John Gray, one of Britain's most provocative and stimulating philosophers, visits the RSA to discuss the ideas raised in 'The Silence of Animals' - the much-anticipated sequel to the best-selling 'Straw Dogs'. Published on Apr 9, 2013

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David Meslin, Community Catalyst, addresses the question: local politics -- schools, zoning, council elections -- hit us where we live. So why don't more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. Meslin encourages we recognize apathy actually as a web of barriers that reinforce disengagement - and that we work together to dismantle the obstacles.

 A short story about passing the filmmaking torch. Greg and Shaun MacGillivray discuss how having children inspired the large format films they want to share with the world. More original content can be found at OneWorldOcean and on their YouTube channel. http://OneWorldOneOcean.org

Rory Sutherland (bio) delivers a speech entitled "What is Value? and strongly argues that numbers don't count much: atrocious numbers undermine value.

Aphorism enthusiast and author James Geary waxes on a fascinating fixture of human language: the metaphor. Friend of scribes from Aristotle to Elvis, metaphor can subtly influence the decisions we make, Geary says.
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Community partnerships challenge each of us to understand our own relationships and experience, to come to grips with your own day to day living - a comparison action that you have to take part in.  Mr. Patton was addressing the NW Environmental Health Conference sponsored by Portland State University, February, 2012 as a panelist on A Case Study of University-Community Partnership in Portland, Oregon.  Special thanks to videographer Maegan Prentice of Eyeopening Video.

Sustainabilty: Ginny Nadler educator, founder of Core Body Wisdom, a health and wellness company, and innovator of the approach Spinal ReAlignment Integration (SRI) discusses her experience at the 7th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back & Pelvic Pain held November 9-12 in Los Angeles, California.

Ginny has been in the world of health and wellness education for over forty years focusing on body alignment, especially the workings of the muscles and bones. Ginny Nadler was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of Earthsayers.tv, the voices of sustainability.

Earthsayers.tv: Rick Ridgeway, Vice President of Environmental Programs and Communications, Patagonia was a keynote speaker at the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference sponsored by The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) held September 8-10 in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Ridgeway was interviewed by Barry Hiedt of Sustainable Action Media (SAM). Rick strongly recommends in this interview that each of us wake up each morning and fix on one discrete point of change where we can make a difference.

Excerpt of an interview with Wilson Justin (Althsetnay, Athabascan):  Justin shares his view of what entails true leadership, and he cites the need for a new generation of leaders at all levels of society. People who illuminate issues and have moral courage and speak out.

This clip is part of a series exploring the meaning of sustainability from the perspectives of indigenous leaders from the bioregion of Salmon Nation. See the Native Perspectives on Sustainability project .