The panel discussion between elders and youth was around a central conference topic: "What gives us hope and heart to keep working on what is best for our Earth in the face of difficult changes?"

The panel discussion between elders and youth was around a central conference topic: "What gives us hope and heart to keep working on what is best for our Earth in the face of difficult changes?" The evening closed with song, drumming and celebration.
In this excerpt we cover part of the discussion around "hope" opening with Larry Merculieff followed by Barbara Ford and ending with Duane Elgin.

Sustainability Action Media (SAM) at Earth Day Conference 2012 sponsored by the Earth & Spirit Council.Videotaped by Tom Hopkins of SAM and Barry Heidt of SAM.

EarthSayers Duane Elgin; Barbara Ford; Larry Merculieff

This is an interview with Barbara Ford and she is responding to a question of how her work has

This is an interview with Barbara Ford and she is responding to a question of how her work has influenced the choices she has made throughout her life. She was interviewed at the Earth & Spirit Council, Earth Day ceremony, April 20 and 21st at Portland Community College/Sylvania in Portland, Oregon when she conducted a workshop on Active Hope. She talks about the many ways she has learned from her teachers and advocates this is not the time to stay small, but offer our particular gifts.  For more about her workshops and classes.

Barbara Ford was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, voices of sustainability. A second interview is also on EarthSayers, Active Hope, Belonging and Becoming.

Barbara Deutsch, Loeb Fellow

Barbara Deutsch, Loeb Fellow 2006, Executive Director of the Landscape Architecture Foundation.

Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positive thinking and reminds us that we can change things because we have collective power.

Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positive thinking and reminds us that we can change things because we have collective power.

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Barbara Marx Hubbard talks about awakening to the

Barbara Marx Hubbard talks about awakening to the feminine self after the age of 50.  We are shifting from procreation to co-creation.

Barbara Marx Hubbard has been called “the voice for conscious evolution of our time” by Deepak Chopra and is the subject of Neale Donald Walsch’s new book “The Mother of Invention.” A prolific author, visionary, social innovator, evolutionary thinker and educator, she is co-founder and chairperson of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution,