2011

Indigenous Wisdom is a treasure chest for humanity that has been ignored and endangered by humanity in the name of progress. This month newsletter focusses on how to harness the benefits of indigenous wisdom for sustainable development. Thus we have excerpts from Prof. Rose von Thater-Braan on the need for Cognitive Pluralism rather than cognitive…

This month newsletter brings you an excerpt from the first E.F.Schumacher lecture by alternative economist James Robertson. He feels that sustainable development should be a pro-active way of life rather than reactive 'after' response to the ecological crisis that we make. He states: …There is a system here that has to be changed. The need is…

In this newsletter Lester Brown, leading environmental thinker, speaks of the coming of a 'perfect storm'. Only this storm is more man-made than natural. And he predicts that this storm is coming faster than we have been expecting. Lester Brown asks "A lily pond has one leaf in it the first day, two the second day,…

Mystics may not need science and science need not certify mysticism. But humanity needs both. Tagore, a mystic at heart and a poet has a dialogue with Albert Einstein who is a scientist and a great human. Here in this month newsletter we provide an excerpt from that conversation. Aesthetics is an important component for…

This month we bring you a wonderful treasure-chest of eco-philosophies and actions. We have Gregory Bateson talking about connectedness. He asks: What thoughts can I share regarding the total biological world in which we live and have our being? How is it put together? ... What is the pattern which connects all the living creatures? Its an…