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In this video, Hazel Henderson introduces Marcello Palazzi, President of the Progressio Foundation and Founder of B-Lab Europe. They will discuss how corporations developed into becoming more socially responsible and environmentally conscious. Topics include: the Social Venture Group, The Calvert Group, B-lab corporations, The Global Alliance for Banking on Values, the Green Transition Scoreboard, and future of business.

If you want to know where the next environmental issue will arise, says UNESCO education expert Charles Hopkins, "look at where capital investment is moving." This program makes a thesis of that observation while expanding it to examine not only ecological but also socioeconomic dilemmas. An unflinching look at an Indian toxic waste dump, including its health impact on the surrounding population, and an eye-opening journey through a Sri Lankan free...

In Malaysia, the lucrative palm oil business is stirring global controversy. Vietnam has a burgeoning tourism industry-and is under pressure not to develop it in the manner of neighboring Thailand. This program examines those issues as it traverses both countries, illuminating the balancing act between development, environmental stewardship, and the rights of indigenous peoples. Nguyen Quy Phuong describes his challenges as deputy director of Vietnam's...

In this program Hazel Henderson and Los Angeles-based asset manager Gregory Wendt, principal of Stakeholder Capital, talk about the importance of new ways of managing assets based on wider analyses beyond the failed economic and financial models which crashed in 2008. This new view is multi-disciplinary and based on whole systems analyses. Just as asset managers who invested in fossil fuels had to learn principles of geology, and are now learning...

What would happen if we changed the way our clothes are made and sold? If we used different fibers or different agricultural techniques? If we insisted that facilities which produce textile products dispose of chemicals and materials properly? This program assesses the environmental impact of the textile industry both in the U.K. and abroad. It explores the ecological footprint of textile production in Bangladesh, and shows how the true cost of cheap...

Marion County Environmental Services oversees the operation of one of the most successful recycling and energy programs in the United States. Curbside collection, sorting, waste incineration which in turn generates electricity ... these folks have it nailed. We get to see all steps and get involved in the process.

Business owners have come to realize that going green is not just a popular marketing angle, but that eco-friendly practices may be vital to a company's future. This program features case studies of three different types of businesses and the unique approach that each has taken to sustainability. Top executives share the ways in which reducing their carbon footprint has made their organizations more financially viable, a notable example being Toyota's...

Hazel Henderson speaks with John Fullerton, who founded the Capital Institute, a socially-conscious investing movement. Touches on the relevance of a market-based economy, the political response to the late 2000's financial crises, and the success of the Bank of North Dakota, a state-owned bank. Henderson brings up also the E.U.'s proposal of a financial transaction tax meant to offset the potential harm caused by volatile trading practices, and to...

China now makes more cars than America and Japan combined, as well as making parts for many models built around the world. With more than a million new cars a month hitting Chinese roads, the potential impact on global oil consumption and greenhouse gases is phenomenal. To accommodate this surge in car ownership, China is investing in infrastructure. In this film, Anita travels through the industrialized cities of eastern China, where self-made billionaires...

The fictional locale known as Eagle Bay is breathtakingly beautiful. First home to a handful of modest houses, over the decades it has transitioned into a neighborhood of stately mansions-except for one 50-acre parcel, whose owners now want to sell it for subdivision. This Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Harvard Law School's Arthur Miller explores the complexities that arise when a family's freedom to sell its property clashes with their neighbors'...