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Published in Summer 2018 By Angélica​ ​Dass

They Sang with a Thousand Tongues: The Poetry of Diversity

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Let me tell you a story about how the world began. I promise you the story is not completely untrue. […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Bayo Akomolafe

Women Cross DMZ to Make Peace in Korean Peninsula

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Women’s Hope to End Longest Forgotten War Thirty international women peacemakers from 15 countries walked across the demilitarized zone between […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Chung Hyun Kyung

A Great Transition? Where We Stand

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The following was delivered as a keynote address at the biennial conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2014 By Paul Raskin

Awakening the Divine Spark in the Spirit of Humanity

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The Fuji Declaration Read the Declaration Almost a decade ago, the Goi Peace Foundation, together with our partners including Kosmos […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2014 By Hiroo Saionji

The Deeper News: Patterns, Dynamics and Mindsets Shaping the Longer View

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It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion. ~ Carl Sagan […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2014 By Richard David Hames

The Great Transition: Journey of an Idea

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The jury is still out on whether the Great Transition Initiative’s hoped-for Great Transition will be realized; its achievement rests on the emergence of a planetary movement of concerned citizens buoyed by the conviction that together they can change the world.

Published in Fall | Winter 2011 By Paul Raskin

The Widening Circle After Rio+20: Advancing the Campaign for a Global Citizens Movement

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Realizing early that the Rio+20 Summit was heading towards failure, The Widening Circle (TWC) went to Rio de Janeiro to join those who wanted to see beyond the summit and collectively plan our transition to the Great Transition towards a sustainable future.

Published in Fall | Winter 2012 By Uchita de Zoysa

The Arab Spring: A Mythological Journey or a Myth?

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The celebration of Ramadan in the Arab World in 2011 has been unlike any other Ramadan in recent memory. For the proceeding five years every night during this holy month of fasting the Arab street was glued to their TV’s watching a drama series called Bab El Hara, which loosely translates to ‘The Neighborhood Gate.’ The show is about local heroes in Damascus defending their ancestral homes against the tyranny of French colonialists. This Ramadan, the highest rated TV viewership is the trial of a tyrant who’s not a colonialist but is one of their own, Hosni Mubarak.

Published in Fall | Winter 2011 By Said E. Dawlabani

What Does it Mean to be a Global Citizen? (Serbian Translation)

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U našoj organizaciji 'Pokret gradjana sveta' (The Global Citizens' Initiative – u daljem tekstu se koristi engleska skraćenica: GCI), mi obično kažemo da je 'gradjanin sveta «neko ko sebe doživljava pripadnikom jedne svetske zajednice u zečetku, čije delovanje doprinosi onim vrednostima i delovanju za koje se opredelila ova nastajuća svetska zajednica.»

Published in Spring | Summer 2012 By Ronald C. Israel