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Transitioning

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.

Local Resilience

Are Transition Towns Our Key to a More Beautiful Future?

By Lester “Skip” Shuda, Sari Steuber, Joanne Rosenbaum

The Transition Town movement has given me hope where I could not find any before. I’m referring to a network of grassroots community groups that aim to increase self-sufficiency, resilience and localization to reduce the effects of climate/environment destruction and economic instability.

Intentional Community

Mindful Living at MorningSun

By David Viafora

Building our retreat center taught me a lot about construction, but most of all I learned about building community. There’s an African proverb that says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” I would like to add to that clever wisdom: “If you want to go joyfully, go in friendship.” There are some things, and some distances, that we can’t or wouldn’t want to cover alone.

Journey

What I Learned Visiting Intentional Communities

By Travis Redtail and Dania Trejo

I explored the eco-villages of Appalachia, ashrams of Sao Paulo, and Esoteric societies of Turin. What I found is a keyhole view into the next evolution of human consciousness and a nurturing path towards climate action.

Restorative Justice

Prisons as Monasteries

By Marcus Ratnathicam

Unconditional Freedom Project stands for the principle that true freedom is available to every human being, irrespective of external conditions. In fact, we believe that places like prisons, where residents’ lives are strictly regulated, can foster introspection, help heal emotional wounds, and lead individuals to discover purpose and meaningfulness in their lives.

Cosmology

Unitive Narrative | A New Lens for Approaching the Sustainable Development Goals

By SDG Thought Leaders Circle

The purpose of the unitive narrative is to provide an emergent cosmological, planetary, interspiritual and societal foundation to serve and support the conscious evolution of humanity and heal our collective worldview from separation to a perspective of unity in diversity.