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We just added four new clips from our interview with Tibetan Nun and teacher Ven. Tenzin Palmo. We filmed the interview in her small room at the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Tashi Jong in late March during our five day trip to the Dharamsala area. In these clips, Tenzin Palmo talks about the nature of the mind, essential Buddha Nature, our delusions and the threats facing humanity.

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We've just finished subtitling the complete interview with Don Alverto Taxo, master Quechua Iachak (wise man) from the Saraguro region of Ecuador. In this in-depth interview, Don Alverto shares the story of how he became a Iachak, offers his wisdom on our relationship to the Earth, and his insights and hope for the next era of humanity. The interview also includes a cameo appearance by his young daughter...

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During our stay in Ahmedabad, India in early April we ate at a wonderful restaurant called Seva Cafe, one of the many projects of Manav Sadhna, the organization we had come to Ahmedabad to visit. Seva, or service, is the selfless giving of oneself for the betterment of others and the world around. At Seva Café the concept of service takes the form of a 'pay it forward' restaurant, where every meal is cooked and served with love.

We were so overwhelmed by the experience of eating at Seva our first night in Ahmedabad that we wanted to create a short piece about this unique restaurant that is much more than just a place to grab a bite. At Seva, the bottom line is not about money, but about giving people an opportunity to come together and enjoy good food, and take part in an experiment in generosity.

'The idea of oneness is that...anything that anybody does in the world is connected to everybody else. So...whether it’s Seva Cafe operating in Ahmedabad, there’s somebody out there working in the slum areas, somebody in California running a Karma Cafe or anybody doing anything, it affects us. Because at the end of the day, it’s about humanity and sort of a collective consciousness, a collective soul force. So we all move when one person has a realization, one person has an idea, when one person works.'

--Anjali Desai, Seva Cafe Volunteer

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At Goonj, every inch of cloth is used, nothing is wasted. During our recent trip to India, we spent a day at the Goonj headquarters in New Delhi talking with the founder and director, Anshu Gupta, an inspiring individual whose work and efforts has affected hundreds of thousands around India. We experienced firsthand how this unique organization transforms one person's waste into a resource for another and is much more than a typical clothing distribution center. Creating backpacks out of old jeans, school notebooks from discarded paper and sanitary napkins from old sheets and cloth are just some of innovative ways clothing is recycled at Goonj.

A few of weeks ago, Goonj won the World Bank's Development Marketplace Award for its program, 'Not Just a Piece of Cloth' (the inspiration for the title of our short) whose objective is to improve the reproductive health of women living in the villages and slums around India by providing them with an affordable, clean and easy-to-use sanitary napkins made from recycled clothes.

Clothing is something that many of us take for granted yet it is a basic need, connected to the well being and health of people around world. As you will see in this short film, 'Not Just a Piece of Cloth', what can be re-made from discarded and recycled clothing offers a highly practical example of lived oneness.

If you're inspired by the video and want to see how you can help Goonj and their programs visit their how you can help page, or donate directly to Goonj through GlobalGiving. You can also vote for this video on CurrentTV – if it gets enough votes, it will be shown on broadcast television, so more people can learn about the important work of Goon ...Read more

We just added 5 new clips from our interview with artist, naturalist and ornithologist Juan Manuel Carrion recorded during our February trip to Ecuador. Juan spoke about what the role of art in culture should be, our need to change our resource consumption to preserve the environment and how we can learn from nature. Check out "The Role of Art" here.

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