Democracy Rising 33: A Democratic Revolution in Rojava
How the Rojavan democracy was made to happen should be of deep interest to everyone seeking a democracy built and nurtured from the bottom up.
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The Land of Bows then Tenements
But the question remains, will New Yorkers invest that activist energy into cultivating sustainable ways to do more with less, while more equitably redistributing the shrinking pie, or simply force the redirection of goods from other parts of the world that have less power or force of will?
MM #18: What Can I Do?
Faced with the towering set of concerns raised in this series, and the glaring unsustainability of modernity—which is not only familiar and comfortable, but seemingly essential for modern survival—it is natural that a top-of-mind question for many is: What Can I Do?
Social Engineering, The Consumer Culture And US Foreign Policy
Social engineering is when a small group of people advance their own interests by using widespread, “industrial scale” messaging that goes out to large numbers of people, with the purpose to influence and shape their thinking, beliefs, values and decision making.
Sustainability Education, Learning and Culture: Part 1
The question is to what extent has pedagogical practice perpetuated and endorsed a culture of heedless exploitation to the detriment of all else, with the justification of it being for the common good of humanity.
Designing for Health: Applying Healthy Human Culture
Designing for Health helps us track health and unhealth in the different levels of any system (our community, organisation, society, family…). It helps us creating relationships, communities and societies where all beings can thrive.
MM #17: Being Human
Here, I attempt to paint a picture of how we might think of ourselves as humans on this planet, as integral members of the community of life.
A Vision for Sustainable Community Consciousness
Understanding how the root causes of our existential crisis lie in our behaviors, our individual and social behaviors, we can move to address the all-important role of culture in the creation and maintenance of sustainable communities.
Review: Two Tribes
History also teaches us that times of uncertainty and instability are fertile conditions for populists and those with dark agendas, as people under stress often seek simple answers to complex problems, which often dredges up an instinct to blame and see ‘us and them’ divisions. This looks to be bubbling to the surface as unrest in many parts of the world, of which the UK is now exemplary.
MM #16: Recap and Mythology
Modernity is a sort of flight-of-fancy: a mode that our flexible brains allowed us to pursue, while lacking sufficient cognitive power to really understand what it means or think it all through.
Mamphela Ramphele: “The Art of Movement Building: Personal Liberation for Public Change”
In this episode, Nate is joined by Mamphela Ramphele, co-founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, which was instrumental in building the ideological foundation that galvanized the struggle for Liberation under the apartheid regime in South Africa, ultimately leading to its dismantling.
Climate Justice in an Ethically Complex World
If we can learn to navigate the ethical complexities of our non-ideal world, we will be much better prepared to transform it.
