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Padlet

GDPR

Mobility Forms

Cultural Activity with Lukasz - Friday? Saturday? Cultural Activities in Prague in general. :)

Cards

Class Schedule

Learning Journal

Welcome Game - Magical Picnic

Small Group (3) Interviews - Who, What, Where, When, Why & How - in regards to Cinema & Sustainability.

Joint Research Center - Green Competencies (PDF)

TRUST & VALUES (the Social Science research of Brene Brown) as a tool for sustainability.

School Presentations (4)

Earth Day celebration

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Values Check-in.

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School Presentations (Finish)

Discussion about the trailer for Human, the movie, and other homework presentations: Short Film Ideas & Personal Films of Impact - clips.

Love, Death & Robots

The Makanai (benito flakes)

Film History

CALLS to Action - True Story.

Our connection between films/history and environmental education and impact.

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Creating an inclusive, safe, and supportive environment is key for any kind of teaching. When students feel at ease, lessons are more fun and rewarding for everyone.

Sometimes, however, it can be hard to create the right atmosphere and fully engage everyone in the classroom, especially with students coming from varied and multifaceted backgrounds, with different needs and learning styles.

That is why, within the framework of the Erasmus+ project LOL, we created this free teacher training course about wellbeing, inclusion, and creativity. It is aimed to enable teachers to create a welcoming atmosphere for all the students, increase their engagement and participation in the classroom, and improve everyone's well-being through mindfulness and positive education.

The course includes videos, ready-to-use materials, and references for further exploration, to provide educators with the right tools to make their lessons more inclusive, rewarding, and engaging.

Contents

Well-being:

1) What is Well-being?

2) How can we achieve Well-being in the classroom?

3) What is Mindfulness?

4) Mindful breathing to enhance positive emotions and deal with unpleasant emotions;

5) Different ways to practice mindfulness.

Inclusion:

1) What is inclusive education?

2) Main tools to deal with students with special needs (Part 1);

3) Main tools to deal with students with special needs (Part 2);

4) A Main tool to create an inclusive positive learning environment;

5) How to successfully deal with students with different language levels.

Creativity

1) What is creativity? How to enhance it?

2) Why is it important to develop imagination in students?

3) Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS);

4) Enhance creativity with ICT;

5) Develop creativity with team-building activities.

Learning Out Loud Project Nr. KA220-ADU-BE6A5DA9

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Wellbeing, Inclusion & Creativity Free Online Course for Teachers

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GreenComp: the European sustainability competence framework

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What do our participants say about us?

Rebeka Kupihár, Hungary:

"I am totally satisfied and amazed by your work. The training course was far beyond my expectations. I didn't expect sooo much of learning (I mean it in a good way) I gained a lot more practical knowledge, than I expected."

Rosie Wilson, UK:

"Lucie, Bara and Carmine are all inspiring facilitators who bring joy, energy, expertise and challenge to participants through the variety and pace of the training. A huge amount of thought clearly goes into every encounter, session, day and the week as a whole. This is evident in everything that they do, from how they negotiate dinner, to how they guide you through difficult and challenging topics. Thank you so much for letting me learn from you!"

Aisling Cowan, Ireland:

"The training course was a fun, exciting, interesting, integrated learning experience that has taught me many things that I have brought back to 'normal life'. You guys at Vice Versa made a brilliant job of facilitation. You very quickly brought a large diverse group to be working together in a very short space of time."

Isadora Freitas, Portugal:

"The training course was a magical experience to get in touch with my own feelings and skills and to embrace all those shared by others. It exceeded my expectations. I never thought that one week was enough to harmonize my thoughts, absorb so much inspiration and learn so many tools. The trainers and organisers were absolutely great. Bára's energy is contagious, Carmine speaks with a passion that can ground us to every word he is saying, Lucie is an amazing communicator."

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Teacher Trainer in Prague

Born and raised in Chicago, IL (USA);

Studied Politics and Theater at American University in Washington, DC;

Transferred to and graduated from New York University (NYC) to study the Classics, 20th Century British and American Drama, and Performance Writing;

Thesis and life focus being Theater as a Vehicle for Social and Political Change;

Professional Leadership Facilitator, Actor, VO Artist, Producer, Director, Performer, Public Speaker, Activist;

TEFL certified and living and working in Prague since 2015;

Artistic Director of CATNIP Divadlo since 2016;

Founder and CEO of Hard To Be Human, a public speaking, brand communication and Leadership Training agency since 2018;

The co-host of True Story, an interview podcast series about everything having to do with Eastern and Central European documentary film, from 2019;

English VO for the National Museum in Prague since 2021;

Brené Brown, Dare to Lead trained and certified since 2021 focusing her work for Non-Native English speakers, young learners - specifically young women and girls - and international and intercultural communication;

Femme Palette Mentor & Ambassador since 2022;

Crafting A-Level communicators, activated storytellers, performers and empowered speakers, utilizing empathy and compassion as guiding forces, and inspiring others' understanding, growth and transformation in the realm of humanity and human evolution is her passion;

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"For a German and a Finn, the truth is the truth. In Japan and Britain it is all right if it doesn't rock the boat. In China there is no absolute truth. In Italy it is negotiable."

"Whatever the culture, there's a tongue in our head. Some use it, some hold it, some bite it. For the French it is a rapier, thrusting in attack; the English, using it defensively, mumble a vague, confusing reply; for Italians and Spaniards it is an instrument of eloquence; Finns and East Asians throw you with constructive silence. Silence is a form of speech, so don't interrupt it!"

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An overview of the seven elements of trust: Boundaries, Reliability, Accountability, Vault, Integrity, Nonjudgment, and Generosity. The acronym BRAVING serves as a helpful checklist when rumbling with trust issues with the people in our lives.

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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

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Rising Strong

How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Walking into our stories of hurt can feel dangerous. But the process of regaining our footing in the midst of struggle is where our courage is tested and our values forged. Our stories of struggle can be big or small, but regardless of their magnitude or circumstance, the rising strong process is the same: We reckon with our emotions and get curious about what we're feeling; we rumble with our stories until we get to a place of truth; and we live this process, every day, until it becomes a practice and creates nothing short of a revolution in our lives. Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness. It's the process that teaches us the most about who we are.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection

Look for Brené Brown's new podcast, Dare to Lead, as well as her ongoing podcast Unlocking Us!

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"True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are." Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives-experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. With her trademark mix of research, storytelling, and honesty, Brown will again change the cultural conversation while mapping a clear path to true belonging.

Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe about ourselves and each other. She writes, "True belonging requires us to believe in and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in being a part of something and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that's rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with the erosion of civility, it's easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others; it's a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It's a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts." Brown offers us the clarity and courage we need to find our way back to ourselves and to each other. And that path cuts right through the wilderness. Brown writes, "The wilderness is an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it's the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand."

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UBUNTU UNITED NATIONS

193 youth teams from all the countries represented at the UN. Launching the network of young leaders.
Strengthen a culture of peace. Inspired by Ubuntu philosophy. About major current world issues.

About the Project

#UBUNTUUNITEDNATIONS

Is a dialogue platform that seeks to bring changemakers across the world to speak on issues affecting them, to learn and share ideas with leaders such as Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Former Heads of State and other global leaders through Intergenerational dialogue.

PRESENTATION VIDEO

You can only be a Person through other People

This South African word contains a philosophy of life that is transversal and independent of any country, culture, religion, or political affiliation. Ubuntu means "I am because you are", that is, I can only be a person through other people.

What to expect

Program
presentation

Seminars

5 seminars, three hours each, on Saturdays, between April 27 and June 8. Online, through an internet platform.

Participants per country

3 youth leaders per country, with a strong to serving the common good of their communities.

Countries

193 United Nations countries represented.

Our footprint

Impact
in Numbers

Portugal, Spain, Greece; Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde; Sao Tome and Principe, Mozambique, Senegal; Philippines, Cambodia; Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil; South Africa; East Timor and Kenya.

Awarding

Prizes and
Recognition

Participants

Who are we
looking for?

About the first edition

UUN Guests

What Our Participants Say

I have learned so much from these sessions that I can't put it into words. Instead, I'm going to act on the teachings that Ubuntu philosophy introduced to me through UUN and use them to solve issues that my community and country are facing.

This program was really amazing! Learned a lot from each and everyone. I hope there will be more programs like this, so I can keep in touch with everyone.

I was inspired and moved by amazing speakers we had on sunday. Listening to former General secretary of United Nations, Ban Ki Moon was my favorite moment. His words were so encouraging, educating and motivating. He said, "You are not a leader of tomorrow, you are the leader of today already". This statement has really moved me and I can't wait to listen to more of the speakers in the next seminars.

About the UUN

Frequently
Asked Questions

1. Keep an eye on our website, social media accounts, and newsletters for announcements about the event and when applications will open.
2. When applications are open, you will typically find a link on our website or a designated application page.
3. Fill out the application form with the required information and submit it before the deadline.
4. Wait for a confirmation email or message from us regarding the status of your application.

If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to reach out to us for clarification.

Registration is completed when all of the fields of the form have been filled-in, including the presentation and motivation video, in English.
Applications will be analyzed according to the following criteria:
* Compliance with the criteria identified for the recipients of the initiative
* Being a national of one of the 193 countries with a seat at the UN
* Available and committed to complete the entire training program
* English language fluency
* Internet access
* Motivation to participate in the Ubuntu United Nations (2nd edition)
* Alignment with the values, principles and purpose of the initiative
3 participants will be selected per country. The jury will be conformed of members of the Ubuntu Leaders Academy, members of the Ubuntu Global Network, and other partners.
After analyzing the applications, candidates will be contacted, via email. Selection of candidates is announced on [Date].

Do not miss any news and keep in touch with the UBUNTU LEADERS ACADEMY

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How films can make an impact - on the environment and beyond.  The personal, the professional, and the global. 

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With public interest in environmental issues higher than it has been for years, it is important to maintain the momentum and build on people's understanding and motivation to protect our natural world. Nina Seale explores how environmental films have been used to engage people to make a difference for the environment.

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HUMAN by Yann Arthus-Bertrand - Official Trailer

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Storyboard Shot List Template - What's your idea, your theme; your VISION.  Plan it out, one visual at a time.  Massive film making tool!  :)

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The first step to making a great video is having a great shot list. It's a vital ingredient, no matter how small or large your crew or cast is. A shot list is a kind of to-do list that helps everyone stay on the same page.

We've created a free shot list template that you can use with Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel. This free download is perfect for any kind of film production - from short films to music videos, and everything in between.

Why are shot lists important?

It's easy to get lost during a shoot, even with a small team. If you've got lots of settings, multiple actors, and a large crew, then things only get more complicated.

A shot list keeps a project on track. Before filming, it helps directors to collect their thoughts and build a shooting schedule. During filming, a solid camera shot list means different departments can work independently from each other. It also makes it easy to keep going if a crew member's sick one day, or has to leave the shoot.

When to make a shot list

You should make your shot list after finishing your script, at the same time as creating your storyboard. Your shot list will help you visualise what you want. It'll make it easier to organise the cast, crew, equipment, and locations that bring your vision to life. (Side note: you'll need a few extra documents, like call sheets, tech specs, and license agreements - they all stem from the shot list.)

Toggling between storyboard and shot list in Boords

During production, you'll add notes to the shot list to help your editor - like which takes to use, detailed comments, and shot / card numbers. Remember to add the clip number or timecode to the shot list during production. It'll help your editor know which shot is which, and dramatically speed up the editing time.

Remember to organise your shots by location. Putting similar shots together makes shooting easier because you can shoot them all at the same time. (Note: this might not be in order of shot number. And that's okay!) This makes filming way more convenient - even if you're not shooting in the order of your storyboard.

Looking to make a short film? Check out our handy guide: How to make your first short film

What's in a shot list?

A typical shot list includes:

Equipment: Use this column to list the equipment that's supporting the camera. For example, Tripod, Steadicam, Drone, Dolly, etc.

Movement: Use this column to explain what your camera's doing when it's not static, i.e. it's moving. For example: Static, Pan, Tilt, Dolly, Zoom, etc.

Angle: Use this column to describe the angle of the camera in relation to the subject. If your camera's lower than your subject, it's a low angle. If it's higher than the subject, it's a high angle. You can also include other terms that help to explain the angle, for example: Eye-level, High angle, Low angle, etc.

Check out our guide to camera moves and angles to learn more about camera fundamentals.

Shot size: Describe the size of your subject in the frame. Varying shot sizes and having them appear in different orders creates dramatically different effects. A scene might start with a wide shot to establish where it's happening, before moving to a mid-shot of your subject, then a close-up of the action. Shot sizes are often abbreviated, e.g. wide shot (WS), very wide shot (VWS), mid-shot (MS), medium close-up (MCU), close-up (CU), extreme close-up (ECU).

Audio: Use this column to explain how you're picking up the audio. For example: Boom, Lav(s), Voiceover (VO).

Lens: Use this column to record which size lens you're using. For example 24mm, 50mm, 200mm.

Fail to plan, plan to fail

Shot lists are critical to the pre-production process. Like storyboards, they save time by creating consensus and keeping your team on the same page during production.

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The first book ever to show you exactly how to mount a theater production without losing your integrity or your shirt!

Open Book Theater Management is a new way of working in the low/no budget sector of theater, sometimes known as either Fringe, or Off-Off-Broadway.

Its purpose is to propose an open, honest and ethical approach to theater production with particular regard to those companies and individuals who are either just starting out or are relatively early on in their careers, usually with little or no money to mount their initial productions.

Using the free resources available on this website, Rafe will show you how you can start an ethical theater company with just a tenner.

Short on time? Grab the audiobook here.
The Author
Rafe Beckley trained as an actor at the East 15 Acting School in England. Since then, he has worked as an actor, theater director and teacher. He is a member of Equity and Stage Directors UK. He lives in Hertfordshire, England.

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Relational Mindfulness practice & book - Deborah Eden Tull (Nicole studies with her.)

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Join Eden for an experiential weekend immersion in relational mindfulness at Esalen this summer!

More information and registration here

RELATIONAL MINDFULNESS: A handbook for deepening our connections with ourselves, each other, and the planet

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JOIN EDEN FOR RELATIONAL MINDFULNESS FACILITATION TRAINING, HER 3-MONTH ONLINE PROGRAM - DATES TBD. SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION HERE.

Eden's book, Relational Mindfulness: A Handbook for Deepening Our Connection with Ourselves, Each Other, and the Planet, is about healing the myth of separation through our relationship with self, one another, and our planet. A message from Eden:
Relational mindfulness teaches 9 timeless principles for awakening through the beautiful, dynamic, and complex field of human relationship. The practice of Relational Mindfulness keeps us honest by showing us when and where it is difficult to remain fully present when engaging with others. Sitting alone on a meditation cushion is a wholly different exercise than engaging socially, at work, in conflict, or romance.
Or is it?
Just as the breath provides an anchor when we sit, deep listening - within and out - can be our anchor in social interactions. Intimacy begins with our willingness to see clearly - beyond the myth of separation. We have to learn how to "be with" the pretty and not-so-pretty aspects of ourselves without needing to, fix, solve, or change anything. In this way the ground of being or shared presence becomes the gateway to personal and collective healing. The 9 principles of Relational Mindfulness are: Intention Transparency The Sacred Pause Not Taking Personally Deep Listening Taking Responsibility Mindful Inquiry Compassionate Action Turning Towards, Rather Than Away In Peace and Passion, Deborah Eden Tull

Eden has an article posted with Deep Times based on her book Relational Mindfulness.

""Deborah Eden Tull meets us where we live: in constant interaction with self, other, world. What she offers is both ancient and to the moment. She draws on the Buddha's timeless teachings, absorbed in her years as a monk, and ripened now by her engagement with the challenges of a society in crisis. Our work together has generated my great respect for her integrity, deepening my appreciation for this marvel of a book.""

- Joanna Macy, author, Coming Back to Life

"A powerful dose of sanity.

If you're looking for a good friend of a book, a book you're going to want to live with and keep around for a while. This is the book. I have lived with it for over a year know and here is what I feel everyone should know about it.

1- It's a book for everyone, not just meditators.

It's for anyone interested in having more authentic relationships in their lives. Being mindful, or mindfulness, simply means to start paying deeper attention to our relationships. While meditation is a practice that is certainly recommended, the content of the book is, in itself, highly transformative and will elevate your view of life, and impact it in all the ways that living a more real life can bring.

2- It is a practical book.

As a handbook, the material is designed to be applied. This isn't a book that lives on my shelf. I keep it around, often times in my car, and I pick it up any time I'm in need of a dose of sanity (I drive in Los Angeles). The mindful inquiry and daily practice sections are particularly helpful to that end. You'll find really helpful questions and ways to practice that will help you see what is true for you.

2- Doesn't matter where you start

Another thing I enjoy about the handbook format, is that it reinforces the "start anywhere" aspect of mindfulness practice. Because as you start practicing, you rapidly get a clear sense that something so incredibly simple can also be so incredibly powerful. So it does not matter what you start paying attention to, the effects will be felt everywhere in your life.

I started in the middle, relationship with one another, because I was more drawn to that topic at that particular time. I just re-read the "From I consciousness to We consciousness" chapter, that made me realize how much of the material had sunk in and how much I had applied in the past year and how life-changing it has truly been. Something as small as making a point of looking people in the eye, is changing my relationships and I now find it much easier to establish trust around me.

4- It is an encouraging book.

This is the aspect that brings the book over the top for me. The author shares her own struggles and life story, so you never feel that that stuff is only attainable to a zen monk. In fact, she really dissects the mental process of separation from life and how it manifests in her practice. That helps the reader tremendously when applying the material in their own situation. What's particularly appealing to me is that the practice of mindfulness is presented as subversive, even revolutionary in the current world situation. That encouragement is the key for my motivation in living mindfully on a day-to-day basis, because I know that's ultimately the most concrete opportunity offered to each of us to change the world. "

- Eric Sagaspe

"Deborah Eden Tull grew up in a progressive community of artists and activists, whose motivations contrasted starkly with her Los Angeles surroundings. Yet even in this change oriented environment, she couldn't help feeling that more was needed in order to effectively address our most pernicious human problems: from personal fear, pride, and stress to social inequality, bigotry, and profit-driven destruction of nature. Tull's drive to cultivate greater peace and happiness led her at age 20 to Zen Buddhism, here she found meditation to be "a direct means for softening our obsession with productivity and returning us instead to a more vast presence of being." Through years of monastic practice (which she later left to teach and practice in society), she learned that the social good is served by moving toward what she calls "we consciousness," and that this shift is innately a mindful one. Gently, lovingly, she shows how bringing mindfulness to how we show up for ourselves, our dear ones, and our wider communities creates the clarity to live with wisdom and compassion in trying and isolating times. Relational mindfulness, Tull describes, is the antidote to our illusion of separateness-which "fuels a way of life that is unsustainable both personally and globally. Every seed of violence in our world-war, social injustice, planetary abuse, and any ism-stems from the seed of this illusion."
This book doesn't promote an intellectual grasp of what mindfulness is and does, nor is any kind of religious belief indispensable to its premise. What it accomplishes is a thoughtful, piece-by-piece consideration of the issues caused by our deeply limited conditioning, by our misperceptions about the world and ourselves-and how we're capable of realizing our interconnectedness more deeply through relationships. It can be read in a group with shared intention, with a partner, or by oneself. What matters is that we take its compassionate message to heart. In the words of another spiritual teacher and activist, angel Kyodo Williams, "Love and justice are not two. Without inner change, there can be no outer change; without collective change, no change matters. "

- Mindful Magazine June 2018 Issue Complete Review

Click here to learn more about Eden's DIY Courses, like Presence, Courage, Collective Awakening.

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Please listen to my interview with Kumjana, and watch her film. Her film impacted the International Tribunal to PROSECUTE sexual slavery and enslavement as a CRIME Against HUMANITY.

A film changing public opinion and policy - in action. THIS is what film does and can do.

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Episode 55: Kumjana Novakova about her award-winning film Silence of Reason

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Plenty of things cause a significant impact on the environment: traveling, how we dispose of waste, what we eat-essentially all human activities. Each one uses energy, produces emissions, and therefore contributes to a carbon footprint. But what about the activities that aren't so straightforward? Have you ever wondered how streaming-something millions of people do every day-impacts the environment?

With more accessibility to digital versions of movies, TV, and music available now more than ever before, streaming is the top choice for many Americans. In the first half of 2021, paid music streaming saw 82.1 million subscribers, according to Statista. Similarly, Cordcutting.com reports 62% of U.S. adults subscribe to streaming services with the average American subscribing to an average of 3.4 services.

The Environmental Impact of Streaming

Because streaming is done digitally, you wouldn't be alone in thinking that it doesn't have a carbon footprint. But it does. Brightly consulted Laura Marks, Grant Strate University Professor in the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University and co-author of the paper Streaming Media's Environmental Impact.

Then there's the other kind of media streaming: TV shows, films, and videos. According to an industry-backed study from climate group Carbon Trust, streaming a one-hour program has around the same carbon footprint as boiling a kettle for six minutes or popping four bags of popcorn in the microwave. Netflix also added that streaming one hour of a show or movie emitted less than 100 grams of CO2 equivalent-the same amount as charging 12 smartphones.

While the environmental impact of streaming doesn't seem like much-especially in comparison to other habits humans have-it's also important to consider how much we're streaming. As in, how often.

ABC News reports the average American spends 11 hours and 54 minutes each day connected to, and therefore potentially streaming, some kind of media. That could be via TV, phone, tablet, computer, or laptop. If one streaming hour equates to about 100 grams of CO2 equivalent and we're streaming for almost 12 hours a day, that's still extensive: 1,200 grams of CO2 equivalent per day. That's the equivalent of driving three miles or charging 146 smartphones.

Not to be outdone, Hulu has also been making eco-friendly moves since 2018. That's when it was announced that it migrated its data centers to a new facility that's 100% powered by renewable energy.

How Can Streaming Become More Sustainable?

In the meantime, though, WaterBear Network -a lesser-known, sustainable alternative to other streaming platforms-is offering a bit of hope. Free of charge, WaterBear prides itself on being the first video-on-demand platform with the planet front of mind.

Vimeo uses Akamai for its videos' content delivery. Unlike other streaming sites, Akamai uses renewable energy whenever possible and also has aggressively sustainable policies on disposing of e-waste, secures net-new renewable power to offset its global electricity load, and seeks to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions whenever (and however) possible.

Steps You Can Take to Stream More Sustainably

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Marks, Laura U., Joseph Clark, Jason Livingston, Denise Oleksijczuk, and Lucas Hilderbrand. 2020. "Streaming Media's Environmental Impact." Media+Environment 2 (1). https://doi.org/10.1525/001c.17242.

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Green film making simply means leaving as little environmental impact on the planet as possible while producing your film. It's a myth that sustainability will come with a price tag, often the opposite is true. Aside from clear environmental benefits of making your film production greener, higher sustainable standards lead to: significant cost reduction in many different aspects, increased efficiency and time-saving as well as recognition from peers. Taking the lead in sustainability also means you'll stay on top of existing regulatory requirements and ahead of future legislation.

Is the environmental impact of a film really that big a deal?

Absolutely. We are living in an age of transition; the amount of fossil fuel resources is rapidly decreasing, this means we need to be very efficient with what we still use. But it also creates new opportunities to look for effective alternatives. These days Green Film Making is strongly rooted in the concept of circulair economy, in which nothing goes to waste. This often leads to creative innovations and opportunities.

Everyone has a part to play and the film industry is no exception since it's a major contributor to environmental pollution. Like any other industry, there's room for improvement, for example in terms of transport, catering, power supply, make up and set design. Things can be done more efficiently and by using fewer resources, that means productions will be cheaper too. For producers, the key is to identify priorities and challenges before production begins.

A useful checklist could include:

Make a green commitment and engage the filmmakers, financers and everyone involved with the production, at an early stage

Set achievable goals for yourself and the team, and lead by example

Identify green partners who can supply the products/services you need

Hold a pre-production meeting with department heads to announce the sustainability plan

Solicit input from department heads regarding ways to make their department greener

Hold a kick-off meeting with cast and crew to communicate green goals and strategies for the production

Include green updates in weekly production meetings

Consider doing a mid-point evaluation: compute progress statistics and share lessons learned to keep crew engaged and to re-energize the team.

Better communication and involving all departments at an early stage will lead to greater efficiency. For example, each department will not have to arrange their own transportation and their own generator. This will take pressure of each department head, save costs and also be a positive influence on team spirit!

A brief history of Green Filmmaking in the Netherlands

Green film making started in the Netherlands with the Green Film Making Project and it's Green Film Making Competition: a competition that stimulated filmmakers to produce a film as sustainable as possible. The first edition was organized in 2012. From 60 entries a jury selected 6 finalists. The six teams produced a short film, maximum 10 minutes, as sustainably as possible.

The 2013, 2014 ánd 2015 edition, (2015 under supervision of Sustainability Manager Els Rientjes) featured a close cooperation with the Netherlands Film Fund and mayor broadcaster NTR in their short film program KORT! (Short!). This was extended to the first feature program One Night Stand, also with NTR.

Since 2014 Green Film Making has a partnership with renowned documentary festival IDFA, through the Green Screen Day. Each year a specific program is offered during the festival with a selection of relevant films and additional panel discussions and presentation by experts and filmmakers.

Since 2015 Els Rientjes has expanded the scope of Green Film Making with research and workshops for specific departments, deals with suppliers and sustainable innovators as well as pilot tests on set of new sustainable applications. Green Film Making collaborates with a wide range of trailblazing institutions and individuals such as: Metabolic, Locatiewerk, Gemeente Amsterdam, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, GreenBattery, Diks Rental Cars, Join the Pipe, Dutch Film Academy and many more. Els also consults productions in Dutch TV and film on how to make their production more sustainable.

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The environmental education through filmmaking project, a case study at an alternative US public high school, investigates environmental literacies of ‘at-risk’ students who produced two short documentary films, one on recycling and one on water conservation. The filmmaking project sought to promote students’ awareness of environmental issues and increase their environmental literacy by exploring the conservation topics on multiple levels: carrying out research for their films, conducting interviews, and operating camera equipment. After completing the projects, we conducted focus group interviews with two control groups and two filmmaking groups and analyzed students’ responses using coded qualitative methodology to develop three theoretical constructs: (1) students’ construct knowledge about the environment through social processes that include interrelated influences from school, family, and the media; (2) apathy about the environment is common among ‘at-risk’ high school students who perceive their school culture does not focus on environmental education; and (3) students more readily adopt environmentally responsible behaviors when provided with opportunities to develop their own understanding of connections between personal actions and associated environmental consequences. Qualitative analysis of the focus group interview responses suggests filmmaking projects provided such opportunities and were successful in introducing strategies that encourage environmentally responsible behaviors amongst students.

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Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, and Samuel L. Jackson, and is the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The story explores a Brooklyn neighborhood's simmering racial tension between its African-American residents and the Italian-American owners of a local pizzeria, culminating in tragedy and violence on a hot summer day.

The film was a critical and commercial success and received numerous accolades, including Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Aiello's portrayal of Sal the pizzeria owner. It is often listed among the greatest films of all time. In 1999, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress, in its first year of eligibility, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Twenty-five-year-old Mookie lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant with his sister Jade, has a toddler son named Hector with his girlfriend Tina, and works as a delivery man at a local pizzeria that has been owned and operated for 25 years by Sal, an Italian-American who lives in another New York neighborhood. Sal's racist eldest son Pino is antagonistic towards Mookie, clashing with both his father, who refuses to move his business out of the majority African-American neighborhood, and his younger brother Vito, who is friendly with Mookie.

Many distinctive residents are introduced, including friendly drunk Da Mayor; Mother Sister, who watches the neighborhood from her brownstone; Radio Raheem, who blasts Public Enemy's " Fight the Power" on his boombox wherever he goes; and Smiley, a mentally disabled man who meanders around the neighborhood trying to sell hand-colored pictures of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

At Sal's, Mookie's friend Buggin' Out questions Sal about his "Wall of Fame", decorated with photos of famous Italian-Americans, and demands that Sal put up pictures of black celebrities since the pizzeria is in a black neighborhood. Sal replies that it is his business, and that he can have whoever he wants on the wall. Buggin' Out attempts to start boycotting the pizzeria.

During the day, local teenagers open a fire hydrant and douse the other neighbors to beat the heat wave before officers Mark Ponte and Gary Long intervene. After a phone call, Mookie and Pino debate race. Mookie confronts Pino about his contempt towards African-Americans, although Pino's favorite celebrities are black. Various characters express racial insults: Mookie against Italians, Pino against African-Americans, Latino Stevie against Koreans, white officer Gary Long against Puerto Ricans, and Korean store owner Sonny against Jews. Pino expresses his hatred for African-Americans to Sal, who insists on staying in the neighborhood.

That night, Buggin' Out, Radio Raheem, and Smiley march into Sal's and demand that Sal change the Wall of Fame. Sal demands that Radio Raheem turn his boombox off, but he refuses. Buggin' Out calls Sal and sons " Guinea bastards" and threatens to shutter the pizzeria until they change the Wall of Fame. A frustrated Sal calls Buggin' Out a " nigger" and destroys Raheem's boombox with a bat. Raheem attacks Sal, igniting a fight that spills out into the street and attracts a crowd. While Raheem is choking Sal, the police arrive, break up the fight, and apprehend Raheem and Buggin' Out. Despite the pleas of his partner Ponte and onlookers, Long tightens his chokehold on Raheem, killing him. Realizing their error, the officers place his body in the back of a police car and drive off.

The onlookers, devastated and enraged about Radio Raheem's death, blame Sal and his sons. Da Mayor tries to convince the crowd that Sal did not cause his death but the crowd remains stationary. Mookie grabs a trash can and throws it through the window of Sal's pizzeria, sparking the crowd to rush into and destroy the pizzeria. Smiley sets the building on fire, and Da Mayor pulls Sal and sons away from the mob, which then turns towards Sonny's store, preparing to destroy it too. However, a panicked Sonny eventually dissuades the group. The police return to the site, along with firemen and riot patrols to extinguish the fire and disperse the crowd. After they issue a warning, the firefighters turn their hoses on the rioters, leading to more fighting and arrests, while Mookie and Jade watch bewilderedly from the curb. Smiley wanders back into the smoldering building and hangs one of his pictures on the remnants of Sal's Wall of Fame.

The next day, after arguing with Tina, Mookie returns to Sal. He feels that Mookie had betrayed him, but Mookie demands his weekly pay. The two men argue and cautiously reconcile, and Sal finally pays Mookie. Local DJ Mister Señor Love Daddy dedicates a song to Radio Raheem.

Before the credits, two quotations expressing different views about violence, one by Martin Luther King and one by Malcolm X, appear, followed by a photograph of both leaders shaking hands. Lee then dedicates the film to the families of six victims of brutality or racial violence: Eleanor Bumpurs, Michael Griffith, Arthur Miller Jr., Edmund Perry, Yvonne Smallwood, and Michael Stewart.

Lee first got the idea for the film after watching the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Shopping for Death," in which the main characters discuss their theory that hot weather increases violent tendencies. He was also inspired by the 1986 Howard Beach racial incident, in which an African-American man was killed; and also the shooting of Eleanor Bumpurs by police. Lee wrote the screenplay in two weeks.

The original script of Do the Right Thing ended with a stronger reconciliation between Mookie and Sal than Lee used in the film. In this version, Sal's comments to Mookie are similar to Da Mayor's earlier comments in the film and hint at some common ground, and perhaps Sal's understanding of why Mookie tried to destroy his restaurant. Lee has not explicitly explained why he changed the ending but his contemporaneous notes compiled in the film's companion book indicate Lisa Jones expressed Sal's reaction as "too nice" as originally written.

Lee campaigned for Robert De Niro to play Sal the pizzeria owner, but De Niro had to decline due to prior commitments. Aiello eventually played Sal and his son Rick played Gary Long, the police officer who kills Radio Raheem. Roger Guenveur Smith, who was pestering Lee for a role in the film, created the character of Smiley, who was not in the original script.

Four of the cast members were stand-up comedians: Martin Lawrence, Steve Park, Steve White, and Robin Harris. Lee originally wanted Nunn to play the role of Mister Señor Love Daddy, but later recast him as Radio Raheem. The acting couple Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, who were friends of Lee's father Bill, were cast as Da Mayor and Mother Sister. Perez was cast as Mookie's love interest Tina after Lee saw her dancing at a Los Angeles dance club. Perez decided to take the part because her sister lived four blocks from the set. She had never been in a film before and became upset during the filming of Radio Raheem's death scene.

The film was shot entirely on Stuyvesant Avenue between Quincy Street and Lexington Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Production designer Wynn Thomas altered the street's color scheme, using a great deal of red and orange paint to convey the sense of a heatwave. The Korean grocery store and Sal's pizzeria were built from scratch on two empty lots. The pizzeria was fully functional and the actors cooked pizzas in the ovens. During filming, the neighborhood's crack dealers threatened the film crew for disturbing their business there. Lee hired Fruit of Islam members to provide security. Jackson later revealed that he spent much of his time on set sleeping as he has no scenes outside.

At the time of the film's release, both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert ranked the film as the best of 1989, and later each ranked it as one of the top 10 films of the decade (No. 6 for Siskel and No. 4 for Ebert). Siskel described the film as "a spiritual documentary that shows racial joy, hatred and confusion at every turn", while Ebert lauded it for coming "closer to reflecting the current state of race relations in America than any other movie of our time." Ebert later added the film to his list of The Great Movies. In a retrospective review in 2019, Kambole Campbell of the British magazine Little White Lies noted the film's lasting relevance and called it "a bold expression of love and frustration and care and anger that is so vivid and expressive it feels like it exists in the here and now." New York Times film critic Wesley Morris has called Do the Right Thing his favorite film.

Some critics were less favorable in their reviews. Dave Kehr of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two stars out of four; while calling the film "amiable", he resented it for employing white guilt and "seeing violence as a liberating symbol rather than a debasing reality." Ralph Novak, writing for , panned the film as incoherent and having an unclear message and no likable characters: "If Lee is saying that racism is profoundly painful, frustrating and confusing, no one will argue. But this film states the case without offering any insight."

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 93%, based on 98 reviews, with an average rating of 9.10/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Smart, vibrant and urgent without being didactic, Do the Right Thing is one of Spike Lee's most fully realized efforts - and one of the most important films of the 1980s." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 93 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "universal acclaim", and placing it as the 68th-highest film of all-time on the site. According to online film resource They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?, Do the Right Thing is the most acclaimed film of 1989.

After release, many reviewers protested its content. Some columnists opined that the film could incite black audiences to riot. Lee criticized white reviewers in turn for suggesting that black audiences were incapable of restraining themselves while watching a fictional motion picture. In a 2014 interview, Lee said, "That still bugs the shit out of me," calling the remarks "outrageous, egregious and, I think, racist." He said, "I don't remember people saying people were going to come out of theaters killing people after they watched Arnold Schwarzenegger films."

An open question near the end of the film is whether Mookie "does the right thing" by throwing the garbage can through the window, inciting the riot that destroys Sal's pizzeria. Some critics have interpreted Mookie's action as one that saves Sal's life by redirecting the crowd's anger away from Sal to his property, while others say that it was an "irresponsible encouragement to enact violence". The quotations by two major black leaders used at the end the film provide no answers: one advocates nonviolence, the other advocates armed self-defense in response to oppression.

Spike Lee has remarked that only white viewers ask him if Mookie did the right thing; black viewers do not ask the question. Lee believes the key point is that Mookie was angry at the wrongful death of Radio Raheem, stating that viewers who question the riot are explicitly failing to see the difference between damage to property and the death of a black man.

Lee has been criticized for how he represents women. For example, bell hooks said that he wrote black women in the same objectifying way that white male filmmakers write the characters of white women. Rosie Perez, who made her acting debut as Tina in the film, said later that she was very uncomfortable with doing the nude scene in the film:

"My first experience [with doing nude scenes] was Do the Right Thing. And I had a big problem with it, mainly because I was afraid of what my family would think - that's what was really bothering me. It wasn't really about taking off my clothes. But I also didn't feel good about it because the atmosphere wasn't correct. And when Spike Lee puts ice cubes on my nipples, the reason you don't see my head is because I'm crying. I was like, I don't want to do this."

In June 2006, Entertainment Weekly magazine placed Do the Right Thing at No. 22 on its list of The 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever.

In the 2021 Cannes Film Festival award ceremony, Chaz Ebert, the wife of the late film critic Roger Ebert, noted that her husband had been appalled that the film had not received any awards from the Cannes jury in 1989, and had even threatened to boycott the festival as a result. While Spike Lee noted that the U.S. press at the time thought the film "would start race riots all across America". Drawing a loud applause from attending press, he pointed to the continued relevance of the film's story, more than three decades on, saying:

"You would think and hope that 30-something motherf***ing years later that Black people would have stopped being hunted down like animals."

American Film Institute lists

Do the Right Thing was released on VHS after its theatrical run, and on DVD by The Criterion Collection on February 20, 2001. It was released on Blu-ray on June 30, 2009, for the 20th anniversary. A special edition Blu-ray with a 4K restoration of the film was released by The Criterion Collection on July 23, 2019, for the film's 30th anniversary.

The film's score (composed and partially performed by jazz musician Bill Lee, father of Spike Lee) was released in early July 1989 while the soundtrack was released in late June 1989 on Columbia Records and Motown Records, respectively. The soundtrack was successful, reaching the number eleven spot on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and peaking at sixty-eight on the Billboard 200.

On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, the Perri track "Feel So Good" reached the fifty-first spot, while Public Enemy's " Fight the Power" reached number twenty, and Guy's " My Fantasy" went all the way to the top spot. "My Fantasy" also reached number six on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, and sixty-two on Billboard's Hot 100. "Fight the Power" also charted high on the Hot Dance Music chart, peaking at number three, and topped the Hot Rap Singles chart.

In 1990, the film was parodied in a sketch on In Living Color. Many television series have parodied the trash can scene, including The Boondocks and Bob's Burgers.

In Lee's 2006 film, , the police provide Sal's pizza to the hostages.

The scene where Buggin' Out confronts the white Celtics fan about scuffing his Air Jordans is parodied in the music video for the 2008 Nelly song " Stepped on My J'z".

In 2016, Air Jordan released a special Radio Raheem sneaker.

In 2014, the film's 25th anniversary, Barack and Michelle Obama praised the film, and said they went to see it together on their first date. This was later referenced in the 2016 film Southside with You where Barack discusses Mookie's motives with a white colleague after seeing the film.

In the second season of Netflix series She's Gotta Have It, based on the film of the same name, Rosie Perez returns to portray Tina once more and it is revealed that not only is she the mother of Mars Blackmon ( Anthony Ramos), but that Mookie is Blackmon's biological father.

Mookie makes another appearance in the 2012 film Red Hook Summer, where he is shown delivering pizzas. According to Lee, Sal took the insurance money from his burned pizzeria and reopened the restaurant in Red Hook. He then rehired Mookie, agreeing to include black celebrities on his Wall of Fame.

Aftab, Kaleem. Spike Lee: That's My Story and I'm Sticking to It. England: Faber and Faber Limited, 2005. ISBN 0-393-06153-1.

Spike Lee's Last Word. Documentary on the Criterion Collection DVD of Do the Right Thing. 2000.

Spike Lee et al. Commentary on the Criterion Collection DVD of Do the Right Thing. 2000.

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Gandhi is a 1982 period biographical film based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of nonviolent non-cooperative Indian independence movement against the British Raj during the 20th century. A co-production between India and United Kingdom, it is directed and produced by Richard Attenborough from a screenplay written by John Briley. It stars Ben Kingsley in the title role. The film covers Gandhi's life from a defining moment in 1893, as he is thrown off a South African train for being in a whites-only compartment, and concludes with his assassination and funeral in 1948. Although a practising Hindu, Gandhi's embracing of other faiths, particularly Christianity and Islam, is also depicted.

Gandhi was released in India on 30 November 1982, in the United Kingdom on 3 December, and in the United States on 8 December. It opened to critical acclaim with major praise drawn towards the film's historically accurate portrayal of the life of Gandhi, Indian independence movement and the deteriorating results of British colonisation on India and also Kingsley's titular performance, production values and costume design. It also became a commercial success grossing $127.8 million on a $22 million budget.

The film received a leading eleven nominations at the 55th Academy Awards, winning eight (more than any other film nominated that year), including for the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (for Kingsley). The film was screened retrospectively on 12 August 2016 as the opening film at the Independence Day Film Festival jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defence, commemorating the 70th Indian Independence Day. The British Film Institute ranked Gandhi as the 34th greatest British film of the 20th century.

On 30 January 1948, after an evening prayer, an elderly Gandhi is helped out for his evening walk to meet a large number of greeters and admirers. One visitor, Nathuram Godse, shoots him point blank in the chest. Gandhi exclaims, "Oh, God!", and then falls dead.

In 1893, the 23-year-old Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian sitting in a first-class compartment despite having a first-class ticket. Realising the laws are biased against Indians, he then decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests and unwelcome international attention, the government finally relents by recognising some rights for Indians.

In 1915, as a result of his victory in South Africa, Gandhi is invited back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence ( Swaraj, Quit India) from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent non-cooperation campaign of unprecedented scale, coordinating millions of Indians nationwide. There are some setbacks, such as violence against the protesters, Gandhi's occasional imprisonment, and the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Nevertheless, the campaign generates great attention, and Britain faces intense public pressure. In 1930, Gandhi protests against the British-imposed salt tax via the highly symbolic Salt March. He also travels to London for a conference concerning Britain's possible departure from India; this, however, proves fruitless. After the Second World War, Britain finally grants Indian independence. Indians celebrate this victory, but their troubles are far from over. The country is subsequently divided by religion. It is decided that the northwest area and the eastern part of India (current-day Bangladesh), both places where Muslims are in the majority, will become a new country called Pakistan. It is hoped that by encouraging the Muslims to live in a separate country, violence will abate. Gandhi is opposed to the idea, and is even willing to allow Muhammad Ali Jinnah to become the first Prime Minister of India, but the Partition of India is carried out nevertheless. Religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims erupt into nationwide violence. Horrified, Gandhi declares a hunger strike, saying he will not eat until the fighting stops. The fighting does stop eventually.

Gandhi spends his last days trying to bring about peace between both nations. He, thereby, angers many dissidents on both sides, one of whom ( Godse) is involved in a conspiracy to assassinate him. Gandhi is cremated and his ashes are scattered on the holy Ganga. As this happens, viewers hear Gandhi in another voiceover from earlier in the film.

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This film had been Richard Attenborough's dream project, although two previous attempts at filming had failed. In 1952, Gabriel Pascal secured an agreement with the Prime Minister of India ( Jawaharlal Nehru) to produce a film of Gandhi's life. However, Pascal died in 1954 before preparations were completed.

In 1962 Attenborough was contacted by Motilal Kothari, an Indian-born civil servant working with the Indian High Commission in London and a devout follower of Gandhi. Kothari insisted that Attenborough meet him to discuss a film about Gandhi. Attenborough agreed, after reading Louis Fischer's biography of Gandhi and spent the next 18 years attempting to get the film made. He was able to meet prime minister Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi through a connection with Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India. Nehru approved of the film and promised to help support its production, but his death in 1964 was one of the film's many setbacks. Attenborough would dedicate the film to the memory of Kothari, Mountbatten, and Nehru.

David Lean and Sam Spiegel had planned to make a film about Gandhi after completing The Bridge on the River Kwai, reportedly with Alec Guinness as Gandhi. Ultimately, the project was abandoned in favour of Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Attenborough reluctantly approached Lean with his own Gandhi project in the late 1960s, and Lean agreed to direct the film and offered Attenborough the lead role. Instead Lean began filming Ryan's Daughter, during which time Motilai Kothari had died and the project fell apart.

Attenborough again attempted to resurrect the project in 1976 with backing from Warner Brothers. Then prime minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India and shooting would be impossible. Co-producer Rani Dube persuaded prime minister Indira Gandhi to provide the first $10 million from the National Film Development Corporation of India, chaired by D. V. S. Raju at that time, on the back of which the remainder of the funding was finally raised. Finally in 1980 Attenborough was able to secure the remainder of the funding needed to make the film. Screenwriter John Briley had introduced him to Jake Eberts, the chief executive at the new Goldcrest production company that raised approximately two-thirds of the film's budget.

Shooting began on 26 November 1980 and ended on 10 May 1981. Some scenes were shot near Koilwar Bridge, in Bihar. Over 300,000 extras were used in the funeral scene, the most for any film, according to Guinness World Records.

During pre-production, there was much speculation as to who would play the role of Gandhi. The choice was Ben Kingsley, who is partly of Indian heritage (his father was Gujarati and his birth name is Krishna Bhanji).

Gandhi premiered in New Delhi, India on 30 November 1982. Two days later, on 2 December, it had a Royal Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London in the presence of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The film had a limited release in the US on Wednesday, 8 December 1982, followed by a wider release in January 1983.

The film grossed $183,583 in its first 5 days from 4 theatres ( Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City; Uptown Theater in Washington D.C.; Century Plaza in Los Angeles; and the York in Toronto) in North America. Due to the running time, it could only be shown three times a day. It went on to gross US$52,767,889 in the United States and Canada, the 12th highest-grossing film of 1982.

Outside of North America, the film grossed US$75 million in the rest of the world. It was the year's third highest-grossing film outside of North America.

In the United Kingdom, the film grossed £7.7million. It is one of the top ten highest-grossing British independent films of all time adjusted for inflation.

In India, it was one of the highest-grossing films of all-time (and the highest for a foreign film) during the time of its release by earning over or 1billion rupees. At today's exchange rate, that amounts to US$14.9 million, still making it one of the highest-grossing imported films in the country. It was shown tax free in Bombay (known as Mumbai since 1995) and Delhi.

Goldcrest Films invested £5,076,000 in the film and received £11,461,000 in return, earning them a profit of £6,385,000.

Reviews were broadly positive not only domestically (in India) but also internationally. The film was discussed or reviewed in , , the Washington Post, The Public Historian, Cross Currents, The Journal of Asian Studies, Film Quarterly, The Progressive, The Christian Century and elsewhere. Ben Kingsley's performance was especially praised. Among the few who took a more negative view of the film, historian Lawrence James called it "pure hagiography" while anthropologist Akhil Gupta said it "suffers from tepid direction and a superficial and misleading interpretation of history." The film was also criticised by some right-wing commentators who objected to the film's advocacy of nonviolence, including Pat Buchanan, Emmett Tyrrell, and especially Richard Grenier.

In , Richard Schickel wrote that in portraying Gandhi's "spiritual presence... Kingsley is nothing short of astonishing." A "singular virtue" of the film is that "its title figure is also a character in the usual dramatic sense of the term." Schickel viewed Attenborough's directorial style as having "a conventional handsomeness that is more predictable than enlivening," but this "stylistic self-denial serves to keep one's attention fastened where it belongs: on a persuasive, if perhaps debatable vision of Gandhi's spirit, and on the remarkable actor who has caught its light in all its seasons." Roger Ebert gave the film four-stars and called it a "remarkable experience", and placed it 5th on his 10 best films of 1983.

In , Jack Kroll stated that "There are very few movies that absolutely must be seen. Sir Richard Attenborough's Gandhi is one of them." The movie "deals with a subject of great importance... with a mixture of high intelligence and immediate emotional impact... [and] Ben Kingsley... gives what is possibly the most astonishing biographical performance in screen history." Kroll stated that the screenplay's "least persuasive characters are Gandhi's Western allies and acolytes" such as an English cleric and an American journalist, but that "Attenborough's 'old-fashioned' style is exactly right for the no-tricks, no-phony-psychologizing quality he wants." Furthermore, Attenborough

mounts a powerful challenge to his audience by presenting Gandhi as the most profound and effective of revolutionaries, creating out of a fierce personal discipline a chain reaction that led to tremendous historical consequences. At a time of deep political unrest, economic dislocation and nuclear anxiety, seeing "Gandhi" is an experience that will change many minds and hearts.

According to the Museum of Broadcast Communications there was "a cycle of film and television productions which emerged during the first half of the 1980s, which seemed to indicate Britain's growing preoccupation with India, Empire and a particular aspect of British cultural history". In addition to Gandhi, this cycle also included Heat and Dust (1983), (1983), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), The Far Pavilions (1984) and A Passage to India (1984).

Patrick French negatively reviewed the film, writing in The Telegraph:

An important origin of one myth about Gandhi was Richard Attenborough's 1982 film. Take the episode when the newly arrived Gandhi is ejected from a first-class railway carriage at Pietermaritzburg after a white passenger objects to sharing space with a "coolie" (an Indian indentured labourer). In fact, Gandhi's demand to be allowed to travel first-class was accepted by the railway company. Rather than marking the start of a campaign against racial oppression, as legend has it, this episode was the start of a campaign to extend racial segregation in South Africa. Gandhi was adamant that "respectable Indians" should not be obliged to use the same facilities as "raw Kaffirs". He petitioned the authorities in the port city of Durban, where he practised law, to end the indignity of making Indians use the same entrance to the post office as blacks, and counted it a victory when three doors were introduced: one for Europeans, one for Asiatics and one for Natives.

Richard Grenier in his 1983 article, The Gandhi Nobody Knows, which was also the title of the book of the same name and topic, also criticised the film, arguing it misportrayed him as a "saint". He also alleged the Indian government admitted to financing about a third of the film's budget. Grenier's book later became an inspiration for G. B. Singh's book Gandhi: Behind the Mask of Divinity. Parts of the book also discuss the film negatively. Singh, a long term critic of Gandhi, also went on to co-author Gandhi Under Cross Examination with Timothy Watson.

In the DVD edition of the 1998 film , the director's commentary of the film makes mention of the 1982 film. In the commentary, both Sir Christopher Lee, who portrayed the older Muhammed Ali Jinnah, and director Jamil Dehlavi criticised the film Gandhi for its portrayal of Jinnah, arguing it to be demonising and historically inaccurate.

Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes retrospectively collected 59 reviews and judged 85% of them to be positive, with an average rating of 8.15/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Director Richard Attenborough is typically sympathetic and sure-handed, but it's Ben Kingsley's magnetic performance that acts as the linchpin for this sprawling, lengthy biopic." Metacritic gave the film a score of 79 out of 100 based on 16 critical reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film a rare "A+" grade. In 2010, the Independent Film & Television Alliance selected the film as one of the 30 Most Significant Independent Films of the last 30 years.

Further reading

Attenborough, Richard. In Search of Gandhi (1982), memoir on making the film

Hay, Stephen. "Attenborough's 'Gandhi,'" The Public Historian, 5#3 (1983), pp. 84-94 in JSTOR; evaluates the film's historical accuracy and finds it mixed in the first half of the film and good in the second half

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The 21 Best Environmental Films of 2022

1. The Human Element (2019)

First on our list of the best environmental films is The Human Element. Centred around climate change, The Human Element chronicles the quest of environmental photographer James Balog to highlight how the four elements - air, earth, water and fire - are being altered by the fifth element of human activity. Pioneering in its videography, the documentary reveals how global warming has drastically contributed to wildfires and hurricanes that disrupt human-nature balance. To examine the impact, Balog visits Americans at the forefront of climate change, including inhabitants of Tangier Island, a fishing community facing rising sea levels. The documentary encourages audiences to reconsider their relationship with the natural world.

2. Before the Flood (2016)

3. Eyes of the Orangutan (2021)

A debut feature by internationally acclaimed environmental photojournalist Aaron Gekoski, Eyes of the Orangutan details the abuse of primates in the tourism industry. The film documents how orangutans and other wildlife animals are forcibly removed from their natural habitats and are made to perform for humans in degrading displays, as well as shed light on how orangutan-smuggling syndicates work. While there are no shortage of shocking and upsetting scenes, it's an incredibly important film highlighting wildlife exploitation and tourism, and the discussion whether tourists are just as responsible and complicit in animal abuse as the poachers.

4. 2040 (2019)

is a refreshingly optimistic pick if you want something less grim. Rather than focusing on the urgency of problems, the solution-oriented documentary seeks out creative alternatives to tackle challenges of climate change. In particular, it imagines technological breakthroughs which, supported by academics and ecological experts, have the potential to reverse the situation by the year 2040. Cases in point include renewable energy like rooftop solar, shifts towards regenerative agricultural practices, and the versatile use of seaweeds as a facilitator of food security.

5. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

An Inconvenient Truth is a concert film recounting former US Vice President Al Gore's campaign in 2000 to educate people about global warming, making the documentary stand out in its experimental narration. This presentation on climate change, Gore claims, has been delivered to worldwide audiences more than 1 000 times . Apart from detailed graphs, flow charts and visuals, the Keynote slide show also collates personal anecdotes of Gore such as his college education with an early climate expert. The film concludes with Gore stressing how "each one of us is a cause of global warming, but [....] the solutions are in our hands." This is one of the seminal- and best- environmental films made.

6. RiverBlue (2017)

7. Artifishal (2019)

Produced by Patagonia, Artifishal exposes the impacts of overfishing, with a specific focus on wild salmon, which are now on the verge of extinction in North America. The documentary sheds light on the implications of wild salmon farming in aquaculture farms and fish hatcheries which is one of our many attempts to exploit nature for profit. Artifishal opens a rarely honest window on how our obsessive taste for seafood is eroding the diversity of ecological systems

8. Chasing Coral (2017)

9. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)

This documentary serves as the "witness statement" of 94-year-old naturalist David Attenborough, who traces his career as a natural historian and outlines how the biodiversity of our planet has degenerated over his lifetime. The narrative starts in Pripyat, the ghost city home to the former Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, and traverses across various locations including the African Serengeti. He laments over a drastic decline in wildlife, caused by humans. Attenborough ultimately articulates hopes for the future and brings to the forefront solutions that may restore biodiversity. Looking at his career that spans five decades, this could easily go down as one of the best environmental films of all time.
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10. My Octopus Teacher (2020)
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11. Racing Extinction (2015)

12. The Ivory Game (2016)

13. Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)

Also centred on the animal industry, Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret dissects the catastrophic impacts of animal agriculture such as deforestation, water pollution and topsoil erosion. Identified as the most destructive industry facing the planet (and ironically the most unchallenged one), animal agriculture is further revealed to be responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than the combined exhaust from all transportation . Implicit at the heart of the documentary also suggests a certain reluctance for leading environmental organisations to openly discuss this issue, and filmmaker Kip Andersen further probes their policies.

This Oscar-nominated film chronicles the story of four rangers who have risked their lives to save Africa's most precious national park and its endangered gorillas, which are some of the world's last mountain gorillas. Helmed by filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel and executively produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, the documentary follows events that occurred in Congo's Virunga National Park during the rise of the violent M23 Rebellion in 2012 and investigates British oil company Soco International's oil drilling activities and exploration within the World Heritage Site. Soon after the film's release, Soco officially ended all oil exploration in Virunga in April 2014 following significant criticism, demonstrating the true power of documentaries and making it one of the best environmental films.

15. No Impact Man (2009)

16. Food Inc. (2008)

17. Catching the Sun (2015)

18. Just Eat it! A Food Waste Story (2019)

Follow Canadian couple, Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer, as they attempt to survive exclusively on food waste over the course of six months in this entertaining yet educational documentary work. With the goal to illustrate our "systematic obsession with expiry dates, perfect produce, and portion sizes", the films encourages audiences to re-examine how they view food and relationship with it. Featuring interviews with author and activist Tristram Stuart and acclaimed author Jonathan Bloom, Just Eat It will make you reconsider throwing out food every time you eat out in a restaurant and bypassing 'ugly' produce at the grocery store.

19. Extinction: The Facts (2020)

The world is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction caused by human activity such as deforestation, poaching and overfishing, not to mention, climate change. Narrated by David Attenborough, the documentary delves into how our actions and development is pushing one million species to the brink of extinction, as well as how biodiversity is linked to epidemics such as Ebola. But it's not all doom and gloom, the renowned naturalist explores the different solutions in which we can slow down and prevent this rapid biodiversity loss, including putting environmental labels on food products, slashing the demand of agricultural land by reducing food waste, curbing our use of pesticides, and regulate fishing.

20. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

21. Seaspiracy (2021)

This is last on our list of the best environmental films, although certainly not least. Seaspiracy is a shocking documentary film about the environmental impact of fishing. The film examines various human impacts on marine life and advocates for ending fish consumption.

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Explore the intersection of humanity and the environment through a selection of films that promote environmentalism and sustainability. From the consequences of consumerism to the power of community, these movies will raise awareness of the importance of living in harmony with nature and inspire viewers to take action toward creating a sustainable future.

"La Belle Verte" (1996) directed by Coline Serreau

This French film depicts the consequences of human actions on the natural world, and the importance of living in harmony with nature. It offers a message of environmentalism, consumerism, and materialism, and encourages the viewers to think about their actions and how they can live more sustainably.

"Captain Fantastic" (2016) directed by Matt Ross

This movie tells the story of a father who raises his children in the wilderness and teaches them to live off the land. The movie explores the themes of parenting, education, and the importance of living in harmony with nature.

"Okja" (2017) directed by Bong Joon-ho

This movie is about a young girl who risks everything to save her best friend, a massive animal named Okja, from an international corporation. The movie is a commentary on the impact of consumerism, capitalism, and the destructive effects of the meat industry on the environment.

"Eighth Grade" (2018) directed by Bo Burnham

This movie is a coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old girl trying to survive her last week of middle school. The movie explores the themes of self-esteem, social anxiety, and the importance of connection.

"The Tree of Life" (2011) directed by Terrence Malick

This movie tells the story of a family in the 1950s and a son's memories of his childhood. The movie explores the themes of life, death, and the meaning of existence, and how nature and humanity are connected.

"The Biggest Little Farm" (2018) directed by John Chester

This documentary follows the story of a couple who quit their jobs in Los Angeles and move to a farm in the countryside to start a sustainable farm. The movie explores the themes of sustainability, the importance of community, and the power of nature.

"WALL-E" (2008) directed by Andrew Stanton

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This animated film is set in the future and tells the story of a waste-collecting robot who discovers a new purpose in life when he meets another robot named Eve. The movie explores the themes of environmentalism and consumerism and shows the impact of humanity's wasteful ways on the planet.

"The Good Dinosaur" (2015) directed by Peter Sohn

This animated film takes place in an alternate world where the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs missed Earth, and tells the story of a young Apatosaurus who befriends a human boy. The movie explores the themes of friendship, family, and the importance of living in harmony with nature.

Key takeaways from the movies

The above 8 films can help raise awareness of environmental issues in a number of ways:

By depicting the consequences of human actions on the natural world, these films can help viewers to understand the impact of consumerism, pollution, and other environmentally destructive practices.

The movies can encourage viewers to think about the ways in which they can live more sustainably and in harmony with nature, by highlighting the benefits of living off the land, eating organic and sustainable food, and reducing their carbon footprint.

They can also inspire viewers to take action and make changes in their own lives, such as reducing waste and consumption and supporting organizations that promote environmental sustainability.

Some of the films, like "Okja" and "The Biggest Little Farm", can also be used to educate on the impact of the meat industry, factory farming, and the importance of organic farming, and how it can help to maintain a balance in the environment.

The films can help to promote the importance of community and connection, which are essential for creating a sustainable future.

They can also illustrate how art, culture, and storytelling can play a powerful role in raising awareness about environmental issues and inspiring people to take action.

By showing the impact of environmental degradation on the lives of people, animals, and the planet, these films can inspire viewers to make a change in the way they live and become more conscious of their choices in order to protect the planet.

They can also serve as a reminder that our actions have consequences that affect generations to come, and that it is our responsibility to take care of the planet for future generations.

Overall, these films can help to raise awareness and promote the importance of living in harmony with nature, sustainability, and eco-friendly living, by providing thought-provoking and meaningful stories that will inspire viewers to take action and make a change.

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Have you ever heard about sustainable development or the three pillars of sustainable development?
👉 Maybe so, but do you know what are the three pillars of sustainability you must know in order to successfully implement this concept in your company?
Let's take a look together.

What is sustainable development?

The concept of sustainable development is named after the Brundtland report, which reported sustainable consumption in developed countries.

The Brundtland report, which sustainable development is gets its name from - delineated the development of human resources in form of extreme poverty reduction, global gender equity, and wealth redistribution.
👉 The Brundtland report was imperative to implement strategies to prevent environmental degradation, and how environmental limits impact energy efficiency, the global economy, economic resources, and overall sustainable industrialization and development.
The definition of sustainable development according to the Brundtland Report

The Brundtland Report was drawn up as part of the UN World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987.

This over 300-page document aimed to shape national policies and sets out the key measures to be integrated in order to protect the planet and human life. Although this report on the technological process of sustainable development is titled, "Our Common Future", it is often referred to as the "Brundtland Report" after Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway at the time and Chair of the commission.

The concept of sustainable development was explained in depth in this report through the discussion of climate change, economic development, and global goals that should be implemented in order to achieve sustainable development.

The definition is as follows:

Sustainable development can be applied to corporate policy in the business world as it encompasses three key areas: economic, environmental and social. Sustainable development requires that a company must contribute to economic growth, social progress and promote environmental sustainability. The three key areas of sustainable development cane be ranked in the following order of importance, environmental conservation, economic development, and social sustainability.

What are the three pillars of sustainable development?

👉 The social pillar of a company's sustainable development refers to values that promote equality and respect for individual rights. The social consequences of the company's social activity are then assessed in accordance to these issues, such as gender equality.

The principles upon which this pillar is founded are as follows:

Combat social exclusion and discrimination:helping with reintegration, supporting gender equality, reducing the gender pay gap, promoting training, encouraging dialogue, and applying global social rights. In other words, the goal is to seek to aid the global population.

Promote solidarity: helping to reduce social inequalities by collaborating with local and international associations and projects, and prioritizing fair trade products which guarantee an appropriate income for farmers and help to promote sustainable agriculture.

Contribute to the well-being of stakeholders: developing social dialogue, encouraging the exchange of information and transparency, adapting working hours according to employee profile, and making premises accessible to people with reduced mobility.

👉 This pillar is based on companies' ability to contribute to economic development and growth. In other words, they must encourage and promote the protection of the environment by limiting the risks posed by their production. The recycling of products and the use of renewable energy are therefore fundamental aspects of the development of the economic pillar.

Furthermore, the ISO 50001 standard which is focused on energy efficiency, aims to improve energy performance, with a view to reducing energy consumption and therefore contributing to economic growth. Effectively implementing of this standard leads to a certification, serving as a guarantee of optimal, affordable and clean energy use.

👉 The environmental pillar is founded on a commitment to protect the environment by reducing risks and measuring the environmental impacts of companies' activities.

The challenges for companies in this area are as follows:

Saving and preserving natural energy or agricultural resources

Assessing their carbon footprint and reducing total greenhouse gas emissions and further achieve sustainable development goals.

Prevent water scarcity and reduce overall waste for current and future generations.

Companies must set targets to improve their performance on environmental issues. These goals are an integral part of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility (CSER).

Diagram of the three pillars of sustainable development: what is it?

The three pillars of sustainable development can be illustrated using a diagram to provide a clearer understanding of the greatest challenges facing humanity involved and how they impact one another.

Why is a fourth pillar sometimes mentioned?

A fourth pillar is often acknowledged as a sustainable pillar or culture. For instance, culture can refer to the difference in sustainable lifestyles and carbon emissions in various places : such as New York or a small island developing states.

Though it is often not recognised as a core pillar to achieving sustainable development, culture is an important part of sustainable development since it incorporates all three of the fundamental aspects of sustainable development described above.

Culture: a basic but central element of sustainable development

However, these aspects alone cannot account for the full complexity of our current societies.

Organizations and events such as UNESCO or the World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002) have since advocated for culture to be included in this model. Culture is a complementary factor as it shapes our meaning of "development" and determines the actions of communities around the world.

The UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001) and the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005) define the relationship between culture and sustainable development in two specific ways:

The development of the cultural sector in itself and its economic dimension (cultural heritage, creative and cultural industries, crafts, cultural tourism, etc.);

The notion that culture plays a clear role place in all public policy, such as in united nations - including that related to education, economy, science, communication, environment, social cohesion and international cooperation.

👉 However, the world is not only facing economic, social and environmental challenges. Creativity, knowledge and diversity are all key elements for creating a conversation to promote peace and social progress. These values are intrinsically linked to the ideals of human development and freedom.
The world's cultural challenges are too complex to be considered in the same manner as the other three original aspects of sustainable development. This fourth pillar is strongly linked with the other three dimensions of sustainable development, and is complementary to each of them.

Why integrate culture into the pillars of sustainable development?

As previously discussed, culture should be integrated into the pillars of sustainable development predominantly because it encompasses social and economic dimensions. But that is not the only reason, culture can also be employed as an effective strategy to support the three fundamental pillars. It plays a socially-binding and facilitating role in the face of economic, societal and environmental challenges.

Furthermore, the culture of sustainable development (its foundations, its history, its evolution) is often overlooked within companies. More importantly, raising awareness of this culture would provide a better understanding of the issues at stake when implementing management policy (particularly in terms of corporate social responsibility) and encourage greater involvement: such as to eradicate poverty, ensure access to one's own needs to young people, and to provide under-developed countries with basic services that could help to mitigate climate action or decrease the emission of fossil fuels.

Finally, culture can have a positive impact within a company insofar as it unifies and consolidates human activities, i.e. "the set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of society or a social group [...]": an essential element of the company's overall dynamic.
👉 Therefore, it could be said that sustainable development is not defined by three fundamental pillars, but through four major dimensions: social, economic, environmental and cultural.
Why apply these pillars within your company?

The approach of implementing these four pillars of sustainable development within your company can only be beneficial for the smooth running of your business and for adopting a responsible management policy (CSR).

Social pillar: ensure the well-being of your employees

Governance that conveys social values is conducive to the well-being of your employees and associates. A company is more likely to prosper if its employees feel happy in their work. They will certainly stay with the team longer and the work dynamic will be better.

👉 For a company, taking ethical action means implementing a reference model of good practices for a more virtuous society. Therefore, the social pillar plays a critical role in achieving sustainable development.

Economic pillar: optimise your budget

Adopting a more responsible approach to production by encouraging recycling, limiting waste and using renewable raw materials can considerably reduce your current expenditure while still promoting sustainable consumption. Better resource management and the integration of waste into a second line of production or sales channel are good practices for optimizing your budget and natural resources.

👉 The economic pillars plays a key role in sustainable development as it opens more doors for success in the other pillars of sustainable development.

Environmental pillar: improve your CSR strategy

Integrating environmental targets into the management of your company is essential from a corporate social responsibility (CSR) perspective. Already a legal obligation for companies with over 500 employees, a CSR strategy is also recommended for other businesses that want to invest in an eco-friendly way while improving their brand image.

👉 The environmental pillar is imperative as it creates a more sustainable world for future generations, and overall helps to mitigate climate change.

Cultural pillar: boost cohesion and support among stakeholders

Integrating the cultural role is an essential component of any company. As a unifying force, culture helps to build real social ties, which result in more dynamic exchanges, better group work and, therefore, an increase in the productivity of your employees. Moreover, culture boosts motivation and education through intellectual stimulation.

Some practical examples of applying these three pillars in companies

Greenly has provided below some examples of practical actions that can be taken for each fundamental pillar in order to help you understand and implement the many processes needed to achieve sustainable development practices within your company.

Social pillar

Economic pillar

Environmental pillar

Cultural pillar

Organise evening events: this is ideal for strengthening social bonds within your teams.

Issue vouchers for cultural activities: such as action to promote cultural events is always popular with employees.

Found a company sports association: creating a sports group among your company's stakeholders is an American trend that is becoming increasingly popular in France. Not only is it a fun co-working activity, but it promotes team spirit and solidarity.

Ensure better waste management: sort waste and promote "zero packaging" as much as possible.

Opt for green energy: switch to a renewable energy provider (solar, wind, hydropower, etc.).

Implement a more eco-friendly travel plan: such as running a company shuttle service to prevent your employees from using their own vehicles is a good way to combat climate change.

Review your energy consumption: conducting a carbon assessment as part of your CSR strategy will provide precise metrics on your company's energy consumption. This is an effective way to target the areas where efficiency needs to be improved in order to establish a more sustainable world for future generations.

Renovate and insulate your buildings, as most buildings are poorly constructed and/or insulated. This is a major source of energy loss, and technological progress in more effective machinery can help promote sustainability and converse energy resources.

Encourage remote working: remote working is becoming increasingly popular with employees who want to better organise their personal and professional life. This method of working helps to reduce stress and increases employee productivity.

Integrate the SDGs into your CSR strategy: the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN to address global challenges include actions such as helping to provide education children or the fight to ending poverty.

Promote training and access to employment: organizing an in-house training and offer access to employment for people in socially vulnerable situations is a great step to achieve sustainable development.

If reading this article about the three pillars of sustainable development has made you interested in reducing your carbon emissions to further fight against climate change - Greenly can help you!

Trying to manage the three pillars of sustainable development is difficult, but don't worry - Greenly is here to help. Click here to schedule a demo to see how Greenly can help you find ways to improve energy efficiency and decrease the dependency on fossil fuels in your own company.

Greenly can help you make an environmental change for the better, starting with a carbon footprint assessment to know how much carbon emissions your company produces.

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Background

Organizations, whether private or public, use the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology when they want to unlock the full potential of their employees - and to encourage everyone to participate, contribute and commit to the solution.

The Origins of The LEGO SERIOUS PLAY Methodology

The methodology is built upon a process which stems from the heart of LEGO elements and the LEGO building system. Looking for a tool to unlock imagination and innovation within the company, the LEGO Group realized that a solution might be found in the LEGO System in Play itself: Just as the LEGO Group had been inspiring children to 'build their dreams' for decades, so perhaps adults could be asked to build their visions for future strategy.

The idea of the methodology originated in 1996 when two professors at IMD in Switzerland and The LEGO Group owner Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen were exploring alternative strategic planning tools and systems. They developed an understanding of the value of employees and the concept of an evolving, adaptive strategy that included using LEGO elements as three-dimensional models of business issues and challenges. The strategy was named LEGO SERIOUS PLAY.

Community-based Model/Open Source

In 2010, the LEGO Group decided to offer the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methodology as a community-based model under the Creative Commons License Deed.

We recommend that you read the Open Source document for a description of the methodology and philosophy.

Prior to 2010, the LEGO Group maintained a network of licensed partners and LEGO SERIOUS PLAY facilitators. After the launch of the community-based model on June 1, 2010, the LEGO Group no longer maintains a licensed partner network or offers LEGO SERIOUS PLAY certification training. As a result, facilitators using the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methodology no longer pay a license to the LEGO Group to use the methodology. This means that the LEGO Group only guarantees the quality of the LEGO SERIOUS PLAY methodology and the physical material, while practitioners are responsible for the quality of the delivery of the actual workshops based on the methodology.

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All throughout mankinds history, in the greatest tales and myths we have every created, a common framework for storytelling can be found; and that is the hero's journey. If you haven't already, I HIGHLY recommend that you buy Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. This book outlines the common story structure that the greatest heroes of legend all go through in one way or another. Here I will go into the steps that Campbell describes as the essential points of a hero's journey, to the best of my ability and in the simplest way that I can (there is also a helpful story wheel at the end of the article):

1) The Mentor

In the beginning, the hero is living quietly. He lives a normal life, content, or at least used to his circumstances, even if they aren't ideal. If is from here that the hero is going along his way, when quite suddenly something unexpected happens. This unexpected incident shatters his routine and he is met by his mentor. (This mentor doesn't have to be taken literally in the sense of student and teacher. The mentor symbolizes a guiding figure, entity, or semi-conscience object. All that this mentor needs to do is guide, help, and be the factor which sparks the adventure for the hero in some way.) At first the hero may refuse, but circumstances, guilt, or a realization will bring him back.

2) Trials of Worth

This part of the story, after the mentor has gotten the hero to start the adventure, the hero is met with obstacles. These obstacles would be the things that tests his resolve. The obstacles can be most anything; enemies, foreign lands, creatures, gaining allies, or overcoming a psychological trauma/weakness. All that these trials serve is to bring the hero closer to the "supernatural world" (i.e. the world of magic, un-natural, and not-normal occurrences, and overall the world the hero will adventure in) as Campbell put it, and eventually cross the first threshold of the journey.

3) The First Threshold - Determination

This part involves the hero finally reaching that first climactic goal and overcoming it. This would be the first important test to overcome and bring the hero one giant step closer to the ultimate goal of the story and journey. The first threshold is the first plot point in which the story takes a dramatic shift both in the mental perspective of the hero, and in the physical journey's path that lies before him. Perhaps a great truth is revealed, or a powerful character/entity is felled. Either way, the event must be highly impactful to the hero and motivate him to continue forward, the taste of success and growing self-esteem on his lips. Conversely, it could also entail a great victory, but a tragic loss of some kind which fuels his determination to see the journey to the end.

4) Into the Maw

This part of the story is when, after the rush of completing the first threshold, the hero is set onto an even more perilous path. A foreboding of high danger, and high stakes seem to loom on the horizon. As the hero ventures deeper into the story, overcoming deathly challenges and stunning encounters, it is here in the maw of darkness were the first shadows of madness begin to creep in. The hero's morals are still intact, but seem to slowly erode as time furthers. At this point the hero encounters his shadow self and begins to lose himself and embrace the darkness and its temptations.

5) The Abyss

It is in this part of the story were the harrowing of the soul begins. Here the hero succumbs to his darkness, and in this blind, veracious state, the hero losses all semblance of what made him the chosen hero. He may continue his journey, but the paths he takes to reach his goal warp and bleed, usually with the blood of unnecessary bloodshed. The mind of the hero in the abyss is a beast caught between a cliff and a forest fire, fear of the future, hatred of the present, and resentment of the past. At this point no elixir or salve could heal the hero's darkness, only one thing would quench his growing madness and tortured soul: The distant sparkle of the goals reward, boon, and victory. Which leads to the second threshold.

6) The Second Threshold - The Spark

It is here at the midpoint of the story were the chosen hero who started the adventure has died. Not physically died, mind you, but his moral, self-identity has died. Overcome with his own darkness and the onslaught of oncoming darkness, the hero losses everything that made him who he was. And in this depth of despair, shadow, madness and fear, the hero accomplishes the second threshold, bringing him within view of journeys end. But, with the death of his former self, and the creation of his present, beastly form, a heavy price is paid for the completion of the second threshold; this price could be one of many things; the death of a beloved friend, the separation from a romantic partner, or, my favorite, an unintended consequence of horrific magnitude. It is from some sort of overly traumatic event that the hero himself had a hand in, which, even in the depth of his darkness, sparks the seed of his true moral and divine soul to be reborn.

7) The Return

It is here after the horror and ill-gotten victory over the second threshold that the hero begins his return to the light. But the return is not without its hurdles. The hero, at this point, so devastated at what he's become, loses hope in his quest and himself. At this point the hero feels the urge to quit, and abandon the journey to someone else more worthy. His companions, with their good intentions, try to persuade the hero out from his guilt. But to no avail. Then the time comes when the hero is so distraught with himself that he leaves his companions and the quest. Alone with only his thoughts and guilt, it is in this landscape of self-regret that the hero may be helped by his mentor, or some supernatural force and brought back to the realization about the importance of his quest, his life, and his purpose. And from this contemplation the hero, with all the scars of his past actions, heals himself and returns to the group and quest. The hero returns with a new determination, compassion, and will that could only have been forged in the hottest and most ferocious of flames. With his newly tempered will, he journeys to third threshold.

8 ) The Third Threshold - Sacrifice

In this part of the story the hero, wised and experienced, attempts to re-enter the normal world, and feels the need to atone for his sins. This is the second plot point of the story, if the first plot point was the beginning, then this would be the near completion of the quest. It is here that the hero enters the gates of his final battle. Though mentally and spiritually, our hero is trying to find a balance between the material and spiritual; the "material" being the physical events and choices he must make in the event around him, and the "spiritual" being his moral compass and ideals. At this point the hero would choose to sacrifice himself in some way that would put his companions out of harms way, or make up for what he put them through. And from this decision, the hero would go on alone towards the final stage of his journey.

9) The End Game

Now, this is when the entire purpose of the journey is to be realized. The hero, alone, or with his companions, stand before the reason why they started their quest. Its in this fight, or event, that all the hero's conflicting thoughts and unease disappear. His mind becomes sharpened and he strikes a balance within himself, instinctively and consciously knowing what must be done for victory. This part can be as epic as you want. Its a no-holds-barred cage match, and the hero aims to win. Also to take note, when the hero is fighting (of doing whatever your story find necessary to be the final climax) his wised ideals and morals never falter, and if they do, not for long. Consider this moment in the story as a condensed fire-hose off all the previous thresholds being unleashed upon the hero. And the hero brushing it off with his wised will and determination, gains victory.

10) The Fourth Threshold - Peace

The battle has been won, and the world, released from whatever negative force that bound it, rejoices! In this last part of the hero's long and winding journey, he becomes what Campbell refers to as "The Cosmic Dancer." I believe that the best way to convey this enlightenment that the hero experiences, would be to let the great Joseph Campbell tell you himself:

"Freedom to pass back and forth across the world division, from the perspective of the apparitions of time to that of the causal deep and back - not contaminating the principles of the one with those of the other, yet permitting the mind to know the one by virtue of the other - is the talent of the master. The Cosmic Dancer, declares Nietzsche, does not rest heavily in a single spot, but gaily, lightly, turns and leaps from one position to another. It is possible to speak from only one point at a time, but that does not invalidate the insights of the rest. The individual, through prolonged psychological disciplines, gives up completely all attachment to his personal limitations, idiosyncrasies, hopes and fears, no longer resists the self-annihilation that is prerequisite to rebirth in the realization of truth, and so becomes ripe, at last, for the great at-one-ment. His personal ambitions being totally dissolved, he no longer tries to live but willingly relaxes to whatever may come to pass in him; he becomes, that is to say, an anonymity." - Joseph Campbell

I hope you enjoyed my extrapolation of Campbell's VAST wealth of knowledge. I highly recommend reading his book, as it goes into far more detail about the many aspects of the hero! Please share, and comment if you so wish. Good luck on your own hero's journey and have fun!

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Humanity is using nature 1.7 times faster than our planet's biocapacity can regenerate. That's equivalent to using the resources of 1.7 Earths. How many Earths would we need if everyone on the planet lived like the residents of your country? Here's how we calculate that, using the United States as an example:

The Ecological Footprint for the United States is 8.1 gha per person (in 2018) and global biocapacity is 1.6 gha per person (in 2018). Therefore, we would need (8.1/ 1.6) = 5.1 Earths if everyone lived like Americans.

Here's another interesting way to look at the data. How many Japans does Japan need to meet its residents' demand on nature?

The Ecological Footprint for Japan is 4.6 gha per person (in 2018) and Japan's biocapacity is 0.6 gha per person (in 2018). Therefore, it would take (4.6/ 0.6) = 7.8 Japans to meet its residents' demand on nature.

Find the answers for more countries in the table below! The 2022 edition (with data for 2018) of the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts was used to produce the figures and data table. For more updated numbers, check out the 2023 edition which stretches all the way to 2022, with the last three years being estimates. You can download the latest numbers here.

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Hammer your expectations down through the rocks. Here, let me help you. There's 1000's of fellow IMDb'ers who thought the movie sucked horribly. A lot of suckage. It's not that great. It's not sci-fi. If you're thinking of another movie to compare this to, no matter what you pick, this one'll fall terribly short.

To the facts, Brit co-wrote the movie, she's gorgeous. I probably would've given up half-way if it wasn't for the mysteriousness she portrays. That face, gawd! Made on a shoestring budget. Heck, Brit had to do her co-star's make-up in between shots. This is a movie made with passion, and a lot of faith that they'd done good stuff.

Well, let me sorta paint my experience watching 'Another Earth'. Glued to my seat, for an hour and a half, almost as if this was a thriller? I'm serious. Captivated by the gorgeous shots of 'earth 2'. Waiting for the little streams of info being released ever so stringently -- the announcement on the radio as they discover earth 2, and a whole bunch more. I've already mentioned how captivating Brit is.

What? No Sci-fi? There's definitely food for the sci-fi enthusiast. The premise comes from a mixture of new-age string theory of the multiverse kind. The ending'll have you wondering about Einsteinian space-time implications.

The core of the movie is largely philosophical. Forgiveness. Rebirth. etc. Kept me struggling throughout with my emotions about the main character. Past the acting. How much forgiveness can the viewer unleash? And is it justified?

Chill out, leave your expectations at the door. You may not like it. It's slow. It demands your attention, so keep away from the caffeine. You might not feel the same way about Brit though. She's gorgeous. She really is. It's just a well-made passion-filled indie-flick. It's got some gorgeous imagery. The atmosphere, constantly thick, with color and emotion. This review's gone on way too long. Indie flick of the year? Gets my vote. Who cares?

Oh BTW, its possible your friends'll hate you for recommending this. Especially if they're the kind that finds it hard to appreciate photography, artsy stuff maybe, and don't have much patience, you know, generally. So there ya go, one final reason for you to dig this flick. The fact that you like it -- yeah it'll be one of those things you look back on and say 'Hey, I really am different. I appreciate interesting deep stuff. I'm like an artist, philosopher, or something. neat!'. Holy hell. What? Is that really why I...

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Another Earth: Directed by Mike Cahill. With Brit Marling, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, DJ Flava, William Mapother. On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.