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Climate Change ~ We can solve it!

Aether — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:08:01 +0000

The folks at We Can Solve It .org have hit the nail on the head as far as we are concerned here at The Gaia Community College. And it’s quite simple really. We have the technology to address and apply solutions to the issues facing us in relation to global warming and climate change. And as they succinctly point out, there is a lot of economic opportunity in doing so. What we don’t have is a comprehensive vision, or to put it another way, we don’t have visionary leaders at present, and we really don’t have the time to waste. So We Can Solve It has presented us with an effective tool ~ add your name to the list, and let our voices be heard en masse.

The website is full of constructive and practical ideas divided into straight forward categories, and is extremely user friendly. I am a big fan of the What’s New section, as it is all too easy to get lost and caught up in the overwhelmingly negative news coverage of our wondrous earth. This is a phenominal resource for up to date and unfolding news that highlights efforts and activity and awarenesses along the lines of our global community.

No one person or organization has the answer, but together we can creatively guide our course through the challenge facing all of life on this planet. Remember, the Universe Story teaches us that it is in the face of greatest adversity that evolutionary creativity has always responded with the greatest innovations and inventions to usher in a new era of evolutionary development. Make your voice heard… sign up today.

METAPHORmosis

Aether — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:32:27 +0000

This short one minute video apparently won a YouTube contest, and pretty much sums up what an increasing number of people around the planet suspect is unfolding within our lifetimes, an awakening of global proportions. I had just been reading a Barbara Marx Hubbard essay on how our choice of vision for the future will dictate the quality of our future. I feel that this video offers a sustainable and embraceable vision, at the very least, as a healthy starting point. I will leave it at that. Short, sweet, and to the point. I too am learning that less is indeed more…

Peace.
Eric

The Future of Humanity…Now!

Aether — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:01:05 +0000

Tucked away in northern Italy roughly a couple dozen miles north of Turin is a thriving example of sustainable, creative, human community. Damanhur by name, this eco-village appears by all rights to have established a fully functional ecological niche for themselves based on sustainable principles. With a spiritual grounding and a thoroughly ethical outlook, the economy of Damanhur appears in every regard to be quite healthy for all of it’s citizens, and it’s impact on surrounding municipalities positive.

Since it’s founding in 1975, the Federation of Damanhur touts itself as a living laboratory for the future of humanity and has received numerous awards and recognitions from various institutions concerned with the sustainable future of our species, including the United Nations. The have over 60 different “industries” that function as cooperative businesses, and the standard of living is high. Personal growth through artistic and creative expression are at the core of community live, and as such, the premises themselves speak of exuberant being and flights of fancy made real.

The centerpiece of Damanhur are the Temples of Humanity, a vast and sprawling underground complex of absolutely mind boggling proportions and creativity. If viewing these sacred spaces doesn’t warm your heart to the creative possibilities of human potential and vision than I am not quite sure what will. I am not even going to attempt to summon words to evoke the magnitude of what has been born from dreams there, but suffice it to say, this purposeful creation of sacred space has no equal in the modern world. You just have to see it, and hopefully one day, experience it for yourself.

In all inspiration for what can be, Damanhur is monumental testament to the human spirit. It is one of those activities that, even though I have had absolutely nothing to do with it, makes me proud to be a human. And how often does a feeling of that nature arise? Knowing that we are capable of such heights of expression and depth, not just as individual entities, but as cooperative functions of the creative universe itself is surely raison d’etre in it’s own right.

Visit Damanhur’s website.

Visit The Temples of Humanity.

There is a gorgeous coffee table book documenting Damanhur offered through Alex Grey’s Chapel of Sacred Mirrors website.