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…
Find the Others | Start A Conscious Change Collective
The central idea is to form a trust network of relationships with a group of people that share the same core values, and then to cultivate as many opportunities as possible to share meaningful experiences with one another...and work together to bring about radical and positive change across wider society.
Adrift in the World
At least 82.4 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict, climate, or persecution. Among them are nearly 26.4 million refugees, around half of whom are under the age of 18.
Healing Wetiko, the Mind-Virus that Plagues Our World
By Paul Levy
Becoming divided among ourselves is part of the effect of the mind-virus that we are unwittingly colluding with through our fixed views.
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.