The lies our culture tells us about what matters -- and a better way to live | David Brooks

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Conservation: a love story | Elsaphan Njora

What if the key to saving nature isn't just about science or policy, but love? Love for the land, for the people who depend on it, for the world we leave behind. Artist Elsaphan Njora has journeyed across Kenya witnessing ecosystems vanish, from Indigenous forests to sacred lakes ...  Show more

Fight for justice — even if you don't live to see it | Golriz Lucina (re-release)

Storyteller Golriz Lucina recounts how the historic sacrifice of Iranian 19th-century poet and mystic Táhirih planted the seeds for the "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests today, offering an inspiring lesson in the value of acting with conviction — even if we don't live to see the re ...  Show more

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