THE EARTH IS BUT ONE COUNTRY JOHN HUDDLESTON The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom 1976/1988 PART IV Chapter 2: The Time for World Unity A – The Unifier Bahá’u’lláh was born in Persia in 1817. His father was a minister of the Sháh. As a youth Bahá’u’lláh was known for …
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 II PART ONE MACROSHIFT IN SOCIETY Chapter 1: Evolution or Extinction: That is the Question A Chinese proverb warns, “If we do not change direction, we are likely to end …
SEVEN TOMORROWS TOWARD A VOLUNTARY HISTORY THE POTENTIAL CRISES THAT FACE HUMANKIND – AND THE ROLE OF CHOICE IN DETERMINING THE FUTURE PAUL HAWKEN, JAMES OGILVY, PETER SCHWARTZ BANTAM NEW AGE BOOKS 1982 PART V PART THREE: TOWARD A VOLUNTARY HISTORY Chapter 13: Conclusion Nations and peoples move ahead and prosper when a common …
FATAL HARVEST THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE EDITED BY ANDREW KIMBRELL ISLAND PRESS 2002 FOUNDATION FOR DEEP ECOLOGY PART II PART ONE FARMING AS IF NATURE MATTERED: BREAKING THE INDUSTRIAL PARADIGM The Whole Horse: The Preservation of the Agrarian Mind by Wendell Berry Global Monoculture: The Worldwide Destruction of Diversity by Helena Norberg-Hodge Machine …
THE NATURE OF MASS POVERTY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1979 PART III Chapter 2: The Political Origins of Error Until World War II, there was relatively little serious discussion of the causes of mass poverty, and likewise very little of its remedy. As the colonial world had no claim to self-government, so …
THE EARTH IS BUT ONE COUNTRY JOHN HUDDLESTON The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom 1976/1988 PART III D – A religious solution? The challenges which we face clearly demand a profound and continued change in attitudes, a willingness to see life in a much wider frame of reference than …
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 I About the author Ervin Laszlo, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, is editor of the international periodical World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution and Chancellor-Designate of the …
SENECA ON THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE LIFE IS LONG IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE IT PENGUIN BOOKS GREAT IDEAS TRANSLATED BY C.D.N. COSTA 1997 PART I Seneca: c. 5 BC –AD 65 Chapter 1: On the Shortness of Life Most human beings, Paulinus, (a friend of Seneca’s) complain about the meanness …
SEVEN TOMORROWS TOWARD A VOLUNTARY HISTORY THE POTENTIAL CRISES THAT FACE HUMANKIND – AND THE ROLE OF CHOICE IN DETERMINING THE FUTURE PAUL HAWKEN, JAMES OGILVY, PETER SCHWARTZ BANTAM NEW AGE BOOKS 1982 PART IV PART THREE: TOWARD A VOLUNTARY HISTORY Introduction The intent of the scenarios is to heighten our sensitivity to the …
FATAL HARVEST THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE EDITED BY ANDREW KIMBRELL ISLAND PRESS 2002 FOUNDATION FOR DEEP ECOLOGY PART I Front flypage We find ourselves in the midst of a historic battle between two very different visions of the future of food in the 21st century. The decades-long domination of the industrial model of …
