Greening Capitalism, Quietly: Seven Types of Organizations Driving the “Necessary Revolution”
To survive, capitalism must shift its strategy as an economic system from one concentrating solely on returning the highest rate of return to its investors as possible to one recognizing that the preservation of the natural environment is a co-equal obligation. This report, which will be updated in 2022, provides an overview to over 100 […]
A Talk in the Park
I gave a talk about the Security and Sustainability Guide at an Earth Day celebration in April. This clip starts mid-sentence. I had just said something about work that Anika Savage and I did in a field we entitled “anticipatory leadership”. The Security and Sustainability Guide’s mission is to provide decision-makers and activists with valid […]
Examining The Emerald Tablet of Hermes
To survive and thrive in the Anthropocene, humanity must develop a higher level of consciousness. If we proceed as we have since the beginning of this era around 200 years ago, our species and some form of life on the planet will likely have a life expectancy of another couple hundred years that will be […]
Action Skills for Radical Democratic Organizations: A Learning Agenda for the Metroville Artists Org
This is my doctoral dissertation. It’s long, but its saving grace is that it probes and describes the interwoven nature of interpersonal and political dynamics in organizational settings. It studies and details the evolution of a 900-member community arts organization in which every member had the chartered right to participate as equals in all decision-making […]
Let’s Talk About Guns
Columbine, Orlando, Sandy Hook, Parkland, Buffalo, Uvalde…where does it end? Will America’s “frontiersman” myth spread to other societies, especially those where democracy is in trouble? Currently, there is a gun for every resident of the United States, and that is unusable. However, the tensions between Rightists and Leftists are not limited to the United States. […]
Seeing And Improving The Anthropocene
This video – a recording of a presentation and discussion of the Anthropocene for Security and Sustainability Guide – provides a good primer on what we’re all about here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj_lW9s0Zu0 “Stress on Planetary boundaries drives polarization and conflict.” – Michael Sales, Seeing and Improving the Anthropocene
Will Evil Triumph in The Anthropocene?
Will he or won’t he? Like Putin, Trump is unadulterated evil. Not to his supporters, of course, but to anyone who’s paying attention to his character, his policies and his crimes, he’s a slime ball. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that he — like Putin— isn’t and won’t have a significant impact on the future. He’s […]
Numbers Too Big To Ignore
The continued assault on Women’s Rights leaves many questions… Sexual behavior, in general, and the sexual behavior of women, in particular, is and will be a factor in all aspects of the Anthropocene. Will we see a overt suppression of the rights of women to have sex outside of agreed upon contexts, for example? Will […]
Reflexivity
In addition to being a GOP boogie man and an anti-semitic dog whistle, George Soros, 92, is one of the world’s most successful investors. He is also the founder of the Open Society Foundation to which he has contributed $34B. The Foundation is committed to supporting “inclusive democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens.” […]
The Courage of Volodymyre Zelenskyy
Updated: Mar 16, 2023 The unlikely hero… Volodymyre Zelenskyy is a modern day David facing an brutal and amoral Goliath. He’s established a new standard for leadership in the Anthropocene: a charismatic man with immense media skills and technological know how who is modeling what it looks like to be a man who seeks to have […]