The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Gifting – and the gifting and the gifting economy Dear friends, For years I’ve known people who gave away their professional services as a gift, explicitly encouraging (though not requiring) gifts in return to allow them to continue their work. I’ve also loved the idea of “paying it forward” – enjoying as a gift …
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Vibrant, effective responses to disaster? As powerful economic, ecological, and social imbalances work themselves out in and around our lives, we face some pretty hard times – some of us already, some of us more than others, most of us increasingly. Each of us hopes we can ameliorate the impacts on ourselves, our communities and …
Richly deserving of careful attention. The Emerging Fourth Sector The Three Traditional Sectors Businesses create and distribute goods and services that enhance our quality of life, promote growth, and generate prosperity. They spur innovation, reward entrepreneurial effort, provide a return on investment and constantly improve their performance responding to market feedbacks. They draw on the …
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Phi Beta Iota: Peer to Peer (P2P) is the foundation for Panarchy, and Open Source Everything is the method. P2P includes one to many and many to one as well as ever-changing mixtures of grids of interest and influence. Above all it is about the primacy of the individual over the institution. As of 2 …
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Van Jones 4.0 out of 5 stars Oblivious to the Insanity of the Two-Party Tyranny, But Worth Digesting, July 1, 2012 This is one of two books I read on the plane to DC from Seattle, the other being Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy. Part I for me is largely a waste of …
Awareness Design: The Most Powerful Field for Our Future? OK, OK, I don’t really subscribe to anything being “the most” of something… the headline was just a bit of sensationalism to capture your attention. 😉 *gently slaps self on wrist* However, now that you’re here, I want to make a case for a new field of …
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Dear friends, Ernest Callenbach’s ECOTOPIA and its prequel ECOTOPIA EMERGING were major books in my developing thinking about how a sustainable society might evolve. ECOTOPIA, the more famous of the two, provides Callenbach’s overall vision of what might be possible. ECOTOPIA EMERGING – with far better characterization and more compelling plot – tells the story …
