World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim called for economic growth that creates more just societies, and he defined the institution’s goal of boosting shared prosperity as the World Bank Group’s way of tackling the global challenge of inequality.

Portland Development Commission (Oregon),  Earth Day Lecture with Ozzie Gonzalez, LEED A.P, addressing the celebration of EarthDay and stepping back to consider community and social equity as part of a sustainable future.  Published on Apr 26, 2012

Uploaded on Dec 22, 2010

This animated video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board distinguishes the roles of mitigation and adaptation in responding to climate change. The video offers examples of actions that humans can take as individuals and a society to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change on natural and built environments.

More info and educational resources available here.

Production Credits:
Finn Ryan -- producer, director
Threehouse Media -- illustration, animation
Ted Leonard -- voice

Founder David Katz, Co-Founder Shaun Frankson and Plastics Expert Mike Biddle are interviewed in Victoria BC. They discuss The Plastic Bank's mission to reduce poverty and plastic waste around the world. Published on Aug 20, 2013

Date: March 7, 2014

Date: April 4, 2014

National Perspective on Homelessness with Nan Roman
Is ending homelessness a realistic goal -- or a utopian pipe dream? Nan Roman, President and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, will discuss what is known about the causes and nature of this difficult problem. She will examine emerging evidence-based solutions and the impact they have had on communities that adopt them. Finally she will consider whether there is adequate knowledge, capacity, and public and political will to end homelessness in our cities and in the nation once and for all.

Nan Roman, President and CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, is a leading national voice on the issue of homelessness. It works with over 10,000 partner organizations and agencies across the nation. Published on Apr 4, 2014

Embodying the Energetic Heart Shiva Rea, Global yoga teacher, activist, and anthropologist by-training through UCLA's World Arts and Cultures program, encourages us to discover fire for a second time within our own bodies through an interactive exploration of the power of rhythm, flow, love and the electromagnetic field of the heart. Published on Mar 10, 2014

Uploaded on Oct 27, 2011