An Open Letter to the Young People of the World
We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone seabreakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world forever, it seems…
We, in the ages lying In the buried past of the earth,
Built Ninevah with our…
Financing the Global Sharing Economy
A report by Share The World’s Resources demonstrates how governments could mobilise over $2.8 trillion each year to bolster the global sharing economy and prevent life-threatening deprivation, reverse austerity measures and mitigate the human impacts of climate change.
To read the entire report, please visit the Share the World's Resources web site here.
Jon Freeman
A generalist in an age of over-specialization, Jon is a thought-leader, systems thinker and visionary with a passion for propelling the change in mindset and Values that will support us all through the major transition that faces humanity. This passion translates into writing, blogging and speaking on topics such as our relationships with money, conscious capitalism, and the science of…
A Call For A New Paradigm For The Arts
“A Call for a New Paradigm for the Arts”
By Maria Calegari,
President and co-founder, Apollo Arts Initiative Foundation
“There must be no pessimism as to the future of mankind or distress over the disappearance of the old order. The good, the true and the beautiful is on its way and for it mankind is responsible and not divine intervention.”
Externalization of the…
Our Collective Dark Night, The Collective Hero & The Emergence Of A Commons Renaissance
"We abuse the land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect."
—Aldo Leopold, From "A Sand County Almanac"
The story of the new paradigm begins with our planetary crisis, a systemic, life-threatening crisis created by the rise of predatory economic and social systems and a…
A Bigger Religious Story
One new paradigm emerging on the religious front is that people are moving beyond literal religious interpretations. Back in the old days when people would be born, live and die in the same village, everyone they knew was most likely of the same religion. It was common and acceptable to perceive one’s own culture and religion as central—and to see all others as not…
Where & How I See The New Civilization Rising
From my limited understanding of evolution, natural, as well as cultural history and organic systems, it would appear that when a new element or design—in this case, a new civilization— is being introduced into an organic system, often it first appears in several forms that have a chance to be tested in a variety of situations and environments. Those that thrive, naturally grow and spread. Those…
Where & How I See The New Civilization Rising
From my limited understanding of evolution, natural, as well as cultural history and organic systems, it would appear that when a new element or design is being introduced into an organic system—in this case, a new civilization—often it first appears in several forms that have a chance to be tested in a variety of situations and environments. Those that thrive, naturally grow and…
7th Generation Bill Of Rights
7th Generation Bill of Rights
I wrote the following to help shape the paradigm for the New Civilization to emerge. I hope it will become a petition for: global citizens to sign; the UN to adopt; and individual countries to incorporate.
The assumption of this document is that these rights are the self evident and inalienable rights of ALL life on this planet: it is the hope and intention that…
Can Humans Achieve Sustainability?
I believe that humans’ difficulty in designing a sustainable way of life is due to residual affects of evolutionary process. To sustain ourselves, we must replace embedded misconceptions with new designs for planetary stewardship. This assertion is based on an understanding of designing as a learning and change process that has affected human development and civilization. This perspective…