The Chronicle (through May 10, 2016)
May 29, 2016Download Article - PDF
CLIMATE—Crossing 2oC and 400ppm April 2016 was the warmest April on record for the planet, and the seventh month in a row to have broken global temperature records. data.giss.nasa.gov According to data released on May 14 by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the global temperature departure in April was 1.11 degrees Celsius above the … Read More
CES: A Wider and Deeper Association; and CES News
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A WIDER AND DEEPER ASSOCIATION In the January-February issue of CES Musings, we described CES as an association of people dedicated to research, education, art and action for the transition to ecozoic societies. Then we spoke of our associates as being “people who, including members of CES, are supported by the work of CES, see … Read More
Does the US Presidential Election Matter in the Big Picture?
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Ecozoans operate out of a big history. Thomas Berry said that our present situation is not like any other period in human history because, for the first time, the human species is undergoing a transition in geo-biological eras—from the terminal Cenozoic to the emerging Ecozoic era. This, he said, is not like a disturbance in … Read More
The Church of Economism and its Discontents
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Two centuries of explosive economic growth have radically altered our material and ideological worlds. With human activity now the major driver of geological change, the industrial era has come to be called the Anthropocene. This inquiry instead adopts the term Econocene, underscoring its ideological foundation: economism. The concept of economism, the reduction of all social … Read More
Toward Ecological Civilization—An Important New Nonprofit and Movement
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Toward Ecological Civilization, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (EcoCiv), emerged out of the vision of John B. Cobb, Jr., Professor of Theology (emeritus) of Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA, a 501(c)(3) organization (CST), and the work of the Center for Process Studies (CPS), a center within CST. Under the leadership of Cobb, CPS … Read More
Introduction to Quantum Polarity
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On Stillness (A Message from the Tree of Life) “Have you ever experienced stillness?” “I don’t mean quiet!” the tree said to me. No, stillness is something else. In fact, I suspect I have avoided stillness Much like I avoid a cobra or a tarantula. For stillness has a bite to it, That can … Read More
