Micha Narberhaus
Micha Narberhaus is the founder of the Smart CSOs Lab (www.smart-csos.org). Micha has an academic background in economics and an earlier career in the private sector. Since 2004 he has worked at the interface between research and civil society activism with a deep interest in theories of change, systems thinking, and interdisciplinary approaches.
Peter Barnes
Peter Barnes is an innovative thinker and entrepreneur whose work has focused on fixing the deep flaws of capitalism. He has written numerous books and articles, co-founded several socially responsible businesses (including Working Assets/Credo), and started a retreat for progressive thinkers and writers (the Mess Refuge). He lives in Point Reyes Station, California, with his wife, dog, and…
Shaun Chamberlin
Since 2005 Shaun Chamberlin has devoted himself full-time to exploring the dominant cultural stories and 'myths' that chart the course for our society and, in particular, how we might change direction before we end up where we are headed. His work has been discussed across the UK press, including the BBC, Guardian, Sunday Times, Independent and Daily Express, as well as internationally by Time…
Kosmos and Omega Team Up on the Commons
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Kosmos Journal is excited to participate as a media partner with Omega Institute for the upcoming Conference: Where We Go From Here • October 24–26 • Building the Collaborative Commons, in Rhinebeck, New York.
The Commons has been a special project for Kosmos since the initial international conference held in Berlin which gathered people from around the world working…
Kosmos on the Commons
Dear Readers,
What a joy it was to attend the New Story Summit in Findhorn, Scotland! This remarkable gathering planted the seeds for many new stories and initiatives in the hearts of those attending. At the end of this newsletter, there is a thoughtful recap of the Summit by Justine Huxley of St. Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace. We will have more to share about our own…
The Commons as a New | Old Paradigm for Governance, Economics and Policy – Part One
Book Review: The Wealth of the Commons: A World Beyond Market & State
The New Story Summit: A tale of knowing and unknowing
By Justine Huxley
I’ve just returned from the New Story Summit - a long overdue gathering of those involved in the global grassroots movement for systemic change. We came from all over the world, over 350 people from the fields of peacemaking, new economics, ecology, organisational change, community building, evolutionary biology and the arts. There were many faces and names…
Rebuilding the Commons
Kosmos Journal is excited to participate as a media partner with Omega Institute for the upcoming Conference: Where We Go From Here • October 24–26 • Building the Collaborative Commons
The Commons has been a special project for Kosmos since the initial international conference held in Berlin which gathered people from around the world working on the Commons. Kosmos Journal has consistently…
Voices of Youth: Generation Waking Up
By Joshua Gorman
Coming of Age at the Crossroads of Civilization
A new generation is coming of age upon the world’s stage, and as we
awaken to the emerging realities of the 21st century—to global threats
of terrorism and planet-wide ecological destruction, to overpopulation
and rapidly depleting natural resources, to an unstable world economy
and a civilization as a whole that is rapidly…