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Free Women
In the face of many obstacles, we meet a courageous group of women who have organized to change their world.
Throughout India, women are forming 'self-help groups' (SHGs) to combat the many issues facing them. With the great help of Vani Chenguttuwan, we spoke at length with the SHG in Kalugumalai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, about their successes.
Many of these women's organizational successes came after intensive work with the DHAN Foundation and its Kalanjiam Community Banking program ('Wealth' in the Tamil language).
These organizations provided on-the-ground support for the women, micro-finance for small-business start-ups, and extensive education in crafts production and marketing - traditional skills enhanced by good business practices.
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Common Healing - trailer v3 #Commons
Twelve Benefits of a Commons-Based Approach. During the process of filming the documentary Common Healing, it has become clear that there are many benefits from re-looking at difficult, immovable situations from the ancient perspective of the commons.
Holy Water?
During our travels in India and other nations, we found we were visiting "water places." How does a person convey a connection to something like water, that is for me both something physical and spiritual?
Water is this for me. It is so for others, I think. Something about water connects us. Physical, for sure - but more too. We found this in large measure in India. In several ways, my heart is water.
Vandana Shiva: To Feed Ourselves, First Feed Other Species - #Commons
Dr. Vandana Shiva, a physicist and powerful leader in the worldwide, growing movement towards organic food, describes her vision for the diverse, healthy ecosystems that once sustained, can provide ample food for humanity. Part of her experience is the nearly 5,000 years of agriculture in India - one of the longest, and perhaps an example for other places seeking a sustainable future.
In a stunning critique, she describes her research demonstrating that organic, diverse food-ecosystems provide far more food, better quality food, better ecosystems/habitat, and more profitability for organic farmers. From the interview:
Think Like a Coral
Pierre meets a coral, and asks how a colonial animal can be many lives and one life, in harmony, at the same time....
Language: English
Run Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
Story Level 1 = Intended for all children or adults
Earth Condominium: Organizing the Global Neighborhood
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