Conscious Capital? Or Delusional Smokescreen?
In this piece, Nafeez Ahmed reports on an project of Dr Otto Scharmer, senior lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, co-founder of MIT’s Presencing Institute, to change ‘corporate consciousness’ in … Continue reading →
Buddha Style: Buddhist Practice and Fashion
I came across this very interesting dialogue between Josh Korda and Otto von Bush, a Buddhist practitioner who was also a fashion scholar, on the subject of Buddhist practice and … Continue reading →
COP23: Climate, Energy and Inequality
Activists Condemn Failure of COP23 to Address Interrelated Crises of Climate, Energy & Inequality The Indian subcontinent, including India, the Himalayas, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka is becoming … Continue reading →
DN: Occupied Forest Stops Dirty Coal
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now visits a group of forest dwellers occupying a portion of the Hambach Forest in Rhineland, western Germany. The squatters are preventing the remaining ten percent … Continue reading →
Tom Chi: Everything IS Connected
This was a deeply convincing presentation based on conventional science, and there’s so much further one could go with this. Tom Chi says it with warmth and grace. Tom Chi … Continue reading →
Interconnected: within and without
The UN COP 23 Climate discussions are just beginning in Bonn, Germany. I have been following the UN COP Climate Climate conferences for ten years. I have been working on … Continue reading →
Micha White: How Protest Movements Get Hijacked by State Agents
Micha White, an American Black activist who wrote The End of Protest, wrote this explosive article published in the Guardian, explaining how Russia and other State agents hijack and ‘weaponize’ protest movements … Continue reading →
Sayadaw: Killing non-Buddhists is not a sin
“Don’t worry. . . ., it’s a little bit of sin. Don’t worry,” Sitagu Sayadaw said. “Even though you killed millions of people, they were only one and a half … Continue reading →
Monbiot: A New Political Story
George Monbiot: We Need a New Political Story of Empathy and Sharing to Replace Neoliberalism Mark Karlin interviews George Monbiot The idea that human nature is inherently competitive and individualistic … Continue reading →
Belonging is a Superpower
Belonging is a superpower – Patterns for decentralised organising October 27, 2017 The Open Coop 8 min read You’ve probably heard of Loomio, the simple but effective decision making software from Enspiral, … Continue reading →
