The Power of Oneness
Author of this post: Kate Andrews | About Blog Authors »By Kate Andrews
It is continually inspiring to watch the growing wealth of social design initiatives springing up across the planet, however this week I came across a project that I feel deserves huge creative and social credit. Founded and directed by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, The Global Oneness Project offers a remarkable insight in to the creative intelligence of human nature. This web-based video initiative aims to explore “how the notion of oneness can be lived in our increasingly complex world”.
The Global Oneness team is traveling the world, filming interviews with people from a variety of disciplines, asking them to share their stories about living and working from a perspective of interconnectedness. The films and interviews document an array of social initiatives - in the fields of sustainability, conflict resolution, spirituality, art, economics, indigenous culture, and social justice.
There are already countless videos on the site, documenting some really insightful social projects, namely the “Not Just a Piece of Cloth” video about the Goonj recycling center in New Delhi (the Western world could really learn a lot from this one) and Johannesburg’s “GreenHouse Project”, run by Dorah Lebelo.
The library of films is available for free from the website or on DVD for event and educational use. This resource is an inspiring example of how design and new media technologies can globally promote creative thinking for social change.
