Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life,
the whole aim and end of human existence.
~ Aristotle ~
Archive for sustainability
~ Dignity of Man ~
Posted in Alchemy, Metaphysics, Parapsychology, Philosophy with tags beauty, belief, community, equality, existence, freedom, global justice, gratitude, happiness, harmony, human ecology, intentional living, journey, life, love, motivation, oneness, praying, significance, sociocultural evolution, sustainability, thriving, tree of life, trust, truth, understanding, unity, value, well-being, will, wisdom, world on February 27, 2014 by SiNgUlIbRiUm
Four things support the world:
the learning of the wise, the justice of the great,
the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave.
~ Muhammad ~
~ Land Ethic ~
Posted in Cosmology, Philosophy, Psychology, Science with tags bioethics, conservation biology, deep ecology, earth, ecofeminism, energy balance, environmental philosophy, gaia, holism, interconnection, mother nature, natural capital, resource, sustainability, systems ecology, terraforming, universe on January 22, 2014 by SiNgUlIbRiUm
Trees are the Earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
~ Rabindranath Tagore ~
~ Great Transition ~
Posted in Alchemy, Philosophy, Psychology with tags civilization, culture, development, earth, environmental economics, global commons, human ecology, interdependence, mainstream media, relationship, social justice, sociocultural evolution, sustainability, technology on December 28, 2013 by SiNgUlIbRiUm
It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power.
~ Gautama Buddha ~
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers (2003)
Posted in Art House Film, Documentary, Independent Film with tags consciousness, culture, downshifting, earth, ecopsychology, globalization, happiness, lifestyle, mainstream media, materialism, overexploitation, progress, sociocultural evolution, sustainability on December 25, 2013 by SiNgUlIbRiUm
Director: Erik Gandini
Producer: Johan Söderberg, Erik Gandini
Genre: Documentary / Art House Film
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish / Spanish / English /
AR / CN / DE / EN / ES / FR / HI / IT / JP / PT / RO / RU subtitles
The consumerism totally consumed us.
Surplus: Terrorized into Being Consumers from 2003 is a film odyssey about the destructive sides of consumer culture and described as “a global doomsday satire set to music”. It used the language of music video, propaganda and commercial advertising as a response to the forces of globalization.
Why is the lifestyle of consumerism a source of such rage today? How come the privilege of buying goods does not automatically lead to happiness? Why all this emptiness despite our wealth? Surplus’ approach is to portray this issue from an emotional rather than a factual perspective.
~ One-Dimensional-Man ~
Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, Science with tags consciousness, culture, downshifting, earth, happiness, mainstream media, materialism, overexploitation, progress, recycling, simple living, social justice, sociocultural evolution, sustainability on December 25, 2013 by SiNgUlIbRiUm
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need,
but not every man’s greed.
~ Mahatma Gandhi ~
The Story of Stuff (2007)
Posted in Animation, Philosophy, Psychology, Science with tags causation, civilization, earth, ecopsychology, environment, gratitude, intentional living, lifestyle, nature, society, sociocultural evolution, sustainability, technology, transpersonal ecology on December 24, 2013 by SiNgUlIbRiUm
Director: Louis Fox
Producer: Annie Leonard, Erica Priggen, Jonah Sachs
Genre: Documentary / Animation / Short
Country: United States
Language: English /
AR / CN / DE / EN / ES / FR / IT / PT / RO / RU subtitles
A short polemical animated documentary about the life-cycle of material goods.
The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more just world. The animation is critical of excessive consumerism and promotes sustainability.
The documentary is being used in elementary schools, arts programs, and economics classes as well as places of worship and corporate sustainability trainings.
~ Reduce-Reuse-Recycle ~
Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, Science with tags earth, ecopsychology, gratitude, love, materialism, overexploitation, progress, recycling, simple living, social justice, sociocultural evolution, sustainability on December 24, 2013 by SiNgUlIbRiUm
We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children.
~ Ancient Proverb ~
~ Grass Roots ~
Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, Science with tags civilization, earth, eco-village, ecopsychology, energy, environment, gratitude, intentional living, lifestyle, love, nature, permaculture, society, sociocultural evolution, sustainability, technology, transpersonal ecology on December 23, 2013 by SiNgUlIbRiUm
Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology towards the organic, the gentle, the non-violent, the elegant and beautiful.
~ E. F. Schumacher ~
Education for a Sustainable Future (2012)
Posted in Documentary, Independent Film, Philosophy, Psychology, Science with tags awareness, behavior, change, child, creativity, education, future, harmony, individuality, information, measure, mind, nature, self, society, sustainability, thinking, world on October 22, 2012 by SiNgUlIbRiUm
Director: Tom Hallatt, Dale Hallatt
Producer: Tom Hallatt, Dale Hallatt
Genre: Documentary / Independent Film
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
What is considered ‘socially relevant’ in society? How and why things happen in the world? What can we do to create a much more socially sustainable society?
Education for a Sustainable Future produced by New Future Media presents information on how today’s practices in schools are socially unsustainable. The documentary film critically analyses what is considered socially relevant in a new education system which brings out the most potential in all of humanity whilst also detailing specific educational methods from a wide range of sources on how to nurture social skills, critical thinking techniques and a larger variety of important practices to positively reinforce from our earliest years onwards. It must be recognized that a sustainable education is one of the most critical components of any advanced society.
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