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Adultum – A Critical Narrative at the End of Growth and a Name for the Coming Age

11 October 2016 Leave a Comment

Is human civilisation about to grow up and take on responsibility for its actions? "The Anglo-Saxon usage of the adjective “adult” relates to a grown-up person; in the German language “adult” is mainly used as a biological term for maturity. At the end of quantitative growth, the term in its neuterform “Adultum” could accentuate the emancipatory skills and knowledge of adulthood in social terms as a name for the coming age. "As a term rooted in the tradition of the Enlightenment it would, as a … Continue reading

Filed Under: Regeneration and Resilience Tagged With: adult narrative for humanity, adult society, adultum, civil society, degrowth society, maturation of society, post-growth society, regenerative society, social change, societal regeneration, sustainable society

New Governance | The Future of Power

16 January 2016 Leave a Comment

Fantastic edition of Kosmos Online, with insights by Mark Gerzon, Philip Alston, John Foran, Kosmos Editor, Nancy Roof and more. "What is good governance? Wouldn’t it be participatory, transparent, responsive, and tolerant of different views? And in using its power and authority to shape the institutions that regulate societies, wouldn’t extreme economic disparity be seen as a disadvantage? "Maybe questions like these seem naïve. Do we even ask them anymore? It seems increasingly clear that if … Continue reading

Filed Under: Politics, law & governance Tagged With: change, civil society, future of power, governance, models for change, policy making, power, society

Global Web Movements Lift Democratic Decision-Making to a New Level

24 August 2015 Leave a Comment

"In recent years, online activism platforms have multiplied to the degree that they are starting to have a significant real world impact in areas like environmental protection, human rights and public policy. "The most important decision-making instrument of these platforms is the online petition. In the age of social media, the chance to make an impact seems just a few clicks away. "Jones of Change.Org told IPS: “There are many metrics for success. Victory is the most obvious of metrics, but … Continue reading

Filed Under: Social, cultural & community evolution Tagged With: civil society, grassroots movements, movements, people's movements

A Second Enlightenment in the Making? Seven Stories From the Front Lines

8 July 2015 Leave a Comment

"Over the past few weeks I've had an eye-opening string of experiences. I've seen the burnout and exhaustion of change-makers who feel that "in spite of winning some battles, we are losing the war." A lot of the news isn't good: climate destabilization, the deepening of ecological and social divides, countries on the brink of falling apart, you name it. But I've also seen a whole new landscape of initiatives, collaborative platforms and places that already embody the future, right here, right … Continue reading

Filed Under: Social, cultural & community evolution Tagged With: activism, civil society, eco-systems, movements, new story, social change

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

Filed Under: The New Story Tagged With: activism, change agents, civil society, economic change, institutional change, Kosmos Journal, Micha Narberhaus, movements, new story, societal change, systemic change

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