“Most of the time, however, national governments have no interest in empowering ordinary citizens, or are openly hostile to them. Solidarity networks frequently arise when large-scale communities, weary of generations of exploitation and oppression, stop hoping that centralized authorities will alleviate their suffering and realize that the liberation they seek will only materialize from their own capacities. Emerging worldwide in Continue Reading

“In the Gettysburg Address, honoring those who had died fighting on a civil war battlefield, President Abraham Lincoln uttered the world-famous declaration: "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." It was a stirring vision that has galvanized people’s hearts ever since, but it was sadly a long way from describing the Continue Reading

“An important characteristic—one almost entirely missing from today’s educational syllabus—would be an emphasis on ecological literacy ("ecoliteracy") and systems thinking. Understanding core ecological principles can help students recognize human embeddedness within Earth systems and develop mental models embracing complex interrelationships and systems dynamics that apply to virtually all aspects of life and society.” — Lent, Jeremy. EcoCivilization: Making a World Continue Reading

“…the risk that a superhuman AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) might want to achieve some goal that’s out of alignment with the conditions required for human welfare-or for that matter, the survival of life itself on Earth. The AGI might not see humans as an enemy to be eliminated, but we could simply become collateral damage to its own objective function, Continue Reading

“most people—even those concerned about the dire state of the world—accept TINA (aka "There is no alternative" referring to neo liberal capitalism) unquestioningly. The only way to structure society, it is assumed, is in the form of growth-based consumer capitalism—a system in which corporate profits ultimately drive the decisions that affect the lives of everyone on the planet, the health Continue Reading

I would add "Religious Education" as well…..for those that are faithfully endeavoring to replicate The KIngdom of God, which IS an EcoCivilization if anything, the fight to confront and name "Windigo, Inc." is the calling to Prophetic Imagination; to teach a better way, and to name the evil as it attempts to spead its misery over everyone who threatens to Continue Reading

“Since the rise of capitalism, the dominant contract between capital and labor has reified the idea that humans are essentially selfish and lazy, and must be forced to work by a combination of fear and greed, which is achieved by wages and other financial incentives. However, it has been widely demonstrated that humans are nothing of the sort. In fact, Continue Reading