Source – waldenlabs.com – Here’s something to think about: How long will the world continue to work if a disaster (a big pandemic, war, etc.) shuts down global transportation? A think tank in the UK (Chatham House) has come up with an answer: A week. It will only take a week (at most) before: You…
Source – wakingtimes.com – The idea of a world view has two inherent meanings. First it is a personal view of how the world is or should be, and secondly it is a view that is shared or consented to by others not just ourselves. So a world view is both how we personally see…
Source – expandedconsciousness.com – There are important changes happening on so many levels in our society. Collectively we are waking up, driven by the deep lack of satisfaction that we have for the way our social systems are designed and the destructive impacts that they’ve had both on humanity and the environment. Inspiringly, these changes…
Source – .theguardian.com – Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian… The red flags and marching songs of…
Source – heartstarbooks.com – Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. Matthew Arnold At The Crossroads ”The situation facing us is in many ways so grim that we may even seem to be approaching the brink of catastrophe. Mankind is at the crossroads. Unless there is some momentous…
Source – truth-out.org – Guy McPherson is a professor emeritus of evolutionary biology, natural resources and ecology at the University of Arizona, and has been a climate change expert for 30 years. He has also become a controversial figure, due to the fact that he does not shy away from talking about the possibility of…
Source – telegraph.co.uk – ‘There would have to be a very dramatic extension with grace periods of 30 years on the entire stock of European debt,’ the fund says The International Monetary Fund has set off a political earthquake in Europe, warning that Greece may need a total moratorium on debt payments for 30 years…
Source – theunboundedspirit.com – There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political establishment.” ~Noam Chomsky Here are some basic ways in which we can create a shift from being a consumption-driven global society to becoming an environmentally friendly and ecologically-sustainable one: 1. A major…
Source – journal-neo.org – In one interview with Sergei Glaziev, President Putin’s advisor, said that we are now dealing with the transition from one economic system to another. The new system is humanitarian in nature and thus could avoid a war because the main carriers of growth on this wavelength are humanitarian technologies. These include…
Source – onenessofhumanity.wordpress.com – The global corporate experiment has failed. Existence on earth is in rapid decline on every level of life organization. The air, soil and water cumulatively degrade and disappear; the climates and oceans destabilize without connection; species become extinct at a spasm rate across continents; pollution cycles and volumes rise endangering life…
Source – rabble.ca – National coalition provides case studies of how federal Conservative government has implemented a deliberate strategy of repressing alternative voices and undermining democratic institutions. Ottawa (17 June 2015) — Voices-Voix, a non-partisan coalition of Canadians and Canadian organizations that includes the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) as a member, has released…
Source – wakingtimes.com – This title speaks to the opposing ambitions of two forces at large on our planet. Those which work towards the realisation of a great vision – and those which work towards the annihilation of all vision. Although they stand at diametrically opposite extremes in the process we call ‘life’, their presence…
Source – aljazeera.com – One must follow three rules when smoking a fine Cuban cigar, the man with striking blue eyes says at the 170-year-old tobacco farm. “Never inhale, it makes you sick. Never smoke a cigar on an empty stomach. And last, never ever smash it out – let it die with the dignity…
Source – zengardner.com – There’s been something of a lull in truly major developments of late, despite all the garish noise and typical bravado of global figureheads and their complicit media and a few events here and there. Sure, there are skirmishes worldwide and economies continue to crumble as governments continue their draconian crackdowns, but…
Source – stuartjeannebramhall.com – According to the Guardian, renewable energy provider Good Energy has agreed to accept the Bristol pound in payment for electricity and gas bills. The company claims to be the first in the world to accept payments in local currency. Bristol residents already use the Bristol pound to pay for groceries, bus…
Source – carolynbaker.net – Foreword To: Love In The Age of Ecological Apocalypse: Cultivating The Relationships We Need To Thrive, North Atlantic Books, 2015: – The book in your hands poses and responds to a deceptively simple question: How are we to love in an apocalyptic time? The public tends to associate “apocalypse” with right-wing…
Source – yesmagazine.org – “The grants will help jail systems develop a plan for eliminating “the overuse and misuse of jails.” But prisoner advocate Dan Berger says this doesn’t address larger issues like police bias and racism”: – The MacArthur Foundation is best known for its “Genius Grants,” which have awarded $625,000 to “creative people…
Source – themindunleashed.org – The Purpose: The ‘Redesigning Society’ series will capture some expert perspectives on the current state of societal affairs, as well as the collective change we desperately need both philosophically and practically. It also aims to amplify mainstream engagement in how we should globally move forward for ourselves and our future generations.…
Source – forbes.com – Drug warriors often contend that drug use would skyrocket if we were to legalize or decriminalize drugs in the United States. Fortunately, we have a real-world example of the actual effects of ending the violent, expensive War on Drugs and replacing it with a system of treatment for problem users and…
Source – alternet.org – “The actor and environmentalist is backing Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson in his campaign to ditch fossil fuels and go 100 percent renewable by 2050 in every state in the U.S” – Mark Ruffalo was a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. The interview kicked off promoting his…
Source – alternet.org – Excerpted from “Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America’s Schools” by Tom Little and Katherine Ellison. Published by W.W. Norton and Co. Copyright © 2015 by Tom Little and Katherine Ellison. Reprinted with permission of the publisher. The story of Progressive Education is one of chaos and invention, messiness and failure, inspired rebels…
Source – theguardian.com – A “profound difference” has occurred over the past two years, following the leaking of NSA documents that led to revelations about US surveillance on phone and internet communications, whistleblower Edward Snowden has said. Writing in the New York Times, the computer analyst said that the balance of power is changing as…
Source – naturalnews.com – “The Pentagon earlier this year also unveiled a Google humanoid robot known as “Atlas” that’s capable of moving its wrists and opening doors without having to move its entire arms. The machine, which stands tall at six feet, two inches, can operate without power cords and is capable of walking, climbing…
Source – thelibertybeacon.com – Every once in a while you find a former intelligence agent willing to tell it like it is, and this is no exception… Ex-CIA agent Robert Steele outlines how citizen journalism and blogging along with other like minded people will be the best way to defeat the ruling elite. That is…
Source – rt.com/news/257841-russia-china-us-hegemony/ – The White House is determined to block the rise of the key nuclear-armed nations, Russia and China, neither of whom will join the “world’s acceptance of Washington’s hegemony,” says head of the Institute for Political Economy, Paul Craig Roberts. The former US assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy, Dr…
Source – army-technology.com – “Telepresence – allowing a human operator to have an at-a-distance presence in a remote environment via a brain-actuated robot – is a relatively new field of research, most of the work to date having been done with operator and robot in close proximity to each other. Nevertheless, there have already been…
Source – zengardner.com – “Mass die-offs of certain animals has increased in frequency every year for seven decades, according to a new study”: – It was the dying cry of Charlton Heston in the creepy 1973 film Soylent Green… and it could resemble our desperate near future. The ocean is dying, by all accounts – and…
Source – shtfplan.com, By Mac Slavo -“The decision underscores a larger shift in the global balance of power – there is no doubt that there are serious cracks in the foundation – as the U.S. petrodollar has lost its potency as the world reserve currency hegemony” – The world is anticipating a new global reality…
Source – newdawnmagazine.com – According to this prediction, then, a window of spiritual opportunity will open in the millennial era, but for a time only: The jury is still out on the millennial prophecies of Michel Nostradamus, the French master physician, astrologer and Kabbalist of the sixteenth century. Many regard him as the greatest prophet…
Source – higherperspectives.com – Solar energy has come a long way since its invention in the middle of the 20th century. Its efficiency is improving by leaps and bounds and the cost is going down fast. Much to the dismay of fossil fuel peddlers, solar has entered the mainstream and is being applied widely. Nice!…
Source – theguardian.com – An Antarctic ice shelf is melting rapidly and could significantly raise sea levels: A new study found that Larsen C—the largest ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula—is losing mass from both above and below, and may collapse within decades. When it does, the glaciers behind it would begin contributing to global sea-level rise as…
Source – .trueactivist.com – 1/3 of the food currently produced worldwide is thrown away every year.. To help prevent this travesty, France just passed new legislation banning stores from purposefully ruining food. Believe it or not, in effort to keep dumpster divers from attaining edible, discarded goods from supermarket shelves, some stores actually douse trashed…
Source – in5d.com – A stunning Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) report on Prime Minister Medvedev’s agenda at the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week states that Russia will warn US that the “time has come” for the world to know the truth about aliens, and if the United States won’t participate in the announcement,…
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