The Rising People-Powered Movement of Movements is Transforming the World
On a snowy weekend in January, activists for social, economic and environmental justice from across the United States gathered in a Chicago union hall to plan a Global Climate Convergence: ten days of action from Earth Day to May Day. Many of these activists had never focused on the climate crisis before, being mired instead in fighting battles that loomed more immediately in their lives. Who has…
International Cultural Engagement- Part One: Are We at the Tipping Point?
By Alain Ruche
Culture has been described as the social programming of minds. Recent collective and global transformative events have expanded participation in public and cultural activities to include interactions among individuals, non-profit organizations, corporations and many other entities. Many are calling this phenomenon international cultural engagement.
Culture has always been present in…
Spring-Summer 2014
The Natural World | Emerging Worldviews and Culture
In this IssueThe Emerging New Story - by Nancy B. RoofEcosophy: Nature’s Guide to a Better World - by Elisabet SahtourisNature and Humanity as Source of Life, Living and Everyday Transformation - by Kirsten GalloCommunity-Supported Economy - by Susan Wittgallery one | wild and beautiful nature - by Sylvan Dieckmann→ Read more about this…
Recognizing Each Other in the Commons: The Basis for an Alternative Political Philosophy of Systemic Change?
Time is running short for a paradigm shift. When it comes to our individual and collective engagement in making the world a better place, we often talk about uniting in diversity: uniting in harmony to multiply outcomes and uniting in diversity for multiple focus and resilience. But how can this concretely be achieved? We all acknowledge the critical need for systemic change and for collective…
Preview: The Spring I Summer 2014 issue of Kosmos Journal
Dear Readers,
The new issue of Kosmos Journal is just days away. It is titled, 'The Natural World - Emerging Worldviews and Culture". Nature speaks to us so eloquently of the need for new ways of living together as a human family. How we live, how we manifest the New Story of harmony and sharing, is the focus of this issue.
In addition to beautiful artwork by our contributors, thoughtful…
Excerpt – Ecosophy: Nature’s Guide to a Better World
By Elisabet Sahtouris
Elisabet Sahtouris
...In separating economy and ecology, both are failing us now. Economy because it cannot get beyond its youthful competition now in runaway mode; ecology—unfortunately made subservient to economy—because ecosystems are taken to be no more than resources for human use. This misunderstanding is what has brought the current ‘Perfect Storm’ of crises to…
Excerpt – Development in the Ecological Age
Charles Eisenstein
By Charles Eisenstein
"Do you live in a developed nation or a developing nation? If your nation has an extensive system of roads, rail and airports, if it is fully electrified, if it is mostly urban and suburban, if modern medicine is widespread, if literacy and education are near-universal, if most people are connected to the Internet, and if, most crucially, per capita…
Excerpt – Human Watershed: The Emerging Politics of Bioregional Democracy
The Crisis Downstream: Waiting For A Rainy Day
By James Quilligan
James Quilligan and Common
First, the bad news. Our global community no longer has the luxury of putting off its complex problems till a later time. Mounting data on Earth’s atmosphere confirm what is already known in daily life: the planet is warming and water is becoming less accessible.
Water scarcity is the result of…
Excerpt – Sourcing Wisdom for Just and Sustainable Results
Monica Sharma Photo credit: A. Jesse Jiryu DavisBy Monica Sharma
Transformational change is not about tinkering in the margins or introducing some new tools. The only way to create transformational results is to create a culture of transformation where people embrace changes that lead to results, rather than fearing change. Organisations have their battery of procedures, processes, tools and…
Subir Basak
Born to a family of hardcore businessmen, Subir Basak says, “I was hell-bent on breaking the mould.” He learned the basics of
light and shade through trial and error and his ardent reading habit. Subir was a photojournalist for a daily newspaper before starting his own photography business. He has been acclaimed by National Geographic, CondéNast Traveler and Kosmos Journal and recognized by…