Spring | Summer 2014

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The Emerging New Story

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Dear Friends, This was another one of those times that I had to wait. Waiting until two days before deadline […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Nancy B. Roof

Ecosophy: Nature’s Guide to a Better World

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Storytelling The most exciting and beneficial things I believe happened to humanity in the past century were physicists’ recognition that […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Elisabet Sahtouris

Nature and Humanity as Source of Life, Living and Everyday Transformation

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People are intimately tied to our natural environment. Our bodies are composed of water, we need clean air to breathe, […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Kirsten Gallo

Community-Supported Economy

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In February, 55 bookstores with names like Oblong, Whale of a Tale, Innisfree, Odyssey, Yellow Brick Road and Wild Rumpus […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Susan Witt

wild and beautiful nature

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Artist Statement My daily work is a mix between creating visual effects and photographing nature. The two things are seemingly […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Sylvan Dieckmann

Ecology and Religion

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Island Press, January 2014 Ecology and Religion is a foundational text for environmental studies and religious ecology. It is a distillation […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Rick Clugston

Human Watershed: The Emerging Politics of Bioregional Democracy

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The Crisis Downstream: Waiting For A Rainy Day First, the bad news. Our global community no longer has the luxury […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By James Quilligan

The Deeper News: Patterns, Dynamics and Mindsets Shaping the Longer View

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It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion. ~ Carl Sagan […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Richard David Hames

A Grand Strategy for Evolving a New World

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Humanity has entered the most extraordinary transition in the evolution of our species. The outcome will be a new human—a […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By John L. Petersen

The Rising People-Powered Movement of Movements is Transforming the World

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On a snowy weekend in January, activists for social, economic and environmental justice from across the United States gathered in a Chicago union hall to plan a Global Climate Convergence: ten days of action from Earth Day to May Day. Many of these activists had never focused on the climate crisis before, being mired instead in fighting battles that loomed more immediately in their lives. Who has the capacity to worry about climate change when your community is hungry, cold, without shelter, lacks health care or is being poisoned? During that weekend meeting, we transcended the barriers that typically lead to working in narrow silos and treading water while the oceans literally and figuratively continue to rise around us. We stepped outside of our particular areas of advocacy, connected our struggles, and forged a collective effort to take action together this spring and beyond. The rallying cry was that the time has arrived to join hands and change course.

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Margaret Flowers

Cultural Transformation: Building a Partnership World

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Can we build a world where our great potentials for consciousness, caring and creativity are realized? What would this more […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Riane Eisler

International Cultural Engagement- Part One: Are We at the Tipping Point?

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Culture has been described as the social programming of minds. Recent collective and global transformative events have expanded participation in […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Alain Ruche

Exodus Series of Paintings

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The Exodus series paintings are concerned with the experience of higher awareness and spiritual revelation that results from the movement […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Maria Lago

Sourcing Wisdom for Just and Sustainable Results

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Thoughtful people worldwide from all walks of life—civil society, media, academia, governments and business—are asking fundamental questions: Why are so […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Monica Sharma