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The Refugee Crisis: Let’s look at Energy, Economy and Ecology
The unfolding and increasingly tragic refugee crisis is creating a profound awareness around the war in Syria. Not to be forgotten are refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, and Eritrea, also risking their lives to reach Europe. What do these … Continue reading
Posted in All, Awareness, Community, Uncategorized
Tagged Balkan Route, Climate Refugees, Ecology, Economy, energy crisis, financial crisis, fossil fuel, Refugee Crisis
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Two People Making a Difference – The Balkan Route
It was past dark when we arrived on the Croatian side of the Serbian border, at Ilača. The eight-hour drive from Vienna with four volunteers from SOS Konvoi, a.k.a. “Der Geheime Kunstsalon” (The Secret Art Salon) provided an opportunity to … Continue reading
Posted in All, Awareness, Refugees, Resilient Humanity, Resource wars
Tagged Awareness, Balkan Route, Humanity, Refugees
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Safe Journey to Freedom
I sit in front of my computer screen. It’s early in the morning, it’s September 12, 2015. What happened on this day fourteen years ago, the day after the twin towers collapsed, the day North America announced its “war on … Continue reading
Posted in All, Awareness, Community, Leadership, Refugees, Resilient Humanity, Resource wars
Tagged Awareness, Debt Economy, Economy, energy crisis, financial crisis, Humanity
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Gorleben Revisited – The Power of Polarity
Gorleben Revisited – The Power of Polarity Nuclear Power, the Renewables Industry, and “Limits to Growth” The Power of Polarity refers to the power which results from delving deeply, very deeply into a subject, having the courage, and persistence of … Continue reading
Stressed? Depressed? – Be Happy!
Bombarded daily with news of wars, poverty, violence, corruption, financial crisis’ and climate disasters it’s no wonder we can feel depression setting in. But maybe there’s another way of looking at all this news…? The world is going through big … Continue reading
Relating, the Implicate and the Explicate Order, and Awareness
I will begin by relating to myself, the only one person I know truly, and the filter through which all I see is tinted. Thirteen years ago I left Brazil, and a five year job as an expatriate CEO that … Continue reading
Posted in All, Awareness, Leadership, Resilient Humanity, Stop, Reflect & Listen . . ., Sustainability, Uncategorized
Tagged David Bohm, MIT, Otto Scharmer
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Freedom of Speech, and Transparency.
The tragedy of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris is fresh in the mind, as are the countless tragedies around the world; that is the Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria, as well as the many civilian lives lost in the … Continue reading
Energy & Economy: Smoke, Mirrors, …and Power Games
How will you adapt to the rapidly changing developments in energy supply and demand? How does this relate to an already strained international economy? Energy drives our economy, and the burning of fossil fuels is the acknowledged main culprit (See … Continue reading
Posted in All, Awareness, Leadership, Resilient Humanity, Sustainability
Tagged peak oil, resilience, sustainability
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Distracted for ten or fifteen seconds…
Modern noise, TV, media, music, thoughts… Where is my head? Where is my heart? The two men came walking across the wide promenade in the last rays of afternoon sunlight. Smartly dressed and good looking, they could have been well-to-do … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Ecology, Economy, Humanity, Poverty
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Time to get serious…
Roll up your sleeves, unbutton your shirt, loosen your pants, sit down, and do nothing… actively! That’s something I look forward to doing more of this year of 2015. It’s something I started doing about twelve years ago after spending … Continue reading
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