Deepa Senapathi talks about a study investigating the impact of over 80 years of land-cover change on insect pollinator communities in Britain and explains how results show expansion of single habitat types, such as arable land, may be detrimental for pollinators but diverse, mixed habitats including urban environments may benefit species diversity. Published on Apr 1, 2015

Clayton Thomas-Muller, a leading organizer for Idle No More and Defenders of the Land, and a Co-Director of Polaris Institute’s Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign, portrays Canada’s rising Native-led rights-based movement, supported by labor, civil society, students and grassroots groups. It’s challenging the neo-liberal free market agenda that has turned Canada into a petro-state. It may be our last best effort to save our lands and the health of our people from the extractive industries and the banks that finance them. Published on Nov 5, 2014

Sustainability for All: by Jonathon Porritt at TEDxExeter (June 7, 2013)

Documentary Pproduced by Dale and Tom Hallat of the Prosocial Progress Foundation (PPF) a non-profit, public foundation based in the United Kingdom with an international interest within its focus. It acts as an advocacy group which promotes economic, environmental and behavioural solutions to problems within our societies.

PPF is dedicated to communicating to governments, schools and education institutions, the application of effective behavioural tools found within the field of behaviour analysis, as well as the application of scientific knowledge that can drive our societies towards environmental sustainability

What is your role in this dysfunctional system? Jaimie Cloud is founder and president of The Cloud Institute for Sustainability. They "prepare school systems and their communities to educate for a sustainable future by inspiring educators and engaging students through meaningful content and learner-centered instruction."

Published on Nov 28, 2012 this is a tutorial on what is sustainability an important question if one is to teach it as discussed by Jason Hamilton and published by The Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) at Ithaca College. 

Second Nature, a national non-profit based in Boston, works to create a healthy, just, and sustainable society by transforming higher education.

Leading Voices: Sustainability and Higher Education, Dartmouth

Elizabeth Wilson, a professor at the University of Minnesota, talks about working across disciplines to tackle important real world problems. Published on Jul 17, 2013

“I think that sustainability is one of the key cornerstones of how we are going to be educating our students in the future,” says Wilson. “It’s up to us as professors, as universities, to provide them the educational opportunities and training to really go out in the world and make a difference.”

As the world grapples with what some have deemed “the age of urbanization,” affordable* housing has become a great concern. Dr. Joan Clos, executive director of UN-Habitat recommends that housing should be a big part and at the center of the urban planning and design conversation. He means by that, that housing should come back to the center of the urban strategy: urban planning, design, and urban strategy. Published on Mar 19, 2015