CES published CES Musings, an online magazine, from 2007 to 2017.
Access articles published in CES Musings by clicking the links below.
To obtain citations for these articles, refer to the Index of Articles.
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The Chronicle
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Abundance
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Thrice-Born: On the Transformation of an Expert Dufus
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On Ecovillages and the Universe Story
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We Need A Much Bigger Leap! John Bellamy Foster on Naomi Klein’s ‘No Is Not Enough’
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For Climate Cause, Trump’s Withdrawal from Paris Accord Just One Hurdle among Many
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Remembering Wm. Theodore De Bary
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The Chronicle
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Changes Coming in CES
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CES-Led Symposium with David Orr on the Long View in Addressing the Ecological Crisis
Twelve Understandings Concerning the Ecozoic Era (a CES Foundational Statement)
The Nature of the Universe 1. The Unity of the universe. The universe as a whole is an interacting community of beings inseparably related in space and time. From its beginning, the universe has had a psychic-spiritual as well as a physical dimension. The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of…
Resilient Sustainability
Resilient Sustainability By Mike Bell In 1972, the book Limits to Growth[1] was published. It was the result of a research project commissioned by the Club of Rome and developed by a team of scientists, many of them from MIT. The prime author was Donella Meadows, and her husband, Dennis Meadows, was the Project…
Perspectives on Limits to Growth: Challenges to Building a Sustainable Planet
Perspectives on Limits to Growth: Challenges to Building a Sustainable Planet 1 March 2012 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. The Club of Rome and the Smithsonian Institution’s Consortium for Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet hosted a one-day symposium on March 1, 2012 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the launching of Limits to Growth, the first report to the…
The Chronicle – March 2013
The Chronicle (March 31, 2013) Our readers are invited to present their own reports of what they are paying attention to in the transition from economic-industrial ecological-cultural societies. Herman Greene – Are We Entering a Period of Uncontrolled Decline? Thomas Berry would often speak from the template of where are we, how did we…
CES Musings – March 2013
In This Issue: Twelve Understandings Concerning the Ecozoic Era (a CES Foundational Statement Resilient Sustainability The Supreme Court and Equal Rights for Gay Couples The Chronicle Become a Member
The Determining Features of the Ecozoic Era* (a CES Foundational Paper)
By Thomas Berry Earth is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects. Earth exists and can survive only in its integral functioning. It cannot survive in fragments any more than any organism can survive in fragments. Yet, Earth is not a global sameness. It is a differentiated unity and must be sustained…
Meaning of “Ecozoic” (a CES Foundational Statement)
By Herman Greene Ecozoic is based on two Greek words—oikos meaning house, and zoikos meaning of animals (zoikos is based on the Greek word zoion meaning living being). More simply said, ecozoic is based on eco meaning house and zoic meaning life. Putting these together, ecozoic means “House of Life.” Ecozoic shares the same root…
CES Musings – February 2013
In this issue: The Chronicle Meaning of Ecozoic (a CES Foundational Statement) The Determining Features of the Ecozoic Era (a CES Foundational Statement) by Thomas Berry The Problem with Omnipotence by Alice Loyd The Universe Is Made of Stories Not of Atoms by Mike Bell
Bringing Climate Forward in Conversation
By Alice Loyd President Obama didn’t mention climate change during his run for re-election last fall, but he’s not the only one staying silent on the most important problem in human and non-human affairs. A small group has made the subject contentious in order to preserve its own financial interests. Politicians walk on tiptoe around…
The Chronicle – February 2013
The Chronicle Here we begin the “chronicle” portion of this online magazine, the chronicle of what we believe is a global transition from economic-industrial to ecological-cultural societies. In each issue of Musings authors will share their reflections on what they see going on in relation to this transition, both good and bad. We invite our…