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The Search for a Just Society Part 5

THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD                       1989 PART V   Chapter 5: Buddhism and the Mauryan Empire Siddhattha Gautama (563-483 BC), born the son of a king in the area that is now Nepal, knew all the material pleasures of life from an early age. Coming to manhood, He became dissatisfied …

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Quantum Shift in the Global Brain Part 13

QUANTUM SHIFT IN THE GLOBAL BRAIN HOW THE NEW SCIENTIFIC REALITY CAN CHANGE US AND OUR WORLD ERVIN LASZLO INNER TRADITIONS                    2008 www.InnerTraditions.com PART XIII   Chapter 13: The Next Evolution of Human Consciousness Human consciousness is not a permanent fixture: cultural anthropology testifies that it developed gradually in the course of millennia. In the …

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Food First Part 11

FOOD FIRST BEYOND THE MYTH OF SCARCITY FRANCES MOORE LAPPE & JOSEPH COLLINS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON                          1977 PART XI Chapter 12: Isn’t Colonialism Dead? Question: It may be true that colonialism impaired people’s ability to feed themselves. But most of the underdeveloped countries have been independent for ten to twenty years, or even longer. …

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A Business Plan for Sustainable Living Part 3

DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR THE PLANET A BUSINESS PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING IAN CHAMBERS & JOHN HUMBLE GOWER        2011 The Green Economics and Sustainable Growth Series PART 3   PART I: UNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT SITUATION (Cont.)   A word on complacency, fear and the need for cautious optimism and action It is east to state …

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The Search for a Just Society Part 4

THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD                       1989 PART IV Chapter 4: Hinduism: A Perspective of the Universe In the Indian valley over an area of half a million square miles lived a people belonging to an advanced civilization. There were cities, built on a grid system, whose populations numbered up to …

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Quantum Shift in the Global Brain Part 12

QUANTUM SHIFT IN THE GLOBAL BRAIN HOW THE NEW SCIENTIFIC REALITY CAN CHANGE US AND OUR WORLD ERVIN LASZLO INNER TRADITIONS                    2008 www.InnerTraditions.com PART XII   PART TWO PARADIGM SHIFT IN SCIENCE Chapter 9: The Cosmic Plenum: The New Fundamental Concept of Reality The quantum shift in the global brain embraces both our experience and …

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Food First Part 10

FOOD FIRST BEYOND THE MYTH OF SCARCITY FRANCES MOORE LAPPE & JOSEPH COLLINS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON                          1977 PART X Chapter 11. Why Can’t People Feed Themselves? (Cont.) Plantations A second approach was direct takeover of the land either by the colonizing government or by private foreign interests. Previously self-provisioning farmers were forced to cultivate …

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A Business Plan for Sustainable Living Part 2

DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR THE PLANET A BUSINESS PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING IAN CHAMBERS & JOHN HUMBLE GOWER        2011 The Green Economics and Sustainable Growth Series PART 2   PART I: UNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT SITUATION ‘No man is an island of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. …

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