Engaging human life energy elegantly for change
To change the world we can call forth and inspire people’s life energy toward the fundamental needs of life. Doing this requires …
Imagine a country imagining its future together. It did!
Within a month of toppling its dictator, Tunisia’s 2011 Arab Spring revolution was bogged down with a struggling transition government and a …
Listening for Change: A remarkable essay by a remarkable colleague
Good facilitation can help us hear each other in ways that free up our collective energy for change. Here is a provocative …
Strategic Climate Activism: Resist – and build a cooperative, democratic economy
The climate crisis is far more than an environmental issue. Adequately ramping up efforts to address it will require prioritizing a climate-justice …
The rapid growth of serious responses to climate disruption
A LOT of developments are emerging around the climate issue – a nonviolent insurgency, offensive and defensive fossil fuel divestment efforts, insurance …
Our responses to existential threats
I explore here the diversity of responses – my own and others’ – to existential threats like extreme climate change … and …
Empathy notes #5: Seven Journeys to Deeper Caring
Here are seven compelling videos that invite us into empathic relationship with the lives of others and/or exemplify different dimensions of empathy …
Surveillance and parasitism harm society’s collective intelligence
What this post is about: Society’s collective intelligence needs to be able to see clearly what’s going on and take action about …
Transforming Occupy’s challenge into transformation and innovative self-organization
Two weeks ago I had an intense conversation with a colleague working with a local Occupy community. A small faction had recently done a protest that – although physically nonviolent – was not verbally, spiritually, or strategically nonviolent. The…
Rebecca Solnit on Occupy and differences
Rebecca Solnit has written a great article on Occupy, relationships, differences, violence, and a lot more. A potent, passionate framing for our times, worth a full, reflective read. Coheartedly, Tom ======== http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/…