We offer the following resources to further explore these issues:
Alternet - www.alternet.org
Seeks to engage readers in problem solving, community action and awareness of
current events.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk
A good source for global news.
Blessed Unrest Film - http://www.paullussiercompany.com/
A collaborative film about the movement by the people in the movement.
Christian Science Monitor - www.csmonitor.com
An independent source for international news.
Commondreams - www.commondreams.org
Source of news not being reported in the mass media.
Great News Network - www.greatnewsnetwork.org/happy-news.php
Great News Network offers positive news stories about actual people and
events that are making better government, environment, science,
technology, media and society.
Hope Magazine; Inspiring People Encouraging Change - www.hopemag.com
Dedicated to encouraging its readers to be “part of the solution,”
this magazine highlights the individuals and organizations that are
working to make the world a better place.
International Herald Tribune - www.iht.com
Frequently carries articles of interest and analysis of international events.
National Geographic - www.nationalgeographic.com
The popular publication of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institute in the world.
New Dimensions Radio - www.newdimensions.org
Plants seeds of transformation around the planet through broadcasts,
partnerships, community involvement and educational endeavors.
PBS News - www.PBS.org
“Uses noncommercial television to enrich the lives of all Americans
through quality programs and education services that inform and,
inspire and delight.” Especially: “NOW” with Bill Moyers, Fridays at
10:00.
Resurgence (UK) - www.schumacher.org.uk/resurgance.htm
A bi-monthly magazine of vision and action. Stands for an environmentally and spiritually sustainable future.
Spirituality and Health - www.spiritualityhealth.org
Reports on the people, the practices and the ideas of the current spiritual renaissance.
The Utne Reader - www.utne.com
Reprints the best of alternative media.
YES! Magazine - www.yesmagazine.com
“A journal of positive futures.”
These books provide deeper understanding of the issues addressed in the symposium.
Overview
Creating a World That Works for All (1999) by Shariff Abdullah
The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community (2006) by David C. Korten
Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future (2005) by Peter M. Senge, et al.
The Terrible Truth and The Wonderful Secret by Terry Patten (not yet published)
Environmental Sustainability
A Language Older than Words (2000) by Derrick Jenson
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) by Al Gore
The Death of Environmentalism (paper by Breakthrough Institute)
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (2006) by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated: The Fate of the World and What we Can do Before It’s Too Late (2004) by Thom Hartmann, Neale Donald Walsch and Joseph Chilton Pearce
Limits to Growth—The Thirty Year Update (2004) by Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows
The Living Planet Report (2004) by World Wildlife Foundation
Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth (1995) by Williams E. Rees, Mathis Wackernagel and Phil Testemale
The Sixth Extinction (1995) by Richard Leakey and Robert Lewin
The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth (2006) by Tim Flannery
Social Justice
The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America (1999) by James Wilson
The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality (2004) by Thomas Shapiro
The New Geography of Global Income Inequality (2003) by Glenn Firebaugh
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America (2002) by Barbara Ehrenreich
Wealth in America: Trends in Wealth Inequality (2000) by Lisa A. Keister
The Working Poor: Invisible in America (2005) by David K. Shipler
When Corporations Rule the World (2001) by David C. Korten
Spiritual Fulfillment
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic (2002) by John De Graaf, David Wynn, and Thomas H. Naylor
American Mania: When More is Not Enough (2005) by Peter Whybrow
The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty (2001) by David G. Myers
Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture (2004) by Juliet B. Shor
The High Price of Materialism (2002) by Tim Kasser
The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less (2005) by Barry Schwartz
How Did We Get Here?
A Short History of Nearly Everything (2004) by Bill Bryson
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005) by Jared Diamond
Confessions of an Economic Hitman (2005) by John M. Perkins
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (2005) by Joel Bakan
The Dream of the Earth (1990) by Thomas Berry
In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations (1992) by Jerry Mander
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (1995) by Daniel Quinn
The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need (1999) by Juliet Schor
A New Story
A New Covenant with Nature: Notes on the End of Civilization and the Renewal of Culture (1997) by Richard Heinberg
Earthdance: Living Systems in Evolution (2000) by Elizabet Sahtouris
The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos: Humanity and the New Story (1999) by Brian Swimme
The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era--A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos (1994) by Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry
The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems (1997) by Fritjof Capra
World as Lover; World as Self (2005) by Joanna Macy
Indigenous Roots
Blackfoot Physics: A Journey into the Native American Universe (2006) by F. David Peat
Paradigm Wars: Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Globalization (2006) by Jerry Mander (editor) and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (editor)
The World is as you Dream It: Shamanic Teachings from the Amazon and Andes (1994) by John M. Perkins
An Emerging Dream
A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science, and Spirituality (2001) by Ken Wilber
Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible (2004) by John Cavanaugh and Jerry Mander
Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves (2005) by Adam Hochschild
The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World (2001) by Paul H. Ray & Sherry Ruth Anderson
Dancing With the Tiger: Learning Sustainability Step by Natural Step (2002) by Brian Nattrass & Mary Altomare
The Ecology of Commerce (1994) by Paul Hawkin
Global Mind Change (2004) by Willis Harmon
The Great Work: Our Way into the Future (2000) by Thomas Berry
Happiness: Lessons from a New Science (2005) by Richard Layard
The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America (1996) by David Whyte
The Hidden Connections: A Science for Sustainable Living (2004) by Fritjof Capra
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (2000) by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality (2006) by H.H. The Dalai Lama
Waking the Global Heart: Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love (2006) by Judith Anodea, Ph.D.
What’s Next: Engaging in Changing the Dream
A Green Activist Guide by Charlene Spretnek (not yet published)
A Simpler Way (1998) by Margaret J. Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (2002) by William McDonough & Michael Braungart
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (2005) by Jeffrey Sachs
The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and The World (2001) by John Robbins
The Global Citizen (1991) by Donella H. Meadows
Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet (2003) by Anna Lappe and Frances Moore
Manifesto for a New World Order (2006) by George Monbiot
The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices (2004) by Sarah James and Torbjorn Lahti
The Natural Step Story: Seeding a Quiet Revolution (Conscientious Commerce) (2002) by Robert Karl-Hendrik
Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble (2006) by Lester Brown
Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth (2003) by Jim Merkel
The Soul of Money: Transforming your Relationship with Money and Life (2003) by Lynne Twist
Take Back Your Time: Fighting Overwork and Time Poverty in America (2003) by John De Graaf
Take it Personally: How to Make Conscious Choices to Change the World (2001) by Anite Roddick
The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank (2005) by David Bornstein
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference (2002) by Malcolm Gladwell
The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations (2004) by James Surowiecki
The World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter (2005) by Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, World Café Community, Margaret J. Wheatley
You Can Change the World: The Global Citizen's Handbook for Living on Planet Earth: A Report of the Club of Budapest (2003) by Ervin Laszlo
You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money): 51 Easy Ways (2003) by Jeffrey Langholz & Kelly Turner
Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence (1999) by Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin
Voluntary Simplicity: Revised Edition: Toward A Way of Life that Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich (1998) by Duane Elgin
Staying Awake (& Hopeful)
Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World (1998) by Joanna R. Macy, Molly Young Brown
Good News for a Change: How Everyday People are Helping the Planet (2003) by David T. Suzuki, Holly Dressel
The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen’s Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear (2004) by Paul Rogat Loeb
Man’s Search for Meaning (2000) by Victor E. Frankl
Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey (2000) by Dr. Jane Goodall and Phillip Berman
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (2000) by Pema Chodron
