Resources for Beyond War On Line

The following resources are available as background for courses and discussion groups.

1. RESOURCES THAT UNDERLINE “WAR IS OBSOLETE”

•EXCERPT FROM “THE LAST EPIDEMIC” (EFFECT OF NUCLEAR BOMB ON SAN FRANCISCO) (11 MINUTES)

This powerful video of PSR's Dr. Jack Geiger may date back to the early 1980s, but it is still fresh and relevant to this day.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BeyondWar?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/omj5oEE_AdU

•PSR’S DOCTOR ROBERT DODGE DOES THE BB DROP (2 MINUTES 30 SECONDS)

Dr. Dodge's energy and lifelong commitment to effective prescriptions for survival includes this important wake-up call to all citizens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AvQakxQk1A&feature=youtu.be

•GLOBAL PEACE INDEX 2011 (3 MINUTES)

There are effective ways to quantify and measure the relative peacefulness of our conflicted planet.

http://vimeo.com/24155348

•War doesn’t provide security (PAUL CHAPELL) (6 MINUTES 30 SECONDS)

Paul Chapell has special credibility on this subject because he is a veteran.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9J9io4A5qQ

•Brief History of Nuclear Weapons and Cold War Made by a history student (4 MINUTES)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX09HPplnwc&feature=related

•The Start of a New Cold War 2007(8 AND A HALF MINUTES)

Shows how, just because one cold war has ended, a new one could still start; therefore we need a total change in the way we think about war in the nuclear age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L11PfHJGAoo

•DECLAN GALBRAITH SONG, “TELL ME WHY.” (3 MINUTES 50 SECONDS)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKMoHLxDncU&feature=related

•David Attenborough on environment, population, and war (22 MINUTES)

David Attenborough has compiled an extraordinary record as a documentary filmmaker, but here he speaks informally and from the heart about our global situation.

http://www.youtube.com/user/theRSAorg#p/u/35/fK0rXRmC4DQ

•“NUCLEAR TIPPING POINT” (DOCUMENTARY) (55 MINUTES)

This hard-hitting documentary is unique because of the people interviewed. Watch quintessentially establishment figures like Colin Powell and Henry Kissinger advocate for the total abolition of all nuclear weapons.

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/watch/nuclear_tipping_point/?utm_source=nucleartippingpoint.org&utm_medium=referral

•BRIAN SWIMME ON THE CURRENT MOMENT (5 MINUTES)

Brian Swimme is a charismatic astrophysicist with an extraordinary talent for giving voice to the challenges and opportunities of our special time in history.

http://www.global-mindshift.org/memes/swimmeseries/step2-1.asp

2. RESOURCES THAT UNDERLINE “WE ARE ONE”

•“No Frames, No Boundaries” ASTRONAUT RUSTY SCHWEIKART (8 MINUTES)

This classic resource from a Beyond War film production team active in the 1980s continues to be the clearest and most powerful statement of "We Are One."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y7O_9WB3ZU

•ASTRONAUTS FROM VARIOUS NATIONS REFLECT ON THEIR EXPERIENCES IN SPACE (7 MINUTES)

A companion piece to "No Frames" which has the advantage of using the voices of a number of astronauts from different countries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZWahiH5RrM&feature=player_embedded

•EMPATHY AND HUMAN NATURE (JEREMY RIFKIN) (10 AND A HALF MINUTES)

Rifkin, talking very quickly, takes us into some of the current more optimistic thinking on human nature, accompanied by some delightful animation that makes the ideas easier to follow.

http://www.wimp.com/empathyevolution/

•ERIC WHITACRE “LUX AURUMQUE” (LIGHT AND GOLD) (A SPECTACULAR MUSICAL DEMONSTRATION OF CONNECTION AND WORKING TOGETHER)(4 AND A HALF MINUTES)

This and the following resource are musical pieces that give viewers a visceral, right-brained experience of "We Are One." Appropriate in any curriculum, but especially useful for an all-day or weekend enrichment seminar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs

•ERIC WHITACRE “SLEEP” ) (EVEN MORE SPECTACULAR MUSICAL DEMONSTRATION OF CONNECTION AND WORKING TOGETHER) (5 AND A HALF MINUTES)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WhWDCw3Mng

•THE WOMBAT (ANIMATED FILM ABOUT HOW WE ARE ONE) (1 MINUTE)

Short, funny, and absolutely to the point animation about the challenge of human change on an imperilled planet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHyH3MPgZDo&feature=related

•SONG BY BRIAN POMERANTZ” “ITS IN EVERY ONE OF US” (5 MINUTES)

Beautiful song with touching images inviting us to see our human commonality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDqrCNjDkUM&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

•SE RIES OF VIDEOS BY BRIAN SWIMME ON BEING PRESENT, AUTHENTIC, INCLUSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE (ABOUT 5 MINUTES EACH)

http://www.global-mindshift.org/memes/swimmeseries/step2-2.asp?bandwidth=high_video

http://www.global-mindshift.org/memes/swimmeseries/step2-3.asp?bandwidth=high_video

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http://www.global-mindshift.org/memes/swimmeseries/step2-5.asp?bandwidth=high_video

• SERIES OF VIDEOS BY VIRGINIA FITTON ON BEING PRESENT, AUTHENTIC AND INCLUSIVE (EACH ABOUT 5 MINUTES)

Virginia Fitton has devoted her long life to helping people see reality clearly and respond creatively.

http://www.global-mindshift.org/memes/PresenceMeditation/PresenceMeditation.swf

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•I AM—THE FILM TRAILER (2 AND A HALF MINUTES)

The producer/director of a number of Jim Carrey films grew rich and successful, but, after a serious accident, was moved to explore the deeper issues of life.

http://iamthedoc.com/

3. RESOURCES THAT UNDERLINE “The Means Are the Ends in the Making”

Sense of Self (Expanding sense of identity/posing an enemy) 2:22

A light piece about a profound subject.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl6fHYywQNM&feature=player_embedded

•Reverence: renewing a forgotten virtue: PROFESSOR PAUL WOODRUFF TALKS WITH BILL MOYERS (19 MINUTES)

Excellent reminder of a fundamental but often neglected human capacity.

http:/ /www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04302010/woodruff.html

•THOMAS KILMAN CONFLICT MODES INSTRUMENT

Effective sketching out of the various basic ways that humans approach situations of uncomfortable conflict.

http://www.kilmann.com/conflict.html.

•Nathan Otto and Amber Lupton are the authors of “Give Peace a Deadline: What Ordinary People Can Do to Cause World Peace in Five Years”

http://www.tedxsincity.com/speakers/nathan-otto-and-amber-lupton/

There is a brief slide presentation of the modes in slightly different language at

http://www.riverhouseepress.com/?gclid=COHe8pDkiqUCFQIGbAodMmEYPA

4. RESOURCES THAT UNDERLINE THE Process of Change/Decision

The Shift Movie Trailer 6 :19 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL_VTdxvWac&feature=player_embedded#!

Yes We Can 4:14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvn96OgaBpc&feature=player_embedded#!

Music video in the spirit of the "Playing for Change" videos talking about the deeper aspects of change after the voting is over.

Idea Adoption 9:20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkI2O48Nn1E&feature=mh_lolz&list=HL1311030914

An explanation from the 1980s phase of Beyond War about how innovations are adopted by society that is still fresh and relevant. A good resource to accompany the "Challenge of Change" section of the book "Living Beyond Wart."

Metamorphosis 1:04

Brief, powerful, hopeful video making a connection between cooperation in the natural world and the world of humans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzU3H7E0DO8&feature=player_embedded

5. OTHER RESOURCES

Non-fear based vision of the future:

http://www.laughteryogaamerica.com/read/blog/nic-marks-happy-planet-index-2790.php

William Ury: The Walk from No to Yes

Ury is the elder statesman of contemporary conflict resolution research.

http://www.ted.com/talks/william_ury.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2010-

The Tipping Point Ahead—Global Climate Change

http://wakeupfreakout.org/film/tipping.html

Solar Roadways