New World order emerges, one that requires cooperation and ability to build regional ties
By Amitav Acharya, YaleGlobal
From the Unipolar Moment to a Multiplex World
"Stability of a multiplex world would be attained through shared leadership among the rising and established powers as well as regional and civil society groups. This G-Plus World requires a genuinely reformed system of global governance and greater recognition by the West of the voices and aspirations of the Rest."…
Global Concert Event: Music above fighting
MasterPeace in Concert is a series of global concert events to be held in over 60 countries on the International Day of Peace, September 21, 2014. Artists from all over the world will perform to fuel dialogue and celebrate diversity. The concert will focus the world's attention on the universal longing for a sustainable world, free of armed conflict. Tickets cannot be purchased, they are an…
Learning to See Life: Developing the Goethean Approach to Science
By Craig Holdrege
I have often thought that if a teacher wanted to have one succinct motto to hang above his or her bed, she'd have a hard time finding a better one than: 'characterize, don't define.' Characterization is based on careful observation. Through our own observations and those of others we can form within ourselves and in collaboration with our students a vibrant picture, say, of…
Slower, Deeper, More Simple
Faster, bigger, more complex, more powerful. This is the vocabulary of modern life we often draw upon to describe our science, technology and human interactions. But maybe the very way we language our world separates us from living more integrally in connection with these fields. If something is so big and fast and complicated, how can we have a relationship to it that is useful or enduring?…
Why We Need a Slow Science
By Douglas Rushkoff,
Reprinted from the inaugural edition of The Technologist
If you get run over by a car or crack the containment shell around a nuclear reactor, you would most definitely want to avail yourself of the best that science has to offer. When your child gets a staph infection, it’s time for an antibiotic. When an oil tanker hits an iceberg and starts hemorrhaging, it’s time to…
Filiz Telek: A Global Nomad Returns Home
By Rhonda Fabian
I see and show beauty. Because amidst the ongoing chaos of our times, committing acts of beauty is necessary to keep sane. –Filiz Telek
Filiz is coming home. In the great scheme of things, it is a small story, but for the several thousands of us who follow her posts and blogs, it is one of those moments that must be noted, honored. For the last five years Filiz has been, in a…
Children Should Be at the Heart of Future Cities
By Duncan Jefferies
“Get these cars out of the way, we want to play!” a child chants through a loudhailer, as he and his young comrades march down a street in the Pijp area of Amsterdam. This remarkable scene comes from a 1972 documentary, which follows a group of inner-city Dutch children as they attempt to turn a busy through-road outside their homes into a play street. Adults in the area are…
Lessons of DIY Urbanism in a Syrian Refugee Camp
By David Bollier, from his blog | JUL 21, 2014
Governments are so accustomed to dictating their will, through coercion if necessary, that they find it unimaginable that people might willingly – and with creativity and enthusiasm – self-organize themselves to take care of urgent needs. So pause a moment to behold the remarkable Zaatari Refugee camp in Jordan. This settlement of 85,000…
Bending the Arc
Dear Reader,
At the end of the historic civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery on March 25th, 1965, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. asked, 'how long?'. It is a question we all ask, and often. How long until peace comes? How long until our cherished goals for the rights of all beings arrive? How long until the earth is healed? Dr. King went on to encourage us, 'How long? Not long,…
Events of Note
Global Exchange Gathering
Building Community Resilience Around the World
July 31-August 3
This Gathering will be an opportunity to join people from around the world to see how time banking, complementary currencies, transition towns, and cooperative practices are building communities empowered to:
Care for individuals who need help with basic and special needs including youth,…