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CULTURAL CREATIVES. This website is based on the book, and develops community around the concept. Find out here if you are a Cultural Creative.
CENTER FOR CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION. Our image of the future affects how we act today. The Center communicates the collective visions we hold to create a positive future.
LET'S TALK AMERICA is a nationwide movement that will bring Americans from all points on the political spectrum together in cafes, bookstores, churches and living rooms for lively, open-hearted dialogue to consider questions essential to the future of our democracy. Let’s Talk America reconnects with the ‘town hall’ meeting spirit that’s the lifeblood of our democracy.
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BOOKS
Coming Back To Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World, by Joanna Macy with Molly Young Brown. If activism begins with ourselves, this book offers a series of exercises as a place to start, as well as a frank discussion of the roots of despair, fear and apathy.
The Partnership Way, by Riane Eisler & Dave Loye. A practical study book for reorienting our thinking and practices from domination to partnership--in all of our relationships, from the personal to the planetary. A companion volume to The Chalice & The Blade, another Eisler book on partnership.
The Open Space of Democracy (New Patriotism), by Terry Tempest Williams. The questions Williams asks us are: What is the true nature of democracy and how do we support it? Can American-style democracy survive in its birthplace?
Good News for a Change: How Everyday People are Helping the Planet, by David Suzuki & Holly Dressel. This book shows the positive side of the planetary movement toward sustainability, with stories of how real people, and real businesses, are making change for the health of the planet.
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Shared Values and Common Dreams
It’s important to remember that we actually do have some shared values and common dreams. It’s easy to focus on what doesn’t work, how different we are, how bad things have gotten. The media feeds on conflict and loves to describe any difference as “war.” The media talks about the culture war, the war between red and blue states for example. But what if we also paid attention to the things we have in common, the things we agree on? Let’s take values for starters. Here’s a list we made up of values we think most people share:
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Honesty and Openness
Responsibility
Trust
Fairness
Tolerance
Ecological Sensitivity
Generosity
Respect & Care for all life
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And here are some of our dreams that you might also have:
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Equal Opportunity & Equal Protection for All.
Quality of Life: time for personal pursuits, family, friends, community,
creative work, recreation, fulfilling and meaningful employment, adequate income.
The same good and sustainable life for our kids and grand kids.
Personal Security.
Freedom and Liberty.
Healthy Environment and Environmental Security.
Peace, Nonviolence, Democracy.
A world where beauty, the arts, and music is considered essential to the human heart & spirit.
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In short, a world centered on people, not profits; on spiritual not financial values; on international cooperation not domination. We are more than just consumers supporting wealthy corporations; we are individuals, spiritual and human beings, family members, citizens…
There are numerous groups working to bring people together for common dreams and goals. We’ve noted a few of them.
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