Wesak Festival, a note from Nancy Roof
The birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha is celebrated by many worldwide on May 14, 2014. We at Kosmos, join this sacred occasion with deep appreciation for the wisdom and practices that the Buddha imparted to the world; wisdom so potent that it has become fundamental not only to half a billion Buddhists but untold millions more who seek the path to liberation through Buddha-inspired…
Nancy B. Roof
Nancy Roof, Ph.D. is Founder and Editor Emeritus of the award-winning Kosmos Journal: Global Transformation in Harmony with all Life, based on evolving interior development and cultural values as they impact globalization and world community.
Nancy won the 2009 Images and Voices of Hope award for journalism as a tool to inform, inspire and engage individual and collective participation in a…
The Story of Kosmos
By Nancy Roof, Founder and Editor Emeritus | Kosmos Journal
My Story: Changing Myself to Change the World
You could say that it’s been a lifetime quest. As far back as I can remember I was asking, Who am I? What am I here for? Where did I come from? What should I be doing with my life? I am grateful to my family for not indoctrinating me with any particular religion or belief system. My…
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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