Change the Worldview, Change the World
Gender, like race, is a social construction, which is to say, a story. And the stories of sexism and racism that have cast such a pall over our history and our present illustrate the power of worldview and narrative in generating and maintaining systemic oppression.
Our intuitive capacity for deep collaboration has the power to change the world.
The Intuitive Power of Human Collaboration
There are twenty-four of us, crammed into the kitchen, trying not to tread on each others’ toes. We have a box of vegetables dug fresh from the allotments at Cloughjordan eco-village, County Tipperary, Ireland. Our task, should we choose to accept it, is to feed ourselves using only these veg and the utensils in our host Stephen’s kitchen. Stephen…
Women of the World | Be Bold for Change
Dear Reader,
I left home in the nascent spring of 1975, a few months shy of seventeen. It was a stormy, exhilarating time for women, the so-called 'second wave' of feminism that had already transformed so many women's lives. The United Nations designated 1975 International Women’s Year and held the first World Conference on Women in Mexico City.
Tomorrow, March 8 is International Women's…
How to Bring More Permanent Good into Our Lives and the World
How to Bring More Permanent Good into Our Lives and the World Eric Hutchins In their efforts to create ideal communities, the ancient Greeks asked three basic questions: What is real; of the real, what is good; and how do we make more of the good? Generally unknown to them at the time, the ancient peoples of Southern Asia had long before offered answers to the same questions; answers that may now…
Vision and Change | Fermentation as Metaphor
Fermentation is extremely versatile as a metaphor. Inside our minds, frequently, ideas ferment as we think about them and imagine how they might play out.
Unlocking a Fresh Vision for the World
By Thomas Hübl
We already have everything we need to heal ourselves, our societies, and our planet. And we must, for there is no time to waste.
David Berkeley | Oh Quiet World
Oh Quiet World is a prayer for the world written during the time when everything stood still a while. The whole album plays like a prayer, beginning with the call to “wake up in the early light,” and ending with the word, “amen.”
Fall Preview: “Rapids of Change” | and a Kosmos Primer
Dear Reader,
Many Kosmos friends are reporting mental confusion and unusual physical fatigue after months of confinement from the pandemic. The devastating fires in the west, the struggle for racial justice, and the harsh partisan rhetoric surrounding the upcoming elections, all add to feelings of upheaval and loss. There is also a kind of anticipatory fear as we wonder, "what next?".
Yet,…