Discussions about Green Economy often ignore the Social - this short 10 minute video addresses this issue. Check out UNRISD's (UN Research Institute for Social Develoment) Project on the Social Dimensions of Green Economy and Sustainable Development.  For more information on the Green Economy there is the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). To monitor how the UN integrates the social, environmental, and economic arms of its organization to move towards not just sustainable development, but sustainability, follow these two organizations within the the UN.

Biggest challenge is bringing sustainability to people and making it relevant to lives of our customers says Director of Plan A, CSR & Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer.  Richard Gillies shares his thoughts on "shwopping" and other opportunities for making sustainability relevant to consumers at BSR Conference 2012: Fast Forward.

TalkingStickTV - Panel discussion on "Community Organizing: Stories From Local Groups" from the Conference of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability "Celebrating 25 Years of Success"
recorded September 22, 2012 at the Good Shepard Center in Seattle, WA. Speakers include Ralph Hutchison with the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, Lisa Crawford with Fernald Residents for Environmental Safety and Health (FRESH), Marylia Kelley with Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, Pamela Kingfisher with Native Americans for a Clean Environment, Natalia Mironova with the Russian Movement for Nuclear Safety and Bob Schaeffer with Public Policy Communications.

Growth is Unsustainable. It is a temporary state. This is the way it is. Dr. Susan Krumdieck is an Associate Professor at the University of Canterbury. Her interests and research include fuel cells; alternative energy technologies; energy conservation; energy systems engineering; materials for energy systems.

Dr. Newman is the Director of Clinical Research in the Emergency Department at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and an Iraq war veteran. In addition to being widely published in medical journals he has written health care articles for the New York Times and is the author of Hippocrates' Shadow: Secrets From the House of Medicine. He is also the editor-in-chief for two online publications, TheNNT.com, (The Number Needed to Treat)a resource for health care evidence summaries. Presented by TEDxColumbiaEngineering

Laurence Kemball-Cook's Talk, "Turning Our Cities Into Human Power Plants", at TEDxBerlin 2012 "Future 3.0".  Pavegen embeds power generating technology into pavement so that the energy we generate when we walk is usable making human action an alternative source of energy.

Documentary on the Fair Trade movement. Direct by Jamie Moffett.

Since 2000, the middle class has shrunk in size, fallen backward in income and wealth and shed some -- but by no means all -- of its characteristic faith in the future. Our new report, released Aug. 22, 2012, explores how middle-class Americans view themselves, as well as their outlook on the future and on the presidential candidates who are courting their votes.

To read the full report, go here.

Saturday, June 9th at the Strategies for a New Economy 2012 Conference historian and political economist talks about finding ways to build new institutions that are capable of managing the wealthiest nation in history as our present system is stalmated politically, stagneting economically, and in decay.  People think something is wrong, making rethinking possible as painful as it might be.  He talks about the Cleveland experience of building profits into the community and supported by purchasing institutions still in place.