Life With Principle: Thoreau's Voice in Our Time

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The Thoreau Reader
Iowa State University
Richard Lenat

Bill McKibben on Thoreau and Global Warming Solutions

DVD Special Features:

Profiles in Civil Disobedience:
- Wangari Maathai
- Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
- Nelson Mandela.

Thoreau's Concord/Walden Pond.

World Leaders:
Thoreau's impact through the eyes of Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Leo Tolstoy, and Daisaku Ikeda.

The boatmen, Bill and Ben:
An animated short Story.

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Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives.

"Life With Principle" emphasizes the importance of spirituality over materialism, it urges people to free themselves from the "Quiet desperation" of their lives. It helps to show the power Thoreau's thinking exerts in the American psych.

"Life With Principle" is a powerful interactive educational
DVD-ROM that provides illustrative connections to all of its content and Special Features. This is accomplished specifically though the ROM MENU.

Respected teachers, educators, and scholars from 28 U.S. States collaborated to produce more than 100 pages of classroom material, including the following: 6 Curricula for the 6 thematic chapters of the "Life With Principle" film, a 16 page Study Guide, and a Scholarly Commentary by Dr. Bradley P. Dean. Educators from around the world have written in to comment on the quality and usefulness of this product for their classrooms.

Life with Principle
created and produced by:
Melvyn Hopper

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Three noted 21st Century intellectuals discuss the impact of Thoreau on their thoughts and actions.

Noam Chomsky
Professor Emeritus, MIT.
Educator, linguist, prolific author

Contact Melvyn Hopper at 604-215-8617 or at hopperlifewithprinciple@shaw.ca for more information.

State Curricula Standards and LWP

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Our Power For Peace: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

Quotes and Comments:
In the name of Allah
Dear Melvyn Hopper,

"My tour in Life With Principle was fun, and I think it is a good idea to use this
DVD to know America more. The future is unwritten so let's write it green, peaceful
and with jasmine"
- From Samah Al Jundi iEARN Damascus, Syria.

"LIFE WITH PRINCIPLE offers a rich diversity of voices testifying to the continued relevance of Thoreau's ideas today. As a result, the viewers of this fine compilation will be challenged to come up with their own answers. And that too Thoreau would have approved."
- Thomas Wortham, Department of English Chair, UCLA

"The Life With Principle DVD-ROM, was offered by the Thoreau Society as a six-session evening course. The film brought together Thoreau, the 21st century, and the principles by which we should live our lives in such a way that it provoked spirited discussion. We came to learn more about Thoreau; we left learning a great deal more about ourselves."
- Jayne K. Gordon, Director of Education and Public Programs, Massachusetts Historical Society

"LIFE WITH PRINCIPLE impresses with its adroit twinning of historic and contemporary concerns, expressed in the voices of the bravely sympathetic youth and the reflective adult. It is also a respectful homage to the legacy of Thoreau..."
- Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked

"If he [Noam Chomsky] has been given more to condemnation than to praise that may well be the worlds fault, not his."
- Robert Tully, United States Military Academy, Professor of Philosophy, introducing Noam Chomsky at West Point, April 20, 2006

Howard Zinn
Professor Emeritus, Boston University.
Historian, author of "A People's History of the United States"

Daniel Ellsberg
Activist.
author of "The Pentagon Papers"