Welcome to our 9th Annual All-Videos Issue. Before we explore this special collection of films – there is big news at GreenMoney: We are turning “250” next month, so keep an eye out for our commemorative 250th issue in July!
For June, the GreenMoney team has curated a collection of compelling stories and discussions – recent films that feature a range of visionaries from corporate executives to everyday people who’ve acted on the urge to question the status quo and then committed their lives to making something better.
Our All-Videos issue is one of my favorites each year. I hope you find these stories as engaging and inspiring as we do. Your feedback and suggestions are always welcome.
If you missed the “Sustainable and Regenerative Agriculture” issue last month – you can still read the timely columns on weather’s impact on Regenerative Ag investing, Fair Trade supply chains and monetizing local food systems. Seth Goldman’s article, From Honest to Just: How Coca-Cola’s Fumble with Honest Tea Turned into an Unexpected Gift was one of our most read articles ever.
Finally, take some time to enjoy what matters most to you this summer, as the busy fall season will be here soon enough. You can stay up to date on forthcoming global conferences on GreenMoney’s Events Calendar.
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Bloomberg Originals – Nature’s ability to regenerate existed long before humans inhabited the Earth. What can we learn from its innate ability to help fix the damage we’ve done? In this episode of An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet, host Nikolaj Coster-Waldau travels to Fukushima, Japan 12 years after the tsunami triggered earthquake and Daiichi Nuclear Plant’s meltdown to see how both nature and humans are responding. He then meets scientists in the Caribbean and biologists in Spain who have uncovered naturally occurring solutions that can help combat everything from plastic waste to greenhouse gas emissions. 47:59, February 2024
GM CEO Mary Barra joined Yahoo Finance’s Lead This Way series to discuss the leadership behind the automaker, including her journey to CEO and how she’s approached the move to electric vehicles, various crises and company culture while at the helm of the iconic brand. 14:30, March, 2024
“Ariel at 40” traces the four-decade history of Ariel Investments, the first Black-owned mutual fund company in the United States – as told by founder John W. Rogers Jr., his co-CEO Mellody Hobson, employees, clients, and peers. The film, produced by Crystal McCrary, McGuire Productions, illustrates the firm’s resilience in the face of adversity – from the Great Financial Crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic. 25:52, February, 2024
Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein – Sallie Krawcheck talks about her journey to the top of the financial industry and empowering women when it comes to investing. 24:06, 5/24
Patagonia Films – In 2012, Jared Campbell decided to run up and down Salt Lake City’s Grandeur Peak for 24 hours, to raise money for air quality advocacy work. The following year, a few friends joined in. The next year: even more. After 11 years, Campbell’s solo project has morphed into Running Up For Air: a worldwide movement with dozens of races, hundreds of runners and tens of thousands of dollars raised around the globe. This is a story about how running builds community that can jump-start change far beyond the trails. 17:20, April, 2024
Filmmaker: Forest Woodward
The Pachamama Alliance equips people around the world with inspiration and training to regenerate the planet’s ecosystems, bring justice to their communities and restore our relationships with the Earth, each other, and ourselves. In 1995, Bill and Lynne Twist traveled deep into the Amazon at the invitation of Achuar leaders to partner with them to preserve their land and culture but to also change the dream of the modern world. Learn about their 25 years of accomplishments in forest protection and economies, ecotourism, human rights and more. 19:22, April 2024
Smithsonian’s National Zoo – Coffee farms in Colombia exist in some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. However, agriculture is putting pressure on that biodiversity that is causing catastrophic declines in migratory bird species. Farmers are working alongside Smithsonian scientists to come up with solutions that will be better for birds AND coffee. 14:24, September, 2023
Patagonia Films – After witnessing a massive fish kill on her ancestral home waters, Yurok tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis dedicated her life to reversing the generations-long destruction wrought by the Klamath River dams. Undammed follows her journey, from testifying before Congress to passing down fishing traditions within her young family. Now that the Klamath dams are finally coming down, she remains confident that the future of her tribe is bright. “It’s not a test,” Bowers Cordalis says of the largest dam-removal project in US history. “It will work.” 17:19, March 2024 Director/Producer: Shane Anderson Directors of Photography: Maya Craig, Seth Hahn Original Score: William Ryan Fritch Editors: Will Miller, Shane Anderson Sound: Daniel Smith