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Telling inspiring stories of social change.

Sustainability in Seattle: Water Conservation

by Richard Conlin

posted Oct 20, 2008

When water consumption in your city is expected to skyrocket in the coming years, what would you do? Build more dams? Or build hundreds of smaller projects to fix all the leaks in your pipes and install low-flow fixtures in homes and businesses?

Dana Frasz :: Youth and Foodbanks

by Dana Frasz

posted Sep 10, 2008

Student Dana Frasz took the initiative to alleviate hunger in Bronxville, New York and says we can do the same in our communities.

People We Love :: Hari Kondabolu

by Layla Aslani

posted Jul 30, 2008

Kondabolu uses comedy to point out hidden assumptions about immigrants.

Swift Raids

posted Jul 23, 2008

A Documentary by United Food and Commercial Workers about the raids in Swift Meatpacking plants.

Comic Against Racism

posted Jul 18, 2008

This Colors NW Video Podcast focuses on Comedy as an art-form used to deal with issues of racism. Watch hilarious clips by Hari Kondabolu and Ahamefule Oluo in this short documentary.

Bonnie Raitt & Dolores Huerta

by Bonnie Raitt, Dolores Huerta

posted Jun 23, 2008

Bonnie Raitt and Dolores Huerta dicsuss Union Organizing, NAFTA, Human Rights, Environmentalism, Nuclear Energy, Feminism

YES! Film Picks: Making Whiteness Visible

by Carol Estes

posted May 22, 2008

Maddening and motivating independent films: Mirrors of Privilege, Abel Raises Cain and Pilgrimage.

The First Rural Women Heroes of Tombouctou

posted May 07, 2008

If a village in Tombouctou can be solar electrified against such tremendous odds adopting a Barefoot approach, then it is possible to replicate this process anywhere.

Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible

by Shakti Butler

posted Apr 30, 2008

This documentary features the experiences of white women and men who have worked to gain insight into what it means to challenge notions of racism and white supremacy in the United States.

The Shift :: Trailer

posted Apr 30, 2008

Millions of people around the world are waking up and embracing a new outlook with an emphasis on their responsibility to contribute positively to our collective future. We are in the middle of the biggest social transformation in history: The Shift…

Blue Covenant: Maude Barlow on the Global Movement for Water Justice

by Maude Barlow

posted Apr 30, 2008

Listen to Maude Barlow's interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!

Jon Warnow :: Brower Youth Awards

posted Mar 10, 2008

Listen to Jon's energetic acceptance speech as he invites all of us to “step outside our comfort zones” and remake our world.

The First Women Barefoot Solar Engineers of the Gambia

posted Feb 14, 2008

See the solar installation in process, start to finish: follow two rural illiterate women from The Gambia who learn how to become Barefoot Solar Engineers.

Powerful Beat

posted May 11, 2007

Review of the documentary "Favela Rising" with Anderson Sa frontman for the band Afro Reggae. AfroReggae's music has brought the sound of hope to Brazil's slums.

Affect Change: Go to the US Social Forum

posted May 08, 2007

People explain why they are going to the US Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27-July 1, 2007.