John Brockman runs a very interesting website called The Edge. Each year he asks a provocative question to some of best thinkers on the planet, and then publishes their answers […]
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Isn’t it time that we stopped war. Not just this particular war, but the very institution of war itself? Molly Ivens The purpose of this old-fashioned newspaper crusade to stop […]
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The Council on Foreign Relations established an Independent Task Force to examine the consequences of dependence on imported energy for U.S. foreign policy. Since the United States both consumes and […]
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Posted at the author’s website on January 15, 2007. James Howard Kunstler The American public is understandably happy to see the bottom fall out of the oil futures market. But […]
Continue readingHumanity’s Worst Mistake
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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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 […]
Continue readingBuilding a Political Majority
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 […]
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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 […]
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