Unheard Invitations: Piercing the Veil Between Species

The wild animals are lonely for us. We are lonely for them. We have become disconnected from each other. What if we expanded our sense of community to truly include all living beings? Included their perspectives, needs, and gifts? What would be the state of our environment then? Runs-Like-the-Wind In 2000, I founded Earthfire Institute, a wildlife sanctuary, and lived with rescued…

Sean Long

Raised by Congressional staffers who met working on opposite sides of the political aisle, Sean is poised to become one of the most effective negotiators in American politics. Sean graduated from the University of Notre Dame, with a degree in Political Science and the Hesburgh Program in Public Service. Sean recently founded 250Y, a pathway for young Americans to solve big problems alongside…

Joni Carley

Dr. Joni Carley consults and advises private and public sector leaders and their teams. Her expertise in values-driven leadership and cultural development draws on a unique depth and breadth of experience—ranging from the jungle to the boardroom, from the C-suite to the podium, the African Bush to Asian Temples, and from universities to the United Nations, where she is currently Vice Chair of the…

An Atmosphere of Geoengineering

The fifth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report stated with 95% confidence that humans are the cause of the global warming that has been observed over the past 60 years [1]. This seems to settle the question definitively that climate change is anthropogenic, something we have suspected since the early 20th century [2]. The cause of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions from…

The Power of Three | Awakening New Energy in Group Work

A person living today in a modern city or a suburb can be surrounded by others yet feel deeply, dangerously alone. According to neuroscientists, the effects of social isolation are as real as thirst, hunger, or pain. We are, in essence, social animals in need of deep connection. Throughout time we have survived and thrived as a species by creating groups—the small band, hunting and gathering…

gallery three | Hunters and Shamans of Mongolia

Artist Statement My journey as a photographer and as an ethnographer has been a personal pilgrimage. I am in search of the very soul of the people, the place, and culture. Images of primal people have always elevated me. There’s a humanness aspect of the struggle and the survival that you have in common with these people, but the context may be utterly exotic. I see my work veering towards a…

gallery two | Wetiko and Its Antidotes

Seeing Wetiko. “The climate is changing, but it’s always changing and there’s nothing we can do about it. Its changes don’t affect me much anyway. I don’t worry about pollution, poverty, or anything else like that either. It’s all happening somewhere else. Nor do I consider ‘cheap’ or supposed slave labor an issue. Everything I buy makes jobs, so they should be happy I can afford their stuff. The…

Build It and They Will Come: How to Create a Thriving, Progressive Local Community

What's wrong with our current civilization? It's the 21st century and mankind must be the only beings in the galaxy—or perhaps in the entire universe—who have set out to destroy their home world with a system of corruption, decay, and absolutely no logic or sense. The Earth is home to over 7 billion people, yet very few of us get a say in how our civilization progresses. This is wrong… and…

Turning Around the Anthropocene: Unleashing the Potentials of Abundance

In recent years, ecological thinkers have increasingly popularized the notion of the Anthropocene. It is said to be our current geological epoch, beginning in mid-20th century (by most accounts), characterized by an unprecedented level of human impact—negative impact—on the biosphere. The concept seems a useful way of increasing awareness, both socially and intellectually, of our species’…