The Need to GROW

 Source: https://grow.foodrevolution.org/

This is a story of CUTTING-EDGE

SOLUTIONS to climate change.

With the planet on the brink of ecological disaster, with chronic disease rates skyrocketing, many are wondering...

“What can I do?”

Start by watching The Need To GROW.

An environmental film that gives the world hope.

Change happens when people know the truth.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL FILM THE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR

“No human being on the planet should miss this film.”

— Society of Voice Arts and Sciences

“Perhaps the best film on sustainability I have ever seen.”

— Teddy Grouya, Founding Director - American Documentary Film Festival

“I loved this movie...it was one of those environmental movies that gave me hope.”

— Todd James, Global News

It will make you laugh, make you cry, give you chills, and inspire you to participate in the restoration of this beautiful Earth.

The Need To GROW takes you inside the hearts and innovations of three very different leaders.

An 8-year-old girl challenges the ethics of a global organization.

A renegade farmer struggles to keep his land as he revolutionizes resource-efficient agriculture.

A visionary inventor faces catastrophe in the midst of developing a game-changing technology.

Toolkit for Youth Eco-Activism

 Source: https://learn.ecounesco.ie/courses/toolkit-for-youth-eco-activism/

Nourishing Well-Being and Catalysing Collective Action for Earth

About this Course

Go on a journey of eco-activism using our online Toolkit for Eco-Activism!

This course follows River on her journey of self-discovery and action, building a community of like-minded people on the way, and gaining the skills and confidence to get involved in eco-activism. Whether you are an eco-activist, an educator, or a young person interested in the environment, this toolkit can have implications for your life and help you respond to social-ecological challenges.

This Toolkit is the result of the collaborative project, Youth Action for Nature and Wellbeing, which you can read more about below. In addition to this online course, the toolkit is available as a printed book and in PDF format at yafnaw.eu. 

How to Use the Toolkit

This course has been designed by young people for young people, aged 16 to 25. The toolkit can be used independently by the youth. It is primarily intended for individuals who wish to establish a collective group of local youth eco-activists. However, if you already have a group to collaborate with, that is fantastic.

There are two ways to use the toolkit, depending on your needs and interests as an eco-activist. One way is is to follow the toolkit linearly through the 6 Phases of Activism, or alternatively you can follow the Learning Icons, as illustrated below.

The 6 Phases of the Toolkit

The toolkit can be read linearly, from start to finish through 6 Phases of Activism. Along the way, you and River, the main character of the toolkit, will encounter a variety of animals that will present tools and activities for eco-activists to try, getting creative and using nature as a canvas. If you are new to eco-activism, we recommend you work through the 6 phases one after the other. 

The 7 Learning Ions

Another possibility is to navigate your way through the toolkit using the 7 learning icons, following your interests or needs at the time. If you are already engaged with eco-activism, you may find it more helpful to focus on what is needed at the moment or skip certain phases of your journey.

Systems Thinking

Transformative Learning

Peer Education

Well-being

Nature Based

Civic Engagement

Community Learning

Systems Thinking

Transformative Learning

Peer Education

Well-being

Nature Based

Civic Engagement

Youth Action for Nature and Wellbeing

The Youth Action for Nature and Well-Being project was funded by Erasmus+ and involved a strategic partnership between six non-governmental organisations: ECO-UNESCO, Resilience.Earth, Gaia Education, The Rural Parliament of Slovakia, Youth for Smile (Jaunatne smaidam), and Ecowellness Consulting.

Peace Leadership Collaborative

 Source: https://www.peaceleadershipcollaborative.org/

A global hub for the collective wisdom of peace leadership.

The Peace Leadership Collaborative provides a space for peace leaders from all identities and contexts to learn with and from peace leadership communities around the globe. 

Our Mission

Peace leadership is a proactive and intentional approach to individual and collective action that challenges violence and aggression to create peaceful, positive, just change. 

— Whitney McIntyre Miller, 2016

WHAT WE DO

LEARN

Nurture ongoing learning and advancement of peace leadership by fostering innovative opportunities for collaboration between researchers and practitioners.  

PRACTICE

Promote peace leadership practice through education, training, and development. Provide space for organizations and members to share their opportunities and offerings.  

ENLIVEN

Document and share stories of peace leadership in action to inspire local and global practice.  

Promote the understanding & practice of peace leadership globally

We believe we all have the ability to be peace leaders in the work that we do, in the communities we are engaged in, and in systems large and small.

The Peace Leadership Collaborative holds space to explore peace leadership as a way of living that opens possibilities for peace to root and grow within ourselves, our relationships, our community, and our world.

A global hub for the theory, practice, & collective wisdom of peace leadership worldwide

The Collaborative is a space of belonging for peace leaders from all identities and contexts to learn about and from peace leadership communities around the globe, and collaboratively work together to effect just change in our relationships, communities, and societies at a global scale.

Embracing a generative relationship between theoretical perspectives and grounded work in communities

The Collaborative provides opportunities for peace leaders to learn skills, gain knowledge, and share stories to support what they need to be ready to engage in and lead peace; and offers researchers opportunities to learn from peace leaders in active community leadership about what is working to cultivate and sustain more peaceful communities and systems. 

Holomovement and Our Moment of Choice

•  Link: https://www.holomovement.net/
• https://www.ourmomentofchoice.com/

Our Moment of Choice:

EVOLUTIONARY VISIONS AND
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

Our moment of choice is at hand. There has never been a more urgent moment for humanity to come together in synergy and collectively choose to hold the greatest vision of what we can be and do together, to lead with our hearts and co-create new possibilities that will offer us hope for our future.

This uplifting and timely book is a call to action, offering evolutionary visions, resources and practical steps to help us navigate this moment of choice and amplify the movement for global transformation, upon which our future depends.

"Our Moment of Choice” is a proud winner of the 2020 Gold Nautilus Award in the category of Rising to the Moment 2020, the 2021 New York Book Festival in the category of Compilations/Anthologies, a 2021 COVR Silver Visionary Award, and a Gold Living Now Book Award in the category of Social Activism/Charity.

Mindfulness Education Curriculums

SEE Learning by Dalai Lama:

https://compassion.emory.edu/_includes/documents/SEE_Learning_Docs/SEE_Companion_March.pdf

Happy Schools by UNESCO:

https://gcedclearinghouse.org/sites/default/files/resources/220135eng.pdf

Kindness Curriculum by Center for Healthy Minds

https://centerhealthyminds.org/join-the-movement/sign-up-to-receive-the-kindness-curriculum

Kindness Curriculum by Kaplan

https://thekindnesscurriculum.com/

Cambridge Life Competencies Framework 

https://www.cambridge.org/gb/cambridgeenglish/better-learning-insights/cambridgelifecompetenciesframework 

Zero Waste Life - TV series

 Meet people around Japan who strive for a life without waste under the traditional philosophy of "MOTTAINAI," which values cherishing the things we have.

Link to the series: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/zerowaste/

Charles Eisenstein's Books and Courses

Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution.

His on-line writings have generated a vast following; he speaks frequently at conferences and other events, and gives numerous interviews on radio and podcasts.

Eisenstein graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, and spent the next ten years as a Chinese-English translator. He currently lives near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with his wife and four sons.

https://charleseisenstein.org/books/

https://sacred-economics.com/

The Soil Solution to Climate Change

What If A Solution To Climate Change Was Beneath Your Feet? 

Soil is a living universe beneath our feet. As important to our lives as clean air and water, soil also holds a potential solution to the global climate crisis. Increasing numbers of scientists, farmers and ranchers are implementing innovative land use practices that build fertile soil and sequester atmospheric carbon  These methods of land management have the potential to provide us with nutritious food, improved human health, cleaner water, and a healthier planet for all.

World wide, most soils are depleted of carbon. The atmosphere contains an excess of carbon in the form of CO2, a climate change causing gas. What if that CO2 could be removed and stored in our carbon-hungry soil through land management practices? Find out how in The Soil Solution.

The Soil Solution to Climate Change was one of thirteen films featured in A Climate of Change Tour sponsored by 350.org, TRUST campaign and Wild and Scenic Film Festival.  It has screened at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Sausalito Film Festival, Awareness Festival, Davis Film Festival, Wild and Scenic Film Tour 2013 and the One Earth Film Festival. 

Anything that we do to increase soil fertility could be a step in reversing climate change. 

Here's what you can do:

 What Goes Up Must Come Down!- Cover bare soil with plants! Fertile soil is a natural sink for atmospheric carbon; the very same carbon that contributes to climate change.  Excess carbon can be pulled out of the atmosphere by photosynthesis and into plants and the soil where it can have a beneficial effect. 

Support Farmers and Ranchers Who Treat The Soil Like Gold- Buy from local food producers who increase soil fertility by using climate friendly agricultural methods including no or low-till plowing, cover cropping, composting and organic farming. If you eat meat, buy grass-fed beef from ranchers who practice holistic or rotational grazing methods that mimic the natural patterns found in nature. 

If You Grow Your Own Food, Grow Your Own Soil- If you grow food, take care of your soil. Increase soil fertility by avoiding the use of toxic synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides on your garden or lawn. These poisons kill microorganisms that reside in and on the soil.  These organisms perform numerous ecosystem services; including providing nutrients for plants, creating soil humus and loam and increasing plant health.  The soil is filled with billions of unemployed microorganisms ready and willing to take on the job of providing nutrients to plants and indirectly to you. 

Increase Your Skill Set- If you feel hopeless about climate change- it’s time to take action. Learn how to grow food without increasing atmospheric CO2. Take a course in organic gardening or regenerative farming. If you work with animals, learn about the benefits of rotational grazing.  Get to know your local soil microbes and the Soil Food Web.

SYMPHONY OF THE SOIL

By the end of this video your will learn a lot about soil. Particularly, you will understand soil formation factors, soil formation processes and soil types. After watching this video you will have a good package of skills and knowledge about soil genesis and classification. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For details about soil you can check following links: 1. Living Soil Film    • Living Soil Film   -------------------------------------------------------- 2. Dirt! The Movie (FULL)    • Dirt! The Movie (...   ------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Symphony of the Soil - Deborah Koons Garcia, Thomas J. Akin, Serita D. Frey, PhD, Jim Ward    • Symphony of the S...   -----------------------------------------------

World Unity Week

 

Bringing the World Together

World UNITY Week is an innovative virtual gathering that spans over eight days in June, bringing together influential individuals from around the world who are dedicated to promoting and advancing positive change. The event serves as a platform for global changemakers to connect, celebrate, and collaborate on emerging initiatives that are making a positive impact on society. 

Throughout World UNITY Week, participants engage in key conversations that highlight critical topics such as collective climate action, partnerships for peace, global governance, interfaith and interracial harmony, sustainable and regenerative development, the role of business and economics, human rights, disarmament, and other essential elements required to create a new and better future.
The event attracts a diverse and intergenerational community that spans across cultures and borders, combining science and spirituality, embracing indigenous wisdom, storytelling, music, conscious activism, and much more. It is a celebration of unity and a shared purpose to create new models for the world that align with our collective vision of a better future.

World UNITY Week has featured many of the current leading lights on the planet including Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra, Vandana Shiva,, Marianne Williamson, Paul Hawken, Zac Bush, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Linda Tucker, Duane Elgin, Simon Moss, Micheal Beckwith, ​​Neale Donald Walsch, Awraham Soetendorp and so many more.

• https://worldunityweek.org/archives/
• https://worldunityweek.org/

WORLD UNITY WEEK 2023 – NEW EARTH RISING

17-24 June, 2023

World UNITY Week is an annual FREE, online 8-day event embracing the mid-year Solstice, Yoga Day, UN Refugee Day, World Peace & Prayer Day and a vast array of interconnected global content. This year World UNITY Week launches the 99 Days of Peace through Unity culminating in Peace Week in September.

World UNITY Week offers something for EVERYONE with a host of inspiring, engaging and interactive events, presentations and co-creative opportunities.

World UNITY Week is an ecosystem of multiple spaces called “Convergence Rooms” that each follow a particular theme, such as:

Peace-Building

Partnering with Nature

Intentional Community Living

Integral Cities and Eco-Regions

Community-led Eco-centered Governance

Trauma Healing

Awakening Consciousness

….And many more!