The Rama J. Vernon Story

The world is like the kink of a dogs tail, said one great master from the Far East, as long as you are holding it you think it is straight but the moment you let go, it just kinks up again. This phrase haunted me as I sojourned to the Soviet Union at the height of the cold war between the US and USSR. I was not a peace activist. I believed that the greatest gift of peace I could give to the world…

The Whole World Needs the Whole World

A Time for New Syntheses and New Narratives September 11, 2001 is more than a tragic event of death and destruction. It is an advent of transformation into a new consciousness. We are at the conjunction of two perspectives. One is the emotional perspective, the perspective that all was peaceful and well. Why did this tragedy happen? Our peace has been shattered. The other perspective is…

Voices Of Youth | Generation Waking Up

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 heading…

Worlds Apart: Integral Solutions to the Rescue

We see things not as they are, but as we are. Anaïs Nin I have put on these masks to show you my face. Maurice English While writing this, the world is holding its collective breath on the eve of a new Gulf war, with numerous other global hot spots flaring calamitously. The Israeli-Palestinian situation is more desperate than ever. North Korea is flexing its nuclear muscle. As the…

Yes: We: Can:

By Demaris Wehr YES: There is power in the word ‘yes’. ‘Yes’ affirms our commitment. ‘Yes’ focuses us, strengthens us, enables us to move mountains. Ambivalence, hesitation, fear and apathy, by contrast, foster the status quo. On the other hand, sometimes an informed, conscious ‘no’ is a prerequisite to a truthful ‘yes’. An honest…

David Korten

David C. Korten is an American writer, lecturer, engaged citizen, student of psychology and behavioral systems, a prominent critic of corporate globalization, and an advocate of Ecological Civilization. He is founder and president of the Living Economies Forum and an active member of the Club of Rome, a member of the International Advisory Council of the International Academy for Multicultural…

Joshua Gorman

Joshua serves on the Board of Directors for the Global Youth Action Network/TakingITGlobal-US and supports youth-led projects around the world.  In 2008, he co-founded Global Passageways, a network of individuals and organizations working in the fields of youth & community development, contemporary rites of passage, intergenerational mentoring & collaboration, and cultural…

Maude Barlow

Maude Barlow is the national chairperson of The Council of Canadians, a citizens’ advocacy organization with members and chapters across Canada. She is also the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, which works internationally for the right to water. Maude chairs the board of Washington-based Food & Water Watch and is also an executive member of the San…

Monica Sharma

Monica Sharma, trained as a physician and epidemiologist, worked for the United Nations since 1988 for 22 years. Currently, she engages worldwide as an International Expert and Practitioner on Leadership Development for sustainable and equitable change.  She works with United Nations, Universities, Management Institutions, governments, business, media and civil society organizations. She is…