Goonj, a volunteer-run recycling center in New Delhi—profiled in our short film “Not Just a Piece of Cloth”—was recently awarded the Indian NGO of the year award.

In April 2007, we spent a day at the Goonj headquarters talking with founder and director Anshu Gupta, who along with more than 300 individual volunteers and 100 grassroots agencies recycles and distributes over 20,000 kgs of material throughout India. Not only does Goonj collect and distribute large quantities of ready-to-go recycled materials, like clothing and blankets, but they also specialize in creative alterations, like children's  backpacks made from old jeans, school notebooks from discarded paper and sanitary napkins from sheets and cloth.

Watch our short film "Not Just a Piece of Cloth" and then go to the Goonj website to learn more about their innovative project and how you can contribute ...Read more

In the past 48 hours we’ve received over 500 requests for our Living LIbrary DVD and right at this moment our highly skilled shipping team is busy boxing and addressing DVDs that will go to an assortment of diverse places including Suriname, India, Poland, Kenya, Croatia and New Jersey.

Enjoy the films and the conversations that grow out of them and don’t forget to share your viewing experiences and to pass the DVD on to friends, families, co-workers or complete strangers.     ...Read more

We are gathering discussion questions for a Sustainability and Oneness film fest, which will be traveling across the US this fall. Join our WiserEarth group and tell us what questions do you think would spark the most meaningful conversations. ...Read more