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It is said that you cannot change anything until you know where you stand. This 'snapshot' will give you a succinct overview of the state of our Earth according to the latest science, compiled in an easily digested overview.
The questions are: WHAT is the relevance and WHY would we want to learn from indigenous cultures?
Here are some thought of the WHY and WHAT.
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Why would you want to learn from NATURE, and what could you learn from Nature that is relevant?
In the systems learning topics below, you'll find all references. Click on KOWLEDGE BASE
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THE SYSTEMS VIEW OF LIFE is an excellent course by the Master, FRITJOF CAPRA, for learning all about Systems Thinking.
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Capra is an Austrian-born American author, physicist, systems theorist, and deep ecologist. He is the author of the famous book The Tao of Physics, being the first to break with academic tradition to bring in spirit and energy.He authored many other books, and co-authored the book The Systems View of Life, used in his course.
Join Fritjof Capra and explore the new systemic conception of life at the forefront of science and its application in economics, management, politics, design, medicine, and law.
GAIA EDUCATION is a leading provider of holistic education in sustainability and community development.
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Rooted in the principles of Earth care, people care, and fair share, some of their core principles are:
The Great Simplification with NATE HAGENS is an excellent YouTube podcast series that explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. The goal is to inform more humans about the path ahead and inspire people to play a role in our collective future.
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This is a story about energy.
This is a story about economics.
This is a story about ecology.
This is a story about behavior.
Whether you call it the metacrisis, the polycrisis, or the human predicament, to understand where we’re headed requires a systems lens that integrates as much of what we know as possible.
The course Principles and Practices of Deep Transformation is offered by Jeremy Lent through GAIA Education.
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Jeremy Lent, described by Guardian journalist George Monbiot as “one of the greatest thinkers of our age,” is an author and speaker whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilization’s existential crisis, and explores pathways toward a life-affirming future.
Our civilisation is careening at an accelerating pace toward a precipice of climate breakdown, ecological destruction, and gaping inequality. Redirecting humanity’s trajectory will require a fundamental transformation of society encompassing virtually every aspect of the human experience: our values, our goals and our collective behaviour. We need to transform our core human identity, our relationships with others, and with the nonhuman world.
KOSMOS JOURNAL gathers those that speak about an awakening across many fields of endeavor to an elevated consciousness, no longer based on greed, competition, and scarcity, but on ancestral wisdom, community-building, sharing, and innovation at all scales from local to global.
Under the guidance of Rhonda Fabian, Kosmos encourages you to widen your vision of the possible—and beyond—in these transformative times.It advocates that Spirit is entangled in our paths, our being, in our reflection of all that is.
KOSMOS' positive voice supports what we want to create and what we want to build together