Editorial | New Directions for Kosmos
By Nancy B. Roof
Komos Journal, FALL | WINTER 2016
A recent question really got me thinking. Since 2001, Kosmos’ integral, evolutionary approach has informed, inspired, and engaged personal, institutional, and global transformation. How has the direction changed during those 16 years?
As I contemplated this question, I realized that our long-term vision has not changed over all…
Editorial | Activists for the Evolution of Life
As I look out my window I see a vision of natural beauty that takes my breath away. There’s a special tree I have watched grow from a little twig to a mass of green foliage quivering in the wind with squirrels running up and down the trunk. A little chipmunk scurries into the woodpile outside my door every now and then and sometimes a little bunny, too. My beloved temple dogs, Sophia and Willy,…
Online Course | “Planetary boundaries and human opportunities” open for enrollment
"This is a course that is so valuable that I will retake it. It is taught by one of the leading planetary stewards, Johan Rockström, founder of Planetary Boundaries." - Nancy Roof, Editor, Kosmos Journal
On Monday 14 September the second edition of the massive open online course (MOOC) on the state of the planet will be launched by the Stockholm Resilience Centre in partnership with the…
Actor Albert Hall visits Kosmos
Albert Hall, in Apocalypse Now
Veteran actor Albert Hall, paid an extended visit to Kosmos Headquarters in July. Mr. Hall's most famous film role was in 1979, when he played Chief Phillips in Francis Ford Coppola's award-winning Apocalypse Now. He has appeared in many other films and television programs; as the stern judge Seymour Walsh, a recurring guest-role on TV shows Ally McBeal and The…
Editorial | The Gift of Life
By Nancy Roof, with Stephanie Shorter
Life clothes itself in many forms. These many forms of life are gifts, if we are open to receiving them.
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase ‘Living Earth?’ How do you personally feel when you observe and honor the aliveness around you? Do you feel enveloped and enlivened by a nurturing life force that perhaps even defies words to describe it?…
KOSMOS NEWS: Seed Grants, Edge Funders, and more
LET'S ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS - March 25, 2015 (Full Article Here)
Join Kosmos Project Director Dot Maver, Jonathan Granoff and other nuclear nonproliferation luminaries in a panel Webinar.
KOSMOS 2015 SEED GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT - April 7
The Kosmos team has completed its review of more than 1000 grant applications received in response to our 2015 Seed Grants Initiative. The two Seed…
“If You Want to Go Fast, Go Alone. If You Want to Go Far, Go Together.” And If You Want to Transform…?
Sometimes we meet a young person who continues to hold a deep place in our minds and hearts long afterwards. I met Shaun Chamberlin briefly at the New Story Summit. It felt as though I had known him forever. The future of humanity and the hope of the world is with such talented and dedicated youth. I want to honor his work by sharing one of his essays.
~ Nancy Roof
By Shaun Chamberlin
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Stanimirka Milovanovic
When I first read about Nancy Roof’s work about 10 years ago I was immediately drawn to her ideas and felt I had to try to get in touch with her. I still remember thinking that this what Nancy was doing seemed almost impossible to have been achieved but there she was really doing it. I failed to establish the contact then but succeeded in subscribing for Kosmos and felt privileged to…
Media Between Citizens and Power | A World Political Forum Seminar
I am suffering from information insecurity. I am concerned about the integrity of the news I am getting. Are you? How do you know what is truth and what is spin? How can we make intelligent decisions if our news is biased? Why isn’t there more public outcry over the consolidation of global media? If freedom of the press is key to democracy, why doesn't civil society demand freedom from government…
What is a Global Citizen?
Gillian Sorensen was interviewed by Nancy Roof.
NR: Thank you so much for making time to contribute to Kosmos
Journal. We would like to begin by asking, how would you describe a
citizen of the world?
GS: To be a citizen of the world means expanding your circle of
concern beyond family and friends. It means thinking across borders.
It means identifying closely with others as one human family…