Fall | Winter 2015

Toward a Regenerative Civilization

Regenerative Economy, Regenerative Development, Restorative Narrative
Integral Spirituality, Political Spirituality, Peacebuilding in Iraq
Transformative Media, Business Values, Ethical Ecology

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Activists for the Evolution of Life

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If we are truly transforming and not just reforming it means achieving a delicate balance. It is, indeed, an art to let go of old personal habits, old institutional structures, and old stories that inhibit the growth of life that wants to flow freely and create anew.

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Nancy B. Roof

Citizens Peace Movement of Iraq

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KOSMOS: Let’s begin, Kai, with an overview. We want to give our Kosmos readers a sense of you, your work, […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Kai Brand-Jacobsen

Kosmos Global Ambassador Project

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Hello, I’m Shahzor Ali Memon. I’m just a typical teenager who has high hopes and new ideas to create a […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Shahzor Ali Memon

Integral Spirituality

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This article is a Kosmos-edited version of a talk given at the Interspiritual conference From Self Care to Earth Care, […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Ken Wilber

On Beauty

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When we awaken to the call of beauty, we become aware of new ways of being in the world. When […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By kosmos

They Sang with a Thousand Tongues: The Poetry of Diversity

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Let me tell you a story about how the world began. I promise you the story is not completely untrue. […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Bayo Akomolafe

Mystical Anarchism: A Journey to the Borderlands of Freedom

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On Beginnings They say it takes a certain type of personality to be a radical. Questioning of the status quo, […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Alnoor Ladha

gallery one – Violence Transformed: Celebrating the Transformative Power of Art

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Violence Transformed is an annual—and annually expanding—series of visual and performing arts events celebrating the power of art, artists, and […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By kosmos

Regenerative Development: Going Beyond Sustainability

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Sustainable Development is a half-vast approach to vast problems. Its purpose, to make life on this planet sustainable, is a […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Medard Gabel

Regenerative Economies for a Regenerative Civilization

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“There is nothing more difficult to plan, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By John Fullerton

On Regenerative Systems: A Critique of Regenerative Capitalism

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In his powerful essay on Regenerative Capitalism, John Fullerton describes breakthrough thinking, which moves us away from ideological divides that […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Elizabeth Kucinich, Dennis Kucinich

Engaged Ecology: Seven Practices to Restore Our Harmony with Nature

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It has rained steadily through the night, a gentle hushing sound in the thick tree canopy. In the morning light, […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Rhonda Fabian

The Case for Restorative Narratives:

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The phrase ‘future of journalism’ is often uttered in media circles these days—and understandably so. Everyone wants to learn how […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Mallary Jean Tenore

Sharing the News: The Transformation of Journalism in the Digital Age

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Bringing a sharing economy to the newsroom is the most significant transformation wrought by the digital news revolution. We know […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

AIM2FLOURISH

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Epiphany is defined as a “sudden and striking realization.” But it doesn’t work that way with me. My epiphanies sometimes […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Roberta Baskin

Recent Major Shifts in Science and Religion:

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The global context of ‘living transformation’ took several historic, albeit hopeful, turns in 2015. These promise to develop pivotally as […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Kurt Johnson

gallery two – At Home in the Forest

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I started taking photos in 2009. My pictures express the feelings and moods that I felt during my trips to […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Ildiko Neer

Women Cross DMZ to Make Peace in Korean Peninsula

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Women’s Hope to End Longest Forgotten War Thirty international women peacemakers from 15 countries walked across the demilitarized zone between […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Chung Hyun Kyung

Aligning the Personal, Political, and Planetary to Create a Transformative Future

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For several years, I worked on a memoir in which I tried to make sense of my privileged childhood and […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Jennifer Browdy

Marriage as a Vessel of Transformation

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Eight years ago on our 22nd anniversary, Richard and I walked into Lake Washington. This was not our usual morning […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Dianne Grob

The Value of a Holistic Approach

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From my experience in communities I realized that there is a need to develop a holistic approach to community work. […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Ela Gandhi

On Beauty

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When we are filled with aesthetic delight and the thrill and grace of the beautiful, we open ourselves fully to […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By kosmos

Incremental Gestures

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With a couple of hours to go before boarding a flight from Los Angeles to Milan, I decided to grab […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Eve Konstantine