The Hawke Centre's FREE Film Series
Sustaining our Global Future
Film series highlighting areas of ethical social action, for years 7-12 students
Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at the University of South Australia during 2008
Benefits to students and teachers Print off SOGF flier
- FREE cross curriculum program
- Raising awareness of global issues
- Opportunities for empowerment for students
- Examples of young people leading the way
- Linking to local and global web based educational resources
- Encouraging students to think ‘outside the square’
| Sustaining our
Global Future film series: In this United Nations' Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), an awareness of sustainability issues is an important part to a student's education. The capacity of all Australians to understand and respond to climate change, will define our future. Sustaining our Global Future provides an opportunity for young people to view iconic films that have inspired people all over the world to live more sustainably. |
| Jane Lomax-Smith Minister for Education |
This program provided a free public learning forum for students at the University of South Australia's Hawke Centre. Films shown highlighted the key issues pertaining to each UN Observance given below.
TERM 4
Thursday 16 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Duration: 44.18min
Living Service - Globaloneness: Duration 16.43 min
Jayesh Patel, founder of the Indian NGO Manav Sadhna, shows us how the Gandhian principles inspiring the organisation are put into practice in the vast slums of Ahmedabad. There are enough good ideas, says Jayesh; what is needed to make real change is the commitment to one another through humble service. Ultimately, it is heartfelt compassion and sincere spirituality that motivates effective service to humanity.
CAMFED Ann Cotton - Uncommon Heroes: Duration 7.30 min
Camfed is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to girls' education and poverty eradication in Africa. Cama, the Camfed Alumni, was established in 1998 and is now a pan-African membership organization for young, educated, rural women. Cama is now at the forefront of health, micro-finance and human rights initiatives. Cama’s members are showing how the education of girls plays a crucial role in the fight against poverty and the regeneration of communities.
Jacqueline Novogratz invests in ending poverty - TED: Duration 13:38 min
Jacqueline Novogratz founded and leads Acumen Fund, a non-profit organisation that takes a businesslike approach to improving the lives of the poor. She’s become a leading voice of the new philanthropy, which emphasizes sustainable bottom-up solutions over traditional top-down aid. Jacqueline Novogratz is one of the most innovative players shaping philanthropy today; Jacqueline Novogratz is redefining the way problems of poverty can be solved around the world. Drawing on her past experience in banking, microfinance and traditional philanthropy, Novogratz has become a leading proponent for financing entrepreneurs and enterprises that can bring affordable clean water, housing and healthcare to poor people so that they no longer have to depend on the disappointing results and lack of accountability seen in traditional charity and old-fashioned aid.
The Girls of the GAPP - Make Some Noise: Duration: 5.27 min
Christina Tanaka and Hilary Clauson an aspiring filmmaker and a talented dancer lead a tireless team called GAAP – Global Action Against Poverty. Their goal: to raise enough cash to build a school in a poverty stricken area of East Africa... They need at least $5000 by the time they leave high-school. This dynamic duo is founding force behind GAAP, Global Action Against Poverty. They're leading a 30-person team effort to help build a school in the Masai-Mara region of the East African country of Kenya. It's a lot of money – and they're counting on their main event – JAMBO! – to get them there. It's a night of African celebration, drumming and dancing, a fashion show and an African feast, and it's a big hit. Their tasty cookbook, Whirled Peas, is a recipe for even more cash. But for Christina & Hilary, it’s about more than money – it's about taking responsibility in a global community, and building connections with young people around the planet
What Can I Do? Globaloneness: Duration 1.40 min
Spoken word poet and activist Drew Dellinger says that one of the deepest questions a person can face is, What can I do?, and describes the quest to answer it as a spiritual challenge. Drew Dellinger is a spoken word poet, teacher, and activist. He is founder of Poets for Global Justice, and author of the collection of poems, love letter to the milky way.
Thursday 30 October: World Development Information Day: Duration: 31.06 min
Engineers without Borders - Make Some Noise: Duration 10.20 min
Navid Tabatabai joins Engineers Without Borders and heads to the West African country of Ghana. His challenge is to help local farmers develop more sustainable agriculture practices – and to answer his own question – is it really helping when Westerners impose their views on other countries? The summer before his second year of engineering, Navid Tabatabai backpacked through Southeast Asia – it was a trip that turned his world upside down. Usually a big fan of the idea of 'international development', Navid started questioning himself after seeing Western ways intruding into the lives of seemingly happy families working together – it made him ask himself some hard questions: "Who are we to tell these people they need to be greedy consumers like the rest of us? Where are the lines between human rights and cultural imposition?"
Hoping to find more answers, Navid joins a group called Engineers Without Borders and heads to the coastal West African country of Ghana as part of a program to help local farmers develop more sustainable agriculture practices.
His powerful video diary records his everyday life with his new Ghanaian family - as he tests his own assumptions on this life-changing African trip.
Earthship Biotecture: Duration 10 min
Earthships 101 is a 10 minute overview of the basic Earthship systems, types of buildings and Earthship communities in Taos County, New Mexico. Earthship Biotecture, based in Taos, NM, USA is a global company offering proven, totally sustainable designs, construction drawings & details, products, educational materials, lectures / presentations, consultation & guidance toward getting people in sustainable housing.
Blessed Unrest - Paul Hawkens, Bioneers: Duration 5.55 min
How the largest movement in the world came to being and WHY no one saw it coming!
Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems, and consulting with governments and corporations on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy.
Taking IT Global - Mike Furdyk and Jennifer Corriero: Make Some Noise Duration 5.31 min (G)
A dot.com millionaire in grade 11, Michael Furdyk realized early on how the internet could be used as a tool for change. Determined to harness the power of youth around the globe, Mike and his partner Jen Corriero form Taking IT Global.
Jen's dad was a black belt in karate. Her grandma ran a pizza shop in Toronto's little Italy. Michael was a self-made dot.com millionaire by grade 11. When the pair met five years ago, they knew instantly they wanted to use the internet to change the world. Knowing how essential and powerful the youth voice is in making change, they were determined to find a way to link likeminded people from all around the planet.
So they formed Taking IT Global – an international online community connecting people to information and inspiration. It's a site to get involved and take action in your local and global communities. They're behind retraining child soldiers in the Philippines, AIDS awareness programs in Cameroon, computer training in India...
Now, with more than 90,000 members in over 200 countries, it's the world's most popular online community for young people interested in making a difference.
Thursday 6 November: International Day for Tolerance Duration: 31.10min
I Am Human First Gary - Globaloneness: Duration 8.47min
"Jagamarra" Simon, a traditional healer and artist of the Walpiri tribe of central and Western Australia, explains how human particularities are directly formed from the natural environment. To reject a culture is therefore to reject the environment itself. The key to oneness, Gary tells us, is acceptance-acceptance of oneself and of every other's right to exist.
Three areas of Oneness - Globaloneness: Duration: 2.44 min
Duane Elgin is an author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist. For more than three decades, Duane has been in the forefront of exploring humanity's evolutionary journey, sustainable ways of living, media accountability and citizen empowerment, and the convergence of the new science with the world's wisdom traditions. He pioneered the “Voluntary Simplicity” movement with his now classic first book, titled by the same name, published in the 1980s. In his most recent book, Promise Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity's Future (2000), Elgin explores how humanity is on the brink of a global, whole-system crisis where we will have the choice of either pulling together to create an evolutionary bounce, or pulling apart to precipitate an evolutionary crash.
Warren Flandez - Make Some Noise: Duration 7.10 min
How many rising Filipino/Spanish/Chinese/Canadian R&B stars can you name that have emerged from Yellowknife?
Well, you're about to know one...
Warren Flandez grew up in northern Canada listening to the soulful strains of Al Green and Marvin Gaye. Overcoming severe asthma and ignoring a singing coach who said he didn't have what it takes, he's now perched on the edge of stardom – and about to go into the studio with Warren Riker, 2-time Grammy winning producer for Lauryn Hill and the Fugees. And he's got a heart just as big as his voice. His socially conscious songs like World Cry are a call out to his generation to stand up for human rights – and he's sung for numerous volunteer causes including War Child Canada. He's also headlining a concert for Canadian Students for Darfur, an organization working to raise awareness about atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, where more than two million people have fled their homes and 400,000 have been killed in a situation described by the UN as one of the planet's worst humanitarian crises. Flandez is proof that if you follow your passions and beliefs and sing them strong, people will listen.
From India with Love - Friends without Boarders: Duration 5.15 min
This exciting short film shows how a simple idea grew quickly into an authentic children's movement. This effort has brought an enormous impact both in India and Pakistan, and serves as a model for "a new way to peace" throughout the world – utilizing the natural goodness of children.
A Heart Centered Approach to Peacemaking - Globaloneness: Duration 3.40 min
Jerusalem Peacemaker Rabbi Eliyahu McLean describes a heart-centered approach to peacemaking that takes into account the deep wounds of both Israelis and Palestinians. Rabbi Eliyahu McLean is co-founder of Jerusalem Peacemakers. He visits and dialogues with people of all faiths and communities in the Holy Land and travels internationally raising support for peace. His numerous projects include participation in Israeli-Palestinian dialogue
A Global Vision - Globaloneness: Duration 3.14 min
Peace worker Sami Awad talks about how the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is felt around the world: it is part of our shared suffering. And when healing happens there, he says, it is also reflected throughout the world.
What Can I Do? Globaloneness: Duration 1.40 min
Spoken word poet and activist Drew Dellinger says that one of the deepest questions a person can face is, What can I do?, and describes the quest to answer it as a spiritual challenge. Drew Dellinger is a spoken word poet, teacher, and activist. He is founder of Poets for Global Justice, and author of the collection of poems, love letter to the milky way.
Thursday 13 November: UN International Decade ‘Water for Life’ Movies for this session TBC please visit:
http://www.unisa.edu.au/hawkecentre/events/2008events/FilmSeries.asp
Thursday 20 November: Universal Children’s Day Duration: 36.11min
Roots of Empathy: Duration 9.54 min
Roots of Empathy is an award winning, evidence-based classroom program that has shown dramatic effect in reducing levels of aggression among schoolchildren by raising social/emotional competence and increasing empathy. The program reaches elementary schoolchildren from Kindergarten to Grade 8. In Canada, the program is delivered in English and French and reaches rural, urban, and remote communities including Aboriginal communities. Roots of Empathy is also delivered in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.
Challenge Day: Duration 15 min
Challenge Day's vision is that every child lives in a world where they feel safe, loved and celebrated. Since 1987, Challenge Day has inspired hundreds of thousands of youth and adults. We have led Challenge Days in 450 cities, 39 U.S. states, and 5 provinces of Canada, Japan, Germany, and Australia.
Severn Suzuki Rio Summit UN Address: Duration 6.42 min
Born and raised in Vancouver, Severn Suzuki has been working on environmental and social justice issues since kindergarten. At age 9, she and some friends started the Environmental Children's Organization (ECO), a small group of children committed to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues. They travelled to 1992's UN Earth Summit, where 12 year-old Severn gave this powerful speech that deeply affected (and silenced) some of the most prominent world leaders. The speech had such an impact that she has become a frequent invitee to many UN conferences.
From India with Love - Friends without Boarders: Duration 5.15 min
This exciting short film shows how a simple idea grew quickly into an authentic children's movement. This effort has brought an enormous impact both in India and Pakistan, and serves as a model for "a new way to peace" throughout the world – utilizing the natural goodness of children.
Thursday 27 November: World Aids Day Duration 30.01 min
A Game for Life - Globaloneness: Duration 17.20 min
Grassroot Soccer project coordinator, Nolusindiso "Titie" Plaatjie, uses soccer to educate South African youth about HIV/AIDS prevention. She describes her childhood in the poverty-stricken city of Port Elizabeth and how soccer gave her the drive to be who she is today. She has been playing soccer since the age of five. She joined Grassroot Soccer specifically to assist with HIV/AIDS awareness believing that the fight against HIV/AIDS is a fight for the world. Currently working as Port Elizabeth Project Coordinator, Titie is a key facilitator in raising HIV/AIDS awareness among youth and people of her community.
Leading by Example - Globaloneness: Duration 3.11 min
Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge describes the importance of taking a leadership role in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Living by example, she says, shows others that this is something we can overcome.
Hope International - Make Some Noise: Duration: 9.30 min
Lindsey fox first went to Africa to find clean water. Now university student Lindsey Fox returns to Ethiopia to make a film to raise money and awareness for a continent devastated by HIV/AIDS.
In her constant search for adventure, Lindsey Fox joined a group called Hope International and quickly found herself in a high alpine village in the East African country of Ethiopia – put there to help the formerly nomadic people of the sub-Sahara region gain access to clean water. It was a life changing experience. Returning home to Vancouver, things would never look the same again. She knew she needed to return. But she realized she couldn't go back to Africa without thinking about the HIV/AIDS epidemic, or trying to do something about it. So Lindsey returns to the village to make a film with Hope International that she hopes will raise awareness and funds for the fight of HIV/AIDS and the devastated orphans it leaves behind. Lindsey's images and words powerfully document her daily revelations, the hardships, frustrations and the joys of life in a tiny African village. Her conversations with AIDS orphans and women in the sex trade have changed Lindsey's life forever.
Now it's time to see how the people back home will react.
TERM 3
24 July: World Population Day (11 July)
Organisation: United Nations
National/State: International
Contact website: www.un.org
World Population Day:
http://www.unfpa.org/wpd/
(Duration: 33.04min)
Blessed Unrest: Paul Hawkens Bioneers - Duration 5.55 min (G)
How the largest movement in the world came to being and WHY no one saw it coming!
Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems, and consulting with governments and corporations on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy.
Smile Card: Nipun Mehta Globaloneness - Duration: 5.51 min (G)
Charity Focus founder Nipun Mehta describes a project encouraging random acts of kindness that demonstrates the power of small things to transform society.
A Seed of Revolution: Nipun Mehta Globaloneness - Duration: 3.33 min (G)
Charity Focus founder Nipun Mehta describes one example of kindness that illustrates how small acts coming from one's goodness of spirit are what make up a revolution.
A Shift from ME to WE: Nipun Mehta Globaloneness - Duration: 3.10 min (G)
Charity Focus founder Nipun Mehta comments on how modern culture makes people think they need to acquire things in order to feel complete and recalls the ancient idea that in giving you are fulfilled.
Mikey O and the Silent Vigil Girls: Make some Noise - Duration: 15.15 min (G)
When Joe speaks, people listen. Twenty-one year old Joe Opatowski travels
across North America speaking to high school students about what life is
like in other parts of the world. It’s shocking, and it’s real.
Joe inspired his brother Mikey, to take a stand. Mikey’s planning a benefit concert, “Diamonds around the World”, to raise money for children living in the war-torn West African country of Sierra Leone, where child soldiers are used to protect the diamond mines. With his rap, Mikey takes the stage and rocks the mic, shouting out his message loud and clear.
Meanwhile two high school seniors in BC vow to stay quiet after they hear Joe speak. He inspired them to really think about their words - as they embark on a week long Silent Vigil in a symbolic stand for the voiceless children around the world.
Joe’s life took a dramatic turn – but bottom line – he spoke and people
listened. Sometimes that's all it takes.
Media Resources:
Teacher Planet:
http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/population.php
United Nations Cyber School Bus: Indigenous People:
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/indigenous/index.asp
United Nations Human Rights:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx
Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org/
31 July: World Indigenous Day (9 August)
Organisation: United Nations
National/State: International
Contact website: www.un.org
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People:
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/indigenous/
(Duration: 36.43)
The Worldwide Web of belief and ritual: Wade Davis TED - Duration 19.12 min (PG)
Anthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories of the Elder Brothers, a group of Sierra Nevada Indians whose spiritual practice holds the world in balance. Wade Davis is perhaps the most articulate and influential western advocate for the world's indigenous cultures. His stunning photographs and evocative stories capture the viewer's imagination. As a speaker, he parlays that sense of wonder into passionate concern over the rate at which cultures and languages are disappearing - 50 percent of the world's 6,000 languages, he says, are no longer taught to children.
Am Human First: Gary "Jagamarra" Simon Globaloneness - Duration: 8.52 min (G)
Gary "Jagamarra" Simon, a traditional healer and artist of the Walpiri tribe of central and western Australia, explains how human particularities are directly formed from the natural environment. To reject a culture is therefore to reject the environment itself. The key to oneness, Gary tells us, is acceptance-acceptance of oneself and of every other's right to exist.
What a Hongi Means: Dr. Rangimarie Turuki Globaloneness - Duration: 1.36 min (G)
Maori elder and healer Dr. Rangimarie Turuki Rose Peri explains the formal Maori greeting ritual called Hongi, which reminds participants of their interconnectedness with one another and with the environment.
Family Connections: Lyn Risling Globaloneness - Duration: 1.53 min (G)
Lyn Risling, an artist and leader in the revitalization of Karuk/Yurok/Hupa cultural traditions of northern California, describes how connection to family and connection to land go hand in hand. European colonists had severed their connection to their families and left behind any connection to land. As a result, Euro-American culture was not established with the familial connection to the land that is innate to indigenous cultures.
Two Views: Cliff Curtis, Globaloneness - Duration: 3.08 min (G)
For actor Cliff Curtis, the notion of oneness evokes both suspicion and hope. Politically and economically, oneness has been used to justify the elimination of diversity. At the same time, achieving a sustainable future requires an awakening to our shared fate as one species on one earth. Can these opposing views of oneness be reconciled?
A Message to the World: Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa Globaloneness - Duration: 2.12 min (G)
Zulu Sangoma (healer) Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa calls on all human beings to awaken the mother mind, that part of human consciousness that feels what is happening in the world.
Media Resources:
United Nations Cyber School Bus: Indigenous People:
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/indigenous/index.asp
Indigenous Children in Australia:
http://www.un.org/works/goingon/australia/australia.html
United Nations Human Rights:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx
United Nations Indigenous Resources and links:
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/indigenous/
14 August: International Youth Day (12 August)
Organisation: United Nations
National/State: International
Contact website: www.un.org
International Youth Day:
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/iyd2007.htm
(Duration: 31.26)
Taking IT Global: Mike Furdyk & Jennifer Corriro - Duration: 5.31 min (G)
A dot.com millionaire in grade 11, Michael Furdyk realized early on how the
internet could be used as a tool for change. Determined to harness the power
of youth around the globe, Mike and his partner Jen Corriero form Taking IT
Global.
Jen's dad was a black belt in karate. Her grandma ran a pizza shop in Toronto's little Italy. Michael was a self-made dot.com millionaire by grade 11. When the pair met five years ago, they knew instantly they wanted to use the internet to change the world.
Knowing how essential and powerful the youth voice is in making change, they were determined to find a way to link likeminded people from all around the planet.
So they formed Taking IT Global - an international online community connecting people to information and inspiration. It's a site to get involved and take action in your local and global communities. They're behind retraining child soldiers in the Philippines, AIDS awareness programs in Cameroon, computer training in India...
Now, with more than 90,000 members in over 200 countries, it's the world's most popular online community for young people interested in making a difference.
What Does Oneness Mean to You? Globaloneness - Duration: 3.10 min (G)
Young people at the International Youth Conference in Dornach, Switzerland share what oneness means to them.
Port-Au-Princess: Make some Noise - Duration: 7.30 min (PG)
During a violent political demonstration in strife-ridden Port-Au-Prince,
Erin Barton's life is saved by a group of street youth. Determined to repay
their security and friendship, Erin starts the Zanmi Lari youth centre in
Port-Au-Prince.
Erin's mission is to help youth get off the street and become productive, healthy members of Haitian society.
It's a tough gig. In the last year, five kids are murdered in separate acts of violence. Her partner Lucas has had his life threatened.
But despite the violence and challenges, Erin works hard to help make a better life for the kids and people she loves so much.
FYI: Zanmi Lari is a Haitian creole phrase meaning 'Friends Of The Street'.
Mikey O and the Silent Vigil Girls: Make some Noise - Duration: 15.15 min (G)
When Joe speaks, people listen. Twenty-one year old Joe Opatowski travels across North America speaking to high school students about what life is like in other parts of the world. It’s shocking, and it’s real.
Joe inspired his brother Mikey, to take a stand. Mikey’s planning a benefit concert, “Diamonds around the World”, to raise money for children living in the war-torn West African country of Sierra Leone, where child soldiers are used to protect the diamond mines. With his rap, Mikey takes the stage and rocks the mic, shouting out his message loud and clear.
Meanwhile two high school seniors in BC vow to stay quiet after they hear Joe speak. He inspired them to really think about their words - as they embark on a week long Silent Vigil in a symbolic stand for the voiceless children around the world.
Joe’s life took a dramatic turn – but bottom line – he spoke and people listened. Sometimes that's all it takes.
Media Resources:
Taking it Global: www.takingitglobal.org
Activism Magazine: www.activistmagazine.com
Free the Children: www.freethechildren.org
Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org/
Solidarite: http://www.solidaritesudhaiti.org/
Helping Hands for Haiti: http://www.healinghandsforhaiti.org/
UN ICEF, Voices of Youth: http://www.unicef.org/voy/
21 August International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
(Suitable for year level 10 –12 due to themes)
Organisation: United Nations
National/State: International
Contact website: www.un.org
International for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition:
(Duration: 26.48)
DYNAMITE GIRL: Make Some Noise Duration: 7.13 min (PG)
After discovering that over 250 million children around the globe, between the ages of 5 and 14, have to work to survive - Cheryl Perera knew she had to do something to help. So she goes to Sri Lanka hoping to expose these injustices.
Cheryl Perera discovered some shocking statistics on the lives of the world's children: over 250 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 have to work to survive. In her native country of Sri Lanka, over 100,000 children work in the sex trade.
She knew she had to do something to help.
Cheryl returned to Sri Lanka, the country of her roots, hoping to expose these injustices. Video camera in hand, she sneaks into a dangerous dolomite mine to capture startling images of children as young as 5 hacking stone and pushing carts of heavy rock - choking in toxic dust between blasts of dynamite.
If that's not enough to make her mom worry, she then convinced the National Child Protection Authority of Sri Lanka to let her help fight in the battle for children's rights. They agreed, and Cheryl went undercover - risking her life to pose as a decoy child prostitute.
Back in Canada, Cheryl is telling her stories through her organization One Child. She's rallying young Canadians and raising awareness of the horrors of the international child sex trade, and illegal child labour.
A More Humane World: Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge Globaloneness Duration: 1.10 min (G)
Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge suggests the need for large numbers of people to get involved in creating a more humane world.
Re-evaluating our Relationships: Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge Globaloneness Duration: 2.35 min (G)
Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge discusses the importance of continual dialogue across nations and religions to understand our most positive shared values.
Joe Opatowaski speech: Free the Children Duration 10.35 min (G)
Joe Opatowski, a young man who walked away from a troubled home life to inspire tens of thousands of school children to help change the world, often said that one day he would complete a masters in friendship, a Ph.D. in eye contact and a lifetime of laughter. Those who knew Opatowski say he loved nothing better than talking to young people about the need to become engaged in, and care for, the world around them.
Blessed Unrest: Paul Hawkens Bioneers Duration 5.55 min (G)
How the largest movement in the world came to being and WHY no one saw it coming!
Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems, and consulting with governments and corporations on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy.
Media Resources:
www.childprotection.gov.lk
http://www.hrea.org/feature-events/abolition-slavetrade-day.php
www.humantrafficking.org
www.stophumantraffic.org/
Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org/
4 September: International Literacy Day (8 September)
Organisation: United Nations
National/State: International
Contact website: www.un.org
International Literacy Day:
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/literacy/
(Duration 37.89)
David Eggers 2008 TED Prize Wish: Once Upon a School TED Duration: 24.29 min (G)
Dave Eggers Writing is only his day job: Dave Eggers moonlights as a publisher, philanthropist and advocate for students and teachers. Eggers has established himself as a philanthropist and teacher-at-large. In 1998 he launched 826 Valencia, a San Francisco-based writing and tutoring lab for young people, which has since opened six more chapters across the United States. He has extended his advocacy of students by supporting their educators, instituting a monthly grant for exceptional Bay Area teachers. His TED Prize wish is for more poeple to follow him into getting involved in your local school -- and talk about it -- through the website Once Upon a School.
CIDA: Taddy Blecher Uncommon Heroes Duration: 8.05 min (G)
CIDA is the only ‘free’, open-access, holistic, higher educational facility
in the world which is operated and managed by its students, from
administration duties to facilities management. In addition every student is
required to return to their rural schools and communities, during holidays,
to teach what they have learnt.
Their reward: changing the nation through skills transfer. CIDA is a
registered and accredited, non-profit, private, higher education institution
founded in 1999 in South Africa.
Blessed Unrest: Paul Hawkens Bioneers Duration 5.55 min (G)
How the largest movement in the world came to being and WHY no one saw it coming!
Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author. Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems, and consulting with governments and corporations on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy.
Media Resources:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture Organisation, Literacy:
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=40348&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Paul Hawkens: http://www.blessedunrest.com
25 September: International Day of Peace (21 September)
Organisation: United Nations
National/State: International
Contact website: www.un.org
International Day of Peace:
http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/
(Duration 38.12)
Peace One Day: Duration: 32.00 min (G)
The Peace One Day Citizenship Resource Pack for Key Stage 3 & 4 - 2ND EDITION
The resource pack contains a DVD copy of the award-winning documentary Peace One Day (32-minute classroom version and feature-length director’s cut) and 17 active student-centred lesson plans, with Peace Day projects 5 – 50 hours.
There are 3 new Peace Day projects for the 2nd edition on the environment, sport and music, each supported by prominent organisations within each field.
Although this resource pack has been created specifically for the UK National Curriculum, teachers from overseas will certainly find it useful. The long-term vision is to create a generic global resource.
Troubadour of Truth: Make Some Noise Duration: 5.72 min (G)
Dave Quigg's fiery politically-charged songs reflect the injustice he sees in the world. Using the power of song he weaves love, life and politics into protest music for a new generation.
The times they are a-changin'...
Playing and writing music since the age of 13, Dave Quigg's fiery politically-charged songs reflect the injustices he sees in the world. It was a family trip to Colombia that opened his eyes to social injustice and inspired his simple philosophy on music and activism:
"Music is a powerful tool for strengthening social movements and giving them momentum. It's a bee-line to the heart and mind - all at the same time."
But Dave doesn't just sing about it, he also walks the talk.
He's a member of the International Society for Peace and Human Rights and was a delegate to the recent World Social Forum in Porto Allegre, Brazil. Dave's also involved on a campaign to "adopt" a town in Iraq, and he works regularly with a Colombian solidarity youth group which holds regular fundraisers called Salsa For Change.
The Dave Quigg Band also performed at the Stop War Rally commemorating the 2nd anniversary of the war in Iraq.
Like his heroes - Bob Dylan, Tracy Chapman, Leonard Cohen and Paul Simon - Dave Quigg uses the power of song to weave love, life and politics into something beautiful and profound.
It's protest music for a new generation.
Media Resources:
Peace One Day: http://www.peaceoneday.org/home.aspx?band=hi
http://shop.peaceoneday.org/icat/shop
World Peace Forum: www.worldpeaceforum.ca
Stop War: www.stopwar.ca
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