Articles

Huffington Post: 
"A New Superpower"

A new superpower is emerging on the Earth. This new superpower is arising from the combined voice and conscience of the world’s citizens mobilized through the global communications revolution. Although often chaotic, fragmented and confusing, the emergence of social movements such as the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement demonstrates to ordinary citizens that their collective voice can have a powerful impact, particularly when expressed with the maturity and dignity of non-violence. Read Now

On Becoming
a Global
Eco-Civilization

The most difficult challenge facing humanity is not devising solutions to the energy crisis or climate crisis or population crisis; rather, it is bringing stories or narratives of the human journey into our collective awareness that empower us to look beyond a future of great adversity and to see a future of great opportunity. What visions of humanity’s journey are sufficiently compelling to transcend age-old differences and bring us together in a common venture of inhabiting the Earth in ways that are sustainable? Click to Download

Internet Growth Statistics

For the first time, a majority of the Earth's population has Internet access. Read the Report

Revitalizing Democracy 
Through Electronic
Town Meetings

[As background, this article was written in 1993, before the rise of the internet, and focused exclusively on television. However, many of the values and principles hold great relevance for working with the internet as a vehicle for trans-partisan understanding.] To deliberately make changes in the workings of an entire civilization presents an unprecedented challenge for governance. "Electronic Town Meetings" combine the best of two worlds — a history of respectful dialogue and the reach of the television — to transform democracy at the scale of metropolitan regions and beyond. Read More