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Love Takes Action: The Power of Peaceful Protest

18 February 2017 Leave a Comment

As part of its #LoveTakesAction series, the Huffington Post recently interviewed a nun and a monk at Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village monastery in France, to ask what advice they would give to activists. "Sister Peace, who previously worked in the office of the mayor of Washington, says action must be inspired by a deep-rooted sense of love. “If we can be strong in ourselves, then we could offer a resistance that is nonviolent,” she said. “But that means that we ourselves are at a place where we … Watch video

Filed Under: Activism Tagged With: activism, collective activism, interdependence, love takes action, non-violence, peaceful protest, sacred activism, Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and activism

Changing the way we change the world

16 September 2015 Leave a Comment

Fantastically honest video for anyone working in a social purpose organisation.... How do social purpose organisations make more impact in the world? Can we live internally the changes we are trying to create in the world? "This short film is intended as a conversation starter for staff, volunteers, board members, and funders of social purpose organisations. Through a compilation of crowd-sourced interviews, it challenges us to pay closer attention to the link between an organisation's social … Watch video

Filed Under: Social, cultural & community evolution Tagged With: changing the world, collective activism, global change, humanity's evolution, social change, world change

As Systems Collapse, Citizens Rise | Otto Scharmer

14 September 2015 Leave a Comment

"As we see pictures of German citizens cheering tens of thousands refugees arriving from Syria and other war zones, we may be witnessing an emerging pattern of the years to come: bureaucracy is failing (EU), systems collapsing (millions of Asylum seeking refugees in urgent need of helping hands) - AND: citizens rising to the occasion! "The logic of collective action is suddenly shifting from the head to the heart. Or, put differently: from applying yesterday's rules onto the current situation, … Continue reading

Filed Under: Social justice Tagged With: activism, change agents, citizen action, collapse of systems, collective activism, global citizens, grassroots movements, systems collapse, world change

What is Subtle Activism? | Uplift Connect

1 September 2015 Leave a Comment

"The practice of subtle activism is growing, but is it effective for creating real change? "It only takes a google search to find a mountain of evidence that personal practices like yoga and meditation are beneficial on an individual level. So what happens when we come together collectively to take the success of this inner work and turn it outwards? I spoke to David Nicol from the Centre For Subtle Activism this week, to find out. David Nicol PhD is the author of Subtle Activism: The Inner … Continue reading

Filed Under: Social, cultural & community evolution Tagged With: activism, change agents, collective activism, cultural transformation, global change, inner work, meditation, planetary transformation, social activism, subtle activism, transformation

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