By Jan Goeschel Renewing Higher Education and Professional Development Anyone who follows the current discussion about the future of higher education will quickly recognize that the current world of colleges and universities is in serious need of some radically new ideas and visions. The Camphill Movement in North America, a movement of intentional communities dedicated to social renewal on the ... Read More ►
By Nancy Blanning The Effects of Media on Your Child’s Context for Life It is our fondest hope as parents and teachers that our children will be allowed to encounter the world directly through the freshness and unprejudiced vision of their own eyes, ears, and hands. I think of our grandson’s dedication to snail-watching last spring and summer. Nothing was ... Read More ►
Dear Readers, For many of us in the West, our lives are relatively prosperous and filled with choices. Having evolved to the point where we no longer spend our days chopping wood and carrying water, we can continue to cultivate ourselves, study, and learn new things. Supporting engagement in life-long learning is, in fact, the purpose of this publication. As ... Read More ►
An Interview with Nicanor Perlas In our Spring 2004 issue, we published the acceptance speech given by Nicanor Perlas in Stockholm, Sweden, subsequent to his receiving the Right Livelihood Award (also Known as the Alternative Nobel Prize) in 2003. Nicanor Perlas is President of the Center for Alternative Development Initiatives (CADI) in Manila, The Philippines. CADI (www.cadi.ph) is concerned with ... Read More ►
Witnessing an Emerging New Consciousness By Claus Sproll As we have grown from a tribal awareness of family and clan into nation-states, and into a more global awareness, we begin to face the limits of our ability to digest and to act on the amount of information that constantly inundates us. We can have global awareness only with a new ... Read More ►
By Maggie Pate Duffey, Edith Allison and Trista Haggerty How do we begin to make use of the religious texts, ancient traditions, and spiritual practices that have become more accessible in western cultures in the last several decades? How do we incorporate them into the “cultural creative” movement that seeks to address social, political, and artistic issues of our time? ... Read More ►
By Bernard Jarman The soil and its fertility is the foundation for our existence and it is the soil of our planet which is above all under threat today. We know that the frequent application of mineral fertilizers and the use of chemicals destroys life in the soil and that the value of the food produced is thereby seriously diminished. ... Read More ►
Dear Readers, Being married to a farmer means that having dirt tracked into the house is a way of life. Fortunately, I like dirt. And I like living a life that keeps me close to the soil. Rudolf Steiner described the soul-like qualities of soil, and he spoke of soil as having an “inner life”—qualities we would normally attribute to ... Read More ►
By Zalene C. Corey While organizing my kayak gear to get ready to shoot the rapids on my favorite river recently, I overheard the following conversation: “Have you spoken with your mother-in-law about her funeral wishes yet?” “Oh, no! She would just think we were trying to get rid of her! Besides, the church has a ‘way’ and that’s how ... Read More ►
By Yu Ningyuan The soul remembered, I’m the son of the rain It began from a small fire Later, it burned large, like a sea of fire The rain cannot put out the fire Just like the ages cannot crush the dream Classrooms and homework wavering in the wind A huge burst of wind blew the classroom to the prairie ... Read More ►
