Excerpt | Mystical Anarchism: A Journey to the Borderlands of Freedom
By Alnoor Ladha
Excerpt from the Fall | Winter 2015 edition of Kosmos Journal
"We cannot deny that there is a metaphysical and moral code deeply embedded within all political philosophy, but one that can never be expressed without the admonition of rationalist judgment. The highest values in anarchism are the simultaneous upholding of freedom and equality. The traditional Right values…
Celebrating Kosmos Editor, Nancy Roof
Surprise!
We gathered outside Nancy Roof''s lovely home in Lenox Massachusetts to surprise her on her birthday. The light was already golden and it felt like the last glimmer of summer. What a week! Many of Nancy's friends are lifelong peacebuilders and had driven from New York following numerous International Day of Peace events and responsibilities. The Pope was wrapping up his tour; a full…
Kosmos Seed Grant to UniTED facilitates camp for 100 Ugandan youth leaders
By Marco Mills
Many of the injustices in the world flow from an inability of individuals to deeply connect with one another, both local and globally – and meet each other’s fundamental needs. Here at UniTED we’re trying to change that. We do so by building cohesive relationships among young people across borders as a means to successfully implement social change and have been supported by…
Kosmos Seed Grant to Harlem Grown inspires little urban garderners
Harlem Grown has had an exciting few months, our 131 Street Garden has been thriving! We were able to use our Kosmos Seed Grant to help purchase tools and plants for the new space as well as provide over 30 children, ages 5 to 14 with T-shirts and snacks for our sensational summer program. They participated in classes that included photography, HTML, cooking, gardening and nutrition to name a…
Meet Our Kosmos Global Ambassadors
Kosmos Global Ambassadors have been an active group of global citizens for close to ten years. They are dedicated to global transformation in harmony with all life and help with the distribution of Kosmos Journal around the world. Our growing team is based both in the United States and abroad, and contributes to the growth of Kosmos Journal and its mission by promoting Kosmos Journal and the…
Join Kosmos in Committed Action
Dear Readers,
Are you sincerely longing for positive global change? Do you feel it is time to deepen our efforts? For more than a decade, Kosmos Journal has been sharing transformative thinking and policy initiatives from around the world, along with inspiring aesthetic beauty. We have done it without accepting commercial advertising of any kind - no ads on the website or in the journal.…
Global Citizen Leadership Certificate Program
The 2nd annual Global Citizen Leadership Certificate Program is now being offered by Kosmos partner, The Global Citizens' Initiative.
This online 8-week certificate course is called Fundamentals of Global Citizenship. It is intended to build the global citizen leadership skills of young and mid-level development professionals in government, international agencies, and business,…
Dot Maver and Peacebuilding at Kosmos
By Dot Maver
Dot Maver, left, holds up the Banner of Peace.
As Kosmos strives to identify systems change and trends that build the new civilization, one area that captures our attention is peacebuilding. Global citizens are engaged in efforts to build infrastructures for peace — living in harmonious relationship with self, others and all life — local to global, from grassroots campaigns and…
Five Insights about Global Transformation from the Kosmos Study, Connecting for Change
Last year, Kosmos commissioned a communication research study to better understand an emerging global movement and how groups within the movement could connect effectively. Led by Kosmos Digital Editor Rhonda Fabian and Jen Horner, PhD, both alumni of the Anneneberg School for Communication, the study was shared widely with the Kosmos community and remains one of the most-read features on our…
Current events in contemplative practice
Five Minutes a Day is an initiative of the Academy of Inner Science, under the leadership of Thomas Hübl, contextualizing current events for contemplative practice.
by Stefan Haefliger, from the Medium.com blog
5 Minutes a Day is an experiment in contemplative practice building on current events. Shockingly, it seems that despite years of education, personal development, spiritual practice, and…