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Green Festival TV™ presents an ongoing series of keynote speeches given at the world's largest sustainability event: Green Festival™. Speakers at Green Festival™ are articulate, powerful advocates for a just and sustainable planet.

Green Festival TV


    • Dec 9, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 55 EPISODES


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    Food Panel - Chicago 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2009 53:11


    While we all enjoy eating out, many of us may not realize how environmentally destructive it can be. Find out what local restaurants and their partners are doing to lessen their footprints and go green. From the food they serve and the supplies they buy to the spaces they create and the waste they recycle, these businesses are going green across the board.

    Mike Farrell - Chicago 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2009 42:35


    A Great Moral Hunger Chair of the board of Death Penalty Focus, Farrell is also spokesperson for Concern America, an international refugee aid and development organization, and co-chair emeritus of the California Committee of Human Rights Watch. He has also been a Good Will Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Known by millions as B.J. Hunnicutt from M*A*S*H and from NBC-TV's Providence, Farrell will share his journey as actor and activist.

    Alice Waters - Chicago 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2009 42:04


    An Edible Education Round Table Chef Waters, owner of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA, will convene an edible education policy round table with local and national experts, including Illinois Congressman Danny Davis and filmmaker Chris Taylor. Waters has championed this movement nationally, offering hope in the light of the new Obama administration's vision of greening the White House as a national model. Waters will expand on the narrative of green to include Edible Education in all schools.

    Dr. Stuart Pimm - Chicago 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2009 44:52


    The Balance of Nature? Humanity is driving species to extinction a hundred times faster than species would become extinct naturally, and the rate continues to accelerate at an alarming rate. Reducing deforestation and restoring deforested areas is by far the cheapest, simplest and most effective way of both slowing down climate change and reducing extinction. Pimm will explore the many aspects of these crises and help frame some solutions.

    John Perkins - Chicago 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2009 45:01


    Transforming Turmoil into a New Economy For the first time in human history, every individual faces the same crises: climate change, diminishing resources and economic turmoil. We all have a crucial stake in how we move forward. It is time to develop positive models that are committed to creating a world that future generations will want to inherit. We the people have the power to demand new goals, ones focused on generating a sustainable, just and peaceful world.

    Greg Palast - Chicago 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2009 44:41


    Burn the Banks Palast, The New York Times best-selling author and investigative journalist extraordinaire, will give the inside skinny on the billionaire bonus babies of banking. He will tell tales from his years of investigating the banking buzzards - from the Congo to Detroit - showing us the files marked "secret" and "confidential". The Chicago Tribune states, "Palast's stories bite...so relevant, they threaten to alter history." The report opens with his reports for BBC TV and Democracy Now!

    Gavin Newsom- Guest Appearance at the 2009 San Francisco Green Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2009 12:02


    Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco, made a special guest appearance at the 8th annual San Francisco Green Festival, a project of Global Exchange and Green America. He spoke on support for green jobs, plug-in electric hybrid cars and city-wide composting, setting a green agenda for San Francisco.

    Joey Shepp- Social Media for Sustainable Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2009 28:17


    Learn how to leverage social media to build an open, authentic brand. Discover how Twitter, Facebook and blogging can help grow your business and communicate your sustainable mission. A must-attend for any business thinking about social media or for those struggling with making it work.

    Jim Hightower - Chicago 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 33:47


    Even the Smallest Dog Can Lift its Leg on the Tallest Building Hightower, populist speaker, agitator, best-selling author and radio commentator, is taking on the powers that be on behalf of the powers that ought to be - small farmers, small-business people, workers, grassroots organizers and just plain folk - to share with people how they can make a difference. Hear stories about the power of individuals challenging their current world view to live based on their own progressive values.

    Amy Goodman - Chicago 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 54:18


    Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times When powerful individuals, organizations and governments manipulate media to spread their own agendas, it is imperative that forums are in place to make sure the full stories are told. In many cases, this has not occurred through various mainstream media outlets. Goodman will set the record straight and will report on the many people who have taken a stand for the sake of democracy.

    Mike Farrell - Denver 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2009 53:29


    A Great Moral Hunger Chair of the board of Death Penalty Focus, Farrell is also spokesperson for Concern America, an international refugee aid and development organization, and co-chair emeritus of the California Committee of Human Rights Watch. He has also been a Good Will A

    Auden Schendler - Denver 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2009 40:37


    Getting Green Done If sustainability were quick and easy, as many consultants suggest, we'd have done it by now. Everyone's talking green, but global carbon dioxide emissions are climbing, and climate scientists tell us we have under a decade to solve the problem. We need fewer visionaries and more grunts. It's time to make stuff happen. Schendler, a sustainability foot soldier with 15 years in the trenches, shows the way in this witty, human and contrarian talk.

    Greg Palast - Denver 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2009 44:41


    Burn the Banks Palast, The New York Times best-selling author and investigative journalist extraordinaire, will give the inside skinny on the billionaire bonus babies of banking. He will tell tales from his years of investigating the banking buzzards - from the Congo to Detroit - showing us the files marked "secret" and "confidential". The Chicago Tribune states, "Palast's stories bite...so relevant, they threaten to alter history." The report opens with his reports for BBC TV and Democracy Now!

    Tom DeWolf / Belvie Rooks - Denver 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2009 44:18


    Sustainable Healing from the Legacy of Slavery Rooks stood at the infamous "door of no return" at the Elmina slave dungeon in Ghana trying to imagine what reaching this spot must have felt like for some long-ago, African ancestor. Years earlier, DeWolf, a descendent of the largest slave-trading dynasty in U.S. history, stood at that same iron gate imagining a different, yet intimately related feeling. Join DeWolf and Rooks to explore how the historical damage they share is also different and yet, in similar ways, the same.

    John Perkins - Denver, 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2009 45:46


    For the first time in human history, every individual faces the same crises: climate change, diminishing resources and economic turmoil. We all have a crucial stake in how we move forward. It is time to develop positive models that are committed to creating a world that future generations will want to inherit. We the people have the power to demand new goals, ones focused on generating a sustainable, just and peaceful world.

    Gunter Pauli / Chudo Govero - Denver 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2009 40:57


    Pulp to Protein: The Green Job Machine / Orphan Teaching Orphans We are witness to the demise of an economy built on what we did not have. Now we have an opportunity to evolve towards an economy based on what we have. In developing countries alone, where basic needs are unmet, the financial crisis has put 50 million people out of work. Based on more than 50 pioneering projects and inspired by research on the most innovative technologies, we can see a new economy emerging that brings us health and housing, water and food never imagined. / Orphaned at age seven, Govero had to beg for work to support her brother and grandmother. At age 12, she learned how to farm mushrooms, and later, she learned to propagate mushrooms in a lab. Equipped with this knowledge, Govero simplified mushroom farming for villagers in general, and girls at risk in particular. Hear the inspirational story of a young woman from Zimbabwe who overcame personal and cultural challenges and is now empowering others to do the same.

    Thom Hartmann - Denver 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 42:18


    Cracking the Code: The Art and Science of Persuasion Both an art and science, political persuasion is as much about biology as ideology, about knowing how the brain processes information and how that influences the way people perceive messages, make decisions and form worldviews. Drawing on his background as a psychotherapist, advertising executive and national radio host, Hartman will break down the science and technology of effective communication so you can apply it to your own efforts.

    Amy Goodman - Denver 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 59:11


    Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times The Bush administration manipulated and fabricated news to suit its purposes while the corporate media worked hand in glove with the powerful to deceive the public. Many people are fighting back, but their stories too often go untold. Goodman will expose how all this happened and will report on the many people who have taken a stand for the sake of democracy.

    Jerome Ringo - Seattle 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2009 30:28


    The New Apollo Project Since 2003, the Apollo Alliance has argued that the problems of global warming, oil dependence and income inequality require bold action. The Obama administration's economic stimulus package is the first step in taking us toward a new clean energy economy, but it is just a start. Find out about The New Apollo Program, a comprehensive, long-term economic development strategy to move America toward climate stability, energy security and economic prosperity.

    David Korten - Seattle 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2009 41:12


    Agenda for a New Economy Using excerpts from his latest book Agenda for a New Economy, Korten will expose the economic mirage created by Wall Street institutions that led us to believe the economy was expanding exponentially, even as our economic, social and natural capital eroded and most people struggled harder to make ends meet. Korten will offer bold economic reforms and a radical but achievable program that restores and builds on the fundamental strengths of the American economy.

    Laura Flanders - Seattle 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2009 48:14


    The Oxygen of Social Change If information is the oxygen of democracy, is independent media the oxygen of social change? A broadcaster for more than 20 years, Flanders, host of GRIT tv and author of the bestseller BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species, will engage you in a discussion of the ecology of change and the role of noncorporate media as the oxygen of the grassroots movement.

    Malkia Cyril - Seattle 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2009 29:40


    Media Power Is One Path to Justice Communities of color, poor people and other disenfranchised communities face serious barriers to public participation and democratic inclusion. Building media power through digital inclusion, content standards and fights for representation strengthens not only our First Amendment rights but also our ability to participate as world citizens. Find out how grassroots organizers are transforming an exclusive elite media system into an inclusive democratic tool for justice.

    Amy Goodman - Speech - Seattle 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2009 43:08


    Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. The Bush administration manipulated and fabricated news to suit its purposes while the corporate media worked hand in glove with the powerful to deceive the public. Many people are fighting back, but their stories too often go untold. Goodman will expose how all this happened and will report on the many people who have taken a stand for the sake of democracy.

    John Perkins - Speech - Seattle 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2009 33:16


    Transforming Turmoil into a New Economy. Sharing his experiences as an economic hitman, Perkins will explore the empire that resulted and the plan presented in his book, The Secret History of the American Empire, for creating a stable, sustainable and peaceful world. Learn about the epiphany that initiated his personal change and the reasons he is optimistic that we can create societies our children can be proud to inherit.

    John Perkins - Speech - D.C., 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2009 37:00


    "Geo-Politics, the Future and You: A Call to Action" - Sharing his experiences as an economic hit man, Perkins will explore the empire that resulted and the plan presented in his book, The Secret History of the American Empire for creating a stable, sustainable and peaceful world. Learn about the epiphany that initiated his personal change and the reasons he is optimistic that we can create societies our children will be proud to inherit. New York Times best-selling author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, Perkins is founder of Dream Change and a co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance, organizations creating peaceful worlds.

    Katrina vanden Heuvel - Speech - D.C., 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2009 47:56


    Amy Goodman - Speech - D.C., 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2009 48:48


    "Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times" - The Bush administration has manipulated and fabricated news to suit its purposes while the corporate media has worked hand in glove with the powerful to deceive the public. Many people are fighting back, but their stories too often go untold. Goodman will expose how all this has happened and will report on the many people who would have taken a stand for the sake of democracy. A leading voice for more than 20 years, award-winning journalist Goodman is the host of Democracy Now! and coauthor of The Exception to the Rulers and the newly published Static.

    Lester Brown - Speech - D.C., 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2009 46:12


    Plan 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

    Madeline Kunin - Interview - D.C., 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2009 12:50


    Pangea Organics- SF 08

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2009 4:41


    Melissa Mansfield interviews CEO of Pangea Organics Joshua Onysko.

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    Gap Adventures - SF 08

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2009 2:49


    Melissa Mansfield interviews Liz Manning from Gap Adventures.

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    Youth Unity at the San Francisco Green Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2009 3:48


    Melissa Mansfield brings you to the Youth Unity Tent at the San Francisco Green Festival. Youth Unity, a project of Global Exchange, gets kids involved in the green movement.

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    Kevin Danaher, "Building The Green Economy" SF- 08

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2009 47:22


    We confront monumental challenges. Environmental and social challenges present unprecedented opportunities for business. Kevin Danaher, co-founder of the Green Festival, outlines these opportunities include taking back "Conservative Economics," the "Triple-Bottom-Line," by giving real examples of the global revolution.

    Carolyn Casey Speech DC-08

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009 55:47


    "Scheherazade and the Green Man in Cahoots: The Arabian Nights of Nature-based Cultural Change"The art of story-telling is the art of directing incarnational molecules. By telling the story of the emergent Democracy of Animism, we are going to spiral this thing out into the world as an irresistibly eloquent invitation to all. Let evolutionary democracy run on the fuel of reverent ingenuity. Hear the mythic themes suffusing our personal, collective political lives 2008-2012, as we humans are increasingly willing to collaborate with the ingenuity of nature. Founder of The Center for Visionary Activism and Coyote Network, LLC, Casey hosts The Visionary Activist Show on the Pacifica Radio Network (KPFA and KPFK).

    William McDonough Speech DC-08

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009 43:39


    "Design as the First Signal of Human Intention"

    Barbara Ehrenreich Speech DC-08

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2009 36:23


    Ehrenreich's first book of satirical commentary, The Worst Years of Our Lives, about the Reagan era, was received with bestselling acclaim. The one problem was the title: couldn't some prophetic fact-checker have seen that the worst years were still to come? Here they are, the 200s, and in This Land is Their Land, Ehrenreich subjects them to the most biting and incisive satire of her career. Don't miss Ehrenreich's insightful wit in person! Ehrenreich, journalist, historian and social critic, is the author of 14 books, including New York Times bestsellers Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch as well as her latest, This Land is Their Land.

    Joey Shepp - The Green Web

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2009 46:23


    Business and individuals are leveraging the power of the Internet to grow the green economy. Principles of interconnectedness, accessibility, transparency, and democracy are powerfully demonstrated in the emerging Web 2.0 landscape. This presentation will provide case studies in Social Media, Online Activism, Green IT, Open Source Software, and Mobile Applications. Learn how you can go green online.

    Green Festival TV Promo

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2009 1:29


    An introduction to Green Festival TV and Radio.

    Generation Green - Special Video

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2009 3:48


    Chuck D - Interview - SF, 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2009 13:22


    An Introduction to the Green Festival - Special Video

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2009 1:18


    An introduction and overview of the Green Festival, the world's largest expo on sustainable business, social justice and the environment!

    Greg Palast - Speech - SF, 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2009 41:00


    The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: According to The Baltimore Chronicle, "No one has investigated the Bush dynasty like Greg Palast… and lived to write about it." The BBC and Democracy Now! Reporter and author of The New York Times bestsellers The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Armed Madhouse will give a harrowing and humorous talk that will run the gamut of topics from Hugo Chavez to elections to the latest financial finagling. Palast, who broke the story on fixing the Florida 2000 election, writes for Rolling Stone Magazine and broadcasts weekly on Air America Radio's Clout!

    Rickie Byars Beckwith - Speech - SF, 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2009 27:04


    Supreme Inspiration: Bringing Water to Dry Land: Featured on Oprah's The Big Give, Byars Beckwith, world-renowned performer and founder of the celebrated Agape Choir, makes her San Francisco Green Festival debut - not to be missed! Bringing the power of music and storytelling to the stage, Byars Beckwith will take us on a journey to discover our own purpose. We are uniquely meant to offer this gift in our activism and practice - to the movement and mother earth and to resolve the challenges we face today. Beckwith is founder and director of the Agape International Choir. Her new CD, Supreme Inspiration, offers wisdom with such songs as "Water in a Dry Land" and "Sun Is Rising"

    Amy Goodman - Interview - D.C., 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2009 12:35


    Amy Goodman - acclaimed journalist and host of Democracy Now! - joins Melissa Mansfield to discuss the important of grassroots activism and a truly independent media. A thoughtful observer of American politics, Goodman is also the author of several books including Standing up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times.

    Van Jones - Speech - SF, 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2009 44:03


    As climate chaos and soaring fuel costs batter the U.S. economy, Jones brings a unique perspective to the color green. Shifting the environmental discussion from green consumers to green workers, Jones argues that a green economy that rescues the polar bears can also rescue the U.S. economy. He envisions a society that has no throw-away species or resources and no throw-away kids or neighborhoods. Jones is the founder and president of Green For All, an environmental organization helping to build a green economy that lifts milliions out of poverty.

    Cornel West - Interview - SF, 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2009 12:47


    Dr. Cornel West - distinguished author, philosopher, and social critic - sits down with Melissa Mansfield to discuss race, politics and the green movement. West touches on themes from his new book, Hope on a Tightrope, on how to move democracy forward with courage, love and conviction.

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    Van Jones - Interview - SF, 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2009 11:38


    Van Jones - author, activist and founder of Green For All - talks to Melissa Mansfield about how to shift to a "green collar economy" that creates jobs and tackles environmental issues. With humor and optimism, Jones lays out a sensible plan for businesses and communities. To learn more, check out his new book, The Green Collar Economy.

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    Majora Carter - Speech - Chicago, 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2009 40:44


    "Green the Ghetto" - The green-collar revolution is the best opportunity we have had in decades to honor the legacy of the civil rights movement. Carter founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 to simultaneously alleviate poverty, improve the environment and reduce public health costs. Discover how Carter is leading us closer to environmental justice through economically sustainable projects informed by community needs.

    Greening the Green Festival - Special Video

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2009 6:03


    A behind- the-scenes look at the 2006 San Francisco Green Festival reveals how the event stays truly green, with its impressive waste management program that diverts over 90% of garbage from landfills.

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    Lester Brown - Interview - D.C., 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2009 13:48


    President of the Earth Policy Institute and author of Plan B 3.0, Lester Brown, outlines principal threats facing civilization and lays out an alternative to "business as usual" exploring strategies to solve global warming and other major environmental crises.

    Barbara Ehrenreich - Interview - D.C., 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2009 8:37


    Best-selling author and social critic, Barbara Ehrenreich, discusses her new book "This Land is Their Land" and offers a progressive political perspective on current environmental and economic issues.

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