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From personal actions to societal changes, explore the freedom and power of knowing your daily life is making the world more wonderful… for women, for nature, for children, for the historically oppressed.  

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7 Great Reasons to Cycle this Earth Day

With Earth Day upon us, I’m thinking of Slovenia, and the dividends from decades of programs that ensure all citizens have a right to a decent quality of life. As I cycle the network from cities to countryside, and met with movers and shakers, another world seemed more possible.
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US Embargo Against Cuba Squander 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Cuba’s decades of remarkable progress toward the 17 sustainable development goals are being squandered by US foreign policy and cold war ideology. This week’s headlines about Cuba’s food and fuel shortages and frustrated citizens is heart wrenching. News channels and “experts” have several narratives, to either lay blame on Cuba or on the US.
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Is Feminism Sexy or for Everybody?

Looking for more substance on feminism on International Women’s Day, Women’s History Month, I looked up the life of the late writer bell hooks.  Her title “Feminism is for Everybody” caught my attention. I’d not heard of bell hooks or read any of her some 40 books, but once I started to dig in, wow. Hooks writes, “Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.”
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Sustainable Development Goals

Has it ever felt odd to see the word “sustainable” mashed up against the word “development?” One word implies forever, in perpetuity, while the next word implies growth, progress and expansion.
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Homesteading: A Beginner’s Guide to Sustainable Living

The “big quit” or “the great resignation” is in full swing as 49 million US workers quite their jobs. LIFE SHORT. JOB IS NOT FUN. So they try Homesteading. Along with farmers’ markets and community-supported agriculture it is easier for individuals to tap into a more fulfilling life.
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Planet on Fire: Is Global Warming a Reality?

Planet on Fire: Is Global Warming a Reality?

As we all know, the Earth’s temperature is increasing due to the emission of carbon pollution resulting from the burning of fossil fuels. The BBC reported, “This month, the global sea surface hit a new record high temperature.”…
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UN deputy chief warns of faltering progress towards SDGs

UN Deputy Chief Warns – Faltering SDG Progress

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammad said “Let me be frank: we are not doing well. Our progress towards the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) has faltered and even gone into reverse…
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Deborah Shaffer’s 1979 film “The Wobblies” added to the National Film Registry

With Amazon and Starbucks union busting in the news recently, the 1979 documentary, The Wobblies highlights the continued struggle for workplace democracy.
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Women's Economic Empowerment is Important

Why Women’s Economic Empowerment is Important

The passing of EO Wilson is one of those big events.  A person of immense accomplishments who remained grounded in humanity and humility…
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About The Director

Jim Merkel is a filmmaker, engineer and activist. This film grew out of his book Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth and the Jan Cannon film radically simple.

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