“We must put an end to war or war will put an end to us.”—John F. Kennedy The following speech was delivered on June 10th, 1963 at the American University […]
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Seek the truth and the truth will set you free
The following words are attributed to Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. “Peace is the way. Love is the answer. Harmony is the result. The purpose of education, whether religious or secular, […]
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This is the transcript from a speech given on April 13, 2008 at The Seattle Green Festival. David Korten We are all well aware of the crisis unfolding around us. […]
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The following is an excerpt the author’s new book, Moyers on Democracy. Bill Moyers Democracy in America is a series of narrow escapes, and we may be running out of […]
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Herman E. Daly Recent increased attention to global warming is very welcome. But much of it is misplaced. We focus too much on complex climate models, which ask things like […]
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On this holiday to celebrate Mothers, it seems especially appropriate that today’s author calls on us to preserve the greatest mother of all, Mother Nature. Of course Mother Nature is […]
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Timothy Wilken, MD Within this half century, we humans have developed ergometric science to help us improve our tool-making. Ergometric scientists tell us how to best design tools to fit […]
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Tom Whipple With crude oil now above $120 a barrel and threatening to go higher, it is clear that our preferred and convenient means of going places, our car, the […]
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Timothy Wilken As a synergic scientist I study how systems work together. How the parts composing a system relate to each other. Those parts that work against each other produce […]
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John Michael Greer You know that things are beginning to heat up when both sides of a controversy declare victory at the same time. Over the last week or so, […]
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