CES Musings – May 2008
In this issue: “May Day,” by Denise Long; “A Songaia May/Earth Day,” by Fred and Nancy Lanphear.
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CES Musings – January 2008
In this issue: “Comparing Thomas Berry’s “Twelve Principles of the Universe” written at the Riverdale Center (before 1994) with the “Twelve Principles of the Universe” in Evening Thoughts (2006),” by Herman Greene; “Dave Cook’s Book Events,” by Dave Cook and Joanna Haymore “CES in 2008” by Herman Greene.
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CES Musings – April 2008
In this issue: “Nathan Rollins’ Graduate Program in Environmental Social Science“ by Nathan Rollins, and “Report on Thomas Berry,” by Herman Greene
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CES Musings – March 2008
In this issue: “Report on Thomas Berry’s Healing” by John Cock and Herman Greene and “Celebration of the Wisdom of Women,” by Wendy Burkland.
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CES Musings – February 2008
In this issue: “Thomas Berry’s Hip Fracture” and “Building Community: Artists and Writers for the Ecozoic (AWE)” by Herman Greene.
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The Chronicle – May 2013
The Chronicle – May 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 – 2052: What Do We Ask of the Future? I hope for a future that will be good for me, my children and…
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THE HANGZHOU DECLARATION: PLACING CULTURE AT THE HEART OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
THE HANGZHOU DECLARATION: PLACING CULTURE AT THE HEART OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES (Adopted at the World Cultural Forum in Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, on May 17, 2013) We, the participants gathered in Hangzhou on the occasion of the International Congress “Culture: Key to Sustainable Development” (15-17 May 2013), wish to express our gratitude…
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CULTURE: KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CULTURE: KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HANGZHOU (CHINA) INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, MAY 15- 17, 2013 This conference was announced in this way: The International Congress “Culture: Key to Sustainable Development” will be held in Hangzhou (China) from 15 May to 17 May 2013. This is the first International Congress specifically focusing on the linkages between culture…
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BUILDING AN ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION
BUILDING AN ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION (Plenary address to World Cultural Forum, Hangzhou China, May 17, 2013) Roy Morrison We are in the midst of an epochal transition in human civilization. A new civilization, an ecological civilization, is emerging out of industrial business as usual. Our century, the 21st century, offers the opportunity for humanity to…
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GREAT TRANSITION STORIES FOR BECOMING A GLOBAL ECO-CIVILIZATION
GREAT TRANSITION STORIES FOR BECOMING A GLOBAL ECO-CIVILIZATION Duane Elgin Humanity’s Journey to Great Transition In recent speeches, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has described our world as moving through a time of “Great Transition”: Throughout the ages, people have said that the world is in the midst of big change. But the…
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MEETING OF THE ETHICS AND SPIRITUALITY INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, NEW YORK CITY, MAY 14, 2013
MEETING OF THE ETHICS AND SPIRITUALITY INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, NEW YORK CITY, MAY 14, 2013 Herman Greene Every once in a while, a meeting stands out as being of potentially great significance. Such was the meeting of the 20 people, listed below, who gathered in the Forum 21 Research Institute’s Green Building in…
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The Lurking Inconsistency
The Lurking Inconsistency[1] By Herman Daly Ecological economics of course has roots in ecology and biology as well as in economics. Most of ecological economists’ and steady-state economists’ time has been well-spent correcting economics in the light of biology and ecology. And there is still more to do in this direction. However, we should…
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We Cannot Act Effectively in the World Without an Adequate Understanding of the Nature of the World
We Cannot Act Effectively in the World Without an Adequate Understanding of the Nature of the World[1] By Herman Greene How we understand the nature of the world is our philosophy whether we use the term philosophy or not. We cannot act effectively in the world without an adequate understanding of the nature of…
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Thoughts on Reading Radical Hope by Jonathan Lear
Thoughts on Reading Radical Hope by Jonathan Lear By Alice Loyd Those of us past denial about the planet’s condition and the future of the industrial economic model tend to be well-informed about the ecological, economic and social possibilities. We’ve read James Howard Kunstler’s The Long Emergency (Grove/Atlantic 2005), Paul Gilding’s The Great Disruption…
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The Chronicle – April 2013
The Chronicle 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 – The Sacred and Sustaining Values Alice Loyd’s article in this issue made me think of sustaining values that would take us through difficult periods of transition related…
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The Supreme Court and Equal Rights for Gay Couples
The Supreme Court and Equal Rights for Gay Couples By Del Morrill The United States Supreme Court in the current session will address whether to uphold the part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that prohibits same-sex, legally-married-under-state-law couples from obtaining federal benefits. Personally, I can’t see how that law, which, to me,…
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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…
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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…