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The Finland Phenomenon - the best education system in the world?

The Finland Phenomenon - the best education system in the world?

I posted yesterday about the urgent need to change education paradigms [https://uniteddiversity.coop/2013/07/31/changing-education-paradigms/]. As such it feels fitting to final re-post this post from Gloria’s blog [https://gl0ria.co.uk/blog/2012/02/04/the-finland-phenomenon/] here: Have you noticed there’s a lot of

97% Owned - documentary about money and economics

97% Owned - documentary about money and economics

Back in May 2003 we started a wiki to ‘discuss monetary reform and democracy [https://web.archive.org/web/20030613112808/https://wiki.uniteddiversity.com/uniteddiversity] ‘, and I just posted Positive Money’s Banking 101 video course [https://uniteddiversity.coop/2013/08/01/banking-101-how-money-and-banking-actually-works/] , probably the best introduction to how money

Homes and Hands - Community Land Trusts in Action

Homes and Hands - Community Land Trusts in Action

We’ll never have a peaceful, just and sustainable world (or, as Charles Eisenstein [https://charleseisenstein.net/] says ‘the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible [https://vimeo.com/66550562]‘) whilst the land that sustains us all is owned and controlled by a tiny minority of the population. We

The Mondragon Co-operative Corporation

The Mondragon Co-operative Corporation

The Mondragón Corporation [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation] is an inspiration. The largest cooperative [https://uniteddiversity.coop/category/cooperative/] in the world, they are a federated network of over 250 co-operative businesses who together are the seventh biggest group in Spain. They employ over 80,000 people, have

Money and Life - a new documentary about money

Money and Life - a new documentary about money

Have you seen Money and Life [https://moneyandlifemovie.com] yet? It is a great new film all about money that is well worth watching. I’m pleased to say that I helped fund the production of the film by contributing to their crowdfunding campaign. It is not too late to

COMING HOME: E.F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy

COMING HOME: E.F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy

This is one of the best documentaries about Community Supported Agriculture, Community Land Trusts and Community Currencies. > COMING HOME: E.F. Schumacher and the Reinvention of the Local Economy, is a new 37 minute film that tells the story of a series of revolutionary innovations by the community of

Edible City - Grow the Revolution

Edible City - Grow the Revolution

Just came across this great film: > Edible City: Grow the Revolution [https://web.archive.org/web/20200116144032/http://www.ediblecitythemovie.com:80/] is a fun, fast-paced, feature-length documentary journey through the local Good Food movement that’s taking root in the San Francisco Bay Area, across the nation and

Inside Job (with Spanish subtitles, again)

Inside Job (with Spanish subtitles, again)

This is a must see film. We’ve posted it a couple [https://uniteddiversity.com/inside-job/] of times [https://uniteddiversity.com/must-see-film-inside-job-with-spanish-subtitles/] before, but those videos have since been removed. Here is is again, again with Spanish subtitles:

Inside Job

The last version of this film we posted [/must-see-film-inside-job-with-spanish-subtitles/] has since been removed so here it is again (this time with Greek subtitles). It is an important film well worth watching. You can also watch (and download) it on vimeo [https://vimeo.com/23086688], or download it via bittorrent [https:

Must See Film: Inside Job (with Spanish Subtitles)

Must See Film: Inside Job (with Spanish Subtitles)

Inside Job is a really good film that deserves your attention. I just stumbled across an online copy and thought I should post it so as many people get to see it as possible. If this copy disappears you can download it using bittorrent here [https://www.kat.ph/search/

What A Way To Go: Life at the end of Empire

What A Way To Go: Life at the end of Empire

“A middle class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American Lifestyle” This is a really well put together film. Highly recommended. You can buy the film from the official website [https://www.whatawaytogomovie.com/] or download it

A Farm for the Future

A Farm for the Future

This documentary from the BBC is one of the most impressive things I’ve seen on TV for a long time. Highly recommended. Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family’s farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature

What Would Jesus Buy?

An examination of the commercialization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy [https://www.revbilly.com/] and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse (the end of humankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt.) The film

The Money Masters

This very long (215 minutes) money [https://uniteddiversity.com/money/] documentary has lots of interesting history in it about the battle over the control of money and banking in the US. If I remember rightly the presenter proposes going back to the gold standard, but whilst that might be better

A Place Called Chiapas

Another documentary about the Zapatista [https://uniteddiversity.com/zapatista/] movement in Chiapas, Mexico.

Coconut Revolution

Coconut Revolution

This is the amazing story of how a small island nation resisted against the might of corporate globalization and won. Bougainville, with a populations of only 160,000 has managed to close and keep closed one of the biggest mines in the world. They have held their ground for a

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

This is one of the best peak oil movies. A must see documentary.

The Take: Occupy. Resist. Produce.

The Take: Occupy. Resist. Produce.

As I’ve said before, The Take is one of the best films I’ve seen. We’re screening it at 7.30pm on Saturday December 15th @ Sessions of Spontaneity

What A Way To Go: Life At The End Of Empire

What A Way To Go: Life At The End Of Empire

I just watched this. As it says at the beginning it is very dense, but overall I think it is really rather good. For more info about the movie visit the website [https://www.whatawaytogomovie.com/] Peak Moment 72: “What a Way to Go” – Meet the Filmmakers

Zapatista

A documentary about the Zapatista movement in Mexico made by Big Noise Films [https://www.bignoisefilms.com/]

Venezuela Bolivariana: People and the struggle of the 4th world war

Venezuela Bolivariana: People and the struggle of the 4th world war

This is a great documentary about Venezuela. See also The Revolution Will Not Be Televised [https://uniteddiversity.com/the-revolution-will-not-be-televised/]

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

This is one of the best videos about Peak Oil because rather than focussing on the potential doom and gloom, it shows how communities can work together to implement solutions 🙂 Watch it now!

The Corporation

The Corporation

Another must see documentary that we’ve screened [https://uniteddiversity.com/the-corporation-zapatista-space-hijackers-and-lab-of-ii/] a couple of times. Watch it now! (and considering buying the book or original DVD, or just donating, at https://www.thecorporation.com/ )