The educational materials below all contain information and perspectives that we feel are very important for people to know and think about. These materials were not created by us, but we hope that by including them here on our website, the information will find a wider audience. If you have any comments for the producers, please contact them directly - links to their websites are included below each video's summary. Thank you, pinky
[ a note from Bunny: The educational materials below are either Creative Commons or we have obtained the consent of the original authors/producers. If you are the creator of educational media that you'd like to see included on this page, please e-mail me. ]
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Greg Grandin : Facing South: The Metaphysics of Tea Party Nationalism, or the Strange Afterlives of American Exceptionalism type: public talk episode number: 100502-01 format: video with audio (QuickTime) running time: 1 hr 21 min 19 sec recorded by: Daisy summary: This public talk by Greg Grandin (The Blood of Guatemala: a History of Race and Nation, Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City) is mostly his thoughts on the Tea Party movement and how it's historically and ideologically connected to various U.S.-specific notions of race and nationalism. Special thanks to Daisy, who recorded the talk and sent us the video. |
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Sunsara Taylor on revolution type: Voices of Resistance interview (Liz Rees, host) episode number: 100412-01 format: video with audio (QuickTime) running time: 52 min 45 sec recorded by: Daisy summary: Sunsara Taylor (World Can't Wait, Revolutionary Communist Party USA) does her analysis of U.S. society from a communist-feminist-atheist framework. This interview took place during her national speaking tour, From the Burkha to the Thong: Everything Must, and Can, Change -- WE NEED TOTAL REVOLUTION. Special thanks to Daisy, who recorded the interview and sent us the video. |
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Donna Haraway on Avatar type: public talk episode number: 100131-01 format: video with audio (QuickTime) running time: 55 min 22 sec recorded by: Daisy summary: Donna Haraway is the author of one of Pinky's all-time favorite books, Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science. In this talk Donna Haraway is (mostly) talking with a group of people about the film Avatar (2009). Special thanks to Daisy, who recorded the talk and sent us the video. |
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How to Repair the World (WeForest video guest narrated by Pinky) type: short episode number: 091207-01 format: video with audio (QuickTime) running time: 2 min 59 sec produced by: We Forest summary: The people at WeForest.com asked Pinky to do a guest voice over for their video. The video was produced by their organization to use at the United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen (a.k.a. COP15, 2009), to help focus attention to the potential benefits of reforestation using permaculture techniques to fight climate change. Please see Willie Smits TED Conference presentation (just 20 minutes long, it'll probably blow your mind) for an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vfuCPFb8wk |
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A Story of Healing type: documentary episode number: 080504-01 format: video with audio (QuickTime) running time: 33 min 06 sec produced by: Dewey-Obenchain Films terms of use: Creative Commons 2.0 summary: Interplast is an organization that sends doctors and & nurses to perform reconstructive surgeries in third world countries. This documentary shows an example of what kinds of creative solutions are possible when first world professionals rethink their priorities and responsibilities. |
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Muhammad Yunus: Creating a World Without Poverty: how social business can transform our lives type: lecture episode number: 080411-01 format: audio (QuickTime) running time: 53 min 42 sec lecture date/location: Feb 15, 2008, at the London School of Economics and Political Science produced by: London School of Economics and Political Science terms of use: Creative Commons 2.5 summary: Against all conventional wisdom, Dr. Yunus radicalized the theory and practice of banking by developing 'microcredit' - tiny loans to the very poor that has enabled millions of people around the world to change their own lives. Now developing the concept of 'social business', Dr. Yunus demonstrates how we must be willing to completely reconsider our assumptions and values if we want to change the course of history. |
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The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard type: documentary/lecture/storytelling episode number: 080410-01 format: video with audio (QuickTime) running time: 20 min 40 sec produced by: Free Range Studios sponsored by: Tides Foundation & Funders Workshop for Sustainable Production and Consumption terms of use: Creative Commons 3.0 summary: This mini-lecture by Annie Leonard explains the life cycle of manufactured 'stuff' in an entertaining way that anybody can understand. In just 20 minutes she manages to clearly explain why our current addiction to a consumption-driven lifestyle is at once flawed, unethical, and ultimately, planetary suicide. Filled with lots of 'aha!' moments. |
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We Are Who We Were: From Resistance to Affirmation type: documentary episode number: 080306-01 format: video with audio (QuickTime) running time: 15 min 3 sec co-producers: Hawaiian Patriotic League and Na Maka o ka Aina summary: This documentary was released in 1998 as part of a public education campaign to dispel commonly-held misinformation regarding the so-called 'annexation' of Hawaii by the United States in 1898. The case for the continuity of Native Hawaiian sovereignty is made by considering historical facts, international treaty law, and an analysis of the U.S. Constitution. |
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Islands at Risk: Genetic Engineering in Hawaii type: documentary episode number: 080210-01 format: video with audio (QuickTime) running time: 30 min 31 sec creators: Na Maka o ka Aina, for Earthjustice summary: When the biotech industry decides to use the lands and people of Hawaii as its test guinea pig, local farmers, activists, researchers, and others speak out. With a short intro by Pinky.
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[ transcript / credits ] [ visit the Na Maka o ka Aina website ] [ visit the Earthjustice website ] |
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