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"Urban Monk" author Pedram Shojai takes viewers on a wide-ranging exploration of how decisions made in relation to every day spending habits and company's bottom lines affect the world around us. Shojai visits a variety of companies both large and small that are succeeding at combining ethical business decisions that promote sustainability with profit, guided by a desire to improve the world. Examples range from struggling cacao farmers in Panama to Whole Foods, which began as a small organic market. Throughout, the idea that business decisions based on ethical considerations can make for a better world and still yield profit by, among other things, reducing waste, ensuring future customer growth and creating more productive and fulfilling work environments, is vividly portrayed.

The production quality is excellent and the editing brisk, while maintaining a serious tone. Shojai makes for a genial host and the 80 minute program is a stimulating and inspiring journey into the consideration of human behavior, collective and individual, based upon money and ways in which we can redefine true "prosperity." Recommended for ages 12 to 18 as well as adults. I give this 4 out of 5 stars. Reviewed by Michael F., KIDS FIRST! Adult Juror.

Dr. Pedram Shojai is an author, filmmaker, founder of Well.Org, Urban Monk, husband and father. PROSPERITY is a feature documentary about his journey across the Americas to discover a more sustainable way for us all to do business and thrive on our Planet. 'The Urban Monk' tracks the organic roots of Rodale Publishing; the food revolution of Whole Foods Market; Guayaki's waged war for rainforest redemption; Terra Cycle's scheme to drain the oceans of plastic; architect CookFox's carbon-reducing skyscraper design, alongside many others. Through these companies and more, the documentary explores an exploding conscious business movement, one fueled by social responsibility, transparency, millennials, and the realization that business-as-usual can't go on. The film unveils effective ways for everyone to be a part of this movement and really drive the positive change needed in the world.