. We all have a crucial stake in how we move forward. It is time to d

Greg Palast - Chicago 2009

Nov 19th, 2009 42m 42s

Burn the Banks Palast, The New York Times best-selling author and investigative journalist extraordinaire, will give the inside skinny on the billionaire bonus babies of banking. He will tell tales from his years of investigating the banking bu

Jim Hightower - Chicago 2009

Nov 18th, 2009 33m 18s

Even the Smallest Dog Can Lift its Leg on the Tallest Building Hightower, populist speaker, agitator, best-selling author and radio commentator, is taking on the powers that be on behalf of the powers that ought to be - small farmers, small-bus

Amy Goodman - Chicago 2009

Nov 18th, 2009 53m 49s

Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times When powerful individuals, organizations and governments manipulate media to spread their own agendas, it is imperative that forums are in place to make sure the full stories ar

Auden Schendler - Denver 2009

Nov 4th, 2009 40m 21s

Getting Green Done If sustainability were quick and easy, as many consultants suggest, we'd have done it by now. Everyone's talking green, but global carbon dioxide emissions are climbing, and climate scientists tell us we have under a decade t

Mike Farrell - Denver 2009

Nov 4th, 2009 53m 4s

A Great Moral Hunger Chair of the board of Death Penalty Focus, Farrell is also spokesperson for Concern America, an international refugee aid and development organization, and co-chair emeritus of the California Committee of Human Rights Watch

Greg Palast - Denver 2009

Oct 29th, 2009 37m 44s

Tom DeWolf / Belvie Rooks - Denver 2009

Oct 29th, 2009 43m 45s

Sustainable Healing from the Legacy of Slavery Rooks stood at the infamous "door of no return" at the Elmina slave dungeon in Ghana trying to imagine what reaching this spot must have felt like for some long-ago, African ancestor. Years earlier

John Perkins - Denver 2009

Oct 29th, 2009 45m 21s

Gunter Pauli / Chido Govero - Denver 2009

Oct 29th, 2009 40m 33s

Pulp to Protein: The Green Job Machine / Orphan Teaching Orphans We are witness to the demise of an economy built on what we did not have. Now we have an opportunity to evolve towards an economy based on what we have. In developing countries al

Thom Hartmann - Denver 2009

Oct 8th, 2009 41m 54s

Cracking the Code: The Art and Science of Persuasion Both an art and science, political persuasion is as much about biology as ideology, about knowing how the brain processes information and how that influences the way people perceive messages,

Amy Goodman - Denver 2009

Oct 8th, 2009 58m 35s

Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times The Bush administration manipulated and fabricated news to suit its purposes while the corporate media worked hand in glove with the powerful to deceive the public. Many people

Jerome Ringo - Seattle 2009

Sep 26th, 2009 30m 6s

The New Apollo Project Since 2003, the Apollo Alliance has argued that the problems of global warming, oil dependence and income inequality require bold action. The Obama administration's economic stimulus package is the first step in taking us

David Korten - Seattle 2009

Sep 26th, 2009 40m 48s

Agenda for a New Economy Using excerpts from his latest book Agenda for a New Economy, Korten will expose the economic mirage created by Wall Street institutions that led us to believe the economy was expanding exponentially, even as our econom

Laura Flanders - Seattle 2009

Sep 23rd, 2009 47m 49s

The Oxygen of Social Change If information is the oxygen of democracy, is independent media the oxygen of social change? A broadcaster for more than 20 years, Flanders, host of GRIT tv and author of the bestseller BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical

Malkia Cyril - Seattle 2009

Sep 23rd, 2009 29m 18s

Media Power Is One Path to Justice Communities of color, poor people and other disenfranchised communities face serious barriers to public participation and democratic inclusion. Building media power through digital inclusion, content standards

John Perkins: Seattle 2009

Sep 21st, 2009 32m 53s

"Transforming Turmoil into a New Economy" Sharing his experiences as an economic hitman, Perkins will explore the empire that resulted and the plan presented in his book, The Secret History of the American Empire, for creating a stable, sustain

Amy Goodman: Seattle 2009

Sep 21st, 2009 42m 44s

"Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times." The Bush administration manipulated and fabricated news to suit its purposes while the corporate media worked hand in glove with the powerful to deceive the public. Many peop

Chuck D - Interview - SF, 2008

Mar 6th, 2009 13m 23s

Katrina vanden Heuvel - Interview - D.C., 2008

Mar 6th, 2009 9m 1s

"The Best Democracy Money Can Buy"

Mar 6th, 2009 40m 34s

According to The Baltimore Chronicle, "No one has investigated the Bush dynasty like Greg Palast… and lived to write about it." The BBC and Democracy Now! Reporter and author of The New York Times bestsellers The Best Democracy Money Can Buy an

"Supreme Inspiration: Bringing Water to Dry Land"

Mar 6th, 2009 26m 30s

Featured on Oprah's The Big Give, Byars Beckwith, world-renowned performer and founder of the celebrated Agape Choir, makes her San Francisco Green Festival debut - not to be missed! Bringing the power of music and storytelling to the stage, By

Amy Goodman - Interview - D.C., 2008

Feb 22nd, 2009 12m 35s

Amy Goodman - acclaimed journalist and host of Democracy Now! - joins Melissa Mansfield to discuss the important of grassroots activism and a truly independent media. A thoughtful observer of American politics, Goodman is also the author of sev