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Reclaiming joy from the Cerebesphere and New Age Nausea

By Carolyn Baker | November 20, 2013

kids playing

PART 5 OF 5. This article is the final installment of a five-part series by Carolyn Baker on dealing with the emotions aroused by the collapse of industrial civilization, “What Collapse Feels Like.” Read the entire series here. Perhaps the last emotion a collapse-aware reader would expect to see in a series on “What Collapse Feels Like” would be joy. Fear, anger, grief, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: Auschwitz, Charles Eisenstein, Jack Adam Weber, New Age spirituality, power of attraction, William Stafford

The 2013 in and out list

By Staff Reports | January 7, 2013

bacon tee

The end of 2012 brought with it a rash of the same-old same-old "In and Out" lists issued by the lamestream media and their corporate overlords. To wit, the annual Washington Post "List," this time tarted up by putting two newbies at the helm to give it some so-called edge. Bwa-ha ha! It still stunk of too much product placement, too many contract obligations, and a crap … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: "In and Out" list, Charles Eisenstein, hydrofracking, Occupy Wall Street, peak oil, Richard Heinberg, sustainability

The new existentialism

By Staff Reports | October 26, 2012

A philosopher.

"As this planetary crisis invades our individual lives, unavoidably, neither the personal nor the collective misconception of who we are will remain tenable" -Charles Eisenstein, from Ascent of Humanity The state of humanity is at a crossroads between a dying culture of civilization and a new way of living in the world — a way of living that in symbiosis, in synchronicity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: Charles Eisenstein, communication, dystopia

Charles Eisenstein wants to devalue your money to save the economy

By Erik Curren | August 15, 2012

Charles Eisenstein

Imagine if you had a warehouse full of bread that would go stale in three days. You'd want to get rid of it as quickly as possible. Of course, you wouldn't try to sell it at premium prices. Instead, you'd want to hold a liquidation sale. Or, maybe even not go through the bother of trying to sell it at all — just give it away. In that way, you'd earn both gratitude and favors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: Charles Eisenstein, demurrage, economic growth, inflation, local currency, local economy, relocalization

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