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An Ecology Of Mind – A daughter’s portrait of Gregory Bateson

19 Jan 201519 Jan 2015
I was lucky to see this at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz a couple years ago. Now it's available to the world.   An Ecology Of Mind- A Daughter's…
Culture Change…

A New Type of Thinking

12 Jan 201512 Jan 2015
The world we have made, as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far, creates problems we cannot solve at the same level of thinking at…
climate…

People’s Climate March

22 Sep 2014
Seeing the pictures out of NYC gives me some real hope that we can create the kind of change we need soon enough to make a difference.  Time Magazine is…
Culture Change…

Interdependence~Independence Day 2014

4 Jul 2014
Re-imagining Independence Day It's that time of year again, and I'm an ocean away from my home country. Of course, I can't let a Fourth of July pass without remembering my…
climate…

In these times of change…

26 Jun 2014
A fascinating new piece, Want to Change the World? Read This First by Richard Heinberg was published on Resilience.org.  He moves through important ideas from anthropologist Marvin Harris's cultural materialism…
Culture Change…

Quality quantification? Comparing Asian Countries

28 May 20146 Jun 2014
In her recent, brilliant (as usual) video, "The Story of Solutions," Annie Leonard admonishes that we should stop relentlessly working toward MORE and start emphasizing BETTER. Trouble is, how do…
education…

Recent Biomimicry Media Coverage

30 Apr 201430 Apr 2014
An exciting summary of Biomimicry in the news, from germinature.com
Culture Change…

Qualities of a Global Citizen Game Changer

7 Aug 20137 Aug 2013
I'm grateful to be enrolled in the pilot of a new Pachamama Alliance initiative called GC101.  We had our first virtual meeting a couple of hours ago.  They asked us…
Culture Change…

More on Interdependence

11 Jul 2013
David Bergman: EcoOptimism posted more about Interdependence Day on July 6th: As befits a post on interdependence, there are a lot of intertwined tentacles here: property rights, voting rights, future generations, our relationship…
Culture Change…

A Declaration of Interdependence~Independence Day 2013

4 Jul 20134 Jul 2013
Re-imagining Independence Day It's that time of year again.  Here in our little coastal paradise, hordes or barbarians descend to get out of the inland heat, char some animal flesh, and blow…

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