AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL BRUCE LANSDALE MEMORIAL PART II HENRY RICHARDSON LABOUISSE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Introduction In re-making the American Farm School to fit the post-war era, Bruce Lansdale knew that he could not do it alone, especially in a world where the values on which the School was founded found little support …
FROM THESSALONIKI TO AUSCHWITZ AND BACK MEMORIES OF A SURVIVOR FROM THESSALONIKI ERIKA MYRIAM KOUNIO AMARIGLIO VALLENTINE MITCHELL 2000 Translated into English by Theresa Sundt (neé Amariglio) Thessaloniki 1998 PART IV Chapter 4: Bookkeeper of Death in Auschwitz On 8 June 1943 the last transport arrived from Thessaloniki. Our presence was no longer …
GLOBABALIZATION, DIET AND LIFESTYLE University visit In early March six university students and their instructor spent a week with us in Lakkia. The schedule prepared for them, the places visited, and the guest visitors we had in the evenings will be described in a later document. On their arrival, David gave this talk to …
THE FIVE LESSONS OF LIFE BILL ADAMS RIDER 2000 PART V Chapter 7: The Philosophy of the Amchi It was six in the morning, the day after my meeting with Sangratan in Chinie, and again I was setting out to meet him. This time he had promised to teach me about the Amchi, and …
A PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE JAMES D. WOLFENSOHN PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK GROUP WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 6, 2002 Eighty-four years ago in this city, Woodrow Wilson spoke of war and peace to a joint session of Congress. “What we demand” he said, “is that the world be made safe for every …
THE INNER LIMITS OF MANKIND HERETICAL REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S VALUES, CULTURE AND POLITICS ERVIN LASZLO One World Publications 1989 PART VI Appendix: A Long Way to Grow. A Bird’s-eye View of the Current Goals of the World’s Peoples In order to provide a more informed background for the proper assessment of the crucial question …
THE CHAOS POINT THE WORLD AT THE CROSSROADS ERVIN LASZLO PIATKUS BOOKS 2006 PART IV PART ONE: THE TIDES OF TRANSFORMATION Chapter 3: The Drivers of Chaos (Cont.) Social unsustainabilities The fourth driver: The unsustainability of established social structures Stresses within human communities are nearing a critical point: Traditional social structures are …
AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL BRUCE LANSDALE MEMORIAL PART I THE INSTITUTION MADE THE MAN AND THE MAN RE-MADE THE INSTITUTION Introduction Two years ago, on February 2, 2009, Bruce Lansdale, Director of the American Farm School from 1955 to 1990, died. We honoured him on Psycho Sabbato – the day when Greece remembers those who …
MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING VIKTOR E. FRANKL WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS 1959 PART IV PART ONE: EXPERIENCES IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP (Cont) There were always choices to make. Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit to those powers which threatened to …
THE INNER LIMITS OF MANKIND HERETICAL REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S VALUES, CULTURE AND POLITICS ERVIN LASZLO One World Publications 1989 PART V Chapter 6: Beyond Today’s Limits. The Evolutionary Prospect Scientists were wrong to insist that acceptable evidence must be ultimately reducible to what we can directly observe – to what is called ‘sense data’. …
