Ethics & Value Systems

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With thousands of untested chemicals in our everyday produts, have we all become unwitting guinea pigs in one giant human experiment? The fight is on to protect us from these toxic products before they cause irrevocable harm to our health.

Content Project

Five Blocks is a journey through the trials and tribulations of a community struggling to transform from “skid row” into a vibrant neighborhood filled with promise and hope. A determined yet shaky coalition must redeem the area without casting aside the poor and underserved. It may be their last chance.

 

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A Fierce Green Fire is the first big-picture synthesis of environmentalism - grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years worldwide. It tells the story of the environmental movement from conservation to climate change. We focus on activism -- people fighting to save their homes, their lives, the future. Our concerns are connecting causes, how the issues grew, exploring ideas and the evolution of a vision. The common theme is a struggle to save nature against the destructive impact of humanity – from halting dams in the Grand Canyon to battling 20,000 tons of toxic waste at Love Canal; from Greenpeace saving the whales to Chico Mendes and the rubbertappers saving the Amazon; from climate change to the promise of transforming our civilization. Our thesis is that this is the time when mankind must learn to live with nature, move beyond the exploitation at the heart of industrial society and find a way based on biology, balancing human needs with the natural world that sustains us, creating a living planet. As Stewart Brand says in the film, “We’re not passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are Spaceship Earth. We are Gaia.”  

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From Emmy award-winning filmmakers Joe and Harry Gantz, CRISIS CALL 211 is a documentary film that will present a powerful portrait of the effects of America's prolonged economic recession, as well as the impact of billions of dollars in budget cuts to the country's social safety net, from the vantage point of families in crisis who are searching for help.

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Media has fueled our nation's deadly gun violence epidemic, so Beyond Bullets is using media to change the message about gun violence and become part of the solution. By putting cameras instead of guns into the hands of youth, Beyond Bullets distributes youth-created anti-gun violence videos and starts community conversations about ways to stop the carnage.

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Vamas a Hablar (Let’s Talk) is a bi-lingual video aimed at Latino/a youth and families to help them work together to prevent unwanted pregnancies and work towards reproductive health through open communication. The video is told from the perspective of Latino teen parents, Spanish speaking adults, some of whom were teen parents themselves, and professionals in the fields of education, health and psychology. It address issues such as information, self-esteem, consequences, culture and parenting styles.