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7 billion Others
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We share this planet with seven billion others. What is our relationship with them? Are we a single unity? Do we belong to one of many tribal divisions? Are we individuals in a planet full of individuality? There is, of course, no single answer to these fundamental questions. Our sense of identity and diversity depends on context. But the way we conceive of our place among the people of the world has profound social, environmental, political, and ethical implications. The GoodPlanet Foundation asked people from all over the world a series of standard questions about the things they value. The survey examines their hopes, dreams, fears, and grounding principles. In bearing witness to the answers, the project allows us to explore the depth of our human commonality against the superficial visual and linguistic signs of difference. These sound-bites provide points of connection between ourselves and others.
Be The Change
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Learn more about the 7 billion Others project and take a look at more than 20 hours of video from your fellow human beings. Add your own voice!
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Information technology has made global, transcultural connections possible in new and creative ways. See how singing together from across the oceans engenders a sense of oneness.
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Look into the faces of the people you pass as you walk down the street today. Imagine the ways in which your lives might be rich in diversity -- and then consider the myriad of important ways your lives are very much the same.
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the planet... The arrogance of humanity! that we believe our entitlement
exceeds the rights of other species to surrender their habitat and
food resources to our insatable greed.
Our nations have national anthems but not our planet. I wonder if you got a chance to watch the Earth Anthem which I have written and produced with great effort- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kQz8jxJLNOA
Please share to help our planet get an anthem. Thanks
The military is a truly major problem, but I believe Mark Twain had the answer [paraphrased]: My main objection to the military is that I like to get to know people before I want to kill them--who amongst us can't relate to this? But if you truly get to know somebody, and to understand them, you will feel much less like killing them.