In the latest entry to our animated series by The Girl Child & Her Long Walk to Freedom, we re-examine the story of Eve and the Garden of Eden. For centuries, the idea that women brought evil into the world has done great harm. Watch below and discover how we can break free from these harmful patriarchal beliefs.
Get to Know The Digital Co-Op
The Digital Co-Op is a first-of-its-kind, digital list-growth solution for non-profits! In this fun-filled, 90-second animated tour we illustrate why it works and how it can transform your work. Check out the video below and learn more at TheDigitalCo-Op.com
Last Chance Alliance: How Oil Drilling Fuels California Wildfires
We worked with Last Chance Alliance on their initiative to get California Governor Gavin Newsom to stop issuing drilling permits in California. Every year California wildfires get bigger and more intense. The cause? Climate change which is made worse by drilling for fossil fuels. Check out our informative video below and get involved at FuelingTheFlames.org
California’s wildfires are getting bigger. More destructive. They’ve wiped whole communities off the map.
— Last Chance Alliance (@LastChance_CA) August 4, 2022
Oil drilling is #FuelingTheFlames. Go to https://t.co/SVR8lLjpA2 to tell @GavinNewsom: STOP permitting more drilling! pic.twitter.com/YDXJB3hDDi
Teacher2Teacher: What happens when students don’t believe in their own potential?
We worked with MissionWired and Teacher2Teacher to show how a "math mindset" can be fostered in any student with enough practice and support. This fun animation imagines what would happen if students always gave up on their first try, and how learning math also teaches persistence.
AMAZE.org - "Abortion with Pills: What is It?"
It’s more important than ever to educate ourselves to help protect abortion access. AMAZE.org “takes the awkward out of sex ed” for teens and young adults. Our latest collaboration tackles the different ways someone can end a pregnancy with pills. Check out the collaboration with Executive Creative Producer, Erica Priggen Wright below:
IPEN: Exposing Problems from Toxic Chemicals in Plastics
IPEN is a global network of NGOs working to protect people and the planet from harmful chemicals. In this 2.5 minute video we created with them, we raise awareness around dangerous chemicals in plastics like BPA, PFAS, and others linked to cancer, infertility and other serious conditions.
The video premiered at the BRS COP meetings in Geneva in June 2022, and also provide solutions, including recommendations that should be included in a global Plastics Treaty.
Check out the video below and click here to learn more about IPEN’s Toxic Plastics campaign.
National Nurses United: Home All Alone
We worked with National Nurses United to stand up against a growing number of hospitals that claim they can give you hospital-level care from home. In fact, patients are being abandoned “Home All Alone” without access to the life-saving, personal care and expertise provided by nurses. Check out the video below, and spread the word to help nurses protect patients from these dangerous programs.
MidPen Housing: How Do we Accelerate Housing?
We teamed up with MidPen Housing on an explainer video that dives into their work providing affordable housing to Californians in need. Check it out below and learn more here:
”Last year, Governor Gavin Newsom and the CA State Legislature invested $1.75B in the California Housing Accelerator. Learn why these investments work, how additional investments are vital to confronting the state's housing and homelessness crisis, and what we can do to help create more housing for those who need it most.”
Ed Reports "I wanted to be the teacher I needed"
We’re happy to once again team up with Ed Reports to tell the story of educator, Georgina Rivera. Watch below to learn how how her experiences growing up as a multilingual learner shaped the teacher she ultimately became. Learn more at EdReports.org
Transparent Investing: The Honest Investing Ad You'll Never See
Our second collaboration with Director Louis Fox, supports author Patrick Geddes’ new book “Transparent Investing”. Check out this animated spoof of investment ads, and learn more at PatrickGeddes.co
What if investment firms advertising active management were required to include full disclosure of the historically low success rate of active versus indexing? If the same rules from pharmaceutical advertising applied to active stock pickers, here's what a fully honest ad might sound like.
Transparent Investing: The Investment Advisor of Oz
We worked with Director Louis Fox and author Patrick Geddes to support the launch of his new book “Transparent Investing”. Check out the animated spoof of The Wizard of Oz below, and learn more at PatrickGeddes.co
“When investment advisors try to counsel investors and keep them from their worst behavioral biases, then they can add genuine value. However, when advisors try to pretend that they’re wizards who can see into the future by picking active managers who will beat the market, then they become, as the Scarecrow would say, humbugs.”
The Meatrix: Resurrections
In honor of the newest “Matrix” movie, we revisit the parody that rocked the internet back in 2003 (featuring the voice of original Meatrix co-creator, Louis Fox)! Check out The Meatrix: Resurrections to learn how the dangers of factory farms are even more urgent today. Learn more and take action at TheMeatrix.com
*Features work from the original Meatrix, created by Free Range Studios
ACE Our Climate Our Future SHORTS: Indigenous Solutions with Alexis Raeana
Season Two of Our Climate Our Future SHORTS concludes with “Indigenous Solutions with Alexis Raeana"! Join ACE teammate, Alexis Raeana Jones, as she takes (not quite) 73 questions on Indigenous solutions to the climate emergency. From the #LandBack movement to seventh-generation stewardship, Native principles and knowledge offer a range of vital solutions to the climate crisis.
Check it out below and get involved at ACESpace.org
EdReports: 3 Ways to Know if You're Using Quality Science Curricula
EdReports evaluates educational materials and provides reports for educators to determine the highest quality content. Our latest collaboration with them focuses on ways for educators to evaluate their science curricula. Check out the short video below and learn more at EdReports.org
California YIMBY: Housing Policy is Climate Policy
California’s housing shortage is making climate change worse, while making the state less affordable, less inclusive, and less sustainable. As driving distances get longer, so too does climate pollution from our cars -- leaving us stuck in a vicious cycle of ever-worsening pollution, rising risk of wildfire, and more homes burning.
Learn more in our latest collaboration with California YIMBY, and get involved at CAYimby.org
ACE Our Climate Our Future SHORTS: "The Climate Emergency"
New episode from Action for the Climate Emergency (ACE)! Watch it below and learn more at AceSpace.org
“The climate emergency is here, and the window for incremental action has closed – it’s #NowOrNever. Why aren’t our leaders acting like it?! We deserve a world beyond fossil fuels—a world in which our leaders tell the truth, acknowledge the climate emergency, and implement an emergency-level response to stop it. Join Beckett as he takes action to ignite fellow activists and new friends to fight for our futures!”
ACE Our Climate Our Future SHORTS: "Black Carbon: Dirty Sidekick of CO2"
New episode is out now! Black carbon -- tiny particles of soot in the atmosphere -- has never really gotten the recognition it deserves when it comes to climate change. Until now. Learn where black carbon comes from and all the ways it can impact humans and the planet, from climate change to melting glaciers to our ability to breathe. Check out the full episode below and go to ACESpace.org for more info
Our Climate Our Future SHORTS - Season 2
Action for Climate Emergency (ACE) and RDC kick off Season 2 of our online series with “What is Distributed Renewable Energy?”
We can make our own energy and stop relying on fossil fuels. The need is evident, and the technology is ready. Watch our newest episode below to learn about and envision a future with clean energy for everyone, and learn more at acespace.org
MIT/Real Talk for Change
Our latest animated video supports Real Talk for Change - a campaign aiming to amplify the voices of under served communities in Boston during the upcoming 2021 election. RTFC facilitates community conversations and publicly aggregates the concerns & experiences in a central dashboard.
Real Talk for Change is a collaboration between MIT’s Center for Constructive Communication (CCC), Dunk the Vote, Local Voices Network, South End Technology Center, and Family Nurturing Center. Check out the video below and learn more at RealTalkForChange.org
California YIMBY: Let's Build Affordable Housing - for Everyone
Our latest video with California YIMBY dives into the topic of Affordable Housing. California cities have made it illegal to build more homes, resulting in crushing rents, endless commutes and escalating homelessness - but it doesn’t have to be this way. Check out the video below to explore the roots of California’s affordability crisis -- and how to solve it. Learn more at CAYIMBY.org