Welcome to the ezine produced by SGI Buddhists that prompts the positive, kindles the constructive, highlights the hopeful and leaves you feeling - well, up!
Published on Thursday, 15 December 2011 00:00 | | 
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Dave Green’s short film Meltdown is neither Christmassy nor uplifting, but the animation is terrific and it will make you laugh!
Published on Thursday, 15 December 2011 00:00 | | |
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Brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer is 103 and still working! A living legend, he is recognized as one of the great architects of the 20th century, famous for his public buildings in Brasilia as well as many other monuments around the world.
Published on Thursday, 15 December 2011 00:00 | | |
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Zero is an upsetting short film about prejudice from award-winning filmmaker, Christopher Kezelos.
Zero lives in a world that judges people (well actually, balls-of-wool) by their number. Zero faces constant persecution but his life is transformed when he meets a female zero. As the film blurb says, ‘Together they prove that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something’.
Published on Friday, 11 November 2011 00:00 | | |
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It’s not true that one part of the brain does reason and the other does emotion, says renowned psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist. The purpose of the frontal lobes is to inhibit the rest of the brain, to stand back from the moment, which enables us to outwit and deceive – but also to empathise. This division has had profound consequences for human society.
Published on Friday, 14 October 2011 00:00 | | |
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In her new series ‘Von Mensch zu Mensch’, German photographer Sylvie Bendel challenges stereotypes of homeless people and celebrates our common humanity.
Published on Friday, 30 September 2011 00:00 | | |
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‘6 Billion Others’ is a video exhibition which draws a picture of mankind - and illuminates our common humanity- by asking questions. Yann Arthus-Betrand had a simple concept: ‘go and meet the 6 billion inhabitants of the planet, listen to their stories, share with them.’
This film asks ‘What is happiness?’
Published on Friday, 16 September 2011 00:00 | | |
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What can we learn from garbage and what is the true cost of all our stuff? Annie Leonard has visited hundreds of factories all over the world where stuff is made and hundreds of dumps where it is dumped. In her powerful film ‘The Story of Stuff,’ she looks at the real impact of our passion for material goods.