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The Re-Emergence of Common Wealth by Rivera Sun | Kosmos Journal

10 October 2016 Leave a Comment

"Our society, communities, knowledge, beliefs, practices, culture, arts, stories, myths, philosophies, psychologies, healing arts, education, innovation, expression, and connection are all forms of common wealth that humanity either builds together . . . or depletes and destroys. I regard these as part of my “true wealth”, and they are all intimately tied to the wellbeing of others. Our common wealth of culture and community is connected to each person’s ability to create, invent, express, live, … Continue reading

Genesis Farm – Restoring Paradise: One Watershed at a Time | Kosmos Journal

28 September 2016 Leave a Comment

Kosmos editor, Rhonda Fabian, interviews Sister Miriam MacGillis at Genesis Farm Ecological Center.... "The realization that the entire Earth and all its life communities are the primary revelation of the divine, is a mystery we are immersed in on these lands comprising Genesis Farm and in this bioregion. From this perspective, every place is fundamentally, inherently sacred. It is a fragment of the most sacred text out of which the divine or the Great Mystery can be encountered. To desecrate … Continue reading

AIM2FLOURISH by Roberta Baskin | Kosmos Journal

5 November 2015 Leave a Comment

"We’re living in a time where all around us there’s a global shift in consciousness toward optimism. The world is wearying of the worn-out narrative thread about everything that is wrong. There’s an energy coalescing around a solution-driven, energetic, we’re-in-this-together framework. You can find it popping up in online news sites that are devoted to good news. In a sign of the times, the Huffington Post started a section called Good News, as well as an even newer one called Impact: What’s … Continue reading

Integral Spirituality by Ken Wilbur

24 October 2015 Leave a Comment

In the new issue of Kosmos Journal, American writer and philosopher, Ken Wilber explores the new spirituality.... "…That brings us to the second major type of spirituality generally available in today’s world, namely the spirituality of waking up. This is not a series of belief systems. Rather, it is a psycho-technology of consciousness transformation, a series of actual practices. These lead from the small, narrow, finite, skin-encapsulated ego to what is said to be a oneness with the ground … Continue reading

INDIA | Rebuilding the Soil

22 June 2015 Leave a Comment

In Kosmos Online | Here are two examples of working models in India that demonstrate positive transformation in harmony with nature. The Hummingbird Project was inspired by the belief that a coalition of individuals, each working for positive change, can have a great impact on the world. Founded in 2010, by Marilyn McHugh and Chris Kennedy, THP focuses on cultivating a living soil, growing healthy food and capturing renewable energy. We envision a world in which people, inspired by nature, … Continue reading

Towards a New Activism to Effectively Support a Transition to a Post-Growth Economy

14 April 2015 Leave a Comment

"Activists and civil society change agents from all over the world are increasingly starting to realise that the climate crisis, the inequality crisis, and many other issues so close to activists’ hearts will not come anywhere near getting resolved if we do not change the economic system. Within all diversity of movements like the Commons, de-growth, Great Transition, or the solidarity economy, within and around them a new story of systemic change is emerging." Read the full story in Kosmos … Continue reading

Transformational Education by Dr Jean Houston | Kosmos Journal

24 March 2015 Leave a Comment

"All children need windows of opportunity that will open them to a world that they will partner in new creation. Never has the time been so ripe for change, and never before has education been more available to new strategies. "The goal of this kind of education is what I have called ‘the possible human,’ the fetus of the emerging self. Perhaps this full expression of human potential has been coded in us since time out of mind, but only now have so many been called to its realization. What … Continue reading

Knowing Water: World Water Day 22 March 2015

20 March 2015 Leave a Comment

An interesting read in celebration of World Water Day, 22 March 2015, from our friends at Kosmos Journal.... "March 22nd is #WorldWaterDay. To be conversant about water and issues around its uses, here are some fascinating facts and important statistics compiled by UN Water Day. "A drop of water is flexible. A drop of water is powerful. A drop of water is in demand. "Water is at the core of sustainable development. Water resources, and the range of services they provide, underpin poverty … Continue reading