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The Problem with Political Lobbying Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 262 Date: January 07, 2011 Thom Hartmann believes political lobbying has led to a rise in the power of unelected and unaccountable figures within Western governments. Corpora...

Vandana Shiva on the Challenges of War and Poverty Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 192 Date: January 07, 2011 Dr Vandana Shiva discusses whether humanity can end poverty and war. She says that certain ideas block our understanding of the impact that we have...

What Real Democracy Would Look Like Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 199 Date: January 07, 2011 What is a real democracy? Dr Shiva describes the current systems of democracy worldwide as a sham. Representative democracy has been hijacked by an...

Why Biodiversity Loss Matters Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 440 Date: January 07, 2011 Dr Shiva says that biodiversity loss is a threat to the environment and also a threat to the economy and political security. She talks about the th...

How Microcredit Helps the Poor Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 177 Date: January 07, 2011 To help end poverty and give economic help to the poor, Vithal Rajan says we must provide credit to the poor. Such microcredit and commercial cred...

The Challenges of Humanity in the 21st Century Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 465 Date: January 07, 2011 John Elkington reflects on the challenges that humanity can expect as the 21st century unfolds. They range from global epidemics to water scarcity,...

The Importance of Creating Safe Urban Environments Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 146 Date: January 07, 2011 Kaarin Taipale talks about security in cities. It’s in the interests of the municipal government to create safe urban environments. Safe cities att...

Sustainable and Unsustainable Native Cultures Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 268 Date: January 07, 2011 Terry Tamminen compares consumer societies and sustainable societies in history. Reckless consumer behavior and overconsumption of resources destro...

Bill McKibben on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 97 Date: January 07, 2011 Environmentalist Bill McKibben talks about the Kyoto Protocol, before the Copenhagen climate change conference. To stop global warming, the US mus...

The Economic and Political Impact of Peak oil Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 382 Date: January 07, 2011 Colin Campbell is a former oil executive who worked with BP, Shell, Esso, Texaco and several governments. He is a peak oil expert. He discusses en...

How Regulation Can Stop Greenwash Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 90 Date: January 07, 2011 Dorothy Mackenzie argues that business should pay for past environmental damage - the polluter pays principle. Sustainable business will help reduc...

Green Ideas to Improve Society Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 352 Date: January 07, 2011 What is ‘natural capitalism’? Dr Amory Lovins published the seminal book Natural Capitalism in 2000. He has since worked to help businesses become ...

What Poverty Really Means in Society Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 523 Date: January 07, 2011 Dr Caldicott discusses the danger of nuclear power and nuclear proliferation. She says there has been an alarming growth in new nuclear capability ...

Eric Schlosser on the Problems of Cheap Food Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 104 Date: January 07, 2011 Dumisani Nyoni asks what poverty really means, in Africa and globally. Poor people are excluded from dialogue about poverty, despite all the talk ...

How Organic Food Production Trumps Agribusiness Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 147 Date: January 07, 2011 Eric Schlosser says that US government policy on deregulation has resulted in multinational corporations lobbying for their own policies in the US ...

How Individuals Can Make a Difference in Our World Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 242 Date: January 07, 2011 Eric Schlosser says that food production is centralized and heavily industrialized, run by big corporations and agribusiness. It is bad for the en...

How Individuals Can Make a Change in the World Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 310 Date: January 07, 2011 Professor Laszlo says that the individual can make a difference. Individual action can make a more peaceful and sustainable world. It is up to each...

Overcoming Fear to Make a Difference in the World Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 175 Date: January 07, 2011 Frances Moore Lappe says that individuals can make a difference. She says people feel powerless to create change. This can be solved by what she ca...

Frances Moore Lappe on Living Democracy Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 231 Date: January 07, 2011 Frances Moore Lappe talks about the effect of the internet and mass communications on democracy. This mass access to information and education has ...

How the Internet Changed Democracy Channel: 5min.com on AOL Length: 238 Date: January 07, 2011 Frances Moore Lappe talks about how we can overcome fear. She says humans have been programmed to react to fear since our earliest beginnings. Fear...

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