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Global Warming - The Controversy

Global warming is an indisputable fact: in recent years the average global temperature has risen significantly, and the warming is accelerating. Currently, debate centers on whether warming is due to human activity or to natural causes.

There were other warming periods in the history of the Earth; geologists speak of alternating hot and cold stable states—“hot-houses” and “ice-houses.” The best known previous hot-house occurred 55 million years ago, when between one and two terratons… Continue

Added by Ervin Laszlo on March 8, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Worldshift 2012 - My New Book

Until quite recently we could paraphrase Mark Twain in saying that, the same as about the weather, everybody talks about a global crisis but nobody does anything about it. Now people are beginning to do something about it, with a new leadership in the White House and the media full of reports on economic and financial crashes and ecological threats. But big questions remain: (1) what kind of change do we really need, and (2) how much time do we have to make it?

Worldshift 2012… Continue

Added by Ervin Laszlo on March 8, 2009 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Global Emergency - The Causes

The principal causes of the global crisis are unsustainable conditions in society, the economy, and in the ecology.

Unsustainability in society. The contemporary world is polarized; there is a large and still growing gap between rich and poor, powerful and marginalized. The gap is expressed in economic terms, but it’s a social reality. It depresses the quality of life, and even the chances of survival of vast populations.

Unsustainability in the economy. In the six decades… Continue

Added by Ervin Laszlo on March 8, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

The essence of emergency

It's great to be here with this growing social network of like-minded friends. Thank you for the warm welcomes. My interest here is to keep the focus on what we can do, what we should do, and what we must do as stewards and midwives of conscious evolution to purposefully and intentionally evolve human consciousness. In this sense, I see our role as that of Evolutionary Leaders, following the dictum, "we cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the… Continue

Added by Alex&er on March 6, 2009 at 12:24pm — No Comments

Hope vs. fear: Should reality always trump optimism?

I read this article in the Toronto Star last weekend. The article discusses how to present 'bad news' to the public with reference to the current economic situation.

Added by David Woolfson on March 3, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Creation of the Declaration and Current Status

In September 2008, Ervin Laszlo sent me a copy of the manuscript of his newest book for my comments. The book, "WORLDSHIFT 2012: The Club of Budapest’s Handbook of Conscious Change", will be published in September 2009 in North America.

Dr. Laszlo is known worldwide as a philosopher of science and systems theorist and is Founder and President of The Club of Budapest (www.clubofbudapest.org). Dr. Laszlo has written a great many books over… Continue

Added by David Woolfson on February 9, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments