The Global Shift to Distributive Value: From Supply-Side to Needs-Based Economies – James Quilligan
James Quilligan has been an analyst in the field of international economic development since 1975. From 1978-1984, he was a researcher and press secretary for the Independent Commission on International Development Issues, chaired by West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. Since then, Quilligan has served as an advisor and writer for leaders, governments and economic institutions […]
Beyond the Great Reset – The Systems Change Summit
The world is in a deep, systemic crisis, both economically and environmentally. But is the plan for a Great Reset of capitalism as formulated by the World Economic Forum the best way forward? We do not think so. Therefore we have invited some of the greatest and most prolific activists and thinkers in the world […]
Strengthening Local Economies worldwide – Helena Norberg-Hodge
The path to healing ourselves and the planet Helena Norberg-Hodge is a pioneer of the local economy movement. She is a widely respected analyst of the impact of the global economy and international development on local communities, local economies, and personal identity, and is a leading proponent of ‘localization’, or decentralization, as a means of […]
Andrew Harvey speaking on The Great Reset
Excerpt from an interview with founder of the Institute for Sacred Activism, Andrew Harvey, from January 2021, in the same week that members of the World Economic Forum were meeting to discuss the Davos Agenda, The Great Reset. Watch the full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5YinW229dA Register free for our online summit, 15th May 2021, Beyond The Great […]
Interview with Steven Erikson, Best-Selling Author and Archaeologist
Steven Erikson is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author renowned for writing The Malazan Book of the Fallen, a ten-volume series that has sold millions of copies worldwide and is recognized as number two of the top 10 fantasy books by Fantasy Book Review and one of 30 best fantasy series of […]
Live interview with Prof. Louis Herman
Roar Bjonnes will be talking with Prof. Herman about the evolution of consciousness, the human condition and the lessons from our wilderness origins. Louis G. Herman is professor of political science at the University of Hawai’i West-Oahu. Born in an orthodox Jewish community in apartheid South Africa, Herman’s earliest memories were of “wilderness rapture”— intoxication […]
Holistic Education and Systems Change – Live panel discussion
How do different people learn? Are our current education systems anywhere close to being nourishing learning environments? What is missing and what are the alternatives? Join us for a live panel discussion with Stephanie Nestlerode, Vanessa Aires and Sheryl Morris on the topic of holistic education and its role in systems change. With a MSc […]
Live Interview with Luke Wallace
Luke Wallace embodies a new wave of politically charged folk music, writing the soundtrack for a movement of people rising up to meet the social and environmental challenges of our times. His 5th album, “What on Earth”, was released in March 2020. Known for his catchy songwriting and inspiring musical delivery, Luke continues using his […]
Live Interview with Natasha Chassagne, PhD
We often recognise the timeless wisdom of indigenous peoples and their integrated and natural way of life but how do we put these ideas into practice in the challenging modern world? Natasha Chassagne is a writer and researcher in sustainability and wellbeing, based in Tasmania, Australia. She specialises in holistic visions for sustainability and wellbeing, […]
Live Interview with poet and author Thomas Rain Crowe
Poets like Kabir, Hafiz and Rumi were “sacred activists” hundreds of years before the term was ever used by modern mystics like Andrew Harvey. The 14th century Sufi mystic Hafiz, for example, spoke of corruption, immoral statesmen, and greed long before it started playing out on a global scene as a systemic problem. We certainly recognize […]
