In the latest Washington Post On Leadership video series, Steve Pearlstein sits down with Vinod Khosla, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems, to discuss hybrid cars, global warming solutions and his leadership in the field.

Khosla: “Most of the environmentalists do a good job defining the problem. They do a terrible job finding and proposing solutions. They think the only way to get in balance with the environment is to use less of everything. They don’t think there’s cleaner ways to get more electricity, or more oil, or more cars. And I’m a firm believer, technology is the real solution. The world will not go backwards. Human beings aren’t made that way. And so you have to come up with different solutions.”

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HRH Prince Charles launches new campaign to save the rainforests in online video broadcast, featuring Hollywood Stars Robin Williams, Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, and Princes Harry and William.

The Prince’s Rainforests Project - http://www.rainforestsos.org/

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Name: Food Inc
Plot: An unflattering look inside America’s corporate controlled food industry.
Release Date: 12 June 2009
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser
Director: Robert Kenner
Writer: Robert Kenner
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

Watch the trailer by clicking here: Food Inc.

Official Synopsis:

In “Food, Inc.,” filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli–the harmful bacteria that cause illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms’ Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin, “Food, Inc.” reveals surprising–and often shocking truths–about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

Here are some reviews:

“Does for the supermarket what ‘Jaws’ did for the beach.”
- Staff, Variety
“More than a terrific movie—it’s an important movie.”
- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
“A riveting cautionary tale. This is one movie that truly provides food for thought.”
- Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
“A cleverly written and well produced documentary. Kenner crafts an intelligent, visually compelling argument grounded in old-fashioned investigative research and journalism.”
- Maria Garcia, Film Journal International
“Excellent in every respect.”
- Pete Hammon, BoxOffice Magazine

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