State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World
State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World examines the policy changes needed to combat climate change and explores the economic benefits that could flow from the transition.
State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World examines the policy changes needed to combat climate change and explores the economic benefits that could flow from the transition.
In State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures, sixty renowned researchers and practitioners describe how we can harness the world’s leading institutions—education, the media, business, governments, traditions, and social movements—to reorient cultures toward sustainability.
The 2014 edition, marking the Institute’s fortieth anniversary, examines both barriers to responsible political and economic governance as well as gridlock-shattering new ideas.
Short food chains not only create a sense of community and of “living together” by building trust and social bonds, they also generate jobs and strengthen local economies. Yet despite these social and economic benefits, local food systems are threatened by transnational corporations gaining monopoly control over different links of the food chain and the modernist development agenda that encourages jobs in sectors other than food production.
This film investigates the increasing trend towards privatizing control of water resources, and the response of cities, organizations, municipalities, and communities.
This film follows the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in the former “exclusion zone” town of Futaba.
This film examines the life of a German town some decades after a nuclear plant inspired nationwide resistance.
This film depicts the clash that occurs in a small American town when Wal-Mart wants to open a store there.
This film criticizes America’s dependency on oil, explains how oil companies were able to establish their power, and provides information on viable and affordable alternatives to petroleum fuel.
This film follows activists campaigning for the legalization of industrial hemp, which they believe has great potential for sustainability.