Jared Diamond wrote: To science we owe dramatic changes in our smug self-image. Astronomy taught us that our earth isn’t the center of the universe but merely one of billions […]
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We each view reality from our own unique perspective, only a community of minds can show us the truth.
Making Other Arrangements
James Howard Kunstler As The American Public Continues sleepwalking into a future of energy scarcity, climate change, and geopolitical turmoil, we have also continued dreaming. Our collective dream is one […]
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Reposted from www.DavidKorten.org. This is an excerpt from The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community. David C. Korten Few contemporary nations seem more divided politically than the United States. […]
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Reposted from www.DavidKorten.org. This is an excerpt from The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community. David C. Korten Leadership for Earth Community emerges through processes of mutual empowerment that […]
Continue readingA Christmas Story
Reposted from Tom Pain.com, this article was published December 22, 2006. Bill Moyers The Christian story begins simply: A child is given, a son. He grows up to be a […]
Continue readingPeak Gas
Reposted from The Energy Bulletin, this article is a little technical, but well worth the read. Andrew McKillop Decreasing oil supplies and increasing gas supplies are interdependent and interlinked, but […]
Continue readingThe Intelligent Response
An excerpt from: KNOWING: Understanding Human Intelligence Timothy Wilken The most powerful human emotion is called calmness. Most people do not think of calmness as an emotion, it is more […]
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Reposted from The Guardian UK. Journalist and deep-thinker George Monbiot, author of the new book Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning, says we must reduce emissions by 90% […]
Continue readingThe Meaning of Freedom
This is an excerpt from the Sol Feinstone Lecture delivered at the United States Military Academy on November 15, 2006. Reposted from TomPaine.com via Common Dreams. Bill Moyers Many of […]
Continue readingLovelock Pessimistic
Jeremy Lovell The earth has a fever that could boost temperatures by 8 degrees Celsius making large parts of the surface uninhabitable and threatening billions of peoples’ lives, a controversial […]
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