INTERVIEWS
THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS (detail). Fresco by Raphael Sanzio da Urbino. 1509-1511. Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. The group of four men depicted on right are Zoroaster, Ptolemy, Raphael (as the artist Apelles) and Perugino or Timoteo Viti (as the artist Protogenes). The Academy or School of Athens was founded by Plato c.387 BCE on a bronze age site sacred to the Goddess Athena. It was destroyed in 86 BCE by the Roman dictator Sulla who cut down the sacred groves of Athena to build siege engines.
Michael O'Callaghan has been producing and directing video interviews and talks on global issues with leading thinkers from around the world since 1978.
Participants are listed in alphabetical order of last name. Description includes position at time of interview + nationality + date of shoot. Links updated frequently .
Participants are listed in alphabetical order of last name. Description includes position at time of interview + nationality + date of shoot. Links updated frequently .
HEALTH & WATERBernardo Bertolucci
Film director, 1900, The Last Emperor.Italy / UK2000
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTJohn Bradin Financial adviser, Progressive Asset Management Inc. USA2002
HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYONEDr. Gro Harlem Brundtland Director-General, WHO. Norway2000
PEAK OILColin Campbell Petroleum geologist. Author. Founder, Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas. Ireland / UK 2005
GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETYBarry Coates Director, World Development Movement.UK2002
LOCAL AGENDA 21Emilio D'Alessio Deputy Mayor, Ancona. Italy2002
GLOBAL COMMUNITY ORGANISINGFelix Dodds Executive Director, UN Stakeholder Forum for our Common Future.UK2002
KNOWLEDGE & INTEGRITYR. Buckminster Fuller Author, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. Founder, World Game Institute.USA1978
WORLD GAMEMedard Gabel Co-founder, World Game Institute.USA1995
HEALTHY SOIL, HEALTHY FOOD, HEALTHY PEOPLEBernward Geier Director, IFOAM - International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements.. Germany2002
TIME FOR CHANGE!H.H. Tenzin Gyatso, the XIVth Dalai LamaIndia / Tibet1999
CHIMPS & HUMANSJane Goodall Primatologist; member, World Future Council. UK / Tanzania2002
GMO-FREE REGIONSBenedikt Haerlin Coordinator, European Network of GMO-free Regions.Germany2006 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTMark Halle Founder and Chair, ICTSD - International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. Switzerland2002
TAKING BACK DEMOCRACYRandy Hayes Founder, Rainforest Action Network. USA2002
NEW ECONOMICSHazel Henderson Economist and futurist. Author, Creating Alternative Futures. Director, Princeton Center for Alternative Futures. UK / USA1978
ORGANIC FARMINGBrendan Hoare Co-convenor, Organic Federation of Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand2002
CAN WE RESIST SPECIES SUICIDE?R.D. Laing Psychiatrist. Author, The Divided Self.UK1988
THE NEED FOR GLOBAL REGULATIONSJonathan Lash President, WRI - World Resources Institute. USA2002
THE FUTURE OF HOMO SAPIENSRichard Leakey Paeloanthropologist. Author, Origins. Chairman, Kenya Wildlife Service. Kenya1981
OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITYClaude Martin Director-General, WWF International. Switzerland.2002
A PLEA FOR GLOBAL EDUCATIONRigoberta Menchu Túm Nobel Peace Laureate. Author, I Rigoberta Menchú. Mayan human rights leader. UN Spokesperson for the World’s Indigenous Peoples.Guatemala1993
PEOPLE POWERRobert Müller Under-Secretary-General, United Nations.. USA 1978
CIVIL SOCIETYWally N'Dow Secretary-General, Habitat II - Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements. Gambia2002
ECONOMIC LOCALISATIONHelena Norberg-Hodge Co-founder, International Forum on Globalization. Sweden / UK2002
ENVIRONMENT POLITICSRémi Parmentier Environmental lawyer. Founding member & Political director, Greenpeace International. France2002 APOCALYPSE OR SYSTEM CHANGE? SCHIZOPHRENIA AS HEALING PROCESS Dr. John Weir Perry Psychiatrist. Author, The Far Side of Madness and The Heart of History. USA1983
BE THE CHANGE!Bushra Razack Co-editor, Rescue Mission. South Africa2002
MEDIA STRATEGYDanny Schechter Media critic, author, Executive Editor, The Media Channel. USA2002
FARMERS VS. MONSANTOPercy Schmeiser Farmer who faught Monsanto's historic patent infringement lawsuit. USA1996
GENETIC ENGINEERING, SEED PATENTS & BIOPIRACYVandana Shiva Author, Biopiracy. Founder, Navdanya. VP, Slow Food International. Boardmember, International Forum on Globalization. India2006
10 YEARS AFTER THE RIO EARTH SUMMITAchim Steiner Director, IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature.Germany / Switzerland2002 SUSTAINABLE CITIESKaarin Taipale Executive committee chair, ICLEI - International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives. Finland2002
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTMathis Wackernagel Co-founder of ecological fooprinting. President, Global Footprint Network. Switzerland2002
GLOBALISATION & DEMOCRACYErnst Ulrich von Weizsäcker President, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. Germany2002
YOUTH-LED EDUCATIONDavid Woollcombe President, Peace Child International. UK2002
RENEWABLE ENERGYWerner Zittel Co-founder, European Business Council for a Sustainable Future. Germany2003
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTJohn Bradin Financial adviser, Progressive Asset Management Inc. USA2002
HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYONEDr. Gro Harlem Brundtland Director-General, WHO. Norway2000
PEAK OILColin Campbell Petroleum geologist. Author. Founder, Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas. Ireland / UK 2005
GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETYBarry Coates Director, World Development Movement.UK2002
LOCAL AGENDA 21Emilio D'Alessio Deputy Mayor, Ancona. Italy2002
GLOBAL COMMUNITY ORGANISINGFelix Dodds Executive Director, UN Stakeholder Forum for our Common Future.UK2002
KNOWLEDGE & INTEGRITYR. Buckminster Fuller Author, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. Founder, World Game Institute.USA1978
WORLD GAMEMedard Gabel Co-founder, World Game Institute.USA1995
HEALTHY SOIL, HEALTHY FOOD, HEALTHY PEOPLEBernward Geier Director, IFOAM - International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements.. Germany2002
TIME FOR CHANGE!H.H. Tenzin Gyatso, the XIVth Dalai LamaIndia / Tibet1999
CHIMPS & HUMANSJane Goodall Primatologist; member, World Future Council. UK / Tanzania2002
GMO-FREE REGIONSBenedikt Haerlin Coordinator, European Network of GMO-free Regions.Germany2006 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTMark Halle Founder and Chair, ICTSD - International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. Switzerland2002
TAKING BACK DEMOCRACYRandy Hayes Founder, Rainforest Action Network. USA2002
NEW ECONOMICSHazel Henderson Economist and futurist. Author, Creating Alternative Futures. Director, Princeton Center for Alternative Futures. UK / USA1978
ORGANIC FARMINGBrendan Hoare Co-convenor, Organic Federation of Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand2002
CAN WE RESIST SPECIES SUICIDE?R.D. Laing Psychiatrist. Author, The Divided Self.UK1988
THE NEED FOR GLOBAL REGULATIONSJonathan Lash President, WRI - World Resources Institute. USA2002
THE FUTURE OF HOMO SAPIENSRichard Leakey Paeloanthropologist. Author, Origins. Chairman, Kenya Wildlife Service. Kenya1981
OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITYClaude Martin Director-General, WWF International. Switzerland.2002
A PLEA FOR GLOBAL EDUCATIONRigoberta Menchu Túm Nobel Peace Laureate. Author, I Rigoberta Menchú. Mayan human rights leader. UN Spokesperson for the World’s Indigenous Peoples.Guatemala1993
PEOPLE POWERRobert Müller Under-Secretary-General, United Nations.. USA 1978
CIVIL SOCIETYWally N'Dow Secretary-General, Habitat II - Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements. Gambia2002
ECONOMIC LOCALISATIONHelena Norberg-Hodge Co-founder, International Forum on Globalization. Sweden / UK2002
ENVIRONMENT POLITICSRémi Parmentier Environmental lawyer. Founding member & Political director, Greenpeace International. France2002 APOCALYPSE OR SYSTEM CHANGE? SCHIZOPHRENIA AS HEALING PROCESS Dr. John Weir Perry Psychiatrist. Author, The Far Side of Madness and The Heart of History. USA1983
BE THE CHANGE!Bushra Razack Co-editor, Rescue Mission. South Africa2002
MEDIA STRATEGYDanny Schechter Media critic, author, Executive Editor, The Media Channel. USA2002
FARMERS VS. MONSANTOPercy Schmeiser Farmer who faught Monsanto's historic patent infringement lawsuit. USA1996
GENETIC ENGINEERING, SEED PATENTS & BIOPIRACYVandana Shiva Author, Biopiracy. Founder, Navdanya. VP, Slow Food International. Boardmember, International Forum on Globalization. India2006
10 YEARS AFTER THE RIO EARTH SUMMITAchim Steiner Director, IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature.Germany / Switzerland2002 SUSTAINABLE CITIESKaarin Taipale Executive committee chair, ICLEI - International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives. Finland2002
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTMathis Wackernagel Co-founder of ecological fooprinting. President, Global Footprint Network. Switzerland2002
GLOBALISATION & DEMOCRACYErnst Ulrich von Weizsäcker President, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. Germany2002
YOUTH-LED EDUCATIONDavid Woollcombe President, Peace Child International. UK2002
RENEWABLE ENERGYWerner Zittel Co-founder, European Business Council for a Sustainable Future. Germany2003