I cried so many times at various points in this video. These people are what the world needs. I hope to come close to their contributions in my field of development communication.
Thanks!❤️❤️❤️ I worked in a bank before. I am a teacher now. I love sharing thoughts about organic, permaculture, tiny house, minimalism, solar energy etc. I don't regret my decision. It pays less but now I have found what truly makes me happy. Thanks for the video!❤️❤️❤️
Hey Claire, I am at the very inception of exploring the ideas of Permaculture and actually realizing them. It would be really great to listen to your story to such a transformation and learn from it.
Universal core values = caring, honesty, respect, responsibility, fairness YES! This film is fantastic, inspiring, genuine and realistic (and much more!)...
I'm an industrial design student and I choose this field because I wanted to help people in the creation process of making sustainable products. As I near graduation, I'm realizing good intentions alone are not enough... designers are often not included in the creation process. Businesses try to short cut by hiring only engineers or coders, to develop the product to functional working order and start selling immediately. The rush to be first on the market perspective adds pressure to make more short cuts, only to learn that without doing the full design thinking, businesses actually end up paying more in the long run. This needs to drastically change. We are running out of time to recover from our mistakes, our resources continue to shrink as our population grows. Being conscious of the long term effects of our everyday actions is vital to our survival. We need to incorporate design and systems thinking to everything we do.
I need a structural engineer, a land use engineer, an architect, a drain engineer, etc. What I've found is the architect has a particular kind of wall system and nothing else will do when he hasn't even considered how I want my building to be shaped, or what shape best fits the conditions of the properties that surround my property. Designers need to interview their customers several times before they go off designing something the owner might consider not within their value system. Designs have to be sufficient to pass building engineer city employees, have lawyers lined up if a variance needs to be hired. It's not a simple process of nailing a couple of pieces of wood together or welding a couple of structural steel members together.
I appreciate that they referred to the incident in Bangladesh in which almost 1200 people died when a garments factory collapsed. Social business is the key to success in the 21st century. Unfortunately, not many people realise it.
Yes well said. I totally agree with you. Was respectful to the devastating amount of people that died in Bangladesh. A terrible indictment in capitalism’s consumerism and sweat house factories. May they Rest In Peace🙏
The problem is too many people believe that a slavery based system is the only way to make things work. The problem is the slave system has been in effect from the early days of what there is registry of a civilization. Capitalism simply changed the style of slavery, instead of directly threatening people and using physical force and deliberate mechanisms to make the slave work, now we have psychological schemes that make people believe that _the right thing to do_ is to be a good slave. One of the basic concepts is to switch the idea of slave-work to "career" and to "be professional". Instead of the physical punishment a lazy or rebel slave would have, now there is the psychological punishment, where the person is regarded as unworthy, valueless, despicable, deplorable, a loser, a waste of space, a self-absorbed parasite, a free loader, an enemy of society, a diseased. A '"jobless" person is not a person. And the VAST MAJORITY of people hold that type of view. Even if an individual is a helpful person, a person that actually does things that would be considered "work" if they were performed under an official contract, but there's no paycheck, the person is viewed as useless. If you simply go about helping people, doing lots of work, but has no official "career" you would be seen as a bump, a drifter, a hippie, but if you have an official job with a monthly paycheck doing NOTHING, you'd be regarded as a productive member of society. Also, in many jobs, the amount of money the person needs in order to be eligible to participate in that kind of work (social position) can be equivalent to the actual pay the person is getting, therefore the person's salary is used only to maintain her as a functional worker (basically, the money they get serves to pay for the lifestyle attached to the job position). That is the very dynamic of slavery. The slave has what is necessary to properly perform their daily functions. I'm not disputing that life quality has greatly improved to most people, and that real slavery with violent punishment was much worse and a horrible thing, but the social dynamics are still prevalent today.
CzechRiot- Very true. I think there's a growing number of people who are aware of the paradigm being pushed onto them, but unfortunately their sphere of influence is out matched by the owners of popular media. The result is that despite our numbers being high, the masses remain overexposed to a prevailing message so simplistic and misfocused that it perfectly indoctrinates us to our bondage to this broken monetary system. A system of control that each decade only seems to become more stratified and unbalanced as it tightens its grip on politics, health, culture and resources. I try and remain positive, but a part of me wondering whether democracy died a long time ago, only to be replaced with an orchestrated puppet show.
CzechRiot True, but even more surprising is that wealth gap between people is greater now than in pharaohs time. Sad, very sad. Like thousands of years of human history never existed, all this years just to get worse economically. The only thing why we live better is because of technology, and big thanks to all the scientists and smart people for that
CzechRiot countries will barely any corporations / factories have high unemployment. That leads to bad econamy, poverty. Also high unemployment people often drink, or do drugs with their spare time or even crime. Jobs aren't slavery
So, my college english prof had us watch this for class, and I have to say, I appreciate this doc way more than the first one he handed us, which showed an extreme way of living in an eco-friendly fashion. THIS philosophy and understanding, THIS way of changing things for the better seems far more plausible. This seems like it can actually scale up effectively, and adapt to different geographical climates. I'm really impressed with this piece, and have looked up each of the businesses featured and plan on looking for similar companies closer to home, because as Eric Henry stated in the video, "Buy better, buy less, buy local". If you ever need professional voiceover for a project, and you want a young adult, feminine sound, let me know. I'd be interested in working with you.
American must promote the social benefit of a sustainable economy and move away from monopoly corporate capitalism that supports profit at the expense of social value. This is a culture shift of monumental value o humanity. Supporting your local economy is also key. Excellent documentary on social justice economics.
I'm only about fifteen or so many minutes into this, but I'm digging it thus far. I especially love how it's representing my state, NC, as a state with people who are genuinely concerned about their impact on the world. Our state has gotten a bad rap in recent news, and it's nice to see something that shows our state's residents in a more accurate light: solid, caring world citizens.
Praying more Americans (especially our younger generations) see this and realize we don't have to be cogs in huge corporations in order to "live the American dream" and stop allowing our government to squash these types of companies. Sustainable, accountable, beneficial to the community!
Three years later, here's a harsh reality up until now, universities/ college/ schools/ business schools (most of them) are outdated and dont actually teach you about life, let alone those debts/ loans for paying yourself the knowledge that doesnt pay off. Profit is essential otherwise youre dead. The essence of business itself is to solve problems by earning profit/ money. But often times we just dont care the process how bad it is just to earn money. We need to recreate the process where earning profits actually brings positive impact that solve social problems. Thats Social Entrepreneurship, thats who I wanted to be. You need people to support you and to work together. But the pressure will be there and remain to be challenging until we can change ourselves and our own mental perception.
Our economic values must be expanded to include our impact on our world and the true value of natural resources, in addition, the very serious problem of inflation to the Dollar is what is freaking everyone out! The inability to buy your happiness is becoming farther and farther out of reach for hard working families. Even wealthy people are feeling the pinch, hence the feeling of fear pervades.
How this only had 55k views blows my mind. Yes, views don't really come just for amazing content. But even considering that, this is just so appealing to the eye and the ear for it to be ignored. Kudos to Jesse Borkowski, man you are an absolute rockstar. You're not getting enough support from youtube but I hope you're getting it somewhere else and that you keep doing these things.
I have not seen it yet, but people dont care about the truth or reality as much as they do about entertainment. Dont take me wrong, I love me some tv shows etc. but I also watch even some things from World Economic Forum. Sometimes it feels like bunch of rich white ppl who dont care but many times you can find people who might be trying for some real solutions. But reality show > economic discussion for most ppl.
One of the few films (the entire sustainability movement) that gives one hope for a better day , instead of the horrendous waste and horrendous greed of the current market predatory capitalism that exists today
As I'm getting ready to start my business, this was the most important documentary that I've ever seen in my entire life! I will follow on the heels of these honourable business people word for word, letter for letter, and action for action. THANK YOU VERY MUCH🙏
Honestly, those words 1:06:00 could not be more powerful! I am a master management student from Germany who is about to graduate, facing exactly this career decision. I wish more people from my class would see this and think like this...
I found this really moving. I also find it difficult to make a living doing good work since so much of the capitalist system we live in doesn't care about the real value! The most rewarding time in my life was when I was volunteering during the year and then working my but off at whatever silly minimum wage job in the summer in order to save money for the times I was only volunteering. I wish to find a way to do it all in one! Serve and Survive!
Wow, what a fantastic documentary, thank you so much. So uplifting, so inspiring, such real life exampling of what is possible. The business people featured are so well informed, driven by their passions, understanding of complex issues and able to articulate them in simple terms. I almost feel like writing to any of them and asking to come and work with them! Brilliant....local is the key. Cheers, love Holly x
They really should. My forestry instructor sent us this video for an assignment but I'm in Jr. college. I wish the younger ones could learn this to. Everyone should be taught things like this.
I'll be as brief as possible: 1) a) Thank you for the doco - I appreciate the effort 1) b) Only three segments touch on "Real Value". The rest of the doco focuses on future sustainability and Dan tries towards the end to try and tie it all in but I didn't buy it. 2) Dan Ariely's segments are great however. 3) As soon as that seed lady spoke, I fast forwarded it. Contributed nothing to the documentary 4) I appreciate Dan Ariely and the rest of the people around the USA "trying" to be green. The bio fuels guy was saying he used to travel 27,000 miles a year! Taxi's I don't think travel that much. The fact that he asked his wife to pick up something from the town as opposed to driving is not being green, that's genuine common sense that seems to be not-so-common in the US. 5) Remember USA, it's not USA., et al. The other developed coutries are already onto your "advancements" in being green. 6) Your contribution to being green is trumped tremendously by the Asian countries that give less than a f**k about the environment. China and India have 1.2ish billion people per country compared to USA. The rivers of plastic they have going on in the Philippines for example make the toughest people on the planet weep. There's plenty more points I wanna add but i'll leave with... 7) The fact you want to make products locally is not an achievement. There is a documentary showing how thousands of workers had no work and their families were lining up at red cross for food hand outs. You take work from Bangladesh or Thailand and they suffer, you take it from locally, citizens suffer. There's no right or wrong. Solutions: 1) Buy second hand. Why recycle it when you can sell it. Give the object a second home. I sold a gaming chair for $100 IF they took another chair I wasn't using. If they didn't want the other chair, I would increase the price of the gaming chair to $950. Sold in 4 minutes as the guy was looking for a chair for his kid and himself. 2) Common sense: why does it nearly always seem that the US doesn't have much of it. Why would you travel by car when there's a bus stop 300 feet from your house? Do you really need 3x 40 minute showers a day? 3) Stop buying everything. Nike released a new shoe. WOOOWW! I cannot contain my excitement *Rolls eyes*.
I totally agree on one of the comments made: buy less and good quality. I'm always shocked to see how much cheap clothing people buy only to dispose of it after a few washes. I loved the garden concept the t-shirt printing business had - what they put in they took out.
Very nice message laid out in this piece. "Serve." Great work these guys are doing. Not enough people like them... Can it really tip the scale in the long run? Seems people are too selfish to even save themselves.
Awesome Documentary! There needs to be a stronger drive for business to focus on more then just the goal of profits! The profits should be used as fuel to drive a shift towards more social and environmental sustainable businesses
Excellent documentary about the social and environmental impact of our economy and how we can improve the overall value that is derived from profit. Recommended for all.
I am including this video in the Alternate Socioeconomic Models segment of my Permaculture Design Certification course this year! As a former economics professor, I say "BRAVO!!!"
Would love to hear more about your course. Regenerative permaculture is life to me and I look for every opportunity to learn more and work more cohesively with earth. The very same principles we use in permaculture can be transposed to humanity, wouldn’t that be nice if we all worked like root systems helping each other out without a second thought
GREAT message, GREAT examples, GREAT companies, and GREAT inspiration, but many of the lingering close-up shots with the slow music could have been edited to make the film much shorter and more efficient to watch. Thanks so much for the GREAT message. Wish the film could be shown on all TV channels so mainstream America could get an inkling of how it COULD be! You are all amazingly inspirational!
Most people I talk to about the ideas in this movie call me a communist. Nowadays I don't even try to explain the difference between socialism and communism. I've accepted most people have just accepted and don't (want) to bother. I love the fact that there are some people left who keep trying to divert, to discover, to THINK.
One of the best documentaries I have seen, every word was important, it flowed like a stream of wisdom I rarely see. It made my day, I will treasure it and show it to everyone that matters:) Thank you, great job!
Fantastic! 😍🙏🔥 The true heroes of today, 💝 Small business, local, change agents. Leading by example. ☝️ And the documentarians to spread these examples, far and wide. 😀👏
Well done Jesse, a beautifully paced and inspiring documentary. Thank you for taking the time to make this work filled with positive energy. Regards Johnnie Lawson
people are not good but their heart and their will power is :-) just one thing : Humans are not animals we are created free by God ! Its really important to get the spirit right !
Wonderful documentary and it can only happen when everyone has purchase power. If 60% of the American population can not afford good product then bad products will always exist and so we have the system we currently have. It's not going to change because there isn't enough wealth to allow most ppl to make the best decisions.
Wonderful and Hopeful Documentary> Thank you! Thank You, also, to All Businesses with Souls and Creating a place with Earth's Rainbow Warriors in your own ways!!
Thank you. This is very helpful and so relevant right now to a lot of people I’m seeing currently come together looking to set up similar collective communities and break away from the system.
I used to view companies as "evil" in the sense that all they cared about was making a big profit ( Cough EA ) but watching this has made me come to realize that profit is not an evil thing, profit for companies is just like food for people, without it they starve and go under. Of course there are companies that do everything they can to maximize their profits without any regard for the effects on everyone around them ( cigarette companies ) but there are companies who wish to do good in the world, But they still have to make a profit, not out of greed but out of necessity. My mind has just been fucking blown by the fact that it took me this long to figure this out! P.S For a moment I was overwhelmed with joy at figuring this out, This was my eureka moment, but halfway through the door with my pants on my heels about to yell Eureka in the streets I realized that this is a NO FUCKING SHIT SHERLOCK moment. Oh well I grew as a person this day and I´m still proud of myself. P.P.S Love the music in the background, Soft and soothing ( not sure if that´s redundant, me no speak da English )
Business itself is morally neutral it seems to me. How they're run? Quite another topic well dealt with in this documentary. Great job! (I donated 10 bucks). Cheers.
If only we could stop governments from giving big multinationals our tax dollars, giving them an unfair advantage. Instead, small business should receive subsidisation as those profits tend to stay in the country and community.
The message here really applies to that scenario as well. Grass roots economics as well as grass roots community politics is the only way those changes you hope for have a fighting chance.
PRICE and VALUE are two entirely different things. Many of us are running behind money to just pay price of things they need to possess or consume. In this process, we've lost sense of VALUE and impact of price-based consumption on environment. I hope that this documentary might enlighten and awaken both consumers & manufacturers and ultimately help us in saving ourselves and earth from unrecoverable destruction.
Trust has to be given to be generated; it requires heart and is universal. Trust requires open and fair negotiation when it is broken; never completely retracted. Trust must be used to serve humanity, not as a power tool. If this is not taught well, by example to all children of communities, relationships in and around community, and families there of, become broken/divided or diluted and self oriented.
For me, this is a pretty amazing and inspiring documentary. I cannot believe that there are SO many people, in this documentary, speaking SO MUCH WISDOM; SO MUCH HUMANENES AND HUMANITY!! HOWEVER!!! I've seen absolutely NO PEOPLE OF COLOR; no African Americans, no Native Americans, no Latinos, no Asians. Progressives have been accused of being just as racist as conservatives. Is that what's going on here? Is our exclusion intentional? I truly don't know. What I DO know is that it is VERY UNFORTUNATE!!!!
+neon arroyo This is a fair critique, but we can assure you the exclusion was not intentional. We reached out to a number of people with diverse backgrounds for this film, but many individuals declined to be interviewed. As a no budget film (the Kickstarter failed) the film reflects people who were in the local area that were willing to speak with us that we could afford to get to. We could have just not made the film. Not spent a year of our time and thousands of dollars of our own money on the project. That would have been a lot easier. Is it a flawed film. Certainly. All films are. Do we think the world is a slightly better place because it exists? Yes. Does critiquing people trying to do something, anything good, within their means make the world a better place? Encourage them to make another project? A better project? We doubt it. Might be why this is our only film.
I apologize for being so harsh, I realize I was wrong and ask for your forgiveness. I hope that you good folks DO go on to make other amazing documentaries and movies that are so relevant, like this one is. All the best.
Cos poc hate hard work, don't gaf outside themselves and enjoy all the welfare without the work or care, they claim to be all about they're own communities yet let they're people destroy any self growth or individual sovereign life ever, it's all talk about hating the hand that feeds while claiming to be supreme if its onpy they're own people, yet nowhere and nothing is done to save or prove theyew truthful since they rather continue destroying what can help them to be successful, all while driving any values for anything helpful to their people via poc who do all the right things, they wanna just rage and destroy everything that is done, invested or offered that would end they're sense of pessimistic and selfishness, look at every black ran states, everyone of them is like chop and the black community in each was destroyed and kept Dow by they're own corrupt need to ride free without true values to do anything to create better effort for even they're own races what makes you think they would enjoy true economic socialism in black run communities?? They destroy all they're own chances and let they're own suffer while those leaders steal the investments and use evil movements to destroy with a spread of more destructive angry lies that brainwash not just pic but all colours and now everywhere knows the names of thugs and its all white men to blame, look at the way they do nothing but bite the hand that feeds free government funds while knowingly they're letting they're people suffer in poverty and they, poc running both socially and politically, those people they want paying them to destroy they're own people are they're own, take a look, it's not difficult to see it's not hard, the way it's alllll about keeping free recruits held back kept down n paying all investments off the whites they tear up publucally, pay for THEM to put into communities.. They themselves hate white people but love free money off them though. What penny goes where its needed, on poverty? On poc and invested into schools education and jobs helpujbg communities thrive not struggle to survive in horrible conditions? They rather invest what the white devil gives them to help they're poverished people and been charitable to pay for, trusting they will use it for helping save they're own is stupid they rather pay people to hold they're own back and instead of helping education they focus on CRT and white genocide. They wouldn't work well here. One day that white hand that feeds will dry up and when it does, they gonna know reality... Are the real enemy is actually the same coloured skin that controlled them and forced poverty to remain while keeping true investors Al whites, to fund stupid politics agendas and crappy wasted devaluation of their ethics. Comes not from that shilkaka. Those who take will break when those who today pay tomorrow goes away. Hopefully the next generation will survive to see the enemy of their people was their own races bot capital, CAPITOLISM is what kept them going if they didn't have such corrupt crazy leaders in communities taking all funds and their money was going into places it should of all the time it's been since 70s now, they would be shocked into total in fighting till fatality, wake up think outside and if you do you be actually grateful to whitey and see who really needs to be exiled out of the communities and before they push that white xapitplist hand feeding funds just finally says enough is enough, soon maybe better than later... 🙄
@@Faerie_nuff88 Didn't bother reading your racist diatribe! This was spoken like a true wealth racist or an aspiring wealth racist. You people are predominantly (though most certainly not exclusively) White. You people wield hiring practices, on the job racial harassment, poverty, law enforcement, double standards in the justice system, etc... - to keep (you people think) Black African Americans, Native Americans, and other people of color in our places. But G-d is on our side and, your father has been defeated. Your father is the father of lies. Your father roams around, as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Your father came to steal, kill and destroy. Your father has been defeated! White racism has been defeated! It has been defeated on a global level! It is our manifest destiny, as Black African Americans, Native Americans, and other people of color - to be on economic par with Whites. In the name of Jesus Christ, it is just a matter of time before this manifests. In the name of Jesus Christ, mark my words, it is just a matter of time! Your next racist diatribe is welcome, I won't bother reading it either. Too long and wordy, even for me! 🤦🏿♂️
Well I sure am glad some logic still resides with the locals....well done production folks, thank you for taking the time to present enlightenment for the less fortunate.
"care, honesty, fairness, respect and responsibility" (basic human values worldwide)
"buy better, buy less, buy local" (sustainable living)
inspiring and uplifting, thanks for sharing.
I cried so many times at various points in this video. These people are what the world needs. I hope to come close to their contributions in my field of development communication.
Thanks!❤️❤️❤️ I worked in a bank before. I am a teacher now. I love sharing thoughts about organic, permaculture, tiny house, minimalism, solar energy etc. I don't regret my decision. It pays less but now I have found what truly makes me happy. Thanks for the video!❤️❤️❤️
Hey Claire, I am at the very inception of exploring the ideas of Permaculture and actually realizing them. It would be really great to listen to your story to such a transformation and learn from it.
Universal core values = caring, honesty, respect, responsibility, fairness
YES! This film is fantastic, inspiring, genuine and realistic (and much more!)...
I'm an industrial design student and I choose this field because I wanted to help people in the creation process of making sustainable products. As I near graduation, I'm realizing good intentions alone are not enough... designers are often not included in the creation process. Businesses try to short cut by hiring only engineers or coders, to develop the product to functional working order and start selling immediately. The rush to be first on the market perspective adds pressure to make more short cuts, only to learn that without doing the full design thinking, businesses actually end up paying more in the long run. This needs to drastically change. We are running out of time to recover from our mistakes, our resources continue to shrink as our population grows. Being conscious of the long term effects of our everyday actions is vital to our survival. We need to incorporate design and systems thinking to everything we do.
I need a structural engineer, a land use engineer, an architect, a drain engineer, etc. What I've found is the architect has a particular kind of wall system and nothing else will do when he hasn't even considered how I want my building to be shaped, or what shape best fits the conditions of the properties that surround my property. Designers need to interview their customers several times before they go off designing something the owner might consider not within their value system. Designs have to be sufficient to pass building engineer city employees, have lawyers lined up if a variance needs to be hired. It's not a simple process of nailing a couple of pieces of wood together or welding a couple of structural steel members together.
I appreciate that they referred to the incident in Bangladesh in which almost 1200 people died when a garments factory collapsed. Social business is the key to success in the 21st century. Unfortunately, not many people realise it.
Oh! they realize it. they just don't care.
Yes well said. I totally agree with you. Was respectful to the devastating amount of people that died in Bangladesh. A terrible indictment in capitalism’s consumerism and sweat house factories. May they Rest In Peace🙏
The problem is too many people believe that a slavery based system is the only way to make things work. The problem is the slave system has been in effect from the early days of what there is registry of a civilization. Capitalism simply changed the style of slavery, instead of directly threatening people and using physical force and deliberate mechanisms to make the slave work, now we have psychological schemes that make people believe that _the right thing to do_ is to be a good slave. One of the basic concepts is to switch the idea of slave-work to "career" and to "be professional". Instead of the physical punishment a lazy or rebel slave would have, now there is the psychological punishment, where the person is regarded as unworthy, valueless, despicable, deplorable, a loser, a waste of space, a self-absorbed parasite, a free loader, an enemy of society, a diseased. A '"jobless" person is not a person. And the VAST MAJORITY of people hold that type of view. Even if an individual is a helpful person, a person that actually does things that would be considered "work" if they were performed under an official contract, but there's no paycheck, the person is viewed as useless. If you simply go about helping people, doing lots of work, but has no official "career" you would be seen as a bump, a drifter, a hippie, but if you have an official job with a monthly paycheck doing NOTHING, you'd be regarded as a productive member of society. Also, in many jobs, the amount of money the person needs in order to be eligible to participate in that kind of work (social position) can be equivalent to the actual pay the person is getting, therefore the person's salary is used only to maintain her as a functional worker (basically, the money they get serves to pay for the lifestyle attached to the job position). That is the very dynamic of slavery. The slave has what is necessary to properly perform their daily functions. I'm not disputing that life quality has greatly improved to most people, and that real slavery with violent punishment was much worse and a horrible thing, but the social dynamics are still prevalent today.
CzechRiot- Very true. I think there's a growing number of people who are aware of the paradigm being pushed onto them, but unfortunately their sphere of influence is out matched by the owners of popular media. The result is that despite our numbers being high, the masses remain overexposed to a prevailing message so simplistic and misfocused that it perfectly indoctrinates us to our bondage to this broken monetary system. A system of control that each decade only seems to become more stratified and unbalanced as it tightens its grip on politics, health, culture and resources. I try and remain positive, but a part of me wondering whether democracy died a long time ago, only to be replaced with an orchestrated puppet show.
CzechRiot True, but even more surprising is that wealth gap between people is greater now than in pharaohs time. Sad, very sad. Like thousands of years of human history never existed, all this years just to get worse economically. The only thing why we live better is because of technology, and big thanks to all the scientists and smart people for that
CzechRiot countries will barely any corporations / factories have high unemployment. That leads to bad econamy, poverty.
Also high unemployment people often drink, or do drugs with their spare time or even crime.
Jobs aren't slavery
@@slehcyo8223 jobs aren't, wage slavery is
spoke like a true undergrad
So, my college english prof had us watch this for class, and I have to say, I appreciate this doc way more than the first one he handed us, which showed an extreme way of living in an eco-friendly fashion. THIS philosophy and understanding, THIS way of changing things for the better seems far more plausible. This seems like it can actually scale up effectively, and adapt to different geographical climates.
I'm really impressed with this piece, and have looked up each of the businesses featured and plan on looking for similar companies closer to home, because as Eric Henry stated in the video, "Buy better, buy less, buy local".
If you ever need professional voiceover for a project, and you want a young adult, feminine sound, let me know. I'd be interested in working with you.
American must promote the social benefit of a sustainable economy and move away from monopoly corporate capitalism that supports profit at the expense of social value. This is a culture shift of monumental value o humanity. Supporting your local economy is also key. Excellent documentary on social justice economics.
I'm only about fifteen or so many minutes into this, but I'm digging it thus far. I especially love how it's representing my state, NC, as a state with people who are genuinely concerned about their impact on the world.
Our state has gotten a bad rap in recent news, and it's nice to see something that shows our state's residents in a more accurate light: solid, caring world citizens.
You're gonna be a true leader one
Praying more Americans (especially our younger generations) see this and realize we don't have to be cogs in huge corporations in order to "live the American dream" and stop allowing our government to squash these types of companies. Sustainable, accountable, beneficial to the community!
I hope same...
Three years later, here's a harsh reality up until now, universities/ college/ schools/ business schools (most of them) are outdated and dont actually teach you about life, let alone those debts/ loans for paying yourself the knowledge that doesnt pay off.
Profit is essential otherwise youre dead. The essence of business itself is to solve problems by earning profit/ money. But often times we just dont care the process how bad it is just to earn money.
We need to recreate the process where earning profits actually brings positive impact that solve social problems. Thats Social Entrepreneurship, thats who I wanted to be.
You need people to support you and to work together. But the pressure will be there and remain to be challenging until we can change ourselves and our own mental perception.
Our economic values must be expanded to include our impact on our world and the true value of natural resources, in addition, the very serious problem of inflation to the Dollar is what is freaking everyone out! The inability to buy your happiness is becoming farther and farther out of reach for hard working families. Even wealthy people are feeling the pinch, hence the feeling of fear pervades.
How this only had 55k views blows my mind. Yes, views don't really come just for amazing content. But even considering that, this is just so appealing to the eye and the ear for it to be ignored. Kudos to Jesse Borkowski, man you are an absolute rockstar. You're not getting enough support from youtube but I hope you're getting it somewhere else and that you keep doing these things.
I have not seen it yet, but people dont care about the truth or reality as much as they do about entertainment. Dont take me wrong, I love me some tv shows etc. but I also watch even some things from World Economic Forum. Sometimes it feels like bunch of rich white ppl who dont care but many times you can find people who might be trying for some real solutions. But reality show > economic discussion for most ppl.
ClarysseAlfonso doesn't matter big change comes from. Small groups.
This content needs a lot of introspection its not Justin Bieber or cat videos. It's a philosophy, so 55k is good number. My friend..
Probably most people like kitty stuff
One of the few films (the entire sustainability movement) that gives one hope for a better day , instead of the horrendous waste and horrendous greed of the current market predatory capitalism that exists today
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As I'm getting ready to start my business, this was the most important documentary that I've ever seen in my entire life! I will follow on the heels of these honourable business people word for word, letter for letter, and action for action.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH🙏
what is the business you are starting?
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People like this should be in charge of the world, not the current greedy ones.
change the incentives, change the outcome. it's that simple.
Honestly, those words 1:06:00 could not be more powerful! I am a master management student from Germany who is about to graduate, facing exactly this career decision. I wish more people from my class would see this and think like this...
I found this really moving. I also find it difficult to make a living doing good work since so much of the capitalist system we live in doesn't care about the real value! The most rewarding time in my life was when I was volunteering during the year and then working my but off at whatever silly minimum wage job in the summer in order to save money for the times I was only volunteering. I wish to find a way to do it all in one! Serve and Survive!
How about: "serve and thrive" :) Know what you mean, though.
Wow, what a fantastic documentary, thank you so much. So uplifting, so inspiring, such real life exampling of what is possible. The business people featured are so well informed, driven by their passions, understanding of complex issues and able to articulate them in simple terms. I almost feel like writing to any of them and asking to come and work with them! Brilliant....local is the key. Cheers, love Holly x
Beautiful. This should be shown in 5th grade classrooms.
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They really should. My forestry instructor sent us this video for an assignment but I'm in Jr. college. I wish the younger ones could learn this to. Everyone should be taught things like this.
I'll be as brief as possible:
1) a) Thank you for the doco - I appreciate the effort
1) b) Only three segments touch on "Real Value". The rest of the doco focuses on future sustainability and Dan tries towards the end to try and tie it all in but I didn't buy it.
2) Dan Ariely's segments are great however.
3) As soon as that seed lady spoke, I fast forwarded it. Contributed nothing to the documentary
4) I appreciate Dan Ariely and the rest of the people around the USA "trying" to be green. The bio fuels guy was saying he used to travel 27,000 miles a year! Taxi's I don't think travel that much. The fact that he asked his wife to pick up something from the town as opposed to driving is not being green, that's genuine common sense that seems to be not-so-common in the US.
5) Remember USA, it's not USA., et al. The other developed coutries are already onto your "advancements" in being green.
6) Your contribution to being green is trumped tremendously by the Asian countries that give less than a f**k about the environment. China and India have 1.2ish billion people per country compared to USA. The rivers of plastic they have going on in the Philippines for example make the toughest people on the planet weep.
There's plenty more points I wanna add but i'll leave with...
7) The fact you want to make products locally is not an achievement. There is a documentary showing how thousands of workers had no work and their families were lining up at red cross for food hand outs. You take work from Bangladesh or Thailand and they suffer, you take it from locally, citizens suffer. There's no right or wrong.
Solutions:
1) Buy second hand. Why recycle it when you can sell it. Give the object a second home. I sold a gaming chair for $100 IF they took another chair I wasn't using. If they didn't want the other chair, I would increase the price of the gaming chair to $950. Sold in 4 minutes as the guy was looking for a chair for his kid and himself.
2) Common sense: why does it nearly always seem that the US doesn't have much of it. Why would you travel by car when there's a bus stop 300 feet from your house? Do you really need 3x 40 minute showers a day?
3) Stop buying everything. Nike released a new shoe. WOOOWW! I cannot contain my excitement *Rolls eyes*.
I totally agree on one of the comments made: buy less and good quality. I'm always shocked to see how much cheap clothing people buy only to dispose of it after a few washes. I loved the garden concept the t-shirt printing business had - what they put in they took out.
Very nice message laid out in this piece. "Serve." Great work these guys are doing. Not enough people like them... Can it really tip the scale in the long run? Seems people are too selfish to even save themselves.
Awesome Documentary! There needs to be a stronger drive for business to focus on more then just the goal of profits! The profits should be used as fuel to drive a shift towards more social and environmental sustainable businesses
Too late, we have no choice . We squandered it all ready.
It's never too late my friend
I recently got into economics. I like finding out about values, trades etc. I find it so interesting.
ConsPyros If you like economics, then you should check out public banking and the possibilities of funding a society's basic needs debt free.
Excellent documentary about the social and environmental impact of our economy and how we can improve the overall value that is derived from profit. Recommended for all.
I am including this video in the Alternate Socioeconomic Models segment of my Permaculture Design Certification course this year! As a former economics professor, I say "BRAVO!!!"
Would love to hear more about your course. Regenerative permaculture is life to me and I look for every opportunity to learn more and work more cohesively with earth. The very same principles we use in permaculture can be transposed to humanity, wouldn’t that be nice if we all worked like root systems helping each other out without a second thought
Very glad to have been linked to this. Every angle on guarding our shared 'Sacred values' is valuable. Thank you.
GREAT message, GREAT examples, GREAT companies, and GREAT inspiration, but many of the lingering close-up shots with the slow music could have been edited to make the film much shorter and more efficient to watch.
Thanks so much for the GREAT message. Wish the film could be shown on all TV channels so mainstream America could get an inkling of how it COULD be! You are all amazingly inspirational!
I'm not from the US, ad I'm very happy to listen to this people in this well done documentary. Congrats :)
Most people I talk to about the ideas in this movie call me a communist. Nowadays I don't even try to explain the difference between socialism and communism. I've accepted most people have just accepted and don't (want) to bother. I love the fact that there are some people left who keep trying to divert, to discover, to THINK.
Beautiful Jesse, this has given me hope in people again! Thank you!
One of the best documentaries I have seen, every word was important, it flowed like a stream of wisdom I rarely see. It made my day, I will treasure it and show it to everyone that matters:) Thank you, great job!
I know Dan and can only say that he is one of the brightest people I have ever met.
A Very pleasant feeling have struck me seeing that good americans still exist , other than warriors.
Fantastic! 😍🙏🔥
The true heroes of today, 💝
Small business, local, change agents. Leading by example. ☝️
And the documentarians to spread these examples, far and wide. 😀👏
Leading by example 🙌
Well done Jesse, a beautifully paced and inspiring documentary.
Thank you for taking the time to make this work filled with positive energy.
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Impressive, how these people make the difference, and inspiring how they motivate their drive.
This was an excellent documentary thank you for making your communities and the world a better place . Keep it up stay strong and focus.
GREAT VIDEO. SMART PEOPLE BUILD SMART COUNTRY . LONG LIFE AMERICA.👍👍👍👌👌👌👏👏👏
Thanks to UA-cam for putting this on my recommendation list
5:13 what a beautiful and such a true proverb!
If we could all think like this, would be earth changing,, life changing
exactly
Let us rise up individually and together to create a better lives!🌿
Time to serve!
I've only watched 6 minutes, but it's brilliant. Thanks, you made my whole week!
Thank you for such an inspiring documentary! It helps restore faith in the inherent goodness of people.
-- Love from the Philippines.
people are not good but their heart and their will power is :-) just one thing : Humans are not animals we are created free by God ! Its really important to get the spirit right !
a very inspiring documentary, I am going to have to watch this a few more times to take it all in :0)
This doccumentary is my rock
Wonderful documentary and it can only happen when everyone has purchase power. If 60% of the American population can not afford good product then bad products will always exist and so we have the system we currently have. It's not going to change because there isn't enough wealth to allow most ppl to make the best decisions.
Great doco, so inspiring! Thank you.
It is real valuable to me for studying social economics. thanks a lot.
Glad to hear that
What a wonderful film!! We can DO this!
Speaking truth morebthan most can grasp. Kudos for breaking ties and ground.
Wonderful and Hopeful Documentary> Thank you! Thank You, also, to All Businesses with Souls and Creating a place with Earth's Rainbow Warriors in your own ways!!
THANK U SO MUCH YOU AND REALLY TEACH US WHAT A REAL BUSINESS IDEA SHOULD HAVE
Beautiful documentary!! Thank you For the Value 🤍
Thank you. This is very helpful and so relevant right now to a lot of people I’m seeing currently come together looking to set up similar collective communities and break away from the system.
Life changes and we don't become the same people✨
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It's nice as an owner to want to do better for others, but I feel investors often shut these ideas down or remove the owners control.
I used to view companies as "evil" in the sense that all they cared about was making a big profit ( Cough EA ) but watching this has made me come to realize that profit is not an evil thing, profit for companies is just like food for people, without it they starve and go under.
Of course there are companies that do everything they can to maximize their profits without any regard for the effects on everyone around them ( cigarette companies ) but there are companies who wish to do good in the world, But they still have to make a profit, not out of greed but out of necessity. My mind has just been fucking blown by the fact that it took me this long to figure this out!
P.S For a moment I was overwhelmed with joy at figuring this out, This was my eureka moment, but halfway through the door with my pants on my heels about to yell Eureka in the streets I realized that this is a NO FUCKING SHIT SHERLOCK moment. Oh well I grew as a person this day and I´m still proud of myself.
P.P.S Love the music in the background, Soft and soothing ( not sure if that´s redundant, me no speak da English )
propaganda worked well.
So you're a gamer!
Business itself is morally neutral it seems to me. How they're run? Quite another topic well dealt with in this documentary. Great job! (I donated 10 bucks). Cheers.
Wow, you're amazing me too much
Very good documentary,thanks!
So inspiring and appreciated to this great film!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This perspective works best for the top 20 percent while working very badly for the bottom 80 percent, just as has been the case.
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OUTSTANDING!
Perfect interprepttion and illustration of sustainability
a carefully constructed and considered doco we would be well advised to take into our lives
A great documentary, really enjoyed. Thanks!
Wow, so well done and the very broad context if sustainable development was nicely covered!!!
Very inspiring!! Thanks for sharing.
great documentary
Omg this is astounding. Beautifully beautifully lived and created. Thank u. U encourage the best of me in action. Thank u for living ur truth.
Bravo!
Loved this!!!
Brilliant
Great documentary!! Inspiring!
Thank you for the informative documentary and i have learned a lot continue the good work.
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Creating wealth by serving... Companies like Coca cola, Peps,i fashion brands... doesn't create social benefit.. They are just money making machines
I watch videos like these to counter what I have learned through Austrian economics. I'm unimpressed and highly disturbed
What have you learned from Australian economics that you want to counter?
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Starts at 2:10
Too long intro...
EriCo Academy people like you, make the internet a better place!
too much green stuff .
just what i was going to say...
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..thank you so much 🌷 Watching those green beans crawling around was making MY skin crawl 😳
Thank you for making this.
Love this, such great people, God bless them!
superb documentary
Very good .
Amazing Doc.! love.
Hope arising. Thank you!
"the economy of you" is a powerful thought
We need more of this kind of thinking and practicing!
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Not all profits are created equal. Those that create social harm should be barred.
If only we could stop governments from giving big multinationals our tax dollars, giving them an unfair advantage. Instead, small business should receive subsidisation as those profits tend to stay in the country and community.
The message here really applies to that scenario as well. Grass roots economics as well as grass roots community politics is the only way those changes you hope for have a fighting chance.
PRICE and VALUE are two entirely different things. Many of us are running behind money to just pay price of things they need to possess or consume. In this process, we've lost sense of VALUE and impact of price-based consumption on environment. I hope that this documentary might enlighten and awaken both consumers & manufacturers and ultimately help us in saving ourselves and earth from unrecoverable destruction.
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Social and financial motivation subside each other's.
Great movie 😍😍
Trust has to be given to be generated; it requires heart and is universal. Trust requires open and fair negotiation when it is broken; never completely retracted. Trust must be used to serve humanity, not as a power tool. If this is not taught well, by example to all children of communities, relationships in and around community, and families there of, become broken/divided or diluted and self oriented.
For me, this is a pretty amazing and inspiring documentary. I cannot believe that there are SO many people, in this documentary, speaking SO MUCH WISDOM; SO MUCH HUMANENES AND HUMANITY!! HOWEVER!!! I've seen absolutely NO PEOPLE OF COLOR; no African Americans, no Native Americans, no Latinos, no Asians. Progressives have been accused of being just as racist as conservatives. Is that what's going on here? Is our exclusion intentional? I truly don't know. What I DO know is that it is VERY UNFORTUNATE!!!!
+neon arroyo This is a fair critique, but we can assure you the exclusion was not intentional. We reached out to a number of people with diverse backgrounds for this film, but many individuals declined to be interviewed. As a no budget film (the Kickstarter failed) the film reflects people who were in the local area that were willing to speak with us that we could afford to get to. We could have just not made the film. Not spent a year of our time and thousands of dollars of our own money on the project. That would have been a lot easier. Is it a flawed film. Certainly. All films are. Do we think the world is a slightly better place because it exists? Yes. Does critiquing people trying to do something, anything good, within their means make the world a better place? Encourage them to make another project? A better project? We doubt it. Might be why this is our only film.
I apologize for being so harsh, I realize I was wrong and ask for your forgiveness. I hope that you good folks DO go on to make other amazing documentaries and movies that are so relevant, like this one is. All the best.
you are jesus sir.
Cos poc hate hard work, don't gaf outside themselves and enjoy all the welfare without the work or care, they claim to be all about they're own communities yet let they're people destroy any self growth or individual sovereign life ever, it's all talk about hating the hand that feeds while claiming to be supreme if its onpy they're own people, yet nowhere and nothing is done to save or prove theyew truthful since they rather continue destroying what can help them to be successful, all while driving any values for anything helpful to their people via poc who do all the right things, they wanna just rage and destroy everything that is done, invested or offered that would end they're sense of pessimistic and selfishness, look at every black ran states, everyone of them is like chop and the black community in each was destroyed and kept Dow by they're own corrupt need to ride free without true values to do anything to create better effort for even they're own races what makes you think they would enjoy true economic socialism in black run communities?? They destroy all they're own chances and let they're own suffer while those leaders steal the investments and use evil movements to destroy with a spread of more destructive angry lies that brainwash not just pic but all colours and now everywhere knows the names of thugs and its all white men to blame, look at the way they do nothing but bite the hand that feeds free government funds while knowingly they're letting they're people suffer in poverty and they, poc running both socially and politically, those people they want paying them to destroy they're own people are they're own, take a look, it's not difficult to see it's not hard, the way it's alllll about keeping free recruits held back kept down n paying all investments off the whites they tear up publucally, pay for THEM to put into communities.. They themselves hate white people but love free money off them though. What penny goes where its needed, on poverty? On poc and invested into schools education and jobs helpujbg communities thrive not struggle to survive in horrible conditions? They rather invest what the white devil gives them to help they're poverished people and been charitable to pay for, trusting they will use it for helping save they're own is stupid they rather pay people to hold they're own back and instead of helping education they focus on CRT and white genocide. They wouldn't work well here. One day that white hand that feeds will dry up and when it does, they gonna know reality... Are the real enemy is actually the same coloured skin that controlled them and forced poverty to remain while keeping true investors Al whites, to fund stupid politics agendas and crappy wasted devaluation of their ethics. Comes not from that shilkaka. Those who take will break when those who today pay tomorrow goes away. Hopefully the next generation will survive to see the enemy of their people was their own races bot capital, CAPITOLISM is what kept them going if they didn't have such corrupt crazy leaders in communities taking all funds and their money was going into places it should of all the time it's been since 70s now, they would be shocked into total in fighting till fatality, wake up think outside and if you do you be actually grateful to whitey and see who really needs to be exiled out of the communities and before they push that white xapitplist hand feeding funds just finally says enough is enough, soon maybe better than later... 🙄
@@Faerie_nuff88 Didn't bother reading your racist diatribe! This was spoken like a true wealth racist or an aspiring wealth racist. You people are predominantly (though most certainly not exclusively) White. You people wield hiring practices, on the job racial harassment, poverty, law enforcement, double standards in the justice system, etc... - to keep (you people think) Black African Americans, Native Americans, and other people of color in our places.
But G-d is on our side and, your father has been defeated. Your father is the father of lies. Your father roams around, as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Your father came to steal, kill and destroy. Your father has been defeated! White racism has been defeated! It has been defeated on a global level! It is our manifest destiny, as Black African Americans, Native Americans, and other people of color - to be on economic par with Whites. In the name of Jesus Christ, it is just a matter of time before this manifests. In the name of Jesus Christ, mark my words, it is just a matter of time!
Your next racist diatribe is welcome, I won't bother reading it either. Too long and wordy, even for me! 🤦🏿♂️
Well I sure am glad some logic still resides with the locals....well done production folks, thank you for taking the time to present enlightenment for the less fortunate.