The Grassroots Economy in 2018 provided by P2P Foundation; What our economy could look like over the next decade, a change from economies of scale to economies of groups. It values collaboration more than negotiation, and bottom-up rather than top-down processes.
Janine Benyus – 12 sustainable design ideas from nature Provided by TED.com; In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build. (24 mins)
Personalized Energy for the Non-legacy World — provided by Harvey Mudd College; Daniel Nocera of MIT offers sustainable energy options, explaining the basics of energy conversion in biology and chemistry with primary focus on the photogeneration of hydrogen and oxygen from water.
Van Jones Against Ethanol July 2008 – provided by IPB; Van Jones of Green For All, building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty, explains why ethanol technologies are not good for people, communities or the environment. (4 min)
Global Innovations Commons provided by M-CAM; Introducing the GLOBAL INNOVATION COMMONS, founded by Dr. David E. Martin, Executive Chairman, M-CAM; Fellow, The Batten Institute, University of Virginia.
The Story of Cap and Trade provided by The Story of Stuff Project; Intended as a conversation starter, this video, in the style of The Story of Stuff, is a fast-paced, fact-filled, look at the most popular climate solution being discussed. Annie Leonard introduces the people at the heart of this scheme – energy traders and Wall Street financiers – and examines the “devils in the details”: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and, distractions from what’s really required to tackle the climate crisis.
“Investing in Desert Greening” — Discussion with Dennis Bushnell, chief
scientist, NASA Langley; Carl Hodges, founder, Seawater Foundation, and
Hazel Henderson, president, Ethical Markets Media; Ethical Markets
Transforming Finance Series 2014
Congressman Jay Inslee provided by ChoosingGreen.com; Cong. Jay Inslee opens Clean Energy Week , Feb. 1-5, 2010.
RMI Quest for Solutions: Reinventing Fire provided by RMI; RMI Chairman and Chief Scientist Amory Lovins, Bill Joy, Catherine Zoi and others discuss how “Reinventing Fire” can provide a road map to get the U.S. and the world off fossil fuels.
Clean Energy Week Press Conference — provided by ChoosingGreen.com; presented at the National Press Club in DC, Feb. 1, 2010.
Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America provided KilowattOurs.org; This award-winning film is a timely, solutions-oriented look at one of America’s most pressing environmental challenges: energy. This often amusing and always inspiring story shows how you can conserve energy, use renewable, green power all while saving money and the environment. The full 56-minute version of the film is available on DVD from www.KilowattOurs.org. (12 min)
Carbon Caps – Who Gets the Cash? provided by TheREalNews.com; James Boyce of PERI – The Political Economy Research Institute and professor at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, discusses the different models of carbon cap legislation and how they serve different interests. Feb. 8, 2010.
Turning the Tide, a project of the Institute at the Golden Gate – highlight
video of the 2009 conference.
Sweden Moving Toward Sustainability — provided by UNDESADSD; The Minister for the Environment speaks of the thematic issues in the eighteenth session of the Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD-18). He shares examples of what can be done to tackle Sustainable Transport, Waste Management, Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (SCP) amongst other topics: Green cars, greening taxation, sustainable cities, and keeping 95% of its Waste out of Landfills
Cool Jobs – Solar Installers provided by Workforce Solutions Capital Area and coolaustinjobs.com
Geothermal Energy in Iceland — provided by Schreinervideo.com; The most inventive, progressive and eco-friendly energy system in the world is the cornerstone of a national consciousness that is a blueprint for the world’s future.
Cap-and-trade won’t cut it, pt. 2 provided by The Real News Network; The Waxman-Markey bill, the Democratic Party’s climate change legislation, promises to reduce US emissions by 17% by 2020, and 83% by 2050. These numbers however, do not account for a practice known as carbon offsetting. Payal Parekh from International Rivers believes that the practice is counterproductive at best, serving to delay necessary energy generation changes, or dangerous at worst, putting communities at risk from megaprojects. Furthermore, offsets are unknown as a financial entity, and have already shown themselves in Europe to be candidates for financial speculation.
Should Government Take Over BP Oil Cleanup? — provided by Bloomberg; Matt Simmons, founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Co. (investment banking serving the energy industry), talks with Bloomberg about BP leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, offering a controversial suggestion.
Cap-and-trade won’t cut it provided by The Real News Network; With Obama support, the House Energy and Commerce Committee plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the US calls for the creation of a cap-and-trade market. James Handley from the Carbon Tax Center believes that cap-and-trade is a flawed system made worse by way of concessions to energy companies, big coal in particular. According to Handley, the bill is unlikely to achieve needed emission cuts, likely to create serious financial instability, and incapable of protecting the most vulnerable from its intended hike in energy prices.
Power Kick for Africa — provided by www.worldfuturecouncil.org; The WFC and cooperation partner Energiebau Sunergy Ghana Ltd. installed modern solar panels to power the Oboadaka village community hospital with a permanent and reliable electricity supply, medication cooling and modern communication facilities. As a bonus — football enthusiasts in the small non-electrified bush village watched Ghana’s soccer team in the World Cup!
TV Set on Petrocollapse provided by TV Set and Blip.tv; discusses peak oil scenarios with oil-industry analyst Jan Lundberg and other peak oilers and community activists. January 2009.
The Consequence of Oil Part 1 — provided by Global Access Media; The Consequence of Oil investigates the cover up of the massive amount of oil and chemical dispersants that are still in the ocean and marshes, the possibly illegal and toxic use of the dispersant Corexit in coastal population zones, and the continued effects of the BP oil spill on the Gulf environment, residents, and clean up crews.
Jack Nicholson’s Car: Don’t tell me it can’t be done! Provided by CBC Retro Bites; This show on clean energy for automobiles from Marketplace TV was aired in 1978!
Story of Electronics — provided by StoryofStuff.org; Annie Leonard and the Story of Stuff team do it again – bring us an insightful view of the true costs of consumerism.
Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization — provided by Earth Policy Institute; Lester Brown, with narration by Matt Damon, provides a glimpse into a new and emerging economy based upon renewable resources, originally aired on PBS. Ask your local station to air this important documentary!
Provided by www.GeniusLoci.com Ecological Design – Beginning in the 1920’s with the work of R. Buckminster Fuller, moving through the 1960’s and the Counter Culture and ending on the doorstep of the 21st century: the film follows the evolution of ecological design from the vision of a few independent thinkers to the powerful movement it is becoming.(~ 64 minutes)
Partying on a Trace of CO2 — provided by TEDxPentagon; Rear Admiral David Titley, USN, explains climate change and link to national security
Utility Scale Solar – provided by renewableenergyworld.com; Adam Browning of Vote Solar discusses what California utilities are doing to push forward with solar energy at Solar Power International 08. (14 min)
Richard Trumka on worker and voter rights — provided by The Natonal Press Club; Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, addressed the National Press Club on May 20, 2011, on recent efforts to curb collective bargaining rights in several states, including Wisconsin and Ohio, the political outlook for the 2012 elections, and the impact of austerity budgets on local, state and federal workers. Presentation begins around 6 min mark.
Solar Power in Spain – This example of solar power in Spain uses an array of mirrors to provide clean energy on a large scale. (2.5 min)
One Degree Matters provided by the European Environment Agency; This video follows social and business leaders as they travel to Greenland and experience for themselves the dramatic effects of the melting of the ice cap and consider how to use business to grow a green economy. The film brings to the screen the latest science from the Arctic and shows why a further rise in global temperature of one degree matters for the future of humankind.
Texas Wind Power – provided by National Public Radio; Ex-farmer Cliff Ethridge is giving new life to a dying town through the power of wind. (3.5 min)