Does Media Fuel Conflict? Why Not Be Conflict Resolvers?
I was involved in community media for 5 years, on radio, talking to a range of people about peace and conflict resolution. I was very mindful when I was preparing my program to not be biased and to provide critical questioning. It wasn’t always easy to provide unbiased material with peace in mind, as I… Continue reading
Charter of Wellbeing as Sustainability
I see the word ‘wellbeing’ a lot these days, but I don’t know if it is truly understood. I smile that it is becoming common knowledge as it is revealing that people are not feeling wellbeing. To be well is to be happy. I wrote a Charter of Wellbeing some years ago as my own… Continue reading
Mohandas Gandhi: Early Life and Background
Our background frames who we become. We draw on early experiences and when you look back in retrospect, you can see where seeds were planted around who you are to become.
Gandhi’s early life, where he lived, the family he was born into and marriage were very formative for the seeking of truth.
When I… Continue reading
Buckminster Fuller: World Peace Game of Systems Thinking
I spoke to a lady last night who made the point to me that I must look at Buckminster Fuller. As I was thinking of enlightenment his name came to me. So I thank her for inspiring this important blog entry.
Reading through below this thinking in my view appears to mirror the natural system,… Continue reading
From the Shadow to the Dream that is Real
Carl Jung talked about the shadow which is the part of ourselves that is in denial. It is in the shadow sometimes we can see it sometimes we can’t. It would be called denial.
The world will find itself divide into those who agree with the Sustainability paradigm and those who want to remain in… Continue reading
Joseph Stiglitz: The Top 1% need the Bottom 99%
The article below focuses on the top 1% and it evokes for me an experience working as a Research Analyst at the home of one of the Managing Directors of the company. I was coding survey verbatim responses into categories with his wife. I asked the wife just out of curiosity whether she felt those… Continue reading