Trailer of the movie, The Last Mountain, June 2011. Check out release dates and cities. The fight for the last great mountain in America's Appalachian heartland pits the mining giant that wants to explode it to extract the coal within, against the community fighting to preserve the mountain and build a wind farm on its ridges instead. THE LAST MOUNTAIN highlights a battle for the future of energy that affects us all.

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A Message from the National Turtle Lodge Elders’ and Knowledge Keepers’ Council A CALL FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER Sunday, June 6, 2021 10 AM PST - 11 AM MST - 11 AM CST (Regina) - 12 PM CDT

A Message from the National Turtle Lodge Elders’ and Knowledge Keepers’ Council A CALL FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER Sunday, June 6, 2021 10 AM PST - 11 AM MST - 11 AM CST (Regina) - 12 PM CDT (Winnipeg) – 1 PM EDT - 2 PM ADT - 2:30 PM NDT Elder Dr. David Courchene, Jr. (Anishinaabe Nation) Grandmother Jane Meader (Mi’kmaw Nation) Hereditary Chief Stephen Augustine (Mi’kmaw Nation) Elder Ed Sackaney (Cree Nation) Elder Harry Bone, LL.D., C.M. (Anishinaabe Nation) Elder Allan White (Anishinaabe Nation) Elder Gerald Courchene (Anishinaabe Nation) Grandmother Florence Paynter (Anishinaabe Nation) Grandmother Katherine Whitecloud (Dakota Nation) Grandmother Mary Maytwayashing (Anishinaabe Nation) Knowledge Keeper Robert Maytwayashing (Anishinaabe Nation) Elder A.J. Felix (Cree Nation) Grandmother Patricia Felix (Cree Nation) Elder Morris Little Wolf (Piikani Nation) Grandmother Betty Ann Little Wolf (Piikani Nation) Chief Darrell Bob (St’at’imc Nation) Elder Dr. Barney Williams (Tia-o-qui-aht Nation) Knowledge Keeper Stephen Kakfwi (Dene Nation) Knowledge Keeper Antaurko (Inka Nation) The National Turtle Lodge Council of Elders and Knowledge Keepers recently came together virtually, from across the Nations, in light of the tragic news coming out of British Columbia. We are calling for a National Day of Prayer this Sunday, June 6, to offer a collective prayer, and intentions, in the unique spiritual traditions that exist across the country, on behalf of the 215 Children found at the site of a residential school in Kamloops, BC, for all Children who have been hurt, the Survivors, their Families and Communities who continue to live with the impacts of the residential school system today. This effort is in response to many calls from the People, who have been turning to the Knowledge Keepers from across the country for direction and spiritual guidance, in light of the recent news. Speaking in unity as one voice, the Knowledge Keepers will be offering leadership by lifting the Sacred Pipes collectively, lighting the Sacred Fires, and praying together in one spirit, in our Original Languages that are used to make a connection to the Creator. Following in the footsteps of our ancestors, our actions always begin with the power of the Pipe. We will receive further instructions on how we can move forward in the spirit of unity, as we begin in this way. The Elders and Knowledge Keepers wish to acknowledge the little Children, who through the recent discovery of their graves, have opened a doorway for healing for all Peoples in this country – for all the Residential School Survivors, their Families and Communities, as well as for the Canadian and larger world community, through the uncovering of the dark truth that took place in recent years. It is their hope and prayer that this will allow for greater healing and a New Relationship to be formed, based on love and kindness. The Elders have emphasized that it is our Ancestral way of life, our Ceremonies, our Pipes, Drums and Rattles, our Sacred Lodges and the comfort offered by Mother Earth herself, that hold the key to healing and moving forward. These Children would have been our future leaders, our Knowledge Keepers, Grandmothers, Grandfathers, our teachers. To honour these children, we need to focus on our Children today who have been left behind, many of whom are lost and need to come home. We need to bring them back to our ceremonies and our way of life, to provide opportunities and support so they can find their identity and become the future leaders in our homeland. Anishinaabe Elder Allan White from Naotkamegwanning (Whitefish Bay) First Nation has called for a Special National Gathering of Elders and Knowledge Keepers at the Turtle Lodge in July, to hold a special ceremony to honour the children and to seek further spiritual guidance and direction to help guide us in moving forward as a country. The Elders and Knowledge Keepers work in the spirit of establishing a New Relationship, by creating a peaceful, non-confrontational non-political environment and approach, focusing on taking a moral and spiritual approach, based on the spirit of love, kindness, and unity. Further details about this ceremonial gathering will be shared once the Elders receive the guidance and direction to hold this gathering. Until the time comes when we can meet in our Sacred Lodges again, we ask that you join us this Sunday, June 6, as we lift our Pipes, light our Sacred Fires, sing our traditional Songs, smudge, offer our Sacred Tobacco, and offer prayers in our own traditions in a collective way. In the spirit of love, healing, truth and a New Way forward.

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Historian and journalist Kai Bird's new book, The Outlier, is being acclaimed as a definitive account of President Jimmy Carter's presidency, including how President Carter’s often-controversial

Historian and journalist Kai Bird's new book, The Outlier, is being acclaimed as a definitive account of President Jimmy Carter's presidency, including how President Carter’s often-controversial policies and initiatives appear in historical perspective. Carter assisted Bird in his research, giving him exclusive access to the private papers of Charles Kirbo, Carter’s longtime personal lawyer and political adviser, as well as to the unpublished diaries of Carter White House aides Langdon Butler, Tim Kraft and Jerome Doolittle. Bird points out that as president, Jimmy Carter was not merely an outsider: he was an outlier. He was the only president in a century to grow up in the heart of the Deep South, and his born-again Christianity made him the most openly religious president in memory. Bird says this outlier brought to the White House a rare mix of humility, candor and unnerving self-confidence that neither Washington nor America was ready to embrace. Bird traces the arc of Carter’s administration, from his aggressive domestic agenda to his controversial foreign policy record, taking readers inside the Oval Office and through Carter’s battles with both a political establishment and a Washington press corps that proved as adversarial as any foreign power. Mr. Bird shows how issues still hotly debated today—from national health care to growing inequality and racism to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—burned at the heart of Carter’s America, and consumed a president who found a moral duty in solving them. Bird won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. His work includes critical writings on the Vietnam War, Hiroshima, nuclear weapons, the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the CIA. Now, join a fascinating conversation with Kai Bird about this highly regarded American leader whose presidential legacy Mr. Bird says has been deeply misunderstood. NOTES This program is part of The Commonwealth Club's Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation. Author photo by Joshua Bird. WED, AUG 18 2021 SPEAKERS Kai Bird Executive Director and Distinguished Lecturer, City University of New York Leon Levy Center for Biography; Pulitzer Prize Winning Historian and Journalist; Author, The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter In Conversation with Dr. Gloria Duffy President and CEO, The Commonwealth Club of California; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under President Clinton Program Chair: Dr. Mary Bitterman President, Bernard Osher Foundation; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors 💯SUBSCRIBE for more VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/user/commonwealthclub 📆 UPCOMING EVENTS: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events 🎉 BECOME a MEMBER: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/membership 💰 DONATE NOW: https://support.commonwealthclub.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=298 📺➕📻 Watch & Listen https://www.commonwealthclub.org/watch-listen CWC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecommonwealthclub/ CWC Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cwclub/ CWC Twitter https://twitter.com/cwclub The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum 📣, bringing together its 20,000 members for more than 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy. Founded in 1903 in San Francisco California 🌉, The Commonwealth Club has played host to a diverse and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to Hillary Clinton in 2010. Along the way, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton have all given landmark speeches at the Club.

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Skills for the green and digital transition Thursday, 19 September 2024 : 09:30 – 10:45 Green and digital transitions are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. While digital technologies

Skills for the green and digital transition Thursday, 19 September 2024 : 09:30 – 10:45 Green and digital transitions are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. While digital technologies facilitate the monitoring and management of environmental resources and processes, sustainability principles can guide the development and deployment of digital solutions in a responsible manner. Potential job losses due to digitalisation may be partially compensated by the green transition. Both transitions also create new jobs and require new skills for the successful and just transition for all. This session will address the following questions: What are essential effects from the green and digital transitions on jobs and skills? What skills (digital and beyond) are required to minimize and mitigate the impact of climate change, including from the digital transition itself? What are policy measures and good practice examples of skills development for just green and digital transitions? Moderator Ms Anne Shannon Baxter Senior Advocacy Manager GSMA Panelists Ms Olga Strietska-Ilina Area Lead on Skills for the Future of Work International Labour Organization (ILO) Ms Nanko Madu Director of Programmes AfriLabs Dr Mindel Van de Laar Director, Capacity Development Office United Nations University – MERIT and Maastricht University Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Mr Robert Marinkovic Adviser for Climate Change and Green Economy International Organisation of Employers (IOE) Biography | Skills for the green and digital transition Future skills requirements in the age of emerging technologies Thursday, 19 September 2024 : 11:15 – 12:30 New and emerging technologies, in particular AI technologies, are impacting the workplace and skills needs across all industries and sectors. This poses challenges to employers, workers, educators, policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders in the digital transformation ecosystem. This session will bring together different stakeholders, to address the following questions: Which economic sectors will be most impacted by AI technologies? What key skills will be most influenced by AI advancements? What are concrete examples of AI technologies (e.g. generative AI technologies) that will shape future skills and jobs? What are effective policy measures to address those needs and challenges? How should Governments respond? Moderator Mr Alfie Hamid Head of Global Strategic Partnerships Cisco NetAcad Panelists Mr Stijn Broecke Senior Economist Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ms Salma Karim Head of Human Capital & Innovation Digital Development Agency (ADD) Morocco (Kingdom of) Dr Ashok Jashapara Professor, School of Business and Management Digital Organisation and Society Research Centre University of London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Ms Mariam  Al Ali Business Development Manager, Training & Certification – Emerging Markets Amazon Web Services

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Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Bishop McElroy's Speech (12:09) Jose Aguto, Catholic Climate Covenant (37:38) Action Opportunities and Next Steps! Monthly Calling Campaign:

Skip ahead to the following section(s): (0:00) Bishop McElroy's Speech (12:09) Jose Aguto, Catholic Climate Covenant (37:38) Action Opportunities and Next Steps! Monthly Calling Campaign: https://cclusa.org/mcc CCL's Catholic Climate Conference Event Page: https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/citizensclimate/en/ccl-virtual-catholic-conference/ Speaker Bios: Bishop Robert W. McElroy leads the Diocese of San Diego and is an outspoken proponent of the urgent need for the Catholic Church to address climate change. Bishop McElroy holds degrees in American history from Harvard College and Stanford University and is the author of two books: The Search for an American Public Theology andMorality and American Foreign Policy. In addition, he has written a series of articles in America magazine touching upon key elements of Catholic social teaching. He was born in 1954, was ordained in 1970, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco in 2010 and named Sixth Bishop of San Diego by Pope Francis in 2015. Bishop McElroy is the vice-president of the California Catholic Conference and serves at the national conference of bishops on the administrative committee, the ecumenical committee, the committee on domestic justice and the committee on international affairs. Jose Aguto will close out our conference with a call to action, addressing the important role of the laity to motivate and inform the church and the need and responsibility for advocacy. He'll also share his personal story of his passion to Care for Creation and how it is guided by his Catholic faith and strengthened by Laudato Si' to care for the poor and our earth. Jose is the Associate Director of the Catholic Climate Covenant, which collaborates with other Catholic organizations to advance the Church's call for us to love and care for God's creation and our vulnerable neighbors. Building bridges across differences is an important component of this work. Before joining the Covenant, Jose worked for the Friends Committee on National Legislation, the National Congress of American Indians, and EPA's American Indian Environmental Office. He graduated from Brown University and Villanova Law School and served with the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division. We hope you found Call to Action to Care for Our Common Home inspiring and informative. Here we'll give you actions you can take to make a difference in caring for Creation and we'll hear closing remarks from CCL President Madeleine Para, Allan Phillips, Jon Clark, and Jessie Snyder.

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The Energy Innovation Act will improve health and save 4.5 million American lives over the next 50 years by reducing pollution Americans breathe. Dr. Susan Pacheco and CCL Health Action Team

The Energy Innovation Act will improve health and save 4.5 million American lives over the next 50 years by reducing pollution Americans breathe. Dr. Susan Pacheco and CCL Health Action Team Co-Leader, Dr. Lori Byron, will discuss the health community’s growing support for a carbon price. Associated Presentation Slides: Climate Change and Health: The Price of Carbon: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rwSw1ShC5FqoujDTtAwDJ4ctX8NFzLSL/view Susan E. Pacheco, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology Univ.of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston Dr. Pacheco earned her medical degree at the University of Puerto Rico, and her pediatric residency and fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Pacheco is an expert in climate change and children’s health. She served in the AAP Executive Committee for the Council on Environmental Health and currently in the Environmental Exposures and Respiratory Health Committee with the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Lori Byron, MS, MD Pediatrician CCL Health Action Team Co-leader Dr. Byron, MS, MD, of Hardin MT, practiced pediatrics for 27 years on the Crow Indian Reservation. She co-chairs the Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate with her husband Robert Byron and the CCL Health team with Rob and Lisa DelBuono. She is on the Children’s Health Advisory Committee to the EPA, and organizes the pediatric climate advocates program with the Academy of Pediatrics. She completed a Masters Degree in Energy Policy and Climate in 2020.

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Click here to for the English version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvjgmBoH_-U L'aîné Philip Paynter partage son expérience avec le vaccin COVID-19. Ceci est la sixième partie d'une série

Click here to for the English version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvjgmBoH_-U L'aîné Philip Paynter partage son expérience avec le vaccin COVID-19. Ceci est la sixième partie d'une série de messages des aînés et des gardiens du savoir de la Turtle Lodge sur le #COVID-19, les vaccins et la médecine traditionnelle. Cliquez ici pour voir la première partie, où l'aîné Anishinaabe Dr Dave Courchene partage une déclaration au nom du Conseil national des gardiens du savoir de la Turtle Lodge : https://youtu.be/Fqz-vA1S-0I Cliquez ici pour voir la partie 2, où la grand-mère Anishinaabe Mary Maytwayashing partage son expérience avec le COVID, les vaccins, et l'importance de la spiritualité : https://youtu.be/rix7fyz9OIQ Cliquez ici pour voir la partie 3, où le chef des aînés Anishinaabe, le Dr Harry Bone, explique comment il est possible d'équilibrer la médecine moderne et la médecine traditionnelle et nous encourage à envisager de recevoir le vaccin COVID-19 : https://youtu.be/gxJjOsRRQB8 Cliquez ici pour voir la partie 4, où la grand-mère Anishinaabe Florence Paynter explique pourquoi il était si important pour elle, en tant que gardienne du savoir et locutrice de la langue anishinaabe, de se faire vacciner contre le COVID-19 : https://youtu.be/HbgWfhh2F0k Cliquez ici pour voir la partie 5, où le gardien du savoir Anishinaabe Robert Maytwayashing parle de sa confiance et de sa foi en l'humanité et de sa position sur le vaccin COVID-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8EB3S2zMMc

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4 Principles to Win the Sustainability 'Game' (conditions of success)

In this video I present the 4 conditions of success that define sustainability at a principle level and that have been peer reviewed and continuously refined over the last 20 years. It builds on the work of Dr Karl-Henrik Robèrt and The Natural Step.

Alexandre Magnin is the creator of this series, Sustainability Illustrated, a channel on YouTube. 

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Green and digital transitions are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. While digital technologies facilitate the monitoring and management of environmental resources and processes, sustainability

Green and digital transitions are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. While digital technologies facilitate the monitoring and management of environmental resources and processes, sustainability principles can guide the development and deployment of digital solutions in a responsible manner. Potential job losses due to digitalisation may be partially compensated by the green transition. Both transitions also create new jobs and require new skills for the successful and just transition for all. This session will address the following questions: What are essential effects from the green and digital transitions on jobs and skills? What skills (digital and beyond) are required to minimize and mitigate the impact of climate change, including from the digital transition itself? What are policy measures and good practice examples of skills development for just green and digital transitions? Moderator Ms Anne Shannon Baxter Senior Advocacy Manager GSMA Panelists Ms Olga Strietska-Ilina Area Lead on Skills for the Future of Work International Labour Organization (ILO) Skills for the green and digital transitions Ms Nanko Madu Director of Programmes AfriLabs Harnessing innovation for Africa’s green and digital transition Dr Mindel Van de Laar Director, Capacity Development Office United Nations University – MERIT and Maastricht University Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Skills for the twin green and digital transition Mr Robert Marinkovic Adviser for Climate Change and Green Economy International Organisation of Employers (IOE) Skills for the green and digital transition

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