Welcome to a Fascinating Place

I'm starting this blog as a means to express and share my own experiences and insights about the world, the interconnectedness of everything in it, and our potential pathways to a sustainable future. It is also a way to share with you the ideas, movements and organizations that inspire me in my quest to contribute to the positive transformation of our world. The blog posts and links on this site cover a huge variety of topics and will show how all of the different subjects are linked. I am thoroughly convinced that we, as a species, are inextricably connected to each other and our surroundings in ways both seen and unseen. Therefore, so are all of the ideas, technology and belief systems that we've created. Writing these posts is a very wonderful journey for me. I hope that you will find this blog spot to be a fascinating and inspirational place, as well.

PS- Your constructive comments and questions are always appreciated!



Saturday, April 16, 2011

What does Development mean?

My lifelong exploration of what it means to be sustainable and why our current way of being, as a civilization, is unsustainable has led me to the question of "What does development mean?".  No matter what sphere of the world you live in or what culture you come from, it seems that the number one priority of all societies is to develop.  Individuals, businesses, and nations all have the goal of developing.  I would posit, then, that it is utterly important for us to question what we mean when we use this word.  What does the word "development" mean?

Ode to Athens, Good Luck to Greece

Few things have changed my life and my perspective of the world to the extent that Athens has.  It's the rawness of human nature and the contradictions within that human nature that are so glaringly obvious in this city.  One feels it instantly upon arriving.  I misinterpretted it in the beginning as a city emenating "negative energy".  But, no, it's not that simple.  It never is, is it?