http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/population 2008-10-07T12:40:14Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54170-kaioo-com-the-first-real-social-community-donating-all-profits-to-charities-myspace-and-facebook-were-yesterday-join-now-and-be-truly-social 2008-10-07T12:40:14Z FelixGrebenstein <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/09lAw1k0nD8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/09lAw1k0nD8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54170-kaioo-com-the-first-real-social-community-donating-all-profits-to-charities-myspace-and-facebook-were-yesterday-join-now-and-be-truly-social"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65740" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.kaioo.com">www.kaioo.com</a> will be a place where you want to take all your friends to. Even make new friends waiting for the bus, in the queue of the supermarket or while getting your teeth fixed - just to be able to invite them to kaioo. It will be a pleasurable feeling - to know, that, with your help, more and more users, perhaps the friends of the friends your friends, are joining kaioo.com. It will be exciting, when you log in to your account to check your messages and know, that this will help to generate more money for charities. And you'll be the one who decides, which charity organizations will get the money. You can vote for as much charities as you want by joining special groups.</p> <p>Every Social Community X lives off the user. Of course, they invest a lot of brains and esthetics - not to mention sleepless nights - into giving you an engaging platform. They also spend huge amounts of money for advertisement. But at the end without you they have nothing but thrown-out money. You are the capital. You are the marketing And the marketers. <br />And you do a good job. By joining group after group, inviting your friends, sharing your interests, pasts, and posts you give Facebook and MySpace substance. While doing exactly the same with <a href="http://www.kaioo.com">www.kaioo.com</a> you help solving the world's problems. Now also the network effect kicks in and you can even tell your 450 friends, which you wouldn't have if not for MySpace, Facebook or whatever, to join the Real Social Community. All there is left then, is the decision to which charities the Money goes to. And it will definitely be a lot money, Social Communities earn about US$ 2 Billion per year. <br />Take a second to digest this: You are the ones who generate that much wealth - just by being human and communicating with your friends. kaioo is now giving you the platform to be generous with it!</p> <p>Join <a href="http://www.kaioo.com">www.kaioo.com</a> and spread the word!</p> <p>------------------------------------</p> <p>You're probably a member of some Social Network. Did you ever wonder how much money these networks make? 2 Billion US$ every year! Generated by YOU! Imagine what could be done with all that money! We create all the content of Social Networks. We spread the world. But the big companies cash in on what we created. Wouldn't it be great if we - the users - could decide what is done with the earnings? We could use the money to help solve the world's problems. ...like starvation ...and global warming. To make this possible we need: our own Social Community and users supporting the project. <br />Two guys donated 500000 € as start up capital In November 2007 <a href="http://www.kaioo.com">www.kaioo.com</a> launched as the first REAL Social Community. <br />kaioo.com is FOR FREE and donates ALL advertising money to charities! Our users help to develop the network, decide about the donations and have full control over the privacy rules. A community that is fully independent and does not give your data to third parties! Now, after months of development and with support by thousands of its users kaioo has become THE Social Network we've been waiting for <br />providing all the features we're looking for. At this very moment, users from all over the world are discussing ways to make kaioo even better. <br />The time has come to be truly social! Make it possible!</p> <p>Join <a href="http://www.kaioo.com">www.kaioo.com</a> </p> <p>Music by hobby</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54170-kaioo-com-the-first-real-social-community-donating-all-profits-to-charities-myspace-and-facebook-were-yesterday-join-now-and-be-truly-social">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54168-kaioo-com-the-first-real-social-community-donating-all-profits-to-charities-myspace-and-facebook-were-yesterday-join-now-and-be-truly-social 2008-10-07T12:40:14Z FelixGrebenstein <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/telPCWi8Tps&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/telPCWi8Tps&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54168-kaioo-com-the-first-real-social-community-donating-all-profits-to-charities-myspace-and-facebook-were-yesterday-join-now-and-be-truly-social"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65738" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.kaioo.com">www.kaioo.com</a> will be a place where you want to take all your friends to. Even make new friends waiting for the bus, in the queue of the supermarket or while getting your teeth fixed - just to be able to invite them to kaioo. It will be a pleasurable feeling - to know, that, with your help, more and more users, perhaps the friends of the friends your friends, are joining kaioo.com. It will be exciting, when you log in to your account to check your messages and know, that this will help to generate more money for charities. And you'll be the one who decides, which charity organizations will get the money. You can vote for as much charities as you want by joining special groups.</p> <p>Every Social Community X lives off the user. Of course, they invest a lot of brains and esthetics - not to mention sleepless nights - into giving you an engaging platform. They also spend huge amounts of money for advertisement. But at the end without you they have nothing but thrown-out money. You are the capital. You are the marketing And the marketers. <br />And you do a good job. By joining group after group, inviting your friends, sharing your interests, pasts, and posts you give Facebook and MySpace substance. While doing exactly the same with <a href="http://www.kaioo.com">www.kaioo.com</a> you help solving the world's problems. Now also the network effect kicks in and you can even tell your 450 friends, which you wouldn't have if not for MySpace, Facebook or whatever, to join the Real Social Community. All there is left then, is the decision to which charities the Money goes to. And it will definitely be a lot money, Social Communities earn about US$ 2 Billion per year. <br />Take a second to digest this: You are the ones who generate that much wealth - just by being human and communicating with your friends. kaioo is now giving you the platform to be generous with it!</p> <p>Join <a href="http://www.kaioo.com">www.kaioo.com</a> and spread the word!</p> <p>--------------------------------------------</p> <p>You're probably a member of some Social Network. Did you ever wonder how much money these networks make? 2 Billion US$ every year! Generated by YOU! Imagine what could be done with all that money! We create all the content of Social Networks. We spread the world. But the big companies cash in on what we created. Wouldn't it be great if we - the users - could decide what is done with the earnings? We could use the money to help solve the world's problems. ...like starvation ...and global warming. To make this possible we need: our own Social Community and users supporting the project. <br />Two guys donated 500000 € as start up capital In November 2007 <a href="http://www.kaioo.com">www.kaioo.com</a> launched as the first REAL Social Community. <br />kaioo.com is FOR FREE and donates ALL advertising money to charities! Our users help to develop the network, decide about the donations and have full control over the privacy rules. A community that is fully independent and does not give your data to third parties! Now, after months of development and with support by thousands of its users kaioo has become THE Social Network we've been waiting for <br />providing all the features we're looking for. At this very moment, users from all over the world are discussing ways to make kaioo even better. <br />The time has come to be truly social! Make it possible!</p> <p>Join <a href="http://www.kaioo.com">www.kaioo.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/54168-kaioo-com-the-first-real-social-community-donating-all-profits-to-charities-myspace-and-facebook-were-yesterday-join-now-and-be-truly-social">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53953-rosalind-peterson-4 2008-10-07T12:46:08Z IndyInAsia <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JYDVMne0Up8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JYDVMne0Up8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53953-rosalind-peterson-4"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65472" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Part 4 of the IndyInAsia interview with Rosalind Peterson of CaliforniaSkyWatch.com discussing weather modification. More details to come...</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53953-rosalind-peterson-4">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53952-rosalind-peterson-5 2008-10-07T12:46:08Z IndyInAsia <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lQDrl6dI8MQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lQDrl6dI8MQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53952-rosalind-peterson-5"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65471" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Part 5 of the IndyInAsia interview with Rosalind Peterson of CaliforniaSkyWatch.com discussing weather modification. More details to come...</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53952-rosalind-peterson-5">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53951-rosalind-peterson-6 2008-10-07T12:46:08Z IndyInAsia <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uzcVUPmYui0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uzcVUPmYui0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53951-rosalind-peterson-6"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65470" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Part 6 of the IndyInAsia interview with Rosalind Peterson of CaliforniaSkyWatch.com discussing weather modification. More details to come...</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53951-rosalind-peterson-6">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52968-rosalind-peterson-1 2008-10-07T12:46:10Z IndyInAsia <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RfH1v93zs9g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RfH1v93zs9g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52968-rosalind-peterson-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64249" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Part 1 of the IndyInAsia interview with Rosalind Peterson of CaliforniaSkyWatch.com on weather modification. More details to come...</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52968-rosalind-peterson-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48046-gorilla-population-doubles 2008-09-04T12:51:14Z Reuters <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2C0fL4pPInE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2C0fL4pPInE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48046-gorilla-population-doubles"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57818" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Aug 5 - A new census tallied more than 125,000 western lowland gorillas in the Congo..which may double population estimates. Estimates from the 1980s had suggested fewer than 100,000 of the great apes had survived and many experts believed those numbers had been cut nearly in half by disease and hunting.</p> <p>Jon Decker reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48046-gorilla-population-doubles">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46669-louise-leakey-digging-for-humanity-s-origins 2008-10-07T12:43:22Z TED Talks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V-TGxJI4JwA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V-TGxJI4JwA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46669-louise-leakey-digging-for-humanity-s-origins"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55114" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.ted.com">www.ted.com</a> Louise Leakey asks, "Who are we?" The question takes her to the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, where she digs for the evolutionary origins of humankind -- and suggests a stunning new vision of our competing ancestors.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46669-louise-leakey-digging-for-humanity-s-origins">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45360-permaculture-ego-your-gonna-change 2008-10-07T12:43:39Z dharma dog pictures <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uznEgK2STLY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uznEgK2STLY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45360-permaculture-ego-your-gonna-change"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52469" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Permaculture and Ego</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45360-permaculture-ego-your-gonna-change">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45359-what-do-i-want 2008-10-07T12:43:39Z dharma dog pictures <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GIl7qXxWyoo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GIl7qXxWyoo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45359-what-do-i-want"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52468" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Rico Zook on a vision for kids</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45359-what-do-i-want">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45355-permaculture-with-scott-pittman 2008-10-07T12:43:38Z dharma dog pictures <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rkR1-JUciVY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rkR1-JUciVY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45355-permaculture-with-scott-pittman"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52464" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>If we saw and approached earth changes and future environmental catastrophes as we do with the urgency of a war we'd be mobilizing a new army, a new air force a redefining what it means to be a warrior and a global citizen.</p> <p>an eco -- force to be implemented with the utmost speed and vision is needed. We have to take a serious look at the possibility that it just maybe to late, but if we strive to put this best foot forward we may be more prepared to help save life, and to provide a more humane world for all. </p> <p>Scott Pittman is a renowned permaculturist who does not shy away from addressing the issues facing humanity, the urgency it calls for and an introduction to permaculture, what it is and what it isn't. Permaculture may hold the key to our future. </p> <p>Brought to you by Dharma Dog Pictures and the Ecohood www.ecohood.info</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45355-permaculture-with-scott-pittman">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45354-tree-bank-a-man-who-planted-trees 2008-10-07T12:43:38Z dharma dog pictures <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uwg0Jx6pspg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Uwg0Jx6pspg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45354-tree-bank-a-man-who-planted-trees"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52463" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A Man Who Planted Trees <br />Gordon Tooley is a man who not only plants trees but is a surgical magigian grafting heirloom fruit trees and helping to keep alive the biodiversity of high altitude fruit trees. Tooley's Trees is located in Truchas, New Mexico. <br />Its not only a tree nursery, but a well stocked tree bank for the future. A model for others to create similar seed banks and for those who care for the earth. Tooley has grafted some of these hardy, flavor-packed trees from 100-year-old cuttings collected on old homesteads.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45354-tree-bank-a-man-who-planted-trees">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45353-grandmas-farm 2008-10-07T12:43:38Z dharma dog pictures <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5pSup99NVAo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5pSup99NVAo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45353-grandmas-farm"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52462" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Whats Grandma Doing?</p> <p>Grandmas Camp at the Ecoversity <br />Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, EcoVersity's 11-acre campus serves as a demonstration site and a community building center for the promotion of "hands-on" learning and sustainable living. <br />http://www.ecoversity.org</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45353-grandmas-farm">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44724-101-east-asia-s-baby-crisis-03-july-08-part-2 2008-07-07T08:42:39Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5sGhaoAOfGQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5sGhaoAOfGQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44724-101-east-asia-s-baby-crisis-03-july-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51158" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Across Asia, birth rates are in crisis -- with populations not replacing themselves, pressuring economies, military strengths, and the elderly.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44724-101-east-asia-s-baby-crisis-03-july-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42826-inside-story-sudan-s-displaced-population-17-june-08-p2 2008-06-29T04:40:50Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bUhNCwjfuH0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bUhNCwjfuH0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42826-inside-story-sudan-s-displaced-population-17-june-08-p2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48339" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A long and costly war between the Sudanese government and former rebels in the south made the country home to millions of internally displaced people. Inside Story team visited one of the camps of the IDPs just outside Khartoum and and also met with some southerners inside the capital.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42826-inside-story-sudan-s-displaced-population-17-june-08-p2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42825-inside-story-sudan-s-displaced-population-17-june-08-p1 2008-06-29T04:40:50Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9FktF8Qb3rA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9FktF8Qb3rA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42825-inside-story-sudan-s-displaced-population-17-june-08-p1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48338" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A long and costly war between the Sudanese government and former rebels in the south made the country home to millions of internally displaced people. Inside Story team visited one of the camps of the IDPs just outside Khartoum and and also met with some southerners inside the capital.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42825-inside-story-sudan-s-displaced-population-17-june-08-p1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40396-101-east-mega-cities-mega-problems-29-may-08-part-2 2008-06-15T15:30:07Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzNazYEerNE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzNazYEerNE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40396-101-east-mega-cities-mega-problems-29-may-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45570" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Indonesia's Jakarta is overwhelmed by people, traffic, pollution and rubbish.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40396-101-east-mega-cities-mega-problems-29-may-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40395-101-east-mega-cities-mega-problems-29-may-08-part-1 2008-06-15T15:30:06Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qB3XnUGsOwU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qB3XnUGsOwU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40395-101-east-mega-cities-mega-problems-29-may-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45569" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Indonesia's Jakarta is overwhelmed by people, traffic, pollution and rubbish.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40395-101-east-mega-cities-mega-problems-29-may-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33768-india-s-growing-gender-imbalance-25-march 2008-06-16T15:38:25Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uzqZBVw9Y_w&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uzqZBVw9Y_w&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/33768-india-s-growing-gender-imbalance-25-march"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36769" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>India is facing a growing gender imbalance -blamed on the widespread abortion of female foetuses. In some states, fewer than eight hundred girls are born for every thousand boys. Girls are seen as a financial burden, largely because of the dowries that have to be paid when they get married. Now the Indian government will start paying parents to help them bring up female babies. Al Jazeera's Matt McClure reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/33768-india-s-growing-gender-imbalance-25-march">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32195-bill-mckibben-on-fighting-for-the-environment 2008-06-15T09:36:11Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nD9hfWiR3ik&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nD9hfWiR3ik&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32195-bill-mckibben-on-fighting-for-the-environment"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34695" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In this clip, environmentalist and author Bill McKibben talks about the need for environmentalists to generate the same passion for change as the civil rights movement. He believes that there is no way to force the government to take the crisis seriously without building a movement that gives them no other choice.</p> <p>For more from this interview, please visit <a href="http://www.linktv.org/programs/special_planet1">www.linktv.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/32195-bill-mckibben-on-fighting-for-the-environment">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32193-bill-mckibben-on-eating-locally-for-the-winter 2008-06-06T15:39:21Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I9A69EBgpFc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I9A69EBgpFc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32193-bill-mckibben-on-eating-locally-for-the-winter"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34693" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In this clip, environmentalist and author Bill McKibben discusses the ease with which he and his family ate only locally-grown food over the winter, and the unexpected enjoyment of the experience.</p> <p>For more from this interview, please visit <a href="http://www.linktv.org/programs/special_planet2">www.linktv.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/32193-bill-mckibben-on-eating-locally-for-the-winter">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32194-bill-mckibben-asks-are-americans-happy 2008-06-15T21:29:54Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HRdcYdx9z7M&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HRdcYdx9z7M&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32194-bill-mckibben-asks-are-americans-happy"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34694" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In this clip, environmentalist and author Bill McKibben critiques the ability of a hyper individualistic and consumerist society to make its citizens happy.</p> <p>for more from this interview please visit <a href="http://www.linktv.org/programs/special_planet1">www.linktv.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/32194-bill-mckibben-asks-are-americans-happy">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32192-bill-mckibben-on-clean-coal 2008-06-07T21:31:06Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eFbNH5ykSvw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eFbNH5ykSvw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32192-bill-mckibben-on-clean-coal"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34692" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben argues that there is no such thing as "clean coal," despite advertisements created by the coal industry to promote otherwise.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/32192-bill-mckibben-on-clean-coal">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32191-alex-steffen-on-how-cities-help-the-environment 2008-06-07T21:31:08Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qnc1TOiH6M0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qnc1TOiH6M0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32191-alex-steffen-on-how-cities-help-the-environment"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34691" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Writer and environmentalist Alex Steffen says that well-designed cities can help, rather than hurt, the environment. In developing countries, access to education, legal services, and medical care empowers women and lowers the overall birthrate. He also says that the density and convenience of cities causes energy to be used more efficiently.</p> <p>For more from this interview, please visit <a href="http://www.linktv.org/programs/special_planet3">www.linktv.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/32191-alex-steffen-on-how-cities-help-the-environment">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32190-alex-steffen-on-innovative-approaches-to-environmentalism 2008-06-08T03:31:17Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IBPRicJ1C0g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IBPRicJ1C0g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32190-alex-steffen-on-innovative-approaches-to-environmentalism"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34690" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In this clip, writer and environmentalist Alex Steffen talks about interesting new ways of helping the environment with smart design, such as landmine-detecting flowers that change color in the presence of mines, as well as more conventional initiatives, such as the car-sharing programs that are blossoming in many metropolitan areas.</p> <p>For more from this interview please visit <a href="http://www.linktv.org/programs/special_planet3">www.linktv.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/32190-alex-steffen-on-innovative-approaches-to-environmentalism">Watch the video</a>