Read the companion blog here: https://tinyurl.com/ybgj3r6p Check out Frances' newest book, Daring Democracy, with co-author Adam Eichen in stores now and online here: https://www.smallplanet.org/daring-democracy In this episode of Thought Sparks, Small Planet Institute co-founder, author of 19 books, and recipient of 18 honorary doctorates, Frances Moore Lappé, discusses a major theme in her life’s work: hope. She tells us that though hope requires work, all we need to create hope is to believe in possibilities. Stay tuned for more from Frankie on the SPI channel! Find SPI and Frankie on Social Media! Facebook (SPI): https://www.facebook.com/SmallPlanetInstitute/ Facebook (Frances): https://www.facebook.com/francesmlappe/ Twitter (SPI): https://twitter.com/SmallPlanetInst?lang=en Twitter (Frances): https://twitter.com/fmlappe?lang=en Instagram (SPI): https://www.instagram.com/smallplanetinstitute/ Instagram (Frances): https://www.instagram.com/francesmlappe/ Website: https://www.smallplanet.org Video Production by Vanessa Scalora Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Read the companion blog here: https://tinyurl.com/y8xguzr8 In this episode of Thought Sparks, Frankie discusses a major theme in her life’s work: hope. In part I about hope, she tells us that hope is a tap root of power and is critical to building the democracy movement in the US. Video Production by Vanessa Scalora Music: Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Read the companion blog here: https://tinyurl.com/ybrv5ow9 In this episode of Thought Sparks, Frankie discusses a major theme in her life’s work: hope. She tells us what she believes are the three essentials for hope. Video Production by Vanessa Scalora Music: Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Read the companion blog too: https://tinyurl.com/y7rl9aqn In this episode of Thought Sparks, Frankie discusses the most relevant theme in her life’s work at the moment: real democracy. She tells us that democracy is not a choice, it is the only pathway toward dignity and human thriving, and thus a world that we all want. Video Production by Vanessa Scalora Music: Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Read the companion blog too: https://tinyurl.com/yaeq8gyg In this episode of Thought Sparks, Frankie discusses the most relevant theme in her life’s work at the moment: real democracy. She explains that we must fall in love with democracy to save ours. However, in order to love democracy we first must understand it, and so Frances digs into what democracy really is in this video. Video Production by Vanessa Scalora Music: Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Images: California Disclose Act: https://a22.asmdc.org/press-releases/california-disclose-act-moves-governors-desk Holocaust Stumbling Stone: https://www.newsweek.com/munich-continue-ban-stumbling-stone-holocaust-memorials-358176 Seattle Democracy Voucher: https://www.sightline.org/2015/04/14/seattle-voters-meet-democracy-vouchers/

Read the companion blog too: https://tinyurl.com/yda5v4q2 In this episode of Thought Sparks, Frankie discusses the most relevant theme in her life’s work at the moment: real democracy. She explains that humans are capable of democracy and with courage, it can be realized. Video Production by Vanessa Scalora Music: Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Read the companion blog too: http://ow.ly/qgy230mFQu9 Check out Frances' newest book, Daring Democracy, with co-author Adam Eichen in stores now and online here: https://www.smallplanet.org/daring-democracy In this episode of Thought Sparks, Small Planet Institute co-founder, author of 19 books, and recipient of 18 honorary doctorates, Frances Moore Lappé, introduces a major theme in her life's work: courage. She explains that the energy of fear can be harnessed to create a world that we all want, and doing this would give us freedom. Stay tuned for more from Frankie on the SPI channel! Find SPI and Frankie on Social Media! Facebook (SPI): https://www.facebook.com/SmallPlanetI... Facebook (Frances): https://www.facebook.com/francesmlappe/ Twitter (SPI): https://twitter.com/SmallPlanetInst?l... Twitter (Frances): https://twitter.com/fmlappe?lang=en Instagram (SPI): https://www.instagram.com/smallplanet... Instagram (Frances): https://www.instagram.com/francesmlappe/ Website: https://www.smallplanet.org Find ways to join the democracy movement in your area here, with the Field Guide to Democracy: https://fieldguidetodemocracy.org Video Production by Vanessa Scalora Music: Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Images: Wangari Maathai https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/world/africa/wangari-maathai-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-dies-at-71.html Rev. Timothy Njoya http://hallelujah.co.ke/second-nairobi-personal-computer-says-rev-timothy-njoya/

Read the companion blog too: https://tinyurl.com/y7ye8ojz Check out Frances' newest book, Daring Democracy, with co-author Adam Eichen in stores now and online here: https://www.smallplanet.org/daring-democracy In this episode of Thought Sparks, Small Planet Institute co-founder, author of 19 books, and recipient of 18 honorary doctorates, Frances Moore Lappé, introduces a major theme in her life's work: courage. She explains that the opposite of evil is no longer goodness, but goodness with courage. Stay tuned for more from Frankie on the SPI channel! Find SPI and Frankie on Social Media! Facebook (SPI): https://www.facebook.com/SmallPlanetI... Facebook (Frances): https://www.facebook.com/francesmlappe/ Twitter (SPI): https://twitter.com/SmallPlanetInst?l... Twitter (Frances): https://twitter.com/fmlappe?lang=en Instagram (SPI): https://www.instagram.com/smallplanet... Instagram (Frances): https://www.instagram.com/francesmlappe/ Website: https://www.smallplanet.org Find ways to join the democracy movement in your area here, with the Field Guide to Democracy: https://fieldguidetodemocracy.org Video Production by Vanessa Scalora Music: Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music

Read the companion blog too: https://tinyurl.com/ybxgh9v7 Check out Frances' newest book, Daring Democracy, with co-author Adam Eichen in stores now and online here: https://www.smallplanet.org/daring-democracy In this episode of Thought Sparks, Small Planet Institute co-founder, author of 19 books, and recipient of 18 honorary doctorates, Frances Moore Lappé, introduces a major theme in her life's work: courage. She explains that unless we act we will never know the power we hold and we will never know the historical impact of our actions. Every advance in human history for freedom and democracy starts with just a few courageous people, and someone always noticing. Stay tuned for more from Frankie on the SPI channel! Find SPI and Frankie on Social Media! Facebook (SPI): https://www.facebook.com/SmallPlanetI... Facebook (Frances): https://www.facebook.com/francesmlappe/ Twitter (SPI): https://twitter.com/SmallPlanetInst?l... Twitter (Frances): https://twitter.com/fmlappe?lang=en Instagram (SPI): https://www.instagram.com/smallplanet... Instagram (Frances): https://www.instagram.com/francesmlappe/ Website: https://www.smallplanet.org Find ways to join the democracy movement in your area here, with the Field Guide to Democracy: https://fieldguidetodemocracy.org Video Production by Vanessa Scalora Music: Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music Images: Frankie at Democracy Spring March https://www.smallplanet.org Spock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Spock Leipzig, Nilolaikirche https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leipzig_Nikolaikirche_BW_2012-09-10_18-11-46.jpg

Rally for Unity and Solidarity was held January 19, 2019 at the Missouri Theatre, Columbia, MO. Keynote speaker Francis Moore Lappé, other speakers: Barb Kuensting, Michela Skelton, Carolyn Amparan, Margot McMillan, OneMic Poets: Bini Sebastian and Christopher Lee Shannon. Music by Violet and the Undercurrents. For more ways to help the environment go to Carolyn Amparan's blog: http://slowingclimatechange.blogspot.com/

On February 6, 2019 some 200 students, faculty, activists, and community members crowded into Tishman Auditorium at The New School in New York City to hear Vandana Shiva, Mark Bittman, and author Timothy A. Wise discuss the battle for the future of food. Wise, director of the Land and Food Rights Program at Small Planet Institute, was in New York for the release of his new book, Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food.

Frances Moore Lappé was the 2008 recipient of the James Beard Foundation's Humanitarian of the Year Award for her work in global food activism.

Frances Lappe argues with Burger King's President of Global Marketing that their new ad campaign not only uses poor people unethically to enrich the company but reflects a flawed business model — one thats turned the Whopper into the Hummer of the food industry. Burger King executives, she suggests, could learn from the fate of the Hummer makers now on their knees in Washington and create a more savvy business strategy.

Author and global food and democracy activist, Frances Moore Lappé, talks about her latest book, ECOMIND: CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK TO CREATE THE WORLD WE WANT. Frances Moore Lappé spoke at Powell's City of Books in Portland, Oregon, on September 14th, 2011. She is author of the multi-million copy bestseller, DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET and co-founder of the Small Planet Institute. To find out more about Frances Moore Lappé and her work, please visit the Small Planet Institute website at smallplanetinstitute.org

Frances Moore Lappé is a "living democracy" advocate and world food expert. She is the author or coauthor of 18 books, including Diet for a Small Planet, which was chosen among "75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World" by the Women's National Book Association. It also was recently dubbed a "blueprint for eating with a small carbon footprint long before the term was coined," by J.M. Hirsch of the Associated Press. In 2008, "Gourmet Magazine" selected Frances among 25 people, including Thomas Jefferson and Julia Child, whose work has changed the way America eats, and the James Beard Foundation named her Humanitarian of the year. She is a winner of the Right Livelihood Award, called the Alternative Nobel. She and her daughter Anna Lappé launched the Cambridge-based The Small Planet Institute and the Small Planet Fund in 2001. Frances's major media appearances include the "Today Show," "Fox News," "Hardball," NPR, and PBS Now. Articles by or about her have appeared in the New York Times, Harper's, O: The Oprah Magazine, People, The Nation, and more. ----------------------- In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

Frances Moore Lappé introduces Getting a Grip 2

Frances Moore Lappé and her daughter Anna traveled around the world in 2000 and discovered courageous social movements solving the roots of poverty. Now you can support the inspiring people they met directly through the Small Planet Fund. Find out how at: http://smallplanetfund.org.