Walden Bello

Walden Bello is a representative to the Philippine House of Representatives He is also a senior analyst at the Bangkok-based Focus on the Global South and the author of books on politics and political economy, including Dilemmas of Domination: the Unmaking of the American Empire.  http://waldenbello.org/

Spring-Summer 2011

Sharing the World\'s Wealth and Power In this IssueImagine All the People: Advancing a Global Citizens Movement - by Paul RaskinSharing the World’s Resources - by Adam ParsonsPositive Possibilities for a World in Crisis (Serbian) - by Tom AtleeA Journey to Sharing - by Neal GorenfloThe Spirit of the Commons - by Jim Kenney→ Read more about this issue

Sharing the World’s Resources

As the 21st Century unfolds, humanity is faced with a stark reality. Following the world stock market crash in 2008, people everywhere are questioning the unbridled greed, selfishness and competition that has driven the dominant economic model for decades. The old obsession with protecting national interests, the drive to maximize profits at all costs, and the materialistic pursuit of economic…

Imagine All the People: Advancing a Global Citizens Movement

How to change the world? Those concerned about the dangerous drift of global development are asking this question with increasing urgency. Dominant institutions have proved too timorous or too venal for meeting the environmental and social challenges of our time. Instead, an adequate response requires us to imagine the awakening of a new social actor: a coordinated global citizens movement (GCM)…

Sharing the World’s Wealth and Power

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from…

Amber Chand

Visionary leader, social entrepreneur, gifted writer and inspirational speaker, Amber Chand is a global woman with roots in India, Africa, Europe and America. Her mission to celebrate women as a force for peace and prosperity has shaped her compassionate global voice.  From the moment her family fled Uganda under the threats of execution by dictator  Idi  Amin, she has chosen…

Jim Kenney

Jim Kenney is the Executive Director of the Interreligious Engagement Project (IEP21), working with global religious communities to address the world’s critical problems through cooperative partnerships with government, business, education, media, intergovernmental organizations, and civil society. He is the author of Thriving in the Crosscurrent: Clarity and Hope In a Time of Cultural Sea…

Paul Raskin

Dr. Raskin is President of the Tellus Institute. He founded Tellus in 1976, Stockholm Environment Institute - U.S. in 1989, the Global Scenario Group (GSG) in 1995, and the Great Transition Initiative (GTI) in 2003. The overarching theme of his work has been envisioning and analyzing alternative scenarios of development, and identifying the strategies, policies and values for a transition toward…

Everyone a Changemaker – Social Entrepreneurship’s Ultimate Goal

Rodrigo Baggio grew up in Rio de Janeiro loving computers. As he matured into an extraordinarily tall, thin man with a hugely wide smile, he became a computer consultant. However, from early on, he was one of the few in his generation who noticed—with concern—that the young people growing up in the favelas on the hills overlooking his middle-class neighborhood had no access to this digital world.…