If you’re aimed at overcoming a sweet tooth, sugar addiction, or increasing overall health, it’s incredibly helpful to understand why sugar can have such a powerful pull on us and the natural alternatives to choose from. As a species we’re literally hardwired to enjoy sweets. It’s what kept many of our ancient ancestors alive when food was scarce because not…
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How Much Plastic is in the Ocean? – PBS, It’s OK To Be Smart (Video)
How Much Plastic is in the Ocean? In this PBS episode of It’s OK To Be Smart, learn how much plastic is ending up in the ocean and the impact that has on marine animals, birds, and humans. Getting to the root of the problem, the message is clear; we can’t clean enough beaches, remove enough plastic from the sea,…
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Documentary: Beyond Carnism, Toward Rational, Authentic Food Choices (TEDx Talks)
Melanie Joy on Carnism and other food choices. Melanie Joy, Ph.D., Ed.M. is a Harvard-educated psychologist, professor of psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, a noted speaker, and the author of “Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows.” Melanie is a recipient of the Institute of Jainology’s Ahimsa Award. Her work has been featured by numerous…
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Documentary: Humano
Guided by a shaman, named Plácido, in the Andean Mountains, Alan Stivelman embarks on a journey of enlightenment to better understand human existence in Humano. Loaded with universal questions and introspection, this documentary film delivers philosophical and spiritual teachings for the filmmaker and audience alike. Through rituals, initiations, and mindfulness, the message of Humano is both beautifully simple and profound. If you’re interested in…
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Documentary: Take Your Pills
The pressure to achieve more, do more, and be more is part of being human – and in the age of Adderall and Ritalin, achieving that can be as close as the local pharmacy. No longer just “a cure for excitable kids,” prescription stimulants are in college classrooms, on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley…any place “the need to succeed” slams…
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Documentary: Minimalism: A Documentary about the Important Things
How might your life be better with less? Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from all walks of life-families, entrepreneurs, architects, artists, journalists, scientists, and even a former Wall Street broker-all of whom are striving to live a meaningful life with less. -This is…
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