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Maintaining Mental Health In The Age Of Madness, By Carolyn Baker

Balance

Americans have a remarkable ability ‘to look reality right in the eye’ and deny it.

~Garrison Keillor~

The World Health Organization defines (http://www NULL.who NULL.int/features/factfiles/mental_health/en/index NULL.html) mental health as “a state of well-being in which every individual …

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Mutually Assured Well Being: The Continuity Of Community And Individual Resilience, By Carolyn Baker

Interdependence

In the face of incessant climate-change related natural disasters, severe economic contraction, energy depletion, escalating violence, resource wars, and a burgeoning loss of civil liberties, many communities throughout the world are responding resiliently to the unprecedented challenges of our time …

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2013: The Space Between Stories, By Charles Eisenstein

Two Rocks

EDITOR’S NOTE: Extremely relevant to this excellent article are my podcasts “A New Story For A New Paradigm” and “Beyond Physical Survival” which can be accessed here.

Reposted from the Charles Eisenstein website (http://charleseisenstein NULL.net/2013-the-space-between-stories/)

Every culture has a …

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It’s Hard To Be Alone With The Truth…But You Don’t Need To Be

Alone

When you know the truth about our predicament and have no one to talk with about what you know, it can be painful. Sometimes when we are surrounded by people who prefer to remain oblivious, we begin feeling crazy and …

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You Can’t Say That! By Richard Heinberg

Gagged

Reposted from POST CARBON INSTITUTE (http://www NULL.postcarbon NULL.org/blog-post/1306494-you-can-t-say-that)

In his November 14 press conference President Obama made a few brief comments (http://grist NULL.org/news/president-obama-on-climate-change-well-see/) about global warming:

“There’s no doubt that for us to take on climate change

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Toward Purpose And Meaning In A Too-Late World, By Douglas Carhart

Contemplation 2

Only connect. This is how we make meaning,

This is how we learn to think as Nature thinks.

Gregory Bateson

 

One night, just after moving to California in 1976, as a young man fresh out of college, I …

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Change And The Process of Transformation, By Charles Hugh Smith

butterfly & cocoon

There is a key difference between change and transformation.

We often speak of “change”–as a potent political slogan, as a permanent feature of life, as a “good thing”–but we rarely speak of the often-wrenching process of change. I think the …

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Paradox: Linchpin Of The Long Emergency, By Carolyn Baker

Paradox

When people ask me, “Will the Long Emergency happen quickly or slowly?” I answer, “Yes.” When they ask, “Will it be like rolling down a bumpy hill or falling off a cliff?” my answer is “Yes.” My response usually draws …

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VIDEO: Peak Moment TV: Your Money, Your Life, Your Happiness With Vicki Robin

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Slow Money: Reconnecting The Economy to Soil, Biodiversity, and Food Quality, By Woody Tasch

Slow Money Book

ORIGINAL ARTICLE (http://www NULL.motherearthnews NULL.com/nature-community/slow-money-ze0z10zhir NULL.aspx)

The following is an excerpt from Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered (http://www NULL.motherearthnews NULL.com/shopping/detail NULL.aspx?itemnumber=4686) by Woody Tasch

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