http://ourmedia.org/user/140056 Recently published media items from Ourmedia.org en http://ourmedia.org/node/367184 Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, explains how our current average lifestyle requires more than nature can generate. Mathis offers two possibilities for dealing with this imbalance: live much simpler lifestyles, or radically reduce our population. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:15:45 -0800 Global Oneness Project http://ourmedia.org/node/367186 Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, shares his childhood realization that Earth?s limited resources could not support our current lifestyle indefinitely. While many adults fear what they may have to give up, Mathis says that we don?t have to lose our wellbeing in order to face this ecological limit. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:15:48 -0800 Global Oneness Project http://ourmedia.org/node/367185 Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, describes how this tool lets us calculate the amount of natural resources necessary to support our collective expenditure. Pointing to our current over-expenditure, he explains how the ecological footprint can help us avoid ecological bankruptcy. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:15:54 -0800 Global Oneness Project http://ourmedia.org/node/367161 Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, explains how industrial society treats land as something that belongs to us, and asks, how can we shift back to ?belonging to the land?? Despite the economic pressures of our current system, he says, we need to reframe the way we work with the ecological world so that we can benefit life as a whole. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:15:28 -0800 Global Oneness Project http://ourmedia.org/node/366544 Indian social activist Medha Patkar explains how the economic development model being imposed on India?s farmers is neither inclusive nor sustainable. As natural resources become commodities and farming families lose the capacity to fulfill their own basic needs, Medha believes that the consumerist paradigm may end up destroying living communities. Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:15:14 -0800 Global Oneness Project http://ourmedia.org/node/376267 Permaculture expert Penny Livingston-Stark shows how natural systems can teach us better design practices. Learning to work with the earth not only creates a healthier environment, it also nourishes the people who live in it. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:45:44 -0800 globalonenessproject http://ourmedia.org/node/361224 The work of the Mahatma continues through Jayeshbai, a man committed to work for the betterment of the poor needy children, who lives in the slums, where a 120 000 people make their home. Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:15:06 -0700 globalonenessproject http://ourmedia.org/node/362373 In the barrios of Guayaquil, Ecuador an amazing transformation is taking place. Through the efforts of one woman, rival gangs have formed truces, turned in their weapons and have started working together to rebuild the community. Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:24:27 -0700 globalonenessproject http://ourmedia.org/node/362379 Permaculture expert Penny Livingston-Stark shows how natural systems can teach us better design practices. Learning to work with the earth not only creates a healthier environment, it also nourishes the people who live in it. Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:03:49 -0700 Global Oneness Project http://ourmedia.org/node/376114 Jayesh Patel is the co-founder and director of Manav Sadhna, an NGO based in the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, India. Formed in 1990 with the mission to serve the underprivileged, Manav Sadhna now provides health and hygiene, education, and employment services to over 4500 women and children through over 38 projects. Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:18:57 -0800 Global Oneness Project http://ourmedia.org/node/375606 Nelsa Libertad Curbelo Cora is proponent of non-violence who has fought for Indigenous people's rights and worked as a mediator in armed conflicts throughout South America. In 1999, she founded the organization Ser Paz (Being Peace) specifically to work with youth gangs in Ecuador's southern city of Guayaquil. Through her work, many of Guayaquil's most dangerous gangs have disarmed, agreed to abandon violence and are now working together to rebuild the community. Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:52:08 -0800 Global Oneness Project http://ourmedia.org/node/346424 Sufi teacher Lynn Barron wants to know: What does oneness really look like? Not as a theory, but as a lived reality in everyday life? Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:13:15 -0700 Global Oneness Project