Built Environment | Community | Cultural History, Futures & Analysis | Economics & Business | Gender & Relationships | Governance | his own life | Learning | Living Lightly | Natural Environment & Science | Population | Spirit | Strategies for Change | Sustainability
Built Environment:
Finding Home
A look at roots and possibilities for habitat
The Eco-Village Challenge
What is an “eco-village”? And why aren’t we already living in them? A look at challenges faced by the emerging eco-village movement
Guidelines for Eco-Village Development
Eight steps to creating your own sustainable community, no matter where you live
About Issue #35 (Sustainable Design)
It’s Time to Rebuild!
We have the skills, technology, and compelling reasons to do it; it’s time to begin redeveloping our obsolete built environment.
Update on sustainable architecture
Community:
The Changing Patterns Of Community
A cultural history from tribes to cities .. and beyond
The Village And Beyond
Networks of villages may be the next major social form
Finding Home
A look at roots and possibilities for habitat
The Eco-Village Challenge
What is an “eco-village”? And why aren’t we already living in them? A look at challenges faced by the emerging eco-village movement
Guidelines for Eco-Village Development
Eight steps to creating your own sustainable community, no matter where you live
Cultural History, Futures & Analysis:
The Changing Patterns Of Community
A cultural history from tribes to cities .. and beyond
The Village And Beyond
Networks of villages may be the next major social form
Continental Themes
Reconnecting with our roots
200 Years Of Identity Crises
A cultural history of American moods and self-images in 8 big steps
The Vision & Its Agenda
How does the current North American vision contribute to the vision of a humane sustainable culture?
How We Got Here
A brief history of education
The Human Story
The big picture suggests we’re starting a new chapter
Breaking The Rules
A shadowy introduction to a funny business
Finding Home
A look at roots and possibilities for habitat
Understanding the Soviets
A look through the windows of their geography, history, and system
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Historical patterns offer hope for “the next agenda”
On the Brink
Ancient history and contemporary trends point to a decline in militarism – but it remains a dangerous presence
The Ecology of Media
As vehicles of cultural communication, our media largely define who we are as a society
Can the Earth Heal Us?
The environmental crisis offers us a unique opportunity to transcend age-old conflicts.
What Time Is It?
Converging historic shifts provide a dynamic setting in which human culture can move, either gracefully or with reluctance, into a new era.
Looking Back from 2003
In just 10 short years, the industrialized world shifted to a sustainable, cooperative-based economy. Here’s how it happened.
Economics & Business:
From Dismal Science To Joyful Art
Reframing economics so that it better fits the full diversity of real economic life and can serve as a useful policy guide for building a humane sustainable culture
Mondragon: The Remarkable Achievement
Pioneering a significant social invention in the Basque region of northern Spain
The Importance Of Time
Conventional wisdom fails to understand that operating in a time-limited mode involves significantly different behavior and attitudes from operating in a goods-limited mode
The Idea Of Owning Land
An old notion forged by the sword is quietly undergoing a profound transformation.
Beyond Ownership
Piecing together a new vision for land and economics.
Freeing Business
We can free our vision of business from the abuses of today’s system
Whole Person Organizations: Emerging Patterns
Can an organization both empower and coordinate its members?
Economics, Ecology, and Us
Towards a gentle – and enjoyable – way of life
Design for a Sustainable Economics
Conventional economic thinking is dangerously outmoded, and a new, more comprehensive system must take its place. A look at what could become the framework for economic thinking – and policy-making – in the 21st century
Looking Back from 2003
In just 10 short years, the industrialized world shifted to a sustainable, cooperative-based economy. Here’s how it happened.
A New Relationship with Time
The drop in per capita employment could set the stage for a more balanced way of living.
Gender & Relationships:
The Trouble With Men
A look at the sources of, and solutions to, the oppressiveness of men
Governance:
Structural Violence
Can we find genuine peace in a world with inequitable distribution of wealth among nations?
Sustainable Peace
Putting the pieces together
The Wisdom Of The Tribe
Lessons from old cultures may help us overcome the reign of raw power.
his own life:
Stories, Facts & Meaning
A personal introduction
Economics, Ecology, and Us
Towards a gentle – and enjoyable – way of life
Learning:
The Inside Story
Understanding the structure of the brain
Memory & Morphogenetic Fields
A controversial theory of how memory works
The Learning Process
Helping various parts of our mind fulfill their intentions
How We Got Here
A brief history of education
The Way Of Learning
What learning can, and might, become
Living Lightly:
Economics, Ecology, and Us
Towards a gentle – and enjoyable – way of life
Natural Environment & Science:
The Inside Story
Understanding the structure of the brain
The Cosmic Story
The Universe is where it all begins
What’s Wrong With The Climate?
Examining the evidence for global warming reveals a lot of uncertainty – but a compelling case for urgent action. Plus What About the Ice Age Theory?
Population:
We’re All In This Together
Providing quality childhoods to the next generation of planetary stewards is a critical imperative
No Simple Answers
Computer models reveal that population control is not “the” solution
Spirit:
Stories, Facts & Meaning
A personal introduction
The Garden
A story about paths, signposts, and choices
Can the Earth Heal Us?
The environmental crisis offers us a unique opportunity to transcend age-old conflicts.
The Next Great Turning
Evidence that interconnection is more real on more levels than we may have thought – and what that could mean to our western world view.
Shed Your Dread Thoughts on how to remain fearlessly focused on the present
Strategies for Change:
Stages Of Change
Examples from history and ideas from chemistry illustrate the process of cultural change.
What’s Needed
What we need to know and do to be effective cultural midwives.
Reclaiming Politics
As the times change, we also need to change our approach to politics
Building the Movement
Communities in North America need help to change in ways that will be sustainable for today’s world and for future generations. Community Transformation Services could be part of the answer
Rebuilding Communities
Promising approaches to crime prevention
Surf’s Up! The pace of change is quickening.
Shed Your Dread Thoughts on how to remain fearlessly focused on the present
It Works! A report on the success of Global Action Plan’s Household Eco Team program in The Netherlands
Sustainability:
Introductions (from IC #1)
… to IN CONTEXT, humane sustainable culture, and the issue’s theme
Sustainability: The State of the Movement
For two decades the movement has been working behind the scenes to promote planetary health; now it must stand up and be noticed
What is “Humane Sustainable Culture”?
A definition of sustainability from the 1992 design competition “A Call for Sustainable Community Solutions” sponsored by the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
The UIA/AIA “Declaration of Interdependence for a Sustainable Future,” June 1993