Advocacy & Activism

"Peak Moment" (38 minutes)

"The Story of Stuff" (21 minutes)
With over 12 million on-line views, "The Story of Stuff" -- an animated documentary about the lifecycle of material goods -- is one of the most widely viewed environmental-themed short films of all time. Since its release in December 2007, The Story of Stuff has been shown in thousands of schools, houses of worship, community events and businesses around the world.

"Tax Dollars at War" (4 minutes)
An excellent animated video, based on a radio interview about US military spending as a proportion of our national budget.

"I Am Not a Prop" (6.5 minutes)
An inspiring speech by 12 year old Madison Kimrey kicks off this video, which asks the question, “What’s up with Voter ID laws?"

"An Evening With Chris Hedges" (1 hour, 36 minutes)

The Boston Harborwalk; WalkBoston; Bicycles on sidewalks in Somerville.

Sidewalk snow removal in Newton, Massachusetts. Accessibility, Safe Routes To School, and Public Policy.

--We learn about the Pathways Commission in Oxford, MS.

--We drop in on Do The Charleston Day in SC.

--We visit an employee bicycle shed in Omaha, NE.

--Brand new utility poles block a sidewalk in Washington, DC.

--We talk with the head of Bike Athens in GA.

"Desensitization and Acceleration" (9 minutes)
An examination of how heavy exposure to media violence normalizes violence, numbing some people to real-world violence as it whets the appetite in others for ever-higher doses.

"PSR 2013 Scholarship Essay Contest Finals" (88 minutes)

"I Am Not A Prop" (6.5 minutes)
See 12 year old Madison Kimrey's eloquent speech on October 28, 2013 in Burlington, North Carolina, where she criticized that state's new voting laws and pointed out that the current State legislature (among other things) was trying to reduce voting participation of young people.

"An Evening With Chris Hedges" (1 hour, 36 minutes)