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A Quest for Meaning

Bullfrog Films

A QUEST FOR MEANING tells the story of Marc and Nathanaël, two childhood friends who take an impromptu road trip attempting to uncover the causes of our current global crisis and to discover a way to bring about change. The two friends invite us to share their quest as they meet with activists, biologists, philosophers, and custodians of ancient traditions. Equipped with nothing more than a tiny camera and a microphone they document some of the solutions that are laying the foundations for a sustainable world. This life-changing journey restores confidence in our ability to bring about change both within ourselves and in society. Among the people they talk to are Vandana Shiva, Trinh Xuan Thuan, Satish Kumar, Pierre Rabhi, Hervé Kempf, Bruce Lipton and Cassandra Vieten. Trailer https://vimeo.com/249824589 87 minutes. Directed by Nathanaël Coste, Marc de la Ménardière. Community groups and individuals can hold screenings from Bullfrog Communities at http://aquestformeaning.bullfrogcommunities.com/

    • May 24, 2018

    The Transition Starts Here, Now and Together

    By Lionel Astruc, Rob Hopkins, Chelsea Green Publishing

    One day in 2005, Rob Hopkins, an ordinary British citizen, started knocking on his neighbors’ doors in the small town of Totnes, where he had just settled in. He was proposing that they come together to organize nothing less than a new, locally based economy. A new model, the Transition Town, harnessed resources at hand and modeled a new way of life: no longer expect food to arrive from the other side of the planet at great fuel costs, but instead create short food supply chains and cultivate all the available land (gardens, rooftops, municipal parks); no longer complain about pollution, but rally fellow citizens around a project of local renewable energy cooperatives; no longer rail against the banks and the stock markets, but adopt a local currency that enriches the community. His experience has been successful not only in Totnes; it has spread to 1,200 cities in 47 countries....

    • May 18, 2018

    Canada’s Energy Outlook

    By David Hughes, Canada's Energy Outlook

    This study analyses Canada’s energy system, and provides an objective assessment of future options to maintain energy security and meet climate commitments. 

    • May 9, 2018

    Climate-Wise Landscaping

    By Sue Reed, Ginny Stibolt, New Society Publishers

    individuals at a loss, wondering what, if anything, can be done. Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt offer a rallying cry in response — instead of wringing our hands, let's roll up our sleeves. Based on decades of experience, this book is packed with simple, practical steps anyone can take to beautify any landscape or garden, while helping protect the planet and the species that call it home.

    • April 24, 2018

    Is Inequality in America Irreversible?

    By Chuck Collins, Polity Books

    In this book, leading US scholar and activist Chuck Collins succinctly diagnoses the causes and drivers of rampant inequality, and demolishes simplistic theories that hold that current inequalities are primarily the result of technological change and globalization or differences in merit.

    • April 23, 2018

    Radical Regenerative Gardening and Farming

    By Frank Holzman, Rowman & Littlefield

    Radical Regenerative Gardening and Farming informs and inspires gardeners, and farmers, who wish to bring quality and integrity into their work with the land. It is about developing close relationships with land that produces our food.

    • March 28, 2018

    Fruitful Labor

    By Mike Madison, Chelsea Green Publishing

    As the average age of America’s farmers continues to rise, we face serious questions about what farming will look like in the near future, and who will be growing our food. Many younger people are interested in going into agriculture, especially organic farming, but cannot find affordable land, or lack the conceptual framework and practical information they need to succeed in a job that can be both difficult and deeply fulfilling.

    • March 23, 2018

    Framing the Economy

    By PIRC staff, Public Interest Research Centre

    Our Framing the Economy report outlines how the British public think about the economy and offers two new story strategies to bring about change. 

    • February 23, 2018

    Living the Change

    Happen Films

    Living the Change explores solutions to the global crises we face today – solutions any one of us can be part of – through the inspiring stories of people pioneering change in their own lives and in their communities in order to live in a sustainable and regenerative way.

    • February 13, 2018

    Fridge Tales: Stories from a Community Fridge

    Day for Night Films

    £13 billion of food is thrown away each year by UK households rather than being eaten. Despite growing awareness of food waste, there are few easy ways for people or businesses to get food near it's 'sell by' date to others, until now. Introducing The Community Fridge!

    • February 1, 2018

    Being the Change Teleseminar

    By Peter Kalmus, Transition US

    Being the Change explores the connections between our individual daily actions and our collective predicament.

    • January 29, 2018
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