A recent astrological reading said that the year was starting off with a bang – all kinds of planets aligning to initiate a strong wave of forward motion. Well, that all may or may not be true, but it is interesting to see what a wave of new activity in the area of sustainability has …
Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There From Here by Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman. This is a big book in every way. It is a cornucopia of historical overviews, old myths that linger and affect our choices, new-science discoveries that reveal new possibilities and clarifying visual models of our evolutionary …
Many sources say that evolution is a purposeful process where individual organisms survive through adaptation and thrive by becoming members of a larger community. This doesn’t mean that the individual dissolves into the community as we have sometimes seen in Eastern cultures or that the individual’s needs override those of the community, as it tends …
“Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness … the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. ” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 1881 – 1955 Perhaps we are hot on the trail of discovering fire! In …
The FN climate meeting in Durban didn’t do much to give us a sense of progress in solving the world’s climate challenges. And since most people point to governments and politicians to make the rules and incentives for change, the lack of progress can leave people disappointed and pessimistic. Is this because we believe that …
Today we went on an adventure. We decided to check out the one and only “Ecovillage” in Norway. Ecovillages are found all over the world and their numbers are growing as more and more people are becoming concerned with social and environmental issues. But Norway is usually slow on picking up the trends while other …
The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability & Success by Carol Sanford This book presents an evolutionary, holistic approach to business that can lift organizations to a new level of performance and responsibility. This is not about so called “Green” companies – it is about any kind of a company! And revolutionary stories in the book prove it. …
This is a video that gives an example of Open Source Collaboration in a whole new area. An amazing initiative that has gone viral yet hidden from the ordinary person’s view. Britta Riley touches on the current concerns about food and surprises with a whole new approach through world wide collaboration. Another seed of HOPE.
Tim Jackson has taken up this issue in this Ted Talk video and in his book Prosperity without Growth. Is there something for us to learn from this, so that the world can work together to tackle climate change, poised to ruin our children’s future.? His Ted Talk video below inspires HOPE. We are hearing …
