Heart of a Muslim
heart of a muslim by Jamal
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Choose Love
What America has just learned, very painfully,
is that we have not loved enough. Through our own ignorance, we
have helped create a world where desperate people will gladly
sign up to be the messengers of death. And now that death and
destruction have reached our own shores, we must decide how we
are going to respond: with love, or with fear.
Wendell Berry: The Failure of War
Why do we always think we can put an end to killing by waging war? It never works, for reasons that should be obvious.
Danny Glover: The Death Penalty in This Great Nation of Ours
Speech given at Princeton considers the fallibility of our justice system and the finality of death.
Affluenza’s Nothing New: The Disease That Ails America
For those who have too much, less is not just more—it's better.
Mother Nature’s School of Design
By following designs in nature we can make
things that will do what we need done without the harmful
waste.
Book Review: No Logo
Walden Bello reviews Klein's book on the culture of brand capitalism and the rise of the anti-corporate globalization movement.
A Sustainable Energy Plan For the US
Examines the policies, technologies, and
strategies that could lead the US and the world to a
sustainable energy future.
A Solar Future For an Ancient Civilization
its founding in 1987, Hopi Solar Electric has
installed photovoltaic systems on more than 300
homes.
A Place In the Choir
Community choirs accross the US provide a place
where people of all backgrounds and abilities can sing
together.
Great Commons of the World
Great commons of the World, by Kari McGinnis.
Commons are places where people gather and community blossoms.
Examines the qualities that make a good commons and describes
some of the best in the world.
A Tribute to Donella Meadows
A Tribute to Donella Meadows, by Fran Korten.
Donnella Meadows is remembered as a woman dedicated to helping
us learn to live within the limits to growth.
Second Chance For Black Farmers
A recent class-action suit by black farmers against the USDA fails to stem the loss of land by African American farmers.
The Cornucopia of the Commons
Community gardens, free software, self-help groups,
and other examples of how the gift economy fosters community
and social cohesion as well as economic
innovation.
Thirst For Justice
Thirst for Justice, by Maude Barlow.
Privatization of Bolivia's water supply fails in the face of
protest, and a local coallition takes on water
distribution.
Where There’s a Way
Where there's a way, by Michael M’Gonigle.
Global Trade Agreements are just the latest way local
communities are losing control over the surrounding forests and
the watersheds. If there was a way to reclaim the commons,
might there also be a political will?
What To Do When Corporations Rule the World
What to do when Corporations Rule the World, an
interview with David Korten by Sarah van Gelder. Authors
converse about threats to democracy and the environment posed
by corporate globalization.
Dream of a Ridiculous Man
A story of Patrick Lydon and the Camphill Communities.
Real Vacations For All
We should increase vacation time in the
U.S.
Corporate Cabinet
The myth if compassionate conservatism and the
reality of corporate conservatism.
Thank-you, thank-you
Thank-you to donors
Danny Glover: An Interview by Sarah van Gelder
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador and actor Danny Glover talks about his lifelong activism.
Right Livelihood
Is the work we are doing good for the Earth and its inhabitants now and for seven generations into the future?
Now I Become Myself
Parker Palmer writes about finding his vocation and the link between self and service
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