Global Oneness Project: Recent Episodes
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Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger and Dr. Emily Schell explore the power of student curiosity and its impact on learning.
Three individuals united by their deep connection with nature are driven to confront some of the most pressing ecological challenges of our time.
Watch this short video which explores how we shifted as an education organization during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
How might we teach democracy in our classrooms? Parker Palmer and Rabbi Dr. Ariel Burger, in this webinar recording, explore civic and moral education.
Colleen Cooley, a Navajo river guide, reflects on the importance of acknowledging Indigenous land in outdoor recreation.
Mythologist and storyteller Martin Shaw tells an old Norwegian tale about a mythical creature that is part human and part snake.
A traditional Zuni elder in New Mexico works with artists to create maps based on ceremony, song, and connection to the land.
Civil rights and social justice activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of unity is relevant more than ever today.
Explore how to interact with the Global Oneness Website website—from creating and sharing collections to exploring our multicultural lesson plans.
Meet a young Syrian refugee who was granted asylum in Canada after fleeing torture and imprisonment by the Assad regime.
This story documents life in Stratford, a small farming town in California’s Central Valley which suffers from a drought impacting the residents’ daily lives.
Meet two residents of a tiny island vanishing in the rising waters of the Louisiana Bayou.
Marie Wilcox is the last fluent speaker of Wukchumni and created a dictionary to keep her language alive.
Yup'ik fisherman Ray Waska, who lives on the Alaskan Yukon Delta, teaches his grandchildren how to fish during the summer salmon run.
A portrait of Berlin based clown Reinhard "Filou" Horstkotte explores poetics of performance, laughter and spontaneity.
This time-lapse film, filmed over the course of three years across four continents, explores our relationship to nature and the modern world.
Vandana Shiva feels that it is our responsibility as "earth citizens" to keep water systems alive by avoiding three main problems: pollution, diversion of water, and privatization.
Fritjof Capra, physicist and author, describes Leonardo da Vinci's fascination with water.
This film tells the story of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley and the unique worldview held by the people of the region who have been farming sustainably for 10,000 years.
In a Rhode Island men’s prison, a group of fifty inmates are transforming their lives through the practice of meditation.
Meet artist Slobodan Dan Paich, who creates simple drawings with tea and ink in a daily ritual.
Rabbi Menachem Froman explains that the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is really an issue of East and West and therefore a reflection of one larger conflict of global concern.
Author Woody Tasch speaks about creating capital flow that supports environmentally sustainable food movements and environmentally sustainable financial markets in general.
What is the value of something that doesn’t have a price? That is the fundamental question raised every week at Karma Kitchen, a volunteer-run restaurant in …
Environmental and social justice activist Julia Butterfly Hill speaks about fear and love as two opposing forces in the world.
What if the world embodied our highest potential? What would it look like? Where do we find solutions that can help us build the future that serves us all?
Zen teacher and social activist angel Kyodo williams reminds us that societies can change on a massive scale.
Nelsa Libertad Curbelo describes the inspiration behind Barrio de Paz, a non-violent youth movement in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy explains why making peace with the unknown helps us be more present in the time we live in.
"I am because you are," is the deep meaning of Ubuntu, a traditional African philosophy recognizing the shared essence within humanity and life.
Paul Hawken, environmentalist and entrepreneur, describes humanity's immune response to political corruption, economic disease and ecological degradation. …
A quiet walk through nature offers moments of beauty and serenity that often go unnoticed. Take a few minutes to enjoy this journey through the cycles of light, water, wind and earth.
Meet three individuals united by their deep connection with nature and driven to confront some of the most pressing ecological challenges of our time.
Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed explains why women need to be at the heart of peace negotiations. Ultimately men and women must work together if peace is to be fully realized.
In Oakland, California, where liquor stores have replaced markets, the People's Grocery helps residents build healthy connections to food, the land and each other.
Author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker explains that when we link progress to industrialization without any sense of limits or nature as a guide, the result is the current global crisis.
Seva, or service, is the selfless giving of oneself for the betterment of others and the world around us. At Seva Cafe, the concept of service takes the form …
An urban park in Johannesburg, South Africa is transforming into a seedbed for sustainable communities.
Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo describes how the infinite, primordial awareness that lies behind the mind and its sense of duality is the key to experiencing oneness.
In the poor neighborhood of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, a provincial soccer star, "Titie," works with an innovative soccer program to educate local youth about HIV/AIDS prevention.
Actor Cliff Curtis explains how, from his perspective, storytelling is a form of activism.
Not one strip of cloth is wasted at Goonj, a volunteer-run urban recycling center in New Delhi, founded by Anshu Gupta. In this film, Gupta shows how Goonj …
Jayesh Patel walks through the vast slums of Ahmedabad, showing how Gandhian principles inspire his organization to help women and children living in poverty. …
Peaceworker Sami Awad explains how he chooses to use his anger to fuel a commitment to peace rather than violence.
At the Commonweal Garden in Bolinas, California, Penny Livingston-Stark invites us to join the "huge conversation" of agriculture that includes topics ranging …
Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge describes the importance of taking a leadership role in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
"How can we collectively wake up?" asks British-born Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo from the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India.
Stephan Fayon explains how preserving the diversity of seeds insures against the breakdown of large-scale industrial agriculture.
Scientist Dean Radin suggests that civilization is going through a developmental stage made up of adolescent-like tribes and that it may take some great threat to force these tribes to work together.
People's Grocery director Brahm Ahmadi explains how industrialization has changed our relationship to food and agriculture.
Farmers in India are at great risk, says Medha Patkar, award winning social activist warning against the dangers of globalization and industrialized food systems …
A Tibetan Buddhist leader believes that it is the responsibility of religion to adapt to the changing needs of people.
An ancient prophecy of the Indigenous peoples of Quichua, Ecuador, speaks of a time when the eagle and the condor fly together. A Quichua elder and healer tells us the time of the prophecy is here.
An Indian social activist and advocate rejects the idea that Indigenous peoples must assimilate to a market economy that is neither inclusive nor sustainable long-term.
A Quichua elder and Iachak (community leader/healer), shares his Indigenous Andean perspective on the crises and potential of the current pachacuti (thousand-year cycle).
Oneness begins as an internal experience, says Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa, who resides in northern India.
Fr. Alberto Luna describes a place deep in the heart where all religions meet, and where we find the strength needed to put "we" above "you" and "I".
A Yankunytjatjara elder and traditional owner of Uluru (Ayer's Rock), explains the real law of survival is caring for the land and each other.
Elder, healer and community leader Rangimarie Turuki Rose Pere brings the spirit of oneness through song.
This film tells the story of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley and the unique worldview held by the people of the region who have been farming sustainably for 10,000 years.
Parliamentarian and social activist Nirmala Deshpande describes how an Indian nationalist slogan was transformed into a wish of goodwill for the whole world.
Lawyer and environmental activist M.C. Mehta believes that because we are interconnected, we can only protect ourselves by protecting every living thing on earth.
Environmental leader Vandana Shiva explains what we can learn from traditional systems of soil building regarding water usage and conservation.
Community activist Orland Bishop explains that oneness is the source of intuition, which allows us to touch a common truth beyond our memory, culture and conditioned responses.
Fritjof Capra, physicist and author, explains that only now can we begin to appreciate the power of Leonardo da Vinci's science and its relevance today.
Medha Patkar, social activist and advocate for peoples vulnerable to massive dam projects in India, asks why India should follow a Western paradigm of development.
Author Woody Tasch argues that the current economic crisis is an opportunity to reorganize capital markets towards a more sustainable and ethical future.
Environmental and social justice activist Julia Butterfly Hill explains that fear and our addiction to comfort are key problems of modern society.
Paul Hawken speaks about his recent book and how it can be used to describe the impetus behind the largest growing social movement in the history of humankind.
Author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker speaks about the modern need to recover a deep sense of reciprocity, which was once found in religious rituals and practices.
Tibetan Buddhist nun Ven. Tenzin Palmo explains two essentials of Buddhist practice: developing mindfulness and learning consideration for others.
Actor Cliff Curtis offers the perspective that in order to restore balance we must now adopt an indigenous perspective of belonging to the planet.
Peaceworker Sami Awad describes the light within every individual and the layers of dust that can cover it over.
The former South African Deputy Minister of Health discusses the importance of continual dialogue across nations and religions to understand our most positive shared values.
With the Internet, we may be approaching a physical system interconnected enough and recursive enough to be the "brain" of a global self-awareness.
People's Grocery director Brahm Ahmadi points out reasons why many people in urban areas have lost their connection to the land and offers suggestions for restoring that relationship.
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa explains how exile has given Tibetans a heightened experience of oneness.
Maori elder and healer Dr. Rangimarie Turuki Rose Pere explains the formal Maori greeting ritual called Hongi, which reminds participants of their interconnectedness.
Environmental leader Vandana Shiva believes that if we are to protect the life of the earth, we need to first recognize it is alive.
Lawyer and environmental activist M.C. Mehta describes how the Western yardsticks for quality of life are impossible for a population the size of India's.
Vandana Shiva asserts that because survival, not money, comes out of water harvesting, governments are not preparing for the potentially catastrophic consequences of climate change.
Environmental and social justice activist Julia Butterfly Hill speaks about the importance of hope committed to action.
Youth worker and community leader Orland Bishop explains the meaning of the Zulu greeting Sawubona ("We see you") as an invitation to deep witnessing and presence.
Paul Hawken, environmentalist and entrepreneur, explains that while each era is unique, the current time is particularly extraordinary in that it presents both crisis and opportunity on a global scale.
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy believes that in the creation of a new world, imagination is most important.
To environmental leader Vandana Shiva, privatizing the Ganges River or any water goes against the recognition that "anything that serves the common good must stay in the commons".
At the age of 20, Ven. Tenzin Palmo left her home in London for India to pursue her spiritual path. In 1976 she found a cave where she lived for 12 years.
Actor Cliff Curtis asks, if a small group of English people could change the world through colonization, what would happen if humanity as a whole decided to choose a different course?
Peaceworker Sami Awad recognizes the need for a new narrative that builds mutual trust and respect between the people living in the Holy Land.
Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge suggests the need for large numbers of people to get involved in creating a more humane world.
Laboratory scientist Dean Radin describes an experiment testing the relationship between mind and matter.
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa explains the subtlety of spiritual power, and describes traditional means of cultivating it.
Environmental leader Vandana Shiva illustrates how civilizations were destroyed in the name of creating the excessive irrigation needed for chemical farming.
Bob Randall, a Yankunytjatjara elder and traditional owner of Uluru (Ayer's Rock), sings a song about where we come from.
Environmental leader Vandana Shiva maintains that the modern throw away culture in India has been seeded by a combination of forces, including the World Bank and global ideas of progress.
Environmental leader Vandana Shiva explains that there are two Gangas in the minds of modern Indians: one for clearing your sins and one for carrying your trash.
Environmental leader Vandana Shiva believes that until we bring back the sacredness of water, civil society won't have the power to change its behavior and government policy will never act.
Environmental leader Vandana Shiva explains that the introduction of unsustainable practices and technologies in the last 40 years have led to severe water issues in India today.
Fritjof Capra, physicist and author, demonstrates how Leonardo da Vinci used nature as a model and mentor, and solved problems from the perspective of systems thinking.
Although Leonardo da Vinci didn't talk directly about the golden mean, Fritjof Capra, physicist and author, believes it is apparent in most of his drawings and paintings to an almost exact degree.
Fritjof Capra discusses the discovery that Leonardo da Vinci viewed mechanics in service of the science of life and how this is not well understood by many historians of science.
Environmental and social justice activist Julia Butterfly Hill feels that our belief that we are separate from the whole has created a disposability consciousness.
Environmental and social justice activist Julia Butterfly Hill speaks about the role of young people in today's world and the importance of intergenerational connections.
Julia Butterfly Hill explains that when we act from a consciousness of oneness we make mindful decisions that consider the whole rather than just ourselves.
Environmental and social justice activist Julia Butterfly Hill feels that the ecological and social crises we currently face reflects a deeper spiritual crisis in people.
Environmental and social justice activist Julia Butterfly Hill believes humanity currently stands simultaneously within a world of desecration and a world of possibility.
In this complete interview eco-philosopher Joanna Macy describes the Great Turning: the incredible opportunity to live our full humanity.
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy believes we all long to live simply, despite our consumerist society.
According to eco-philosopher Joanna Macy, trying to do too much is a recipe for ineffective action.
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy suggests that one way of dealing with fear is to break through the illusion that we are alone.
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy feels that society's belief that we are separate from the whole is an unexamined assumption.
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy explains three dimensions of the Great Turning: slowing down, creation of sustainable structures, and a shift in consciousness.
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy believes that feeling the pain of the world can inspire great change and creativity.
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy describes the unique time that we live in and our ability to choose how to respond it.
In this complete interview, Paul Hawken, environmentalist and entrepreneur, speaks with astute clarity about the dangers and opportunities of this time.
Paul Hawken, environmentalist and entrepreneur, feels that the work of our time is to learn how to fall in love with the world.
Paul Hawken explains that the most useful response to this time of great change is to connect with others whose view of the world is different from our own.
Paul Hawken, environmentalist and entrepreneur, believes that fantasies about a hopeful future can detract from living in the reality of the present moment.
According to Paul Hawken, environmentalist and entrepreneur, the worship of currency is perhaps the greatest cause of social and environmental damage in the modern world.
Paul Hawken, environmentalist and entrepreneur, describes the birth of the new world as a bottom-up, grassroots organization.
Paul Hawken, environmentalist and entrepreneur, illustrates how living forms that are most true to their original nature are the keepers of wisdom.
Paul Hawken explains that the current experience of the fracturing of the world is creating an overwhelming human response to reconnect and re-integrate.
Paul Hawken explains that there is no quick fix to the global environmental and social crises as many hope, but rather a complete change in civilizational construct is required.
Paul Hawken believes that the real question of our time is not how social and environmental movements are connected, but rather how they became separated.
In this complete interview, author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker reveals that humanity is currently at a crossroads integrating science and cosmology.
Despite the current global crisis, author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker is positive about the potential of human evolution and consciousness.
Author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker explains that humanity needs to once again listen to the voices of nature and become co-creators not dominators.
Author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker claims humanity is standing at a crossroads; we need to take all the knowledge we have learned from science and give it a sense of story.
Mary Evelyn Tucker explains that in our current physical and spiritual search for sustainable energies, we can look to Indigenous Peoples for traditional environmental knowledge.
Author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker describes how modern day enlightenment mentality has turned into hyper-individualism and a mechanized view of the world.
Author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker illustrates the power and purpose of story and explains how they ground and orient us in the world.
Author and scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker explains that the global ecological crisis is at its root spiritual, and therefore the world religions have a part to play.
In this complete interview, author Woody Tasch illustrates the concept of Slow Money and describes how the current economic crisis evokes fundamental questions about the future of capitalism.
Author Woody Tasch explains that if we detach from global markets we can enhance quality of life by living slower, smaller and local!
Author Woody Tasch feels that the way modern economies create wealth is not proactive enough to sustain social and environmental relationships.
Author Woody Tasch explains that the way we currently grow food is destructive and describes the need to balance current large-scale farming models with smaller, sustainable, and long-term models.
Author Woody Tasch explains that the way we currently grow food is destructive and explains how current models of economic growth depend upon unsustainable living practices.
Author Woody Tasch believes that there is a dramatic need to focus time, energy, and capital on the next generation of small business entrepreneurs because they represent diversity.
Author Woody Tasch describes how the current economic crisis evokes fundamental questions about the future of capitalism.
Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed describes the need to listen with respect and learn about other cultures if we are to find common goals.
Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed uses the Gospel story of Sarah and Hagar to bring women from around the world together.
Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed speaks about the role of mercy and compassion in her work with Palestinians and Israelis.
In this complete interview, Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed speaks about her role as an Arab Muslim woman working towards peace in the holy land.
Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed describes the difficulty of planning for a future without economic means. So much money is spent on making war but how much is spent on making peace?
Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed explains the need for a new peace agreement based on "people's policy" rather than government policy.
Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed suggests that real power doesn't come from using violence or force, but from making peace.
Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed conveys the difficulty of finding unity during times of war. When we speak of unity, we must speak about unity of people rather than religions.
Palestinian peaceworker Ibtisam Mahameed explains the urgent need to raise future generations with a vision other than war.
Peaceworker Sami Awad describes how non-violence empowers people to deal with injustice and oppression, and breaks down the barriers that prevent people from relating to each other.
Peaceworker Sami Awad talks about how the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is felt around the world: it is part of our shared suffering.
Peaceworker Sami Awad explains why it is not enough to simply look for one great leader to move Palestinians toward non-violent transformation.
Peaceworker Sami Awad describes the potential of an emerging understanding of peaceful coexistence to create a new reality.
Peaceworker Sami Awad points to the core essence of the Abrahamic traditions to suggest how religion can become a tool for peacebuilding.
Peaceworker Sami Awad describes different levels of identification and explains why we need to make our identity as members of humanity a priority.
In this complete interview, peaceworker Sami Awad speaks about the power of non-violence as a tool for healing and empowering individuals, communities and nations.
Peaceworker Sami Awad explains how the narratives we grow up with influence our perceptions.
Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge shows the contradiction in working for peace while preparing for war.
Using Nelson Mandela as an example, Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, explains how we can resolve conflicts by uncovering our shared humanity.
Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge describes the concept of Ubuntu, or a spirit of sharing.
Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge talks about our responsibility to look after the planet and to carry forward positive values.
Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge applies the concept of Ubuntu, or a spirit of sharing, to international relations.
Former South African Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge explains how our commonly shared values are the basis on which we can build a common coexistence.
Scientist Dean Radin explains that because scientific study involves getting into details, scientists have difficulty maintaining a wider perspective in the laboratory.
Scientist Dean Radin describes how children growing up in this time of global environmental crisis may behave in a radically different way and make a significant difference.
According to laboratory scientist Dean Radin, research suggests that our moral sense is deeply tied to our worldview.
Laboratory scientist Dean Radin suggests that civilization is going through a developmental stage.
Laboratory scientist Dean Radin believes that humankind will be able to change its behavior rapidly enough to avoid its total destruction, because necessity will drive us to do it.
Laboratory scientist Dean Radin describes the relationship between mind and body as seen through both Eastern and Western sciences. If East meets West, could …
Laboratory scientist Dean Radin explains how science tends to give rise to a fractured system of disciplines, while spirituality serves to connect.
People's Grocery director Brahm Ahmadi discusses the effect agriculture has on the environment, communities, and consumers, and calls for systemic change in the way food is grown and delivered.
Lawyer and environmental activist M.C. Mehta contrasts protecting and inhabiting nature with exploiting and removing from nature.
Lawyer and environmental activist M.C. Mehta makes an urgent plea for oneness in light of the climate change crisis.
Tenzin Palmo believes that the greatest threat to the world is the rising middle classes of Asia who long for the same, inherently unsustainable levels of comfort as privileged Westerners.
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa suggests that spiritual leaders connect to the general public.
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes the need for spiritual leaders to connect with the general public.
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa addresses the challenge of dealing with everyday distractions.
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes how oneness is experienced.
In this complete interview, Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa reflects upon the meaning of oneness in this age.
Parliamentarian and social activist Nirmala Deshpande speaks to the ecological principles of limitation, complexity and interdependence.
Bob Randall, a Yankunytjatjara elder and traditional owner of Uluru (Ayer's Rock), sings a heartfelt song about the experiences of the "stolen generation" …
Bob Randall, a Yankunytjatjara elder and traditional owner of Uluru (Ayer's Rock), explains the Aboriginal understanding of land ownership as one of shared responsibility …
Actor Cliff Curtis explains how global media, a tool developed in service of imperialism, can be a vehicle for indigenous content, for stories that remind contemporary …
Zen teacher and social activist angel Kyodo williams reminds us that societies can change on a massive scale. At one time, slavery was considered an economic necessity, …
Orland Bishop describes the unique blend of mentoring, peacemaking, and community leadership that takes place at his L.A.-based Shade Tree Multicultural Foundation. …
L.A.-based social activist and community leader Orland Bishop explains that a cultural worldview that fails to recognize earth's primal qualities can only produce violence.