Monday, February 20, 2012 - 14:40
Something powerful, something new under the sun happened in Cincinnati this weekend. A three day summit on changing Cincinnati in fundamental ways, an effort to rethink our city with an eye toward...
Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 13:33
There is a famous biblical parable where Jesus speaks of his new way of thinking as something that cannot be contained in the existing Jewish culture. The idea is that if you put new wine into a used...
Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 15:01
On Thursday, 1/5/2012, World 5.0 in concert with a dozen or so Occupiers from Cincinnati presented Cincinnati City Council with ideas for priorities for the council in this new year of 2012. I also...
Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 16:35
We are in uncharted territory. This is like no time in our civilization’s history - global food shortages, climate crisis, unending war and violence, corporate domination, rampant systemic corruption...
Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 13:12
The Occupy Revolution is clearly a force to be reckoned with in our culture. Even at this early stage the battle lines are being drawn. Many cities are resisting this new people-powered movement, as...
Sunday, November 6, 2011 - 13:16
The Occupy Movement is an amazing phenomenon. In less than two months it’s has aggregated into a global movement, taking a strong stand again the financial forces that have taken over the U.S. and so...
Topics:
Activism,
Awareness,
Community,
Culture,
Democracy,
Ecology,
Government,
Human Rights,
Peace,
Politics,
Transformation
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 12:15
These are curious times, to say the least. I doubt the handful of fed up citizens who decided to occupy Zuccotti Park in the NYC Financial District on September 17th knew going in that within a month...
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 12:15
For centuries the vast majority of humanity has suffered under the thumb of elitism, the system where powerful political and commercial interests collude to take advantage of the rest of us....
Topics:
Awareness,
Clean Air,
Commerce,
Community,
Constitution,
Culture,
Democracy,
Ecology,
Energy,
Food,
Government,
Health,
Holistic,
Human Rights,
Humor,
Localism,
Organic,
Peace,
Permaculture,
Politics,
Recycle,
Sustainability,
Transformation,
Water
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 12:48
Greetings Friends and Citizens,
This is a time of awakening. Something new is in the air. To quote songwriter Joni Mitchell, “Maybe it's the time of year, or maybe it's the time of man......
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 11:22
World 5.0 is based on The Three Truths, which orients our culture toward the fundamental nature of reality, and away from the severe level of bullshit so pronounced in our failing world4 culture....
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 13:00
Greetings!
Six weeks from today we celebrate the dawn of a new culture. It is based on the idea of World 5.0, our new holistic operating system. The chief cultural goal is reconstituting government...
Topics:
Activism,
Awareness,
Community,
Culture,
Democracy,
Ecology,
Government,
Health,
Human Rights,
Sustainability,
Transformation
Sunday, October 31, 2010 - 19:18
Many of us are aware that the elitists currently pouring millions into this election cycle anonymously care little about education. Indeed, these elitists prefer ignorance and misinformation as the...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 12:19
Hemp is the common name for cannabis, the first plant cultivated by humanity as we crept from being Neolithic to becoming Agrarian. Likely this was due to a few reasons. First, hemp is an extremely...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 11:57
Growing up in the fog of the dominant culture has left its mark on us all. Whether this fog really exists and what it consists of are fabulous questions. While it is often argued otherwise, from the...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 09:59
In the first Star Wars, “A New Hope”, Obi Wan Kenobi reacts to the destruction caused by the Imperial Death Star blowing up the planet Alderaan: “I felt a great disturbance in the...
Friday, June 11, 2010 - 16:23
The utter failure of our current systems, whether energy and food production, finance, healthcare, or the war machine, creates a stench that permeates our lives in every corner. Our quality of life...
Friday, June 4, 2010 - 08:43
The inimitable George Carlin, in one of his last stand-up routines, had the theme, "It's bullshit, and it's bad for you." So true in our world today. The bullshit and the bad. The source of...
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 15:24
Well, geez, what a surprise. We're getting another serious lesson in sustainability. Oil doesn't qualify.
Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 16:29
Welcome to World 5.0
And welcome to my blog on my favorite idea. This first entry is to intended to help you get your head and heart wrapped around this crazy notion of World 5.0 - that this moment...
Topics:
Activism,
Awareness,
Clean Air,
Commerce,
Community,
Constitution,
Culture,
Democracy,
Ecology,
Energy,
Food,
Government,
Health,
Holistic,
Localism,
Organic,
Peace,
Permaculture,
Politics,
Recycle,
Sustainability,
Transformation,
Water
Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 15:23
There is much talk about taxes in the U.S. these days, with the Tea Party Movement as the most vocal group outlining their disagreement with how our government raises and uses taxes. These folks are...
