"Biologist E O Wilson’s grand idea of setting aside half of the planet for nature to thrive is both appealing and deeply challenging, writes William Lynn. But it’s missing a key element: an urban vision of how people can live ecologically, joyously in the half we make our own. "A much-anticipated book in conservation and natural science circles is E O Wilson’s Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life, which is due early next year. "It builds on his proposal to set aside half the Earth for the … Continue reading
Nature Is Speaking
Conservation International gives the planet a voice in this short film 'Nature Is Speaking'.... Watch video
One Poem That Saved a Forest
How the friendship between a poet and a timber baron kept a grove of California redwoods from clear-cutting. What can a single poem inspire? What can one verse induce? One poem can offer an outlet for healing. A distinct lyric can allow connection to occur. One poem can lead to the most unlikely friendship. A single stanza can change the fate of a forest. Read the full story of how one person can truly make a difference by on-demand poet, Jacqueline Suskin.... Continue reading
Five Movements Igniting Change for the Earth
"We live in a time of rapid transformation. Some say we are on the verge of a great shift in human consciousness. Growing numbers of people are looking at the way they live, the way humans operate on the planet, and deciding that we must change our course. "Once a paradigm has shifted, there is no going back. We emerge on the other side with a completely renewed perspective, unable to return to our old way of thinking. Many great movements have emerged in recent years, pushing us to leave … Continue reading
Masaru Emoto’s Water Crystal Exhibit – The Power of Consciousness
WATER Is a Mirror... Take a look for your self at the beautiful water crystals captured in Masaru Emoto’s Water Crystal Photography Exhibit. This exhibit is dedicated to the Life and Love of Masaru Emoto (22 July, 1943 - 17 October 2014) for opening the world’s minds and hearts together through water. Water is what connects us all. We are Water. On 19 June 2015, Masaru Emoto’s close friend, Dr Nemoto, scientist and Director of I.H.M. General Research Institute, which was founded by Masaru … Continue reading
Why We Need a New — and Old — Relationship With Our Living Earth
From Yes! Magazine.... "More and more people have come to understand that behaving as if they hold all rights to Earth’s bounty amounts to an eighth deadly sin. "Last summer, when we learned David Korten’s new book [Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth] was scheduled for publication in the same month this issue of YES! would be printed, we started looking more closely at reasons our culture came to be so at odds with nature. We thought it would be useful to … Continue reading
INTERVIEW Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee: Global Citizens of a Living Earth
From our wonderful friends at Kosmos Journal.... "A special Kosmos Interview with Sufi teacher, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee on our sacred responsibilities as Earth Citizens, by our digital editor, Rhonda Fabian." Continue reading
Why we need to transform our hidden hatred of Mother Earth by Jo Confino
Compelling reading from Jo Confino, New Story Summiteer, executive editor of the Guardian and chairman and editorial director of Guardian Sustainable Business....... "Only by finding peace in ourselves can we stop destroying nature on a global and industrial scale and become Earth’s ally." Continue reading
A magical conversation with nature by Jini Reddy
Moving beyond conservation of the earth to a conversation with the earth: learning from indigenous traditions will help us to restore both the planet's wellbeing and our own. Jini Reddy explores the rich wisdom that lies at the heart of the New Story in a feature for Positive News. Continue reading
Spirit, Justice and a Living Economy for a Living Earth with David Korten
David Korten’s presentation to the Just Sustainability: Hope for the Commons Conference at Seattle University on August 9, 2014, with introduction by Phillip Thompson, Director of the Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability and Professor/Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering. Continue reading