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Books, Videos, & Websites that Inform & Inspire

Books on New Ways of Thinking about Global Issues
  • Bohm, David (1980). Wholeness and the Implicate Order
  • Bourne, Edmund J. (2008) Global Shift: How a New Worldview is Transforming Humanity
  • Braden, Gregg (2012). Deep Truth: Igniting the Memory of our Origin, History, Destiny and Fate
  • Brown, Lester B. (2008). Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
  • Capra, Fritjof 
        - (1982) The Turning Point
        - (1997) The Web of Life
        - (2014) The Systems View of Life
  • Carey, Ken (1980) Vision
  • Chardin, Teilhard Phenomenon of Man; The Coming of the Cosmic Christ
  • Cuenod, Andree (2013). Wake Up! Our old beliefs don’t work anymore!
  • Dalai Lama (2005). The Universe in a Single Atom    
  • Dossey, Larry, M.D. (2009). The Power of Premonition
  • Elgin, Duane 
        - (1978) Voluntary Simplicity 
        - (1994) Awakening Earth, exploring the evolution of human culture 
           & consciousness
        - (2000) Promise Ahead, a vision of hope and action for humanity's future
  • Friedman, Thomas. (2008) Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America
  • Goswami, Amit
        - (1995) The Self-Aware Universe: 
           How Consciousness Creates the Material World
        - (2000) The Visionary Window
        - (2008) Creative Evolution, A Physicist’s Resolution between Darwinism and 
           Intelligent Design
        - (2011) How Quantum Activism Can Save Civilization
  • Harman, Willis (1990). Global Mind Change: The Revolution in the Way We Think
  • Hawken, Paul (2020) Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation
  • Hubbard, Barbara Marx (2009). Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence
  • Lipton, Bruce and Bhaerman, Steve (2009). Spontaneous Evolution, Our Positive Future
  • Lovelock, James (2006). The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back–and How We Can Still Save Humanity
  • McIntosh, Steve (2007). Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution
  • McTaggart, Lynne (1987). The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe
  • Miller, Ruth L (2014) Make the World Go Away: our post-2012 potential
  • Mollison, Willam (1972; 1990) Permaculture and Introduction to Permaculture
  • Russell, Peter (1982). The Global Brain
  • Sheldrake, Rupert (1981)  A New Science of Life
  • Spretnak, Charlene (2011). Relational Reality: New Discoveries of Interrelatedness That Are Transforming the Modern World
  • Schlitz, Marilyn, Cassandra Vieten, and Tina Amorak, (2007). Living Deeply, the Art and Science of Transforming Everyday Life
  • Talbot, Michael (1991). The Holographic Universe
  • Tarnas, Richard (2006). Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View
  • Tolle, Eckhart (2005). A New Earth
  • Welsh, Bryan (2010). Beautiful and Abundant: Building the World We Want

Videos offering New Ways of Thinking about Global Issues
  • Living the Change in New Zealand
  • Global Climate Change from a German perspective
  • One Earth
  • What the Bleep Do We Know?
  • Further Down the Rabbit Hole
  • The Living Matrix
  • The Global Gardener series with Bill Mollison
  • The Ascent of Man series with Jacob Bronowski ​
  • Cosmos series with Carl Sagan
  • Connections series with James Burke
  • Mind Walk
  • The Rebirth of Nature with Rupert Sheldrake​
  • The Reasoning - African Ways of Knowing with James Small​


Websites with New Ways of Thinking 
  • The Cool Down: https://www.thecooldown.com/
  • Positive.News: https://www.positive.news/
  • Regeneration Nexus: https://regeneration.org/nexus
  • Ted Talks (almost any topic): http://www.ted.com/ 
  • The Shift Network: http://theshiftnetwork.com/
  • Institute of Noetic Sciences: http://www.noetic.org/
  • Foundation for Conscious Evolution: http://barbaramarxhubbard.com/
  • The Exploratorium's Climate Change interactive web site: http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/
  • Gaia Education: Sustainability E-Learning (not connected with us but a wonderful resource!) https://gaiaeducation.org/elearning/
  • Sustainable Living Center in Oregon: http://sustainablelivingcenteroregon.com/
  • Live "overview" video streaming of our planet:                                         http://www.ustream.tv/channel/17074538
  • Geophilosophy website - a bold new integration of fields of study & thought: http://ageac.org/en/
  • The Cultural Butterfly Project - resources demonstrating the emergence of a new kind of culture, worldwide: https://www.culturalbutterflyproject.com
Online Articles 
  • http://www.jsedimensions.org/wordpress/content/love-as-a-great-transition-story_2015_03/#http:/ ~ Duane Elgin's "Love as a Great Transition Story"
  • https://gaiaeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/General_Systems_Theory.pdf ~ Christopher Mare's "General Systems Theory as a Conceptual Tool for Village Designers"
  • https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/01/12/farming-small-planet ~ France Moore Lappe's "Farming for a Small Planet"
  • https://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/jason-angell/how-does-change-happen-one-man-s-journey-through-personal-and-political Jason Angell's journey from activist to farmer to farmer-citizen-leader.

​Utopian Novels - Ancient Greece to Modern Times
  • CLICK HERE for a Wikipedia list

​Technologies Harmonizing With Nature
  • Drone package delivery
    https://youtu.be/DOWDNBu9DkU
  • Low-tech water filtration systems: 
    • lifetime water filter from clay pot
      https://youtu.be/Ly-liIU_M8c?si=048DoOSslYntnTMP
    • branch/vine syphon in the wild
      https://youtu.be/nSBwJNDDUfc?si=HJnhFp4P8JG-PKkB
Ecovillages - Communities in Harmony
Ecovillages are intentional communities organized to be ecologically, economically and socially sustainable and harmonious. Size varies from a few dozen to over 100 inhabitants, with some larger communities (as many as 2000) existing as networks of smaller sub-communities. Ecovillagers are united by common values and the common goal of minimal ecological impact and maximal positive community effect.

For more information about ecovillages, check out these two sites and the video links below.
      • Fellowship for Intentional Community
      • Sustainable Ecovillages Social Network
What is an ecovillage?
Research ​Director at Gaia Living Systems Institute
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CLICK HERE to learn more about Ruth-Ellen L. Miller, Ph.D.

CLICK HERE to listen to an interview with Ruth Miller explaining what we're about on New Consciousness Review.

A New Contributor to the Gaia Institute's Work!

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Elaine Cornick, of Oregon's high desert region, is working with local farmers and landowners to regenerate the land.

CLICK HERE to connect with her "New Life-Aligned Culture" resources page.
CLICK HERE to download her White Paper on Healthy Water Cycles...
CLICK HERE to see her ebook with 200 links to projects and programs bringing forth the emerging culture.

Some Presentations of Our Results
CLICK HERE for more information.

An Interfaith Convocation on faith-based approaches to Climate Change:

Here's A Powerful Exploration of What May Be Happening Biologically Across the Planet
A medical doctor shut down his practice and opened a lab to understand what's really happening - first with CoVid and then with the planet. Here's Zach Bush's take on what's happening in the world:

Seed Communities: Ecovillage Experiments Around the World

Living in the Future: Ecovillages

Living in the Future: Ecocities & materials



Ecovillages and Permaculture: a reference model for sustainable consumption?
Want to create your own permaculture food forest? You can do it anywhere!



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