civilization

by Beverley Mitchell, via inhabitat Sweden now recycles or reuses an incredible 99 percent of its waste, an improvement on the already impressive 2012 figure of 96 percent. The country uses a waste management hierarchy system that focuses in descending...

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Tag(s) : #Ecology, #Civilization, #Consciousness, #Technic, #Paradigm Shift

by Samuel Alexander / theconversation.com We are used to hearing that if everyone lived in the same way as North Americans or Australians, we would need four or five planet Earths to sustain us. This sort of analysis is known as the “ecological footprint”...

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Tag(s) : #Ecology, #Civilization, #Technic, #Paradigm Shift, #Architecture-Cityplaning, #Sustainability

By Christou (Source: Collective Evolution; June 19, 2015) via ANP The bard Robert Anton Wilson said, “Anybody who tells you that we’re running out of resources or that we’re in a terrible mess–they are idiots. We can’t run out of resources. Resources...

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Tag(s) : #Consciousness, #Technic, #Civilization, #Cultural Creatives, #Economy, #Entrepreneur, #Ecology

by oas1s,via Inhabitat OAS1S has introduced a unique concept for the future of urban green living: a 21st century home that merges architecture and nature into one. The OAS1S houses are inspired by trees that act as modern skyscrapers. These “treescrapers”...

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Tag(s) : #Architecture-Cityplaning, #Paradigm Shift, #Ecology, #Nature, #Sustainability, #Science, #Civilization

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Nature, #Ecology, #Economy, #Civilization, #Change, #Consciousness

by Greg Beach, 06/17/15 via inhabitat The cost of solar power has declined dramatically over the past few decades, from $40 per watt in 1977 to $0.74 per watt in 2013. This trend is expected to accelerate as improvements in efficiency and new technologies...

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Tag(s) : #Technic, #Future, #Ecology, #Economy, #Architecture-Cityplaning, #Awarness, #Civilization

Source June 15, 2015 by Amanda Froelich via True Activist Imagine being woken up by the feral noises of the Serengeti every morning, being best friends with some of the most majestic creatures on the planet, and knowing no other world than one in which...

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Tag(s) : #Civilization, #Indigenous, #Nature

By Jesse D. Palmer / news.infoshop.org via Films for Action It is easy to miss these opportunities and get distracted and bogged down by day-to-day hassles -- stuck in traffic, staring at the internet, emotionally numb, confused, and feeling disconnected...

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Tag(s) : #Architecture-Cityplaning, #Awarness, #Technic, #Paradigm Shift, #Community, #Civilization

Credits: Voices of a People’s History “The problem in this world is not civil disobedience…the problem in this world is civil obedience.” -Howard Zinn, being read by Matt Damon

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Tag(s) : #Civilization, #Cultural Creatives, #Consciousness, #Paradigm Shift, #Education, #Wisdom, #LeadershipCulture

Dr. Paul Ray discusses the Cultural Creatives - their values, communicating with them, and why they are an essential constituency for funders and nonprofits. The Cultural Creatives are the carrier population for the emerging wisdom culture. Paul Ray has...

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Tag(s) : #Cultural Creatives, #Consciousness, #Civilization, #Paradigm Shift, #Future, #Entrepreneur

We invite you to explore some of THRIVE pioneer Evon Peter’s work and wisdom. And we invite you to consider how can we heal with indigenous and other persecuted people around the earth? Evon Peter is the executive director of the Indigenous Leadership...

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Tag(s) : #Indigenous, #Wisdom, #Civilization, #Change, #Culture

The Bloom explores how Transformational Festivals have become incubators and spaces for “Practicing The New World”, where the festivals are produced using a model of CO-CREATION, utilizing an ethos of PARTICIPATION to create these remarkable realities...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Cultural Creatives, #Community, #Change, #Future, #Share Economy, #Culture, #Civilization, #Consciousness

Mac Slavo March 13th, 2015 SHTFplan.com The California drought has already been alarming enough not only for residents of the state – whose water supply was never secured, and has constantly been the source of heated controversy – but those across the...

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Tag(s) : #Ecology, #Future, #Sustainability, #Civilization

Comedian Joe Rogan talks about work and meaning in his own unique style... "We got sidetracked and diverted into these boxes, these cubicles in offices,” he says. “So instead of investing your time in a passion, you’ve sold your life to work for an uncaring...

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Tag(s) : #Paradigm Shift, #Cultural Creatives, #Civilization, #Consciousness, #Economy, #Education, #Future, #LiveWork

The Empathic Civilization - Must see! Source:Films for Action Jeremy Rifkin is founder and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends. Since 1994, he has been a senior lecturer at Wharton School's Executive Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania....

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Tag(s) : #Future, #Consciousness, #Paradigm Shift, #Technic, #Civilization