Playing for Change
The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music had the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race. And with this truth firmly fixed in our minds, we set out to share…
Race, Class, Gender and Climate Change: An Excerpt from ‘Together Resilient’ by Ma’ikwe Ludwig
By Ma'ikwe Ludwig, via Fellowship for Intentional Community from her book, Together Resilient | Building Community in the Age of Climate Disruption.
Climate change is deeply intertwined with race, class and gender. I’d like to focus on the who of different roles we are all playing in the crisis.
First off, note what countries have historically contributed the largest amount to climate…
Money: in terms of social change, it’s both ‘beauty and the beast’
By Michael Edwards
Is money a curse or a cure in relation to injustice and inequality?
Philip Larkin’s poetry entered my consciousness during Britain’s “winter of discontent” in 1978, a grim time for those who remember it. Strikes by refuse collectors, nurses and workers in electricity plants brought the country to a halt. Things were so bad that even the gravediggers went on strike.…
Sacred Season Gathering of Songs
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Sacred Season Gathering of Songs
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Kosmos 2022 Winter Edition Preview
Dear Reader,
New Year’s Day greetings!
I’m really delighted to share this preview of our 2022 winter edition of Kosmos Quarterly. It has been an exceptionally tender time, as we hospice Nancy Roof, our founder and guiding light, and continue to benefit so much from her radiant presence. She is feeling well, and I’m happy she can enjoy the freshness and hope of the new year with…
Autumn Poetry, Music, and Mosaics!
Dear Reader,
During the beautiful autumn in this hemisphere, I am paying attention to the wild and generous 'seeding' taking place all around. Milk weed pods burst with downy floss sending tiny angel-seeds aloft, to settle and sleep for the winter. Acorns bombard me in the woods, each nut containing the blueprint for a tree. Yet, even under a microscope, the tree cannot be seen. Something has…
Call for Essays and other Works | Rising Earth Consciousness
featured image | Healing, by Autumn Skye Morrison
Dear Reader,
World Interfaith Harmony Week is coming up. It’s a reminder that, in many ways, the world’s spiritual traditions may be our greatest hope for realizing our essential unity and healing our planet. Yes, I realize that ‘religion’ has often been used to divide us, and that religious extremism is to blame for…
Films for a More Sane Civilization
By Katie Teague
A visual storyteller attuned to the unique complexities of the liminal space we live in, Katie Teague's work shines in collaboration cutting-edge thinkers, philosophers, artists and writers exploring what it means to be human "in a time between worlds." Under her channel 'In the Making', Katie independently crafts thoughtful, extraordinary short films derived from her extensive, intimate…
Something Like Sanity | A Course Review of ‘Surviving the Future: The Deeper Dive’
You would expect a course about collapse – both ecological and societal – to be depressing. Not so with “Surviving the Future: The Deeper Dive” Shaun Chamberlin’s ten week course about the end of extractive civilization, and what comes after, offered via Sterling College.