Freedom of Mind – the Root of the Social Gospel

by Jason Espada Engage would like to welcome a new contributor to the magazine, Jason Espada from San Francisco. Jason is a writer, Buddhist practitioner, and a classical guitarist. His father, Frank Espada, took the photos that illustrate this article. You can find Jason’s work here: http://jasonespada.com/ http://www.abuddhistlibrary.com/ https://jespada.bandcamp.com/ (classical guitar) http://www.thefrankespadagalleries.com/ (my father’s photography) June 17,… Read More Freedom of Mind – the Root of the Social Gospel

Buddhist Futures:The Next Buddha Will Be a Collective

By Michel Bauwens, P2P Foundation Spiritual expression, and the religious organizational formats in which context it will take place, is always embedded in a social structure. For example, we could say that the tribal forms of religion, such as animism and shamanism, do not have elaborate hierarchical structures as they arose in societal structures that… Read More Buddhist Futures:The Next Buddha Will Be a Collective

Keenga-Yamahtta Taylor on the March 8 Women’s Strike

A Feminism for the 99 Percent: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on the March 8 Women’s Strike University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students protest against Donald Trump’s hateful rhetoric in Wisconsin, January 1, 2014. (Photo: Joe Brusky / Flickr) Since election night 2016, the streets of the US have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with… Read More Keenga-Yamahtta Taylor on the March 8 Women’s Strike

Circular Economy 101: Designing Regeneration

Circular Economy 101: Designing Regeneration into the system Daniel Christian Wahl Glocal educator, activist and consultant, specialized in whole systems design and transformative innovation Feb 6 originally published at Medium [This is another short excerpt from the Economic Design Dimension of Gaia Education’s online course in Design for Sustainability. The excerpt offers a brief primer to… Read More Circular Economy 101: Designing Regeneration

Beyond Trump: Rebooting the System from inside the Death Machine

Free your mind, find your power, change the world By Nafeez Ahmed, with Andrew Markell and Gunther Sonnenfeld; originally published at Medium: https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/beyond-trump-rebooting-the-system-from-inside-the-death-machine-7a9488adcf81 [Editor: this is a condensed version of what Nafeez Ahmed published; I encourage you to read the entire article. I am posting this because it gives an analysis and plan of action that… Read More Beyond Trump: Rebooting the System from inside the Death Machine