Ecological Civilization: From Emergency to Emergence - Frijof Capra reflects on David Korten's inspiring essay. Watch on Vimeo.... Fritjof Capra, world renown scholar-activist, systems thinker, author, educator, reflects on an inspiring article by his old friend and colleague, political activist and author David Korten. In this article, titled 'Ecological Civilization: From Emergency to Emergence,' the …
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Perceptual Portal by Geneen Marie Haugen
Perceptual Portal by Geneen Marie Haugen My antennae sweep and scan for reception, for a portal in perception, for a porous passage to a green breathing land where every presence offers itself to be known, where everything speaks, even galaxies, even stone, where interspecies lovetalk leaps like flashing fish and flying dragons in blue-pooled dream …
Love is the only force ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Love is the only force which can make things one without destroying them. …Someday, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, …
Choose Hope, You Matter: The Call to Live The Great Turning by Dr Craig Schindler
Choose Hope introduces a compelling vision of The Great Turning in this 5-minute video clip by Dr Craig Schindler, the first to coin the term The Great Turning. As Martin Luther King, Jr often said, "The darkest hour is before the dawn." This is the time when the most momentous shift is possible and it …
Our Great Turning Visionaries featured in Kosmos Journal
Our Great Turning Visionaries have been featured by our friends at Kosmos Journal in their online quarterly. Read the transformative conversation with Joanna Macy, David Korten, Duane Elgin, Pat McCabe, Craig F. Schindler, Chris Johnstone and Mattie Porte here: https://bit.ly/3tknVzn You may also watch the video version here: https://greatturning.net/an-intimate-discourse-with-visionaries-of-the-great-turning/ Join Our Great Turning Visionaries for …
The Inner History of a Day ~ John O’Donohue
The Inner History of a Day No one knew the name of this day; Born quietly from deepest night, It hid its face in light, Demanded nothing for itself, Opened out to offer each of us A field of brightness that traveled ahead, Providing in time, ground to hold our footsteps And the light of …
I am only one ~ Edward Everett Hale
I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do The something that I can do. ~ Edward Everett Hale Give Yourself the Gift of Living Your Most Beautiful Life in 2022! Our Bold …
Shifting Paradigms with Jeremy Lent and Helena Norberg-Hodge
The word ‘future’ itself can be seen not as a noun but as a verb. It’s the unfolding of what all of us are doing right now that creates the conditions for whatever happens next. ~ Jeremy Lent The Local Futures Podcast, Shifting Paradigms, is the perfect listen as we enter the New Year. Renowned …
Song for The Great Turning: We Shall Be Known ~ MaMuse
This song for The Great Turning comes to us from the duo MaMuse, featuring the beautiful sounds of Sarah Nutting on vocals and flute, and Karisha Longaker on vocals and bass.... We shall be known by the company we keep by the ones who circle round to tend these fires. We shall be known …
Spiritual Activism: Call to Action 2022 by Pierre Pradervand
“Spiritual activism is a practice that brings together the otherworldly and inner-focused work of spirituality and the outwardly-focused work of activism (which focuses on the conditions of the material or physical world).” Wikipedia This essay is inspired by the latest message from the citizen movement AVAAZ, certainly the most remarkable movement of its kind ever to have emerged. Avaaz has …