Gaia Community: Albert 's Bookmarks

International Futures Forum

2009-07-09T16:09:37Z

At the heart of IFF is a deeply informed inter-disciplinary and international network of individuals from a range of backgrounds covering a wide range of diverse perspectives, countries and disciplines. The group meets as a learning community as often as possible, including in plenary session.

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Conan The Barbarian Trailer

2009-07-08T12:04:51Z

Conan The Barbarian Trailer

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Evolutionen -Postheroic Management

2009-07-07T10:16:06Z

Evolutionen -Postheroic Management

… to our Web site. We are pleased that you are interested in our range of coaching products. evolutionen stands for something which we term "flux with reality". Post heroic management stands for a specific attitude and a specific managerial image. It should be noted that this term was coined by an Irishman: our thanks are due to Charles Handy, a former Executive Director at Shell and now head of the Institute of Leadership near London.

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Entrepreneurship, Sovereignty, and Violent Social Conflict

2009-07-06T11:36:28Z

Entrepreneurship, Sovereignty, and Violent Social Conflict

The role of the sovereign state in driving and resolving violent social conflict remains central to studies of peace and governance. Based on a co-authored paper, this article considers the role that territorial-based sovereignty plays in violent social conflict and global governance, finds it problematic, and suggests a way in which the sovereign state-centric global system can be augmented to better address violent conflict. In particular, three new concepts are introduced into the global governance lexicon: non-state sovereign entrepreneurship (NSE), non-territorial sovereign organizations (NSOs), and inclusive governance networks (IGNs

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Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve all the Worlds Problems

2009-07-06T11:06:08Z

Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve all the Worlds Problems

In this turbulent economic environment, capitalism has had its fair share of critics. But despite the position we currently find ourselves in, there is much good that can come from this system. Be the Solution is a manifesto to conscious capitalism-how it works and what it takes to make it happen-which will inspire everyone who reads it to liberate their spirit to the cause of social entrepreneurism. No matter what we do-whether it's making widgets or high finance-doing it right by serving key stakeholders first (from customers to clients), taking a larger role in community and society, and believing in the value of products or services you offer can make capitalism a force for good that reverberates around the world. In Be the Solution, top thought leaders John Mackey, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Kartar Singh Khalsa, and other well-respected individuals in this field lay out a path to personal and global prosperity that anyone can put to work immediately to unleash the social entrepreneur that dwells within. Throughout these pages, readers will become familiar with how practicing conscious capitalism can create jobs; provide investments for infrastructure, education, and training; develop new technologies to meet human needs; and cultivate financial wealth for all. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, this unique book will ignite readers' passion, inspire them to make the most of their life, and expand their sense of what is possible.

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Tomorrow’s Sunrise – A Plea for the Future You, Me and We

2009-07-05T15:43:36Z

Tomorrow’s Sunrise – A Plea for the Future You, Me and We

I am the beach open and receptive Hearing the waves, seeing the birds, enjoying the dogs, Taking in the rhythm and energy of all I see and feel We are the excited crests of the sea's waves Crashing with surprised delight, Unfolding Releasing life’s exuberant flow gently on the beach

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Integral Liderazgo Revisar

2009-07-04T14:26:58Z

Integral Liderazgo Revisar

Examen de Liderazgo Integral es la primera publicación de enfoques integrados para el liderazgo. It serves leaders, professionals and academics engaged in the practice, development and theory of leadership. The Integral Leadership Review offers a comprehensive framework that provides insights and tools leaders can utilize to solve problems. Sirve dirigentes, profesionales y académicos dedicados a la práctica, el desarrollo y la teoría de liderazgo. La Revisión Integral de Liderazgo ofrece un marco amplio que aporta ideas y herramientas líderes pueden utilizar para resolver problemas. Appropriate guidance is a key to solve the challenges of the world. Una orientación adecuada es la clave para resolver los problemas del mundo. Today's approaches are fragmented, incomplete, and inadequate for the world's multidimensional, multilayered global issues. The Integral Leadership Review supports you in meeting those challenges. Hoy en día los enfoques son muy fragmentarias, incompletas, e inadecuada para el mundo del carácter multidimensional, de múltiples cuestiones de alcance mundial. La Revisión Integral de Liderazgo le apoya en el cumplimiento de esos retos.

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The Shadow Effect

2009-07-03T09:39:46Z

The Shadow Effect

The Shadow Effect, a visually stunning and cutting-edge documentary, will inspire you to step out of the self that you've known and break free from the bonds of the past. Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Dr. David Simon, and other world-renowned thinkers join Debbie Ford to reveal the transformative power of your shadow -- the parts of yourself that you dislike and disown, the past that you regret and repress, and the future that is waiting to be birthed.

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God's Ecology and the Dawkins Challenge: A Scientific Guide to the Spiritual Habitat

2009-07-03T07:09:16Z

God's Ecology and the Dawkins Challenge: A Scientific Guide to the Spiritual Habitat

God's Ecology is deeply inspired by a holistic vision that is firmly grounded in practical experience and a wide acquaintance with science and the healing arts. There is a new culture emerging that joins together the fragmented strands of modernity into a unity of thought and practical action, to which this book is a major contributor. --Prof. Brian Goodwin - Schumacher College

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Workshop Explores Preventive Diplomacy Prospects for the Middle East

2009-07-01T14:06:56Z

Workshop Explores Preventive Diplomacy Prospects for the Middle East

Within the framework of a project on “Preventive Diplomacy in the Middle East,” the Gulf Research Center (GRC) with the support of the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies of Kobe University, Japan held the first day of a two-day workshop on Monday to look into various conflict prevention mechanisms that can be applied to the volatile Middle East region. The project aims to explore the potential for applying preventive diplomacy in the Middle East region by bringing together academics and policy practioners from the Middle East, Asia, Europe and the US in a collaborative effort to examine numerous case studies.

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Islam -Poltical or Spiritual

2009-07-01T11:36:08Z

Islam -Poltical or Spiritual

As alarm about the Iranian election and the outrage around the world about what is presumed to be election fraud continues, I struggle to understand how Islam can be used to justify persecution, silencing, and violence. Iran is an Islamic country as are Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and others.

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The Wall Isn`t Falling

2009-06-30T17:02:08Z

The Wall Isn`t Falling

Whenever we see the kinds of images that have been coming out of Iran over the past two weeks, we tend to think back to 1989 and Eastern Europe. That time, when people took to the streets and challenged their governments, those seemingly stable regimes proved to be hollow and quickly collapsed. What emerged was liberal democracy. Could Iran yet undergo its own velvet revolution?

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Britishness’ at the Royal College Summit

2009-06-30T16:28:03Z

Britishness’ at the Royal College Summit

Down in a basement meeting room of the Holiday Inn Oxford Circus…that’s where the Centre for Human Emergence UK was born on the afternoon of Friday 26 July 2009. Spiral Dynamics co-developer Don Beck, Jon Freeman (author of ‘God’s Ecology and the Dawkins Challenge’), Rachel Castagne, Lynne Sedgemore CBE, Ian MacDonald of the Integral Centre, the veteran activist and author Rosemary Wilkie and myself harmonising an intent – creating a spirit, if you will. That intent is to build MeshWORK alliances to design natural solutions to local problems in the context of a globalised world.

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MEEDIA: GERMANY`S NEW MEDIA PORTAL

2009-06-30T15:28:59Z

MEEDIA: GERMANY`S NEW MEDIA PORTAL

The media today are undergoing the most dramatic change since Gutenberg invented movable type printing. The digitalisation and networking processes encouraged by the Internet have changed the market. Media consumers become media entrepreneurs, websites become brands, and garage companies become media corporations. These are exciting times, offering many chances and challenges, but also risks. MEEDIA is a source of information for anyone interested in the media sector. It is a highly progressive media portal that draws on the advantages of the Internet. MEEDIA is updated several times a day and features numerous videos, provides links to the most important national and international news articles and offers innovative tools that would have been impossible just a few years ago.

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Gallup’s World Poll reveals new findings on the “great global dream” and how it will affect the rise of the next economic empire

2009-06-30T07:04:19Z

Gallup’s World Poll reveals new findings on the “great global dream” and how it will affect the rise of the next economic empire

More and more often, global leaders are asking us the same simple, yet colossal, question: "Does anyone know for sure what the world is thinking?"

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Michael Jackson Effect on the Middle East

2009-06-29T15:30:03Z

Michael Jackson Effect on the Middle East

With respect to Western policy on the Middle East, the most significant events of the year may not be the Iranian election protests, or the US-Israel spat over settlements, or Palestinian unity or lack thereof. The most significant events may be the bankruptcy of General Motors, the world economic crisis, and the death of Michael Jackson.

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Young Global Leaders - "2030" – Environment

2009-06-28T17:46:07Z

Young Global Leaders - "2030" – Environment

What will the world be like in the year 2030? What trends can we expect? What can we do to shape them now? That's the agenda of the Young Global Leaders. They come from a diversity of countries and sectors - politicians, scientists, artists and entrepreneurs. The international "Young Global Leaders" platform was started by Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.

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GlobalPost

2009-06-28T15:48:45Z

GlobalPost

GlobalPost is embarking on a bold journey to redefine international news for the digital age. To get there, we are relying on the enduring values of great journalism: integrity, accuracy, independence and powerful storytelling.

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It’s Time to Be Bold But Not Attack Building a New Model of Education

2009-06-27T10:16:33Z

It’s Time to Be Bold But Not Attack Building a New Model of Education

As Mats Edin expresses, we are now seeing "Problems like suicide, self-mutilation, eatingdisorders, sexual abuse, violence, abuse, attacks, bomb threats and now even studentsplanning massacres in school." This necessitates a new educational model because, as DonBeck explains, "You’re dealing with the symptoms and not being able to get at the underlying structural dynamics and this is producing misfitness. It’s like the whole system is out of sync and not meeting the needs of people." And in discussing theircourse of action Don Beck uses a quote from R. Buckminster Fuller; "’You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.’ And so rather than fight battles,

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KORAN IN TRANSLATION Publishing Houses Compete to Bring out New German Editions

2009-06-27T07:37:37Z

KORAN IN TRANSLATION Publishing Houses Compete to Bring out New German Editions

How beautiful must the words of Allah sound? Two German publishing houses are preparing new translations that seek to capture the spirit of the original.

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