Cascio on Resilience
A concise look at the differences between sustainability and resilience, including eight key elements of resiliency, from futurist Jamais Cascio. See article.
Tags: future, resilience
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Transition Towns USA
Transition US is a non-profit the umbrella group for over 150 Transition Town initiatives across the United States, and nearly as many more that are working toward launching. It works closely with the international Transition Network. The site features maps and links to find groups near you. Learn more.
Tags: climate, close to home strategy, collaboration, community groups, personal assets, resilience
This world is enough
This essay by Australian economist John Quiggin offers an overview of several factors that make a Muddle Through Up future plausible, and thus reinforce the Dealer response to our times. In particular, Quiggin looks at ways we can successfully share the economic prosperity pie to include today’s excluded populations while living within the planet’s ecological limits. Read essay.
Peer To Peer Lending Sites: Comparing Lending Club, Prosper, and Kiva
This article describes how peer to peer lending (or micro-lending) works, and compares several of the leading lending sites: Lending Club, Prosper, and Kiva. All these platforms allow investors to lend money to groups or individuals. Kiva loans are interest-free; principle only is returned. The other two require credit checks from investors and return interest as well as principle. Read the article.
Tags: community investing, crowdfunding, evolutionary strategy, financial assets, global, impact investing
Global Shapers: Youth Leadership Program
A network of hubs of of young leaders, centered on cities/regions. Participants are chosen for their leadership potential and desire to serve society. Hubs lead local projects to improve their communities, and shapers are able to participate in the worldwide network of Global Shapers as well as other World Economic Forum events. Visit their website.
Tags: activism, global, personal assets, sustainable global economy strategy
Voluntary Simplicity website
The Simplicity Collective is a resource on leading a lifestyle of voluntary simplicity. Leans toward the philosophical side, with resources and reflective essays on a wide variety of topics, along with links to books, and a user forum. Visit website.
Tags: close to home strategy, learning, lifestyle, strategy, sustainable global economy strategy, tangible assets
Center for a New American Dream
The Center for a New American Dream works to redefine what the American Dream means – focusing on the connections between a hyper-consumer culture, quality of life, and the environment. It offers numerous programs and tools to help Americans reduce and shift their consumption patterns. Visit website.
Tags: close to home strategy, collaboration, community groups, lifestyle, strategy, sustainable global economy strategy
Integral Life Practice
Integral Life Practice is an evolutionary tool that provides a foundational framework and set of practices to gain more perspective and transform all aspects of your life: mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. Created by well-known author and teacher Ken Wilber, the website provides access to a Practice kit as well as audio and video tools, books, forums, etc, all in pursuit of developing a comprehensive approach to life. Visit website.
Tags: evolutionary strategy, health, learning, personal assets, personal growth, spiritual practice
Essential Mindset Shifts for Collective Impact
The Stanford Social Impact Review published this article, in fall 2014, titled “Essential Mindset Shifts for Collective Impact.” It begins where an earlier 2011 article left off, looking into five conditions necessary for collective impact to work. Read article.
Tags: collaboration, evolutionary strategy, learning, personal assets, personal growth
Faith and Investing: Rediscovering the Soul of an Investment Revolution
This edition of the venerable Green Money Journal looks at the ways that faith-based principles have informed the life work of many socially responsible investors and advisors. Read articles.
Tags: financial assets, personal assets, spritual practice, SRI, sustainable global economy strategy
Ray Kurzweil: Techno-optimism
Ray Kurzweil is an accomplished tech innovator (flatbed scanners, OCR, text-to-speech) and a leading voice/visionary of techno-optimistism, especially the potentials of artificial intelligence, which he likes to term “accelerating intelligence,” to capture the ways these developments will benefit and enhance human thought, decision-making, and insight. His book titles give a clear sense of his vision: The Age of Spiritual Machines, How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, and The Singularity is Near.
Kurzweil’s website
Since 2001, KurzweilAI has highlighted the accelerating change that fascinates Kurzweil, with coverage of important breakthroughs in science and technology. See especially the Videos page, which gathers videos of many related thinkers that Kurzweil feels are worth seeing, and the Blog.
Kurzweil’s TED talks
Includes talks on hybrid thinking, the accelerating power of technology, and the Singularity University project
Projects that Kurzweil is a key player in:
Singularity University
An innovative educational initiative that includes programs for young adults, graduate students, and corporate executives and entrepreneurs.
Global Future 2045 Congress
A 2013 gathering of futurists and techno-optimists; site includes introductory videos from several leading lights, including Kurzweil.
Tags: 3-D printing, distributed manufacturing, driver, evolutionary strategy
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
For decades, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has championed just that. It focuses on local control and reliance particularly in the areas of broadband, energy, independent businesses, banking, waste (to wealth), and the public good. Each of these areas contains a deep database of articles, relevant rules and resources. Its website has numerous audio, video and written resources. Noteworthy is a searchable database of local, state and federal laws in areas of interest to local self reliance, such as composting, anti-privitization, beverage containers, etc. Visit website.
Tags: close to home strategy, financial assets, local banking, local investing, personal assets, renewable energy, resilience, tangible assets