These briefing papers, created by the Center for the Advancement of a Steady State Economy, provide a concise, digestible background and context for the current model of growth-based economy, the nature and origins of its shortcomings, and a roadmap for moving to a new, sustainable model.
Read MoreThis series of seven video shorts steps you through a new way to think about economics, based on sustainable systems.
Read MoreAnnie Leonard narrates a tour de force of consumerism. This dense and entertaining video is documented to the gills; an annotated script is downloadable from the “Story of Stuff” website.
Read MoreIn his 2010 plenary talk to the Bioneers, renowned visionary Amory Lovins describes a path to fully renewable energy future.
Read MoreIn this 2011 TEDx talk, award-winning photographer and Crossroads Project collaborator Garth Lenz describes the devastating impact of the Alberta tar sands mining operations on Canada’s stunning boreal forests and First Nations people. This is a powerful, unflinching look at the true cost of our insatiable thirst for fossil fuels.
Read MoreExponential growth is at the very heart of our sustainability crisis, and the basics are readily understandable. In this classic video lecture, Professor of Physics Dr. Albert Bartlett, explains to a small class the very simple mathematics and of exponential growth. He uses population and energy as his focus and applies his conclusions to his home of Boulder, Colorado for some highly relatable examples. Don’t be fooled by the quaint production ― the information is succinctly, expertly, even charmingly presented.
Read MoreA film with a message, Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.
Read MoreA 2008 documentary examining the industrial production of meat, grains and vegetables (primarily corn and soy beans), again labeling this economically and environmentally unsustainable. The film's third and final segment is about the economic and legal power, such as food labelling regulations, of the major food companies, the profits of which are based on supplying cheap but contaminated food, the heavy use of petroleum-based chemicals (largely pesticides and fertilizers), and the promotion of unhealthy food consumption habits by the American public.[4][7] It shows companies like Wal-Mart transitioning towards organic foods as that industry is booming in the recent health movement.
Read MoreUsing a mixture of stop-motion and compositing, this short film's aim is to “convey the topic in a visually interesting way using a variety of different food products.” Its message is concise and powerful.
Read MoreNASA’s comprehensive look at climate change, with extensive reference to data acquired by NASA spacecraft. Scroll down to the What is Climate Change? section to see concise summaries of the science. Also be sure to check out the “Interactives” links — in particular, “Eyes on Earth."
Read MoreIn 5 minute videos, The Crossroad Project's own Dr. Robert Davies takes us though the basics of climate change science, organized around four things that science knows about our changing climate with high confidence: Earth is warming, driven by humans, disrupting the entire planetary climate system, with great risk for humans.
Read MoreA succinct summary of the unsustainability of our current food system, a cultural context, and roadmap for transformation.
Read MoreSkeptical Science is the gold standard of climate change resources. Organized around common misconceptions, the website offers basic, intermediate and advanced scientific discussions, complete with links to the primary scientific literature, for a full host of climate change science questions.
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