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Green Festival TV presents an ongoing series of keynote speeches given at the worlds largest sustainability event, the Green Festival. Speakers at the Green Festival are articulate, powerful advocates for a just and sustainable planet. From authors and filmmakers to politicians, musicians and scientists, these renowned individuals inspire packed audiences with their expertise—one of the most compelling draws to Green Festival since 2002. Green Festival is a joint project of Global Exchange a ...
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While we all enjoy eating out, many of us may not realize how environmentally destructive it can be. Find out what local restaurants and their partners are doing to lessen their footprints and go green. From the food they serve and the supplies they buy to the spaces they create and the waste they recycle, these businesses are going green across th…
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A Great Moral Hunger Chair of the board of Death Penalty Focus, Farrell is also spokesperson for Concern America, an international refugee aid and development organization, and co-chair emeritus of the California Committee of Human Rights Watch. He has also been a Good Will Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Known by mi…
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An Edible Education Round Table Chef Waters, owner of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA, will convene an edible education policy round table with local and national experts, including Illinois Congressman Danny Davis and filmmaker Chris Taylor. Waters has championed this movement nationally, offering hope in the light of the new Obama administration's v…
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The Balance of Nature? Humanity is driving species to extinction a hundred times faster than species would become extinct naturally, and the rate continues to accelerate at an alarming rate. Reducing deforestation and restoring deforested areas is by far the cheapest, simplest and most effective way of both slowing down climate change and reducing …
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Transforming Turmoil into a New Economy For the first time in human history, every individual faces the same crises: climate change, diminishing resources and economic turmoil. We all have a crucial stake in how we move forward. It is time to develop positive models that are committed to creating a world that future generations will want to inherit…
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Burn the Banks Palast, The New York Times best-selling author and investigative journalist extraordinaire, will give the inside skinny on the billionaire bonus babies of banking. He will tell tales from his years of investigating the banking buzzards - from the Congo to Detroit - showing us the files marked "secret" and "confidential". The Chicago …
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Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco, made a special guest appearance at the 8th annual San Francisco Green Festival, a project of Global Exchange and Green America. He spoke on support for green jobs, plug-in electric hybrid cars and city-wide composting, setting a green agenda for San Francisco.
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Even the Smallest Dog Can Lift its Leg on the Tallest Building Hightower, populist speaker, agitator, best-selling author and radio commentator, is taking on the powers that be on behalf of the powers that ought to be - small farmers, small-business people, workers, grassroots organizers and just plain folk - to share with people how they can make …
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Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times When powerful individuals, organizations and governments manipulate media to spread their own agendas, it is imperative that forums are in place to make sure the full stories are told. In many cases, this has not occurred through various mainstream media outlets. Goodman will set th…
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Getting Green Done If sustainability were quick and easy, as many consultants suggest, we'd have done it by now. Everyone's talking green, but global carbon dioxide emissions are climbing, and climate scientists tell us we have under a decade to solve the problem. We need fewer visionaries and more grunts. It's time to make stuff happen. Schendler,…
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Burn the Banks Palast, The New York Times best-selling author and investigative journalist extraordinaire, will give the inside skinny on the billionaire bonus babies of banking. He will tell tales from his years of investigating the banking buzzards - from the Congo to Detroit - showing us the files marked "secret" and "confidential". The Chicago …
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Sustainable Healing from the Legacy of Slavery Rooks stood at the infamous "door of no return" at the Elmina slave dungeon in Ghana trying to imagine what reaching this spot must have felt like for some long-ago, African ancestor. Years earlier, DeWolf, a descendent of the largest slave-trading dynasty in U.S. history, stood at that same iron gate …
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For the first time in human history, every individual faces the same crises: climate change, diminishing resources and economic turmoil. We all have a crucial stake in how we move forward. It is time to develop positive models that are committed to creating a world that future generations will want to inherit. We the people have the power to demand…
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Pulp to Protein: The Green Job Machine / Orphan Teaching Orphans We are witness to the demise of an economy built on what we did not have. Now we have an opportunity to evolve towards an economy based on what we have. In developing countries alone, where basic needs are unmet, the financial crisis has put 50 million people out of work. Based on mor…
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Cracking the Code: The Art and Science of Persuasion Both an art and science, political persuasion is as much about biology as ideology, about knowing how the brain processes information and how that influences the way people perceive messages, make decisions and form worldviews. Drawing on his background as a psychotherapist, advertising executive…
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Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times The Bush administration manipulated and fabricated news to suit its purposes while the corporate media worked hand in glove with the powerful to deceive the public. Many people are fighting back, but their stories too often go untold. Goodman will expose how all this happened and wi…
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The New Apollo Project Since 2003, the Apollo Alliance has argued that the problems of global warming, oil dependence and income inequality require bold action. The Obama administration's economic stimulus package is the first step in taking us toward a new clean energy economy, but it is just a start. Find out about The New Apollo Program, a compr…
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Agenda for a New Economy Using excerpts from his latest book Agenda for a New Economy, Korten will expose the economic mirage created by Wall Street institutions that led us to believe the economy was expanding exponentially, even as our economic, social and natural capital eroded and most people struggled harder to make ends meet. Korten will offe…
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The Oxygen of Social Change If information is the oxygen of democracy, is independent media the oxygen of social change? A broadcaster for more than 20 years, Flanders, host of GRIT tv and author of the bestseller BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species, will engage you in a discussion of the ecology of change and the role of noncorporate media as th…
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Media Power Is One Path to Justice Communities of color, poor people and other disenfranchised communities face serious barriers to public participation and democratic inclusion. Building media power through digital inclusion, content standards and fights for representation strengthens not only our First Amendment rights but also our ability to par…
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Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. The Bush administration manipulated and fabricated news to suit its purposes while the corporate media worked hand in glove with the powerful to deceive the public. Many people are fighting back, but their stories too often go untold. Goodman will expose how all this happened and w…
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Transforming Turmoil into a New Economy. Sharing his experiences as an economic hitman, Perkins will explore the empire that resulted and the plan presented in his book, The Secret History of the American Empire, for creating a stable, sustainable and peaceful world. Learn about the epiphany that initiated his personal change and the reasons he is …
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"Geo-Politics, the Future and You: A Call to Action" - Sharing his experiences as an economic hit man, Perkins will explore the empire that resulted and the plan presented in his book, The Secret History of the American Empire for creating a stable, sustainable and peaceful world. Learn about the epiphany that initiated his personal change and the …
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"Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times" - The Bush administration has manipulated and fabricated news to suit its purposes while the corporate media has worked hand in glove with the powerful to deceive the public. Many people are fighting back, but their stories too often go untold. Goodman will expose how all this has…
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We confront monumental challenges. Environmental and social challenges present unprecedented opportunities for business. Kevin Danaher, co-founder of the Green Festival, outlines these opportunities include taking back "Conservative Economics," the "Triple-Bottom-Line," by giving real examples of the global revolution.…
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"Scheherazade and the Green Man in Cahoots: The Arabian Nights of Nature-based Cultural Change"The art of story-telling is the art of directing incarnational molecules. By telling the story of the emergent Democracy of Animism, we are going to spiral this thing out into the world as an irresistibly eloquent invitation to all. Let evolutionary democ…
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Ehrenreich's first book of satirical commentary, The Worst Years of Our Lives, about the Reagan era, was received with bestselling acclaim. The one problem was the title: couldn't some prophetic fact-checker have seen that the worst years were still to come? Here they are, the 200s, and in This Land is Their Land, Ehrenreich subjects them to the mo…
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Business and individuals are leveraging the power of the Internet to grow the green economy. Principles of interconnectedness, accessibility, transparency, and democracy are powerfully demonstrated in the emerging Web 2.0 landscape. This presentation will provide case studies in Social Media, Online Activism, Green IT, Open Source Software, and Mob…
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: According to The Baltimore Chronicle, "No one has investigated the Bush dynasty like Greg Palast… and lived to write about it." The BBC and Democracy Now! Reporter and author of The New York Times bestsellers The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Armed Madhouse will give a harrowing and humorous talk that will run t…
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Supreme Inspiration: Bringing Water to Dry Land: Featured on Oprah's The Big Give, Byars Beckwith, world-renowned performer and founder of the celebrated Agape Choir, makes her San Francisco Green Festival debut - not to be missed! Bringing the power of music and storytelling to the stage, Byars Beckwith will take us on a journey to discover our ow…
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Amy Goodman - acclaimed journalist and host of Democracy Now! - joins Melissa Mansfield to discuss the important of grassroots activism and a truly independent media. A thoughtful observer of American politics, Goodman is also the author of several books including Standing up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times.…
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As climate chaos and soaring fuel costs batter the U.S. economy, Jones brings a unique perspective to the color green. Shifting the environmental discussion from green consumers to green workers, Jones argues that a green economy that rescues the polar bears can also rescue the U.S. economy. He envisions a society that has no throw-away species or …
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Van Jones - author, activist and founder of Green For All - talks to Melissa Mansfield about how to shift to a "green collar economy" that creates jobs and tackles environmental issues. With humor and optimism, Jones lays out a sensible plan for businesses and communities. To learn more, check out his new book, The Green Collar Economy.…
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"Green the Ghetto" - The green-collar revolution is the best opportunity we have had in decades to honor the legacy of the civil rights movement. Carter founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 to simultaneously alleviate poverty, improve the environment and reduce public health costs. Discover how Carter is leading us closer to environmental justic…
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