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Robert Thurman at UBC (1 of 10) Robert Thurman at UBC (1 of 10)
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Robert Thurman spoke at UBC's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 27. His talk was entitled Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis. See www.cfis.ubc.ca/page 473.htm for more.

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Interdisciplinary education needed to address complex issues Interdisciplinary education needed to address complex issues
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UBC professor William Rees argues that an interdisciplinary education is necessary in order to address the complex issues like climate change that we face today, and our education system needs to adapt to this reality.

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Robert Thurman at UBC (2 of 10) Robert Thurman at UBC (2 of 10)
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Robert Thurman spoke at UBC's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 27. His talk was entitled Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis. See www.cfis.ubc.ca/page 473.htm for more.

Related: buddhism, china, crisis, global, planet, species, tibet

Robert Thurman at UBC (3 of 10) Robert Thurman at UBC (3 of 10)
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Robert Thurman spoke at UBC's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 27. His talk was entitled Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis. See www.cfis.ubc.ca/page 473.htm for more.

Related: buddhism, china, crisis, global, planet, species, tibet

Robert Thurman at UBC (7 of 10) Robert Thurman at UBC (7 of 10)
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Robert Thurman spoke at UBC's Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 27. His talk was entitled Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis. See www.cfis.ubc.ca/page 473.htm for more.

Related: buddhism, china, crisis, global, planet, species, tibet

Robert Thurman at UBC (10 of 10) Robert Thurman at UBC (10 of 10)
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Robert Thurman spoke at UBC on Buddhism as a Civilization Matrix and the Current Global Crisis. See www.cfis.ubc.ca/page 473.htm for more.

Related: buddhism, china, crisis, global, planet, species, tibet

Alice Alice
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Video duration: 284 seconds

UBC Assistant Professor Erin Baines tells the deeply disturbing story of Alice as she tries to reconcile her role in her's sister's death because of the Lord's Resistance Army.

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Conflict and Gender Conflict and Gender
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Video duration: 186 seconds

UBC Assistant professor Erin Baines talks about how girls and women have been targeted differently than boys and men in the Northern Ugandan conflict.

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How the research is helping the peace process How the research is helping the peace process
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UBC Assistant Professor Erin Baines describes how the research done on the Justice and Reconciliation project is helping the overall peace process in Northern Uganda.

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Consuming the ecosphere (UBC Professor William Rees) Consuming the ecosphere (UBC Professor William Rees)
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UBC Professor William Rees argues that humans are now exceeding the rate at which nature is producing resources - a fundamental imbalance between the human enterprise and nature - and we're literally consuming the ecosphere from the inside out.

Related: analysis, change, climate, conflict, ecological, ecology, ethic, footprint, global, growth

War children like 60,000 amber alerts War children like 60,000 amber alerts
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Erin Baines, Research Director of the Justice and Reconciliation Project at UBC's Liu Institute for Global Issues, describes the impact of the 60,000 war children that have been abducted to date in Northern Uganda.

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What can you do? What can you do?
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Video duration: 153 seconds

UBC Assistant professor Erin Baines describes what you can do to help the Justice and Reconciliation Project in Northern Uganda.

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Start of the Justice and Reconciliation Project Start of the Justice and Reconciliation Project
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Video duration: 134 seconds

UBC Assistant Professor Erin Baines discusses the start of her work on the Justice and Reconciliation Project in Northern Uganda.

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People on the ground People on the ground
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Video duration: 118 seconds

UBC Assistant Professor Erin Baines describes the genesis of the 20 year conflict in Northern Uganda, started by the Lord's Resistance Army.

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Conducting research in a conflict zone Conducting research in a conflict zone
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Video duration: 114 seconds

UBC Assistant Professor Erin Baines describes dodging bullets as she conducted research on the Justice and Reconciliation Project in Northern Uganda.

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Lord\ Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
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Video duration: 79 seconds

UBC Assistant Professor Erin Baines described the Lord's Resistance Army, responsible for thousands of children being abducted in Northern Uganda.

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We need to reduce our footprint (UBC Prof. William Rees We need to reduce our footprint (UBC Prof. William Rees
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UBC Professor William Rees argues that many solutions to climate change are actually just helping us grow more efficiently. The science shows that an absolute reduction in energy usage is required.

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Research aims Research aims
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Video duration: 77 seconds

UBC Assistant Professor Erin Baines describes the research aims of the Justice and Reconciliation project in Northern Uganda.

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Trying to resolve the conflict Trying to resolve the conflict
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Video duration: 69 seconds

UBC Assistant Professor Erin Baines explores various solutions to finding a lasting peace process in Northern Uganda.

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Climate change is one symptom (UBC Professor William Rees) Climate change is one symptom (UBC Professor William Rees)
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Video duration: 448 seconds

UBC Professor William Rees argues that climate change is a symptom of a deeper dysfunctional relationship between the human enterprise and the ecosphere.

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