Just in case anyone is still under the impression that these kinds of mass violations of human rights only happen in dictatorships, it’s worth watching the Fifth Estate’s telling documentary “You Should’ve Stayed Home” which documents the story of “ordinary citizens on the streets at Toronto G20 Summit marching peacefully until the police closed in and shut them down.”
When Net Worth Becomes Self Worth
Since we tend to focus on what we measure in our life and work, we pay a heavy and distorted price when we limit our definition of personal success to our net worth.
Having a Life Without Money
Trying to live with less isn’t just difficult, it’s perceived by some people as an affront to the American dream. Nathan Thompson explores the issue and the “brave few” who continue to try to break through.
Kenneth Cole’s Crass Tweet an Attempt to Capitalize on Egypt Crisis
Everyone is buzzing about a crass tweet by fashion designer Kenneth Cole who used the protests in Egypt to promote his new collection.
What Have You Noticed?
Like most all of us, I have experienced a number of challenges and set-backs during this Great Recession period. My income and savings dropped dramatically, my dream of starting a new business was put into mothballs. I needed to do a personal-life make-over in a number of key aspects of my day-to-day activities and […]
How to Live in a Consumer Culture Without Being Consumed
I wonder if, one of these days when I wake up, someone is going to try to sell me sunshine. Now that everyone buys water in bottles, pays hundreds of dollars every month for digital entertainment products, and feels they can’t get out and exercise without Lululemon ‘yoga inspired athletic apparel,’ there aren’t many frontiers left.
What Does It Take for Events to Change Our Behavior?
Steve Goldberg, founder of Upside Matters, reflects on the Chilean mine rescue, September 11th and the global economic downturn and wonders: what does it take for events to change human behavior?
All Bets Are Off
I walk into the once inviting lobby of this Halifax water front hotel and am immediately assailed by the reek of tobacco, stale beer and a hint of unwashed flesh. The high-pitched chiming and ringing of the gaming machines almost drowns out the low hum of human voices. Every once in a while a bell […]
Share Your Stuff
From socks to cars to skills, how sharing and swapping gives you more.
Get Free From Wall Street: An Interview With David Korten
David Korten’s 1995 bestseller, When Corporations Rule the World, was a key document in building the anti-globalization movement. In the aftermath of the 2008 economic meltdown, he wrote Agenda for a New Economy, a critique of the overwhelming influence of Wall Street on economic policy, which has resulted in a political system that serves, not the many, but the very wealthy few. Now, Korten is back with a strategy for taking back our political and economic systems and using them to create localized, community-controlled economies that foster the things we really need.