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Welcome to Big Picture TV
Welcome to Big Picture TV
Big Picture TV streams free videos on environmental and social issues and helps you get up to speed on the areas you want to understand more.
In addition to video
content
from the old site, we've added a host of new features to give you perspective on big global issues, such as energy, trade, manufacturing and food.
Try our new enhanced
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and discover not just relevant videos, but also related events, actions and results from our new
library
of recommended books, websites, twitterfeeds and DVDs.
Learn more about our global list of
speakers
and their work through their individual profiles
See the great range of ways to get involved - from courses & talks to campaigns & festivals - with the most comprehensive
green events calendar
online.
Transition Towns
Transition Towns
Transition Towns helps ordinary citizens to address climate change and peak oil in their local communities, using their own knowledge and skills.
The Transition Handbook
provides a useful guide for developing your own Transition Town and charts the global spread of the movement to three continents.
Founder, Rob Hopkins,
explains what 'Transition Towns' means
Peak oil expert, Professor Richard Heinberg sets out
a case for adapting to a future of oil scarcity
Workshop with the co-founder of Transition Training provides
an introduction to the Transition model
.
The London Permaculture Festival
will bring together a range of different groups to creatively build a sustainable city.
Seat for Life
Seat for Life
Furniture design company
Orangebox
's new chair - the Ara - is the first office chair developed and manufactured in Europe to achieve
Cradle to Cradle
accreditation, which focuses on using safe materials that can be disassembled and recycled or composted.
Other
products
accredited by Cradle to Cradle range from cosmetic to carpets, food packaging and building materials.
The chemist and Cradle to Cradle co-founder
Michael Braungart
ponders the question:
"How can design improve life?"
in this video.
The architect
William McDonough
is Braungart's partner in Cradle to Cradle.
Here
he imagines what a sustainable city might look like.
Sim Van de Ryn
explains his vision of
the cutting edge of ecological design
.
J8 comes to G8
J8 comes to G8
MY SUMMIT 2010
is the official international youth summit that will be held alongside the G-8 and the G-20 summits. Canada is co-hosting MY SUMMIT 2010 with
Global Vision
, a not-for profit organization with expertise in youth leadership training.
Youth delegates will discuss, debate and negotiate the same themes as the
G-8 Leaders’ Summit
, culminating in the development of a communiqué to leaders at the G-8 Summit.
Political economist
Susan George
asks what we need to do to tackle to crisis of
global debt
.
Richard Douthwaite
, the author of
The Growth Illusion
, looks into what impacts
oil depletion will have on the global economy
.
John Perkins
wonders whether it would be better for the world if we were to
cancel developing countries' debt
.
Partners
Featured Videos
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Ervin Laszlo
Can individuals make a difference?
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Jane Goodall
Why save other species when so many humans are suffering?
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Vandana Shiva
Why does biodiversity loss matter?
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Caroline Lucas
How can we ensure energy security?
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Prabhu Guptara
Why are loans harmful for the poor?
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John Perkins
What can young people do to make a better world?
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Eric Schlosser
Can we eat sustainably?
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Peter Melchett
Does GM have a role to play?
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Deborah Doane
Who controls the global food system?
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Upcoming Events
05 September 2010
World Water Week
The World Water Week in Stockholm is the annual meeting place for the world's most urgent water-related issues.
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22 September 2010
Opportunity Green Business Conference
A conference to connect, collaborate and capitalize on the new sustainable economy.
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02 October 2010
World Smile Day
Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile
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