Growing the Green Economy – Long dismissed by mainstream media, visionary entrepreneurs, environmentalists, scientist and professionals have been creating an economy that thrives in harmony with the earth and social well-being. With insight and clarity, this show looks at the green economy that already exists and is growing by leaps and bounds! (~ 54 minutes)
Redefining Success - Changing scorecards of countries’ “progress” beyond money and Gross National Product (GDP) to new indicators of Quality of Life and Gross National Happiness. (~ 27 minutes)
Global Corporate Citizenship - More ethical “corporate citizenship” now seen as a must by many leaders and critics. Best practices of corporations in consumer and environmental protection, human and workplace rights. (~ 27 minutes)
Ethical Markets: The Non-money Economy - Over 50% of all production of goods and services in all countries is ignored because it is unpaid. A look at this “love economy” – raising children, caring for families, the elderly and sick, volunteering – is estimated at over $16 trillion worldwide missing from global GNP. (~ 27 minutes)
Green Building and Design - The revolution in building, architecture, product design is leading to the explosive growth of energy-efficient, less polluting, safer and healthier workplaces and homes. (~ 27 minutes)
Investing In Your Community - Some of your safest, best investments are right outside your door! A look at successful community investing in growing, vibrant local economies, affordable housing, new small businesses and re-development. (~ 27 minutes)
Fair Trade - “Free trade” has turned into a free-for-all based on cutting prices, cutting corners on safety, quality and the environment – as well as outsourcing of production and jobs to lowest-wage countries. Fair trade labels on products growing to ensure consumers that small organic producers of coffee, teas, chocolate and many other foods get fair prices. (~ 27 minutes)
Woman Owned Businesses - In the USA, 50% of all private companies are owned and managed by women and employ 19 million Americans. Women’s goals differ from those of men: women rate profit-maximizing below other community, family and personal values. We meet many women business leaders, bankers and entrepreneurs. (~ 27 minutes)
Renewable Energy - Renewable energy: solar, wind, biofuels, hydrogen, ocean power are the best route beyond fossil fuels to energy independence. A look at the technologies and the leaders in this “green revolution.” (~ 27 minutes)
Shareholder Advocacy - Interviews with activist-shareholders pushing their companies to be more socially and environmentally responsible. Corporate managers are responding as active investors join with employees, unions, environmentalists and many other stakeholders to push for higher ethical standards. (~ 27 minutes)
Transformation Of Work - Views rapid changes in workplaces, outsourcing, automation and self-employment, focusing on employee-owned companies (11,000 in the USA) and the prospects for democratizing capital-ownership. (~ 27 minutes)
Clean Food - Surveys the explosive growth of organic agriculture in the face of consumer fears of tainted and imported foods. Locally-grown, fresh, organic food, free of pesticides, farmers’ markets and local contract agriculture are seen as the future. (~ 27 minutes)
Health and Wellness - Preventive approaches to health now competing with the current over-priced, over-prescribing, interventionist medical-industrial complex costing 16% of US GDP. This is twice what other rich countries pay with no better outcomes. A look at reforms and alternative health options. (~ 27 minutes)
Socialy Responsible Investing - Covers the worldwide boom in ethical investing ($2.3 trillion in the USA alone). Social and environmental costs (pollution, outsourcing, stagnate wages) of maximizing profits to shareholders has given way to concerns for all stakeholders and new “triple bottom line” accounting for people, planet and profits. (~ 27 minutes)
Why Reform Global Finance? – Financial crises, booms, busts and bubbles signal the need to overhaul the global financial system. What kind of reforms can re-direct economic development toward equity and sustainability? (~ 27 minutes) . From Ethical Markets miniseries on International Financial Reform, featuring John Perkins, Kenneth Rogoff and Sakiko Fukudu-Parr.
Reforming The World Bank – Examines the structure and workings of the World Bank and why it is under attack from all quarters. Reforms and proposed actions. (~ 27 minutes) . From Ethical Markets miniseries on International Financial Reform, featuring John Perkins, Kenneth Rogoff and Sakiko Fukudu-Parr.
Reforming The IMF – The IMF is in crisis – few countries want its loans and the onerous restrictions and “conditionalities” imposed. The future of the IMF will require massive reform. (~ 27 minutes) . From Ethical Markets miniseries on International Financial Reform, featuring John Perkins, Kenneth Rogoff and Sakiko Fukudu-Parr.
Visions For A Better Future – Discusses the many researchers and think tanks offering alternative paths to more just and humane forms of development.(~ 27 minutes) . From Ethical Markets miniseries on International Financial Reform, featuring John Perkins, Kenneth Rogoff and Sakiko Fukudu-Parr.
Getting From Here To There – Reviews what can be done today to forge new paths to human development and ecological sustainability. (~ 27 minutes). From Ethical Markets miniseries on International Financial Reform, featuring John Perkins, Kenneth Rogoff and Sakiko Fukudu-Parr.
REFORMING THE ECONOMY – videos picked by Hazel Henderson and the Ethical Markets team with speakers such as Van Jones and Simran Sethi
The Money Fix – Provided by The Money Fix, Hazel Henderson discusses the current ineffective methods of measuring true wealth and the inappropriate use of money, giving examples like the false Nobel Prize in Economics. (~ 9 minutes)
Provided by www.MoneyAsDebt.net Money as Debt - This is a must see video that sparks great conversations in any group who views it.
Debt-gov’t, corporate, & household has reached astronomical proportions. Where does all this money come from? How could there BE that much money to lend? The answer is… there isn’t. Today, MONEY IS DEBT. If there were NO DEBT there would be NO MONEY! If this is puzzling to you, you are not alone. Very few people understand, even though all of us are effected. This fast-paced and highly entertaining animated feature explans today’s magical perverse DEBT-MONEY SYSTEM (~ 47 minutes)
Hazel Henderson on Re-Designing Money Systems - provided by Ethical Markets Media; Presented to the launch of the UNEP Green Economy Initiative, Geneva, Dec. 1, 2008, Hazel Henderson explains how re-designing money systems can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate the growing green economy. The full paper and editorials covering these topics in greater depth are available at www.EthicalMarkets.com. (35 min)
Values for Water. World Bank - provided by Planet2025; Week 8 of the Water Tribune in Zaragoza, Spain, sponsored by the World Bank, was kicked-off with these three videos used to stimulate discussions. Hazel Henderson is a featured speaker. Each week of the water expo, participants from around the world joined in debates and dialogues addressing water concerns affecting us globally. (26 min)
Moving the Economy Transportation Choices – given for MOVING THE ECONOMY: Economic Opportunities in Sustainable Transportation, An International Conference. July 9-12, 1998, Toronto, Canada.
RETHINKING GLOBALIZATION a series produced by Hazel Henderson with guests Dee Hock, Oscar Motomura and Don Beck
World Trade & Finance with Dee Hock and Oscar Motomura, from the series Rethinking Globalization with Hazel Henderson, provided by Ethical Markets Media and Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
Developing New Scorecards of Progress with Dee Hock and Oscar Motomura, from the series Rethinking Globalization with Hazel Henderson, provided by Ethical Markets Media and Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
Global Corporations and Global Citizenship with Dee Hock and Oscar Motomura, from the series Rethinking Globalization with Hazel Henderson, provided by Ethical Markets Media and Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
Shaping 21st Century Organizations with Oscar Motomura, CEO of Amana-Key taking questions from Jacksonville community leaders, from the series Rethinking Globalization with Hazel Henderson, provided by Ethical Markets Media and Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
Organizational Change with Dee Hock taking questions from Jacksonville community leaders, from the series Rethinking Globalization with Hazel Henderson, provided by Ethical Markets Media and Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
Seeing the World Whole with Dee Hock and Oscar Motomura, from the series Rethinking Globalization with Hazel Henderson, provided by Ethical Markets Media and Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
Technology: Servant or Master? with Dee Hock and Oscar Motomura, from the series Rethinking Globalization with Hazel Henderson, provided by Ethical Markets Media and Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
Shaping a More Peaceful and Prosperous & Secure Future with Dr. Don Beck, from the series Rethinking Globalization with Hazel Henderson, provided by Ethical Markets Media and Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
Rethinking Globalization with Dr. Don Beck, from the series Rethinking Globalization with Hazel Henderson, provided by Ethical Markets Media and Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
The Link Between Human Rights and Responsibilities with Dr. Don Beck, from the series Rethinking Globalization with Hazel Henderson, provided by Ethical Markets Media and Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
The Story of Stuff - provided by The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard looks at the underside of production and consumption patterns, exposing the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues. It’ll teach you something, make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever. (20 min)
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS – With the collapse of global financial norms, these videos demonstrate the creative ways in which communities are facing the challenges of producing and consuming sustainably.
GREEN ENERGY AND DESIGN – Shows and videos featuring renewable energy and other clean technologies.
Reforming Global Finance -Videos showing solutions to the global economic crisis that break from the old paradigms and offer a different relationship to money, banking, debt, currency and our measure of wealth.
Creating Alternative Futures – A 13-part series of fast-paced conversations featuring speakers such as Alvin Toffler, John Naisbitt, Fritjo Capra, Jean Houston and Oscar Motomura aired on PBS stations, all moderated by Hazel Henderson.
Insights from the Green – Featuring Simran Sethi, environmental journalist and host of the Ethical Markets TV series, these videos provided by Sundance Channel and TheGreenOnline address ways in which we can be socially and environmentally responsible.
GLOBAL CITIZENS : CREATIVE SOLUTIONS – Socially responsible voices of individuals and NGOs, like the Skoll Foundation, the UN and IONS, sharing their vision for a sustainable future; including perspectives like Vicki Robin’s, Jane Goodall’s and Van Jones’; solutions from young people around the world; stories of people with big ideas set to change the world in major ways, drawn from sources such as TED.com, China’s Green Beat and the Schumacher Society.
The Social Entrepreneur – Provided by groups like the Skoll Foundation, Social Edge and even mainstream media, these videos highlight the efforts of social entrepreneurs, many describing in their own words their method of socially responsible investing.
Power of Yin – This interactive, online TV show, based on the book by Hazel Henderson, Barbara Marx Hubbard and Jean Houston, accompanies the Power of Yin Newsletter. Watch the first episode here.
Comedy – Shows and videos which allow us to laugh as we learn
Classic Talk – Shows and videos which have stood the test of time, including a rare interview with Aurelio Peccei, the late founder of the Club of Rome; with key interviews with Barbara Marx Hubbard, Fritjof Capra, Frank Bracho, James Robertson, Peter Russell, Elisabet Sahtouris, William Irwin Thompson, Eckert Wintzen, Ashok Khosla and others.
Seven Steps to a New Millennium - Hazel Henderson and Barbara Marx Hubbard, author of Human Social Potential, discuss possibilities for humans as we extend our space program.
Empowering Women’s Visions - Hazel Henderson and Barbara Marx Hubbard, author of The Hunger of Eve, discuss women as visionary leaders and why they are important for our changing world.
Ecoliteracy and System Thinking - Hazel Henderson and Fritjof Capra, author of The Web of Life, examine the educational movement to teach “ecoliteracy,” an understanding of ecosystems as humanity’s life-support system, and how this leads to systems thinking.
Redefining Cultural Values - Hazel
Henderson and Frank Bracho, former Venezuelan Ambassador to India,
author of Globalization and Petroleum: Salvation or Perdition, discuss
the importance of culture in development.
Aurelio Peccei at World Futures Conference Caracas 1983 - Hazel Henderson interviews Aurelio Peccei, the late founder of the Club of Room. This truley is a historians collectors’s item!
Minds for History - A conference in May, 1989, discussing humanity’s future with Nobelists Murray Gell-Mann and Czeslaw Milosz, Richard Falk, Harvey Cox, Hazel Henderson and jazz musician Billy Taylor.
Strategies for Sustainable Economies - Hazel
Henderson in conversation with James Robertson, British author of
Power, Money and Sex and The Future of Work, about globalization,
out-sourcing, automation and new forms of development.
Goldman Sucks – provided by Lebed.biz; a visualization of Matt Taibbi’s “The Great American Bubble Machine”
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.
Steady State Economy provided by CASSE; Students at the USC Film School created an innovative 2-minute animation to promote CASSE – the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.
Clean Energy Week Press Conference — provided by ChoosingGreen.com; presented at the National Press Club in DC, Feb. 1, 2010.
Congressman Jay Inslee provided by ChoosingGreen.com; Cong. Jay Inslee opens Clean Energy Week , Feb. 1-5, 2010.
How to Create 18 Million Jobs Part 2 — provided by The Real News Network; Robert Pollin explains that reaching 4% unemployment by 2012 is possible but “normal” or “natural” pace might push that date to 2018.
Global Peace Index — provided by CSIS.org; Center for Strategic and International Studies leaders explain this innovative initiative of The Institute for Economics and Peace
How to Create 18 Million Jobs provided by The Real News Network; Robert Pollin explains that reaching 4% unemployment by 2012 is possible.
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 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.