Reposted from the Albert Schweitzer Association. Albert Schweitzer I am life which wills to live, in the midst of life which wills to live. As in my own will-to-live there […]
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This morning we learn how one community has moved towards achieving a sustainable lifestyle. Reposted from YES! Magazine. Anthony Flaccavento Before any course of action, we should first ask: What is […]
Continue readingIt Shall Be a Jubilee Unto You
Reposted from YES! Magazine. Michael Hudson Agrarian life is full of risks: drought, flooding, infestation, and other natural disasters, capped throughout antiquity by wars. Farmers must often borrow to get […]
Continue readingSynergy and the Evolution of Superorganisms
The following abstract is for a paper-talk prepared for the Annual Meeting, Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Montreal, Canada, August 11-14, 2002 ( I have divided the abstract […]
Continue readingEconomies for Life
Reposted from YES! Magazine. Enron. Accounting fraud. Mad cows. Wal-Mart. Monopoly. Political corruption. WTO. Disintegrating schools. Downsizing. WorldCom. Tax havens. Cancer. Hostile takeovers. Channel One. Harken Energy. Climate change. Corporate […]
Continue readingThe Soul of Democracy is Dying!
Humanity has been plagued by war, crime, and poverty throughout recorded history, and somehow we have muddled through and managed to survive. I think “muddle” is the word that best describes […]
Continue readingSinging Hymns in the Hot Tub
This morning, I have another offering from John Brand. He lives in Texas and I grew up in Oklahoma, so his introduction rings true for me. Originally posted at The Yellow Times. John […]
Continue readingAlternative Futures (part 2)
Yesterday, Sohail Inayatullah introduced us to the work of Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar. This is the second of the two part series. Reposted from KurzweilAI.net. Sohail Inayatullah Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar is well known as a social […]
Continue readingThe Human Theater of the Absurd (part 4)
This is the final and fourth in our series of articles by John Brand. See: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three. These were originally posted at The Yellow Times. John Brand, […]
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Sohail Inayatullah writes about the work of poet and visionary Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar. This is the first of a two part article, originally posted at KurzweilAI.net. Sohail Inayatullah Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar is […]
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