People Power
Peace from the Inside Out and the Bottom Up
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Global Youth Evolution-Revolution If we are to have peace on Earth it will require nothing less than a global youth […]
Everyone a Changemaker – Social Entrepreneurship’s Ultimate Goal
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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.
Global Activism: Individual and Collective
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We live in a world climate of unprecedented opportunity for human initiative, with the declining power of states, the rise of participatory democracies, diverse educational opportunities, and free-market policies. Awareness and sensitivity to the inner and outer life increase along with regular practice of some form of contemplation.
Living at the Intersection of Travel and Citizen Diplomacy
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When my wife and I decided to take a mid-career break and travel around the world, we immediately recognized our role as citizen diplomats—for the United States and the West. After launching a website and connecting with a growing international community, we sensed a gap.
Social Media Isn’t Changing the World, It’s Creating a New One
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Blogs have been a twitter about Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker article last week slamming those who believe social media can revolutionize activism. The article compares the high risk activism of the civil rights movement with Twitter’s role in the Iranian elections concluding that, “the revolution will not be tweeted.”
The Rama J. Vernon Story
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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.
Voices Of Youth | Generation Waking Up
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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 towards collapse
Connecting Our Conversations | Becoming Wiser Together
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Connecting our conversations is the best way to discover that the future is already here, but that the awareness of it is not evenly distributed. Why is this important? Because, the choice is between joining together to create a wisdom society or regressing into an extinct society. The complex, intertwining local and global crises will outpace our ‘response-ability if we don't wise up individually and collectively.
Living Leadership
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At the heart of a new global civilization is the movement toward wholeness and forms that support global emergence. ‘Integral leadership’ is an important component powering this move. Integral leadership reflects a sphere of leadership where interior development and exterior structures are aligned to support and sustain organisms—people, businesses, the environment, and one another.
The Emergence of Values-Driven Leadership: An Interview with Nicanor Perlas
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Nicanor Perlas, a dynamic advocate and activist, has altered the course of national and global events over the past 30 years and has influenced the lives of millions. He has organized numerous civil society movements to challenge oppressive structures in the Philippines and to create a more just, sustainable and nuclear-free society.