Book Review Introduction In Part 3 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “In India we deeply believe that this amazing universe, this amazing planet, this amazing earth is connected through the web of food, the web of life.” “In India we have an Upanishad that says, ‘If you give …
THE ASCENT OF MAN JACOB BROWNOWSKI MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS 1973 PART V Chapter 5: The Music of the Spheres Even very primitive peoples have a number system. Born on Samos, about 580 BC, the first genius and founder of Greek mathematics, was Pythagoras. He said there is a harmony in nature, a unity in …
BRUCE LANSDALE HONORARY DOCTORATE PART 5 THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BY Bruce M. Lansdale MYTHS THAT INFLUENCED THE FAMILY Many of the myths which influenced individuals played a dominant role in family life as well. But there are two publicly professed myths which played a key role in family life …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART IV Chapter 3: Why Some Countries Fail to Thrive Of the world’s population of 6.3 billion, roughly 5 billion people have reached at least the first rung of economic development. Five sixths of …
Book Review Introduction In Part 2 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “Almost all of the next one billion of net global growth will take place in urban slums. What will these conditions breed for the future? Hopelessness, crime, extremism, terrorism? Who will deal with these chickens when they …
Book Review In part 4 of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: The Impact of Globalization we are told that: “’Free trade’ and ‘leveling the global playing field’ are illusions. Liberalisation is really nothing more than making it easier for powerful, elite interests to take control of a country’s economy. Over 70% of world trade is …
BRUCE LANSDALE HONORARY DOCTORATE PART 4 THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BY Bruce M. Lansdale MYTHS THAT INFLUENCE THE INDIVIDUAL What were the myths that had a major impact on the individual as he or she grew up during the first half of this century? Listen to a few experiences …
Book Review THE CULTURAL CREATIVES HOW 50 MILLION PEOPLE ARE CHANGING THE WORLD PAUL H. RAY, Ph. D., & SHERRY RUTH ANDERSON, Ph.D. HARMONY BOOKS 2000 Front cover Do you dislike all the emphasis in modern culture on success and “making it” on getting and spending, on wealth and luxury goods? Do you care …
Book Review In Part 3 of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security: The Impact of Globalization we are told that: “When asked to support the global goal of food security, we can bask in the false belief that all humanity shares similar values and goals. We can pretend that the drift of the world’s food economy …
THE ASCENT OF MAN JACOB BROWNOWSKI MACDONALD FUTURA PUBLISHERS 1973 PART III Chapter 3: The Grain in the Stone The earth has existed for more than 4,000 million years, being shaped by hidden forces within the earth and erosion. Man has also become an architect of his environment but he does not command forces …
