By Admin User Posted July 15th, 2015 In Features, Inspiration via uplift The first challenge to overcome, for those going through either slow economic decline or sudden economic collapse, is uncertainty. In the culture I grew up in, there’s no need for...
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Must See: Kid Warrior: The Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Story
earthguardians We are a tribe of young activists, artists and musicians from across the globe stepping up as leaders and co-creating the future we know is possible. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are #GenerationRYSE
Read moreDutch city of Utrecht to experiment with a universal, unconditional 'basic income'
via The Independent The Dutch city of Utrecht will start an experiment which hopes to determine whether society works effectively with universal, unconditional income introduced. The city has paired up with the local university to establish whether the...
Read moreIf Everyone Lived in an 'Ecovillage', the Earth Would Still Be in Trouble
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”...
Read moreBiocentrism / Robert Lanza’s Theory of Everything
by Robert Lanza with Bob Berman Every now and then, a simple yet radical idea shakes the very foundations of knowledge. The startling discovery that the world was not flat challenged and ultimately changed the way people perceived themselves and their...
Read moreThe True Meeting of Science and Spirituality (SAND)
From the website SCIENCE & NONDUALITY Science and Nonduality provides a forum where preeminent scientist, philosophers, teachers, artists and a large, international community gather to explore and advance the new paradigm emerging in spirituality, that...
Read moreAmsterdam’s new 3D-printed steel bridge is revolutionizing the building industry
by Lucy Wang via inhabitat Hejmans, the innovative Dutch construction company behind the smart highway and glowing Van Gogh-inspired bicycle paths, has unveiled their latest avant-garde project: a 3D-printed steel bridge in the heart of Amsterdam. Created...
Read moreOAS1S “treescrapers” are modern skyscrapers inspired by trees
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”...
Read morePLENTITUDE: The Economy of True Wealth
This fun animation provides a vision of what a post-consumer society could look like, with people working fewer hours and pursuing re-skilling, homesteading, and small-scale enterprises that can help reduce the overall size and impact of the consumer...
Read moreENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
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...
Read moreThe New Leadership Paradigm That Could Save the World In Less Than A Decade
June 19, 2015 by Christine Horner via Collective Evolution Blog There’s a new kind of leadership emerging that’s gaining momentum, and it may very well change the world. In less than a decade, it has the power to do what took multiple generations centuries...
Read moreThe Shift from CONsumers to PROsumers
Source Susan Gunelius , Contributor via Forbes blog As the social web has grown and tools like Twitter, blogs, Facebook and YouTube have allowed communications to flow faster and farther than ever before — inevitably causing the world to shrink and real-time...
Read moreCreating Conscious Communities - Our Modest Efforts are Really the Only Hope
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...
Read moreYou think you know someone, and then he gets on a stage and blows your mind
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
Read moreCentral Banks Are Losing Control Of The Financial Markets
By Michael Snyder (Source: The Economic Collapse; June 5, 2015; http://tinyurl.com/ozbpsvl) Every great con game eventually comes to an end. For years, global central banks have been manipulating the financial marketplace with their monetary voodoo. Somehow,...
Read moreDr. Paul Ray talks about the Cultural Creatives
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...
Read moreNASA Astronaut: “These Concepts Have Been Proven In Hundreds Of Laboratories Around The World”
Dr. Brian O’Leary, Ph.D, scientist, author, Princeton/Cornell physics professor, and former NASA astronaut, was filmed shortly before his passing stating that over-unity devices are indeed real, and that “these concepts have been proven in hundreds of...
Read moreThe challenge of leading in the 21st century | Andrew White | TEDxFindhorn
Andrew turns our normal understanding of leadership on its head. We are often told that to be successful we need to stand for qualities such as belief (so that we can convince others), growth and making things come to life. However, in order to be truly...
Read moreFrom the desk of Hans-Peter
Some days ago I got a cartoon: This funny cartoon leaves me with a shallow taste, since we all have experienced it…either in us or for sure we saw it in others. You know the One´s outside of the room How many projects and good ideas weren´t translated...
Read moreCould this giant straw be the solution to the problems with wind turbines?
by Michelle Kennedy Hogan, 05/08/15 Could a bladeless wind turbine answer the issues with clean energy and save a few bird lives in the process? It can if you believe that the same technology we use to get your milkshake to your mouth could also power...
Read moreRobert Reich: In our horrifying future, very few people will have work or make money
Robert Reich At its prime in 1988, Kodak, the iconic American photography company, had 145,000 employees. In 2012, Kodak filed for bankruptcy. The same year Kodak went under, Instagram, the world’s newest photo company, had 13 employees serving 30 million...
Read moreThe BLOOM- A Journey through transformational festivals
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...
Read moreSomething to think about: "Do What You Love, Because Society Is A Trap And Work Is Meaningless"
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...
Read moreNew ways of education for new ways of doing economy. What and for what are we learning, today and in the future?
Even if the conference took already place, it is always good to hear about the Cultural Creatives transforming the existing paradigms. The #dclass conference brings together the most inspiring people of the new economy with the greatest innovators in...
Read moreJ. Rifkin: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World of Crisis
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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