Embedded video (You've Got... 90 seconds on Garbology) is a quick way to make the point that our consumerism is based on designed wastefulness. Other (longer) podcasts and book reviews/articles linked as well.
Explores 5 African concepts of what it means to be human (ubuntu), how communities should resolve conflict (palaver and mato oput), and develop themselves (ujamaa and kujitegemea).