Watching River Otters
Watching the river otters playing, I know that there is a deeper truth to our journey, older than any belief or ideology, and far from the discords of today.
‘Great Turning’ Visionaries | Part 2
I think if we’re going to make it, we’re going to have to step up consciously. We’re going to either choose it or we’re going to lose it. - Duane Elgin
Perceptual Intelligence
You cannot have deep knowledge of a landscape if your encounter with it is only occasional and superficial. It takes many years to gather the kind of deep knowledge I speak of here.
‘Great Turning’ Visionaries | Part 1
What is the Great Turning? It's the turning away from our self-destruction toward a new era of human dignity, racial justice, environmental restoration, and peace within and peace without. - Craig Schindler
Marching Orders | Covid’s Attention War
The fundamental strategy of information warfare is to sever you from your reality, to intercede in the intimacy between your senses and your sense of the world.
Being Brave
Through my initiation into motherhood, it was as if the Mystery was shaking me awake. Becoming a parent is world-altering for many; for me, the quake was magnified by the gift of a child with disabilities.
The Noosphere Is Here
The great Jesuit anthropologist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, has long fascinated us with his vision that the world would evolve into a “noosphere,” [1] a great web of consciousness enveloping the Earth. It seemed a lovely but distant ideal, yet the Digital Revolution has now made that dream a reality.
Mattie Porte
Mattie holds a degree in Psychology and is trained in alternative energy medicine as well as spiritual and personal development. She has over 20 years experience in spiritual and personal development education and mentoring at Findhorn Ecovillage, where she currently resides. During that time she directed and produced her first feature-length documentary film - An Enquiry into a New Story for…
William E. Halal
William E. Halal is Professor Emeritus of Management, Technology, and Innovation at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. An authority on emerging technology, strategic planning, knowledge, innovation, and institutional change, he has worked with numerous multinational corporations. Halal also co-founded the Institute for Knowledge & Innovation as a collaborative effort between the…
Seeking “Ssshhh”
It has been one year since the 2020 derecho decimated this part of the Heartland. The 90,000 sq. mile swath of intense, sustained winds devastated over 65% of the mature tree canopy in the Cedar Rapids corridor.