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Culture and Consciousness
In 1969, 14-year-old Beatle fanatic Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's Toronto hotel room and secured an interview. Thirty-eight years later, Levitan collaborated with director Josh Raskin and illustrators James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina to create "I Met the Walrus," an animated short film using that original recording.
This spellbinding film, a vessel for Lennon's wit and timeless message, garnered critical acclaim. It was nominated for a 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short and won a 2009 Emmy for 'New Approaches,' becoming the first film to win an Emmy on behalf of the internet.
Authentic product storytelling is crucial, accurately reflecting what "regenerative" truly means. This involves clearly distinguishing genuine practices from misleading claims.
To achieve this, we must effectively educate consumers and maintain full transparency across all business practices.
The "One in 8 Million" oral history project profiled a different New York City resident weekly throughout 2009. Criteria for subjects, as noted by deputy Metro editor Jodi Rudoren, included being interesting, articulate, and previously unmentioned in the NYT.
One profile highlighted a young man's journey to becoming a sustainability advocate, driven by the conviction that we have "one earth, one shot to get things right."
This trailer introduces "How to Boil a Frog," an eco-comedy that confronts the consequences of overshoot: too many people consuming too little planet.
An everyman dad guides viewers through the imminent global crisis, revealing five surprising ways we can save civilization.
Current work culture, driven by the "more, bigger, faster" ethic, causes widespread burnout and disengagement, undermining energy, focus, creativity, and passion. "The Way We're Working Isn't Working" offers a groundbreaking approach to reenergize lives, enhancing satisfaction and productivity on and off the job.
Tony Schwartz, co-author of the #1 bestselling *The Power of Full Engagement*, integrates high-performance science to show we neglect four core needs: physical (sustainability), emotional (security), mental (self-expression), and spiritual (significance). He argues optimal performance comes from rhythmically renewing energy across these needs, not continuous high-speed work.
Duane Elgin, author of "Voluntary Simplicity" and other works, was recently interviewed at Global MindShift by Richard Rathbun, CEO of the Foundation for Global Community. The discussion centered on Elgin's new book, "The Living Universe," which explores themes of regeneration and the power of now.
You can order "The Living Universe" directly from Amazon.
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The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection
“The Thinking Game” is the inside story of DeepMind's groundbreaking AI research, culminating in the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold breakthrough. Filmed over five years by the award-winning team behind "AlphaGo," this documentary explores co-founder Demis Hassabis's lifelong pursuit of artificial general intelligence and the rigorous scientific journey from mastering strategy games to solving the 50-year-old protein folding problem.
Following its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival, "The Thinking Game" is now available to watch for free. For those interested in hosting a screening for a classroom, community, or workplace, visit: rocofilms.com/films/the-thinking-game/.








