THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what’s really going on in our world by following the money upstream — uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, THRIVE offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future.
Learn how an Arizona family converted their unused swimming pool into a garden oasis that can continually feed a family of four. Combining solar energy, water conservation, poultry farming, aquaculture, hydroponic gardening, organic gardening, aquaponics, and bio-filtration, this ingenious system demonstrates just how feasible individual sustainable living could be in America today. Visit GardenPool.org for more info.
Harnessing the unusual qualities of the metal Nitinol, inventors in the ’70’s had designed the first machines that convert heat directly into mechanical power. However, as exciting as this is, 40 years after the development of this technology, we see once again another example of how free energy technologies have been suppressed by the oil and gas industry.
The Children’s Eternal Rainforest in central Costa Rica is one of the most biologically diverse areas in the Americas. Sadly, however, it is being surrounded by development and pasture so that the natural migration of animals to and from the rainforest is already severely impaired. This short video was produced to advocate for the creation of a biological corridor to protect the treasures of this area.
This important documentary was filmed in the fast disappearing Indonesian rainforest and is not narrated, however, its message is clear and frightening. The home of the Orangutan and many other wildlife species in Indonesia is being decimated at an alarming rate by consumer need and greed.
A family farm in rural Michigan may be shut down by a Government Entity who has passed a law stating that the breed of hogs they are raising are a threat to neighboring croplands. In truth, the Big Pork Industry has been planning this campaign to take down all family farms with hopes to eventually siege complete control of the American Food Supply. This short-film was created with hopes to inspire the public to take action.
YouTube – DrunvaloFlowerOfLife
Drunvalo Melchizedik talks about how diet, food combining and exercise positively affect one’s spiritual outlook and enhances spiritual work. Great advice from the author of the amazing books The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life.
Fyke says his gravel-based energy storing system is more efficient and 40% cheaper than pumped hydro, and can be installed virtually anywhere there’s a hill and can be scaled up to virtually any size. The commercial unit will be under 1 MW but will have a high response speed when the grid operator will demand energy to be released.
What do you desire in life? Alan Watts reminds us to do what we love in life rather than only pursue money, and to teach our children the same.
“Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way.” – Alan Watts
The inspiring Eckhart Tolle talks about his personal transformation and his rather instant shift that has since left him with a lasting inner peace which is the object of many spiritual teachings. Eckhart believes that aliveness, peace and a sense of inner fulfillment is already present within all of us, we just need to learn how to unlock it and live from moment to moment with awareness of this gift.
The late Robert Anton Wilson wonders talks about the riddle of consciousness and how the human nervous system locks the entire body together, including the mind. He describes the brain and how it reacts to our cultural programming, our reality tunnel, how our nervous system reprograms itself, and how we can crack our minds open through directed thought. Are psychedelic researchers equivalent as the scientists of the inquisition? How do we perceive our world, and are we doing enough to elevate our consciousness?
Garrone didn’t get into the business to help save the world, but somehow he’s managed to help save his corner of the world. After San Francisco’s last oil spill he helped provide an indigenous strain of oyster mushroom to a bioremediation project.
We see creeks full of crude oil, devastated mangrove forests, wellheads that have been leaking gas and oil for months. We meet people whose survival is acutely threatened by the loss of farmland, fishing and drinking water and the health hazards of gas flaring.
In the midst of a dense city setting in downtown Pasadena, radical change is taking root. For over twenty years, the Dervaes family have transformed their home into an urban homestead and model for sustainable agriculture and city living.
Excerpted from J. Krishnamurti’s Life Story and Teachings. Krishnamurti asks us to give deep attention to this question of why we won’t change when we already understand the importance of changing. Why won’t we prevent all wars to save our own children? Will we be forever nationalistic? We are psychologically conditioned, and to actually change for the better we must each individually break through this conditioning.
In November of 2011 there was a presentation by Nassim Haramein & Klaus Dona with newly discovered Ancient Artifacts, from deep inside a Mayan Pyramid in Mexico. All information will be released later this year, in a 2012 documentary titled:
“Revelations of the Mayans – 2012 and Beyond.”
I see sometime here, on the TV, an Iranian. He is talking about war.
I’m sure he does not represent all the people of Iran.
If you see someone on your TV talking about bombing you …be sure he does not represent all of us.
“Yoga is to make yourself better than what you were before.” – Shubha
“It is a way of developing mental peace, and also a way of respecting mental peace in others.” – Sribhashyam
Activist Dan Kinch presents his ideas on stopping the empire while still getting by in this world.
1. Stop working so hard.
2. Stop buying crap you don’t need.
Jarno Smeets from the Netherlands has built a mechanical set of wings and in a fascinating display of human ingenuity has proven that man can fly like a bird.
