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Global Civil Society
The Rise of the Global Civil Society
Rene Wadlow*
There is currently a great expansion of what can be called “The Global Civil Society”— a host of commercial companies, media outlets, and non-governmental organizations ((NGOs) whose activities cross State frontiers. Often the staff members of these organizations come from a variety of countries and backgrounds. This global civil society is increasingly powerful…
ContinueAdded by Rene Wadlow on January 26, 2011 at 12:44pm — 1 Comment
Solving Climate Change
I start with certain premises:
The world can invent and develop 1000 small ways out of climate change.
God’s work must truly be our own. I don’t assume that “the system” is out to solve anything for us. So, the system is us. We are responsible stewards for the earth. Either we’re in charge of planning things out, or else nobody is.
The American approach to problems is quite tied up with inventiveness. For example, inventors have designed easily fixable water pumps…
ContinueAdded by Paul Klinkman on January 24, 2011 at 11:11am — No Comments
The mathematics of forgiveness and honesty
This is my first connection with this website, so I hope I’m doing things right.
In a linear prisoner’s dilemma game, one automaton or person can choose to reward itself a little, or to reward a second automaton a bit more. For example, one automaton might
be given a choice to give itself one point, or to give the other automaton two
points. Then the second…
Added by Paul Klinkman on December 29, 2010 at 12:22pm — No Comments
2010 International Year of Biodiversity
World Citizens Propose Planting Trees of Life
Rene Wadlow*
Listen for whispers from the woods, and wisdom will come.
The United Nations General Assembly, in Resolution 61/203; has proclaimed 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. The resolution, marking the UN Convention on Biodiversity was passed prior to the holding of the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference which highlighted the interactions between… Continue
Added by Rene Wadlow on December 31, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments
Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature.
Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment.
Subject :… Continue
Added by sushil yadav on December 29, 2009 at 11:19pm — No Comments
Hostage held on Afghan-Pakistan Frontier
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In a statement prepared for the UN Forum on Minority Issues, 12-13 November 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland, Rene Wadlow, Chief Representative of the Association of World Citizens to the UN, Geneva, called the assembled representatives of Governments, minority associations, and… Continue
Added by Rene Wadlow on November 9, 2009 at 1:29pm — No Comments
Women and Universal Responsibility
Rene Wadlow*
We should begin to develop from the level of the individual through that of society to the world at large, what I call a sense of universal responsibility: a deep respect for every living being who lives on this one small planet and calls it home. The Dalai Lama
On 31 October 2002, the UN Security Council adopted unanimously Resolution 1325 urging “Member States to ensure increased representation… Continue
Added by Rene Wadlow on October 24, 2009 at 6:54am — No Comments
24 Oct: UN Day
Rene Wadlow*
Those who observe world events may perceive something higher than human logic at work
Dag Hammarshjold has written that the United Nations was “the beginning of an organic process through which the diversity of peoples and their governments are struggling to find common ground upon which they can live together in the one world which has been thrust upon us before we were ready.”
Basically, the function of the UN… Continue
Added by Rene Wadlow on October 21, 2009 at 3:21pm — No Comments
World Food Day
A Citizens’ of the World Focus
Rene Wadlow*
16 October is the UN-designated World Food Day, the date chosen being the anniversary of the creation of the FAO in 1945 with the aim, as stated in its Constitution of “contributing towards an expanding world economy and ensuring humanity’s freedom from hunger.” Freedom from hunger is not simply a technical matter to be solved with better seeds, fertilisers, cultivation practices… Continue
Added by Rene Wadlow on October 8, 2009 at 9:36am — No Comments
C.G. Jung and Taoism
The Tao of Jung : The Way of Integrity
(New York: Arkana-Penguin, 1997, 197pp.) (Book)
Carl G. Jung (1875-1961) was one of those who dealt most directly with the passage of the Piscean Period to the Age of Aquarius, especially in his book Aion. He analyses astrological imagery embodied in Zodiacal ages in order to deal with the psychological problems of this period of transition. The astrological sign of Pisces is often represented as two fish – one light,… Continue
Added by Rene Wadlow on August 31, 2009 at 9:03am — No Comments
The Power of Love: Writings of Pitirim Sorokin
An analysis of Pitirim Sorokin’s The Ways and Power of Love
(Boston: The Beacon Press, 1954, 552 pp.)
New edition: Templeton Press 2002
Rene Wadlow
A good end cannot sanctify evil means, nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it…Let us then try what Love will do…Force may subdue but Love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel. William Penn Some Fruits of Solitude
Pitirim Sorokin (1889-1968) was… Continue
Added by Rene Wadlow on August 24, 2009 at 10:32am — No Comments
9 Aug; International Day of Indigenous Peoples
Rene Wadlow*
While both humanization and dehumanization are real alternatives, only the first is man’s vocation. This vocation is constantly negated. It is thewarted by injustice, exploitation, oppression, and the violence of the oppressors; it is affirmed by the yearning of the oppressed for freedom and justice, and by their struggle to recover their lost humanity. Paulo Freire
The United Nations General Assembly has set 9… Continue
Added by Rene Wadlow on August 5, 2009 at 12:18pm — No Comments
Peacebuilding:Cooperation, Coordination, and Holistic Vision
Rene Wadlow*
“From the outset of my mandate” said in 1993 then Secretary General of the UN Boutros Boutros-Ghali “I have been convinced that the structure of the Organization must mirror, as closely as possible, the tasks it is assigned to undertake. An institution must reflect
the objectives it pursues…The UN therefore faces the difficult task of relating our aims to our means, of updating and reforming… Continue
Added by Rene Wadlow on August 1, 2009 at 6:20am — No Comments
World March for Peace and Non-Violence
As I am one of the western Canadian contacts for the World March for Peace and Non-Violence coming up rather quickly (beginning in October in New Zealand, and ending in Argentina in January) - I am curious to know if other… Continue
Added by S.E.Ingraham on April 15, 2009 at 3:31pm — No Comments
Sri Lanka Truce
By: Rene Wadlow Posted on: 4/14/2009
Kuan Yin : She who harkens to the cries of the world
Rene Wadlow*
Wise in using skilful means
In every corner of the world
She manifests her countless forms.
Sri Lanka Truce.
Over the past several months, there have been calls to the Sri Lankan government and to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for… Continue
Added by Rene Wadlow on April 15, 2009 at 12:17pm — No Comments
I Write Letters
I was very disappointed to see you gave in to bigotry and voted Nay on S.115. You are standing on the wrong side of the sentiment of Vermont, the wrong side of civil rights, and the wrong side of history. I hope you can redeem yourself on Tuesday when the House considers overriding the Governor's threatened…
ContinueAdded by NTodd on April 3, 2009 at 12:24am — No Comments
D.C. woman fasts, holds vigil to honor Gazan women
WHAT: D.C. activist to fast in solidarity with Alice Walker, 58 other delegates currently in Gaza
WHEN: 11 a.m. March 8 to March 14
WHERE: On the Lafayette Park side of the White House
WASHINGTON -- In solidarity with Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Alice Walker and 58 others currently in war-torn Gaza, a D.C.-based CODEPINK activist will begin a week-long fast and vigil today outside the… Continue
Added by NTodd on March 8, 2009 at 10:09am — No Comments
Iran Hearings
Added by NTodd on March 6, 2009 at 10:47am — No Comments
Complex Systems And Peacebuilding
Thanks to my old prof, Chip Hauss, whose organization Alliance for Peacebuilding hosted a workshop at Search for Common Ground, I was able to see Vermonter Louise Diamond present 12 Simple Rules of System Thinking for Complex Global Issues. It was a 90 minute lecture, so obviously there's a lot of nuance,…
ContinueAdded by NTodd on March 5, 2009 at 10:36pm — No Comments
8 March International Day of Women
Rene Wadlow *
Be ever watchful, wanderer, for the eyes that gaze into yours at the bend of the road may be those of the goddess herself. Oracle at Delphi
March 8 is the International Day of Women and is placed under the sign of the goddess of the month of March — Minerva. Minerva derives her name from the Latin mens (mind), and so she has a special relation to teachers and artists, especially players of a flute.… Continue
Added by Rene Wadlow on March 5, 2009 at 1:23pm — No Comments
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