Susan George
Are you optimistic for the future of the world?
Susan George points to encouraging progress being made on the road to achieving greater social justice. She remains hopeful that further solutions around the issue of debt can be…
Recorded: 8 September 2006
Karl-Henrik Robèrt
Can we achieve sustainability?
Karl-Henrik Robèrt draws hope from new technologies and new cultural movements emerging around issues of sustainability. But he says we must accelerate this global transition.…
Recorded: 21 April 2006
Paul Rice
Does Fair Trade really help people?
Paul Rice illustrates the power of fair trade with a story about a young woman from Nicaragua. Yolanda was born into a family of coffee farmers. Ten years ago her father joined…
Recorded: 27 March 2006
Ray Anderson
How can business help the environment? (Part 2)
Ray Anderson describes how his company’s efforts to achieve sustainability have enhanced profitability. Costs are down and a new zero-emission carpet, created though biomimicry…
Recorded: 5 May 2005
John Perkins
Does the US have an empire? (part 2)
Former economic hitman John Perkins sees positive change emerging from different quarters. He believes the social movements that have emerged in recent years point to real progress.…
Recorded: 28 January 2005
Desmond Tutu
How can people have faith in adversity? (Part One)
In this unusually informal recording, presented here in two parts, Archbishop Desmond Tutu reflects on the hardship and injustice endured in South Africa under apartheid. He speaks…
Recorded: 7 December 2004
Kai Brand-Jacobsen
With all the problems in the world, are there still reasons for hope?
In this final clip, Kai Brand-Jacobsen speaks about hope. The pro-democracy and anti-war movements may have failed in preventing the war in Iraq from happening in 2003, but he suggests…
Recorded: 4 November 2004
Frank Dixon
Is our economic system flawed?
Frank Dixon elaborates on why he thinks our present economic and political systems incentivize to do business in irresponsible ways. He describes how these systems can be changed…
Recorded: 20 May 2004
Don Beck
How do we change political ideologies?
Widely recognized as one of the chief architects of South Africa’s post-apartheid democracy, Dr. Don Beck talks about how nations transition through different political ideologies.…
Recorded: 19 May 2004
Elisabet Sahtouris
Should spirituality and science be unified? (part 2)
In this two-part series Dr. Sahtouris talks about reuniting spirituality with science in order to form a new world view – a world view that shows how humanity is still evolving…
Recorded: 1 September 2003
Ervin Laszlo
Can individuals make a difference?
Professor Laszlo talks about his book “You Can Change the World” – published by Positive News. He talks about how a more peaceful and sustainable world is possible…
Recorded: 22 August 2003
Jane Goodall
What can humanity learn from other primates?
Dr. Jane Goodall reflects upon the lessons she has learned about human nature in studying chimpanzees at Gombe National Park in Tanzania. She notes that while mankind has almost…
Recorded: 1 September 2002
