Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
In his famous work “The Waking.” Michigan poet, Theodore Roethke, offered sage advice for navigating unprecedented transitions and cultivating resilience. Wisely, the Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins establishes three domains for people who are awake to these transitions as they endeavor to journey through them into a post-industrial world.
– Questioning the direction of transportation policy
– Recession brings sharp fall in UK road deaths
– Relocalizing Vermont: We Just Paid $3,500 for Poultney Man’s 18 mpg Truck
There is a well-known story about how to boil a frog. If you try to throw a frog into a pot already boiling, he’ll jump out. However, put a frog into a pot and slowly raise the temperature – and you get frog legs for dinner.
Green Economics and how it might work
Washington’s Dilemma
Arnold Schwarzenegger in last-minute deal to save broke California
Global Power and Global Government: Evolution and Revolution of the Central Banking System Part 1
Candide’s Garden
Resilient Cities – planners post their vision
China’s Wide Reach in Africa
The new scramble for Africa
Congo-Kinshasa: Firms Fuelling ‘Conflict Minerals’ Violence, Report Says
Diana Leafe Christian, author of Finding Community: How to join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community, zeros in on how to find an ecovillage. Bob Banner, publisher of Hopedance magazine, shares insights from Andrew Harvey’s Sacred Activism workshop: “What breaks your heart, what you really love, is the thing that will sustain you…
The film HOME by Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a beautifully shot panorama of the Earth and the damage done to it by modern humanity.
G8 Summit: Feed the Hungry or Fuel Hunger?
G8 Calls for Decisive Action to End Hunger, Recognizes Role of CAADP and AGRA at L’Aquila Summit
U.S. working group on the food crisis statement on the G8 in L’aquila, Italy
