Tourism Encourages a Faux & Freak-Show Africa

Posted on January 2, 2012 by ellen2010

by Jim Heck Jim Heck observes events in Africa from his position as owner/manager of Explorers World Travel, a Free Trading travel agency and consultancy. His blog, “Africa Answer Man” from which this was taken (under the title “Vicious Village Visits”) variously celebrates, describes, … Continue reading →

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Solstice Thoughts

Posted on December 7, 2011 by ellen2010

by Kathy Mills This came from Kathy Mills, (kmills1827@hotmail.com), a Maine poet, activist, gardener, from a deep place in her heart-mind meant for a deep place in ours. The dark days are advancing. They sweep us indoors early, like the screen door … Continue reading →

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Twelve Essential Understandings About How the World Works

Posted on October 24, 2011 by ellen2010

by Herman Greene, Founding Director of the Center for Ecozoic Societies, publisher of The Ecozoic, and past-president of the International Process Association. As general systems theory, integral studies and theory, ecology and process philosophy inform each other, we benefit from what their … Continue reading →

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Edge Wise

Posted on October 20, 2011 by ellen2010

Becoming Legion: Are the Occupations a Brief Preoccupation or the Sign of a World-Altering Transformation? We may be witnessing the next stage in the evolution of revolutions, one that could bring Life-honoring, Lifelike democratic powers, freedoms and relationships to peoples … Continue reading →

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How Should Money Be Created and By Whom?

Posted on October 16, 2011 by ellen2010

by James Robertson, British economist, co-founder of The Other Economic Summit (TOES) and the New Economics Foundation, recently merged with the E. F. Schumacher Society to form the New Economics Institute, drawn from Chapter Three of his new book, Future … Continue reading →

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How the Current Money System Works

Posted on October 16, 2011 by ellen2010

by Rafael Staelins, founding director in Belgium of the internationally focused Ecova Project, dedicated to creating New Money systems that facilitate human lives and livelihoods, the lives of other-than-human species and the Life of the planet they share. ECOVA stands for Earth Community … Continue reading →

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