By Jim Selman | Bio
I cannot remember having experienced or even
having read about a time when there have been so many “extremes”
co-existing in terms of political points of view and ways of
understanding the world. All seem to simultaneously have the quality of
being both ‘life threatening’ AND intractable. Whether we’re discussing
climate change, social justice, lifestyles, civil rights, the economy,
our political process or the price of oil, everyone seems to have a
strongly held point of view without much evident interest in learning or
working toward some common resolution of our differences. It would seem
collaboration is fast becoming extinct—an endangered competence.[ Read More]
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 By Rick Fullerton | Bio
Recently, I have been focusing more and more of my attention on
global warming and, in turn, on understanding my own reactions and responses to
what’s happening. The results so far have been both fascinating and
challenging. One aspect of the global warming conversation involves the role
of the media in reporting scientific evidence and projections regarding the
effects of carbon dioxide in heating the planet. In particular, I have learned
about
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By Juanita Brown, David Isaacs and Samantha Tan | World Cafe website Read the first post in this series.
What Are We Learning?
At the Shambhala Institute and in
subsequent gatherings exploring multi-generational partnership, we have
experienced a similar outpouring of excitement and engagement. Key
multi-generational dialogues aimed at building bridges between the
generations have now been sponsored by Pegasus Communications at their
international Systems Thinking in Action conferences, by the Institute
for Noetic Sciences, the Bali Institute for Global Renewal, Meditation
Mount and the Ojai Foundation, the World Café, and others. In 2005,
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By David Korten | Great Turning website
Read more posts in The World We Want series.
So what’s our problem? Why are we in such a
mess? Why didn’t we long ago just get together to create the world we
really want? What are the real barriers to creating the world in which
we measure our progress against a national happiness index rather than
by an index of how fast we are turning stuff into garbage?[ Read More]
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By Shae Hadden | Bio Words of wisdom from a dear 'younger' friend:
The greatest problem to overcome: Fear
The most destructive habit: Worry
The most damaging attitude: Resentment
The most satisfying work: Helping Others
The greatest "shot in the arm": Encouragement [ Read More]
Written by eldering at Leadership
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I just came from Sao Paulo—an enormous city of more than 20 million
folks. Brazil has about 188 million, a lot of them dealing with poverty
every day. They have about 17 million folks over 60 and, like our aging
population, that number will almost double by 2025. The biggest
difference is that Brazil doesn’t have as much of an economic
foundation and social infrastructure to support its older citizens. I
was speaking to a friend there who shared his view that very few people
in Latin America, except those who are well off, are remotely prepared
to be old (either psychologically or economically). [ Read More]
Written by Jim Selman at Wisdom in Action
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