Connecting with Ancient Integral Ideas to Sustain an Integral Economy
Some ancient seminal ideas from Earth-respecting traditions – in spite of originating in largely pre-modern stage societies- are still essentially compatible TODAY with Integral Theory and with other integrative approaches. These are integral-level ideas embedded across time within the main cultural-social developmental stages. Apparently, many of these ideas did occur in agrarian economies like…
Let’s Hear It for the MoMs!
One person acts out of conscience and passion, then another. They form an organization to accomplish their mission of making a better world. Their organization links up with other similar organizations. Then many such organizations come together to form a movement. Finally, several movements join forces to form a movement of movements (MoMs), a network of networks. This is the way it works by the…
To Those Who Share Our Mission of Creating a World that Works for Everyone
Dear Readers,
There are now so many of us that ‘get it.’ We know that the way we have organized our economic, political, social, and ecological systems are inadequate for the times we live in. Most of us are on the other side of identifying the crisis and asking, “What do we do about it?” One thing is clear. We are moving organizationally from hierarchical models to horizontal models—from…
Kosmos Publishes Original Research Report: ‘Connecting for Change’
By Rhonda Fabian
Almost a year ago, Kosmos embarked on a communication research initiative by generous invitation of the Fenwick Foundation. We were asked to look at the emerging, growing global transformation movement which we at Kosmos feel very much a part of, and explore questions about identity, influence, and connection.
Communication research is a field that addresses intriguing…
Reader’s Essay: Transition Within
By Gary Thomson
I was fortunate to recently attend an event with two pioneers of the emerging story of humanity, often referred to as The New Story or The Shift. I’ve been following their work for some time and was surprised to leave feeling disappointed. It was not that their words did not resonate with me or that I could no longer see the value of their work, but rather I met with a sense of…
FILM: Soil, Struggle and Justice: Agroecology in the Brazilian Landless Movement
A film by Andreas Hernandez
Agroecology is the understanding of agriculture as ecosystem. This view of the cultivation of the land is based in the sciences of biology and ecology, and many traditional farming practices. Large-scale studies through UC Berkeley, University of Essex, Swissaid, the UK Government, and others, have demonstrated that agroecological farms can produce as much…
VIDEO: Nancy Roof : The Movement from ‘I’ to ‘We’
Nancy Roof is Founder of Kosmos Associates and Kosmos Journal. Her comments were recorded at the New Story Summit in Findhorn, Scotland on October 3, 2014.
The Movement from ‘I’ to ‘We’
"I do think that there are many places on the Earth where people have known inside that this is a major new era we're moving into, not just a generational change, but a centuries-type change. A major…
Intellectual Plunder: Seed, Food and Medicine
by Dr. Vandana Shiva
reprinted from The Asian Age, 31 October 2014
Dr. Vandana Shiva
“We found 9,000 biopiracy patents related to Ayurveda, which will be used to restrict access to these heritage medicines by the Indian people and small-scale pharma businesses”.
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with President Barack Obama on September 30, US and India issued a joint…
From Punitive to Restorative Justice
Restorative justice is nothing new—global indigenous peoples and those in peripheral societies have practiced it for ages. It is critical to understand the essence of restorative justice as an opportunity for all involved, not as a forced system or means to an end. Understanding this also points to the fact that restorative processes and systems bring an equanimity and power back to the people,…
Nancy Polend
Nancy Polend is a visionary social architect, facilitator, and regular gal whose ability to see and take people beyond the obvious, through the complexity, and beneath their differences has been empowering human systems of all shapes, sizes, and sectors create the future they want for over 20 years.
Her humor and talent for creating frameworks, tools, and experiences that make vague and…