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May 3, 2013
by Adam Taggart, Peak Prosperity
Every so often we need to take a breather from the daily drumbeat of news and market data, to remind ourselves why we expend so much effort in our info-scouting and dot-connecting duties here at PeakProsperity.com. If we don't, it's dangerously easy to get mired in unproductive angst directed at …
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Apr 29, 2013
by Jason Heppenstall, 22 Billion Energy Slaves
I have just returned from Spain, where we had to go at short notice to give a farewell kiss to our stranded asset. Yes, our farmhouse, which had been the focus of all my dreams and efforts a few years back, was finally released from legal limbo land and the keys handed over to the happy new …
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Apr 22, 2013
by Frances Moore Lappé, Yes! Magazine
Feelings of fear and powerlessness are driving the cycle of violence that surrounds us. To change that, we need to recognize that we need each other to thrive as individuals.
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Apr 16, 2013
by Joanna Macy, Chris Johnstone
, Transition Network / Resilience.org
Watch a recording of this Transition Network/Resilience.org web chat featuring Joanna Macy, Chris Johnstone and Rob Hopkins.
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Apr 3, 2013
by Leonard Koren, Global Oneness Project
In 1992, while living in Japan, I embarked on a project to locate and define the kind of beauty that I felt most deeply attracted to. By "beauty" I meant that complex of exciting, pleasurable sensations ostensibly emanating from things—objects, environments, and even …
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Mar 22, 2013
by Josh Malkin, Florence Scialom
, Larch Maxey
, Transition Network
Wednesday 20th March 2013 was a historic day for global wellbeing, because the United Nations declared it the first ever International Day of Happiness. This signifies recognition of the relevance of happiness and wellbeing as universal goals in people's lives around the world, and …
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Mar 14, 2013
by Sara Ayech, Transition Network
Foraging was the first and most important skill I have learnt with Transition, my first connection with nature and something that will stay with me for life. Part of the staple knowledge and diet of generations past, it is a re-emerging practise, even in in the urban environment of London.
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Mar 14, 2013
by Adam Taggart, Peak Prosperity
The American spirit is rooted in the belief of a better tomorrow. Its success has been due to generations of men and women who toiled, through both hardship and boom times, to make that dream a reality. But at some point over the past several decades, that hope for a better tomorrow became an …
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Feb 15, 2013
by Carolyn Baker, Speaking Truth to Power
In the face of incessant climate-change related natural disasters, severe economic contraction, energy depletion, escalating violence, resource wars, and a burgeoning loss of civil liberties, many communities throughout the world are responding resiliently to the unprecedented challenges of our …
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Feb 13, 2013
by Carolyn Baker, Speaking Truth to Power
If you visit John Michael Greer’s Amazon Page you are likely to be incredulous when you discover how many books he has written, and you’ll soon discover that collecting all of his articles online is nearly an impossible task. A voracious reader, a prolific writer, a brilliant thinker …
