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What Do We Mean by “Masculine” and “Feminine,” Anyway?

November 8th, 2009 by Elizabeth Debold· 10 Comments · Business, Cultural Evolution, Culture, Divine Feminine, Gender, Integral Philosophy, Uncategorized

Quick: “masculine”–take ten seconds and say the words that come to mind that describe masculine. Next, do the same with “feminine.” That was the first exercise that my friend and colleague Cindy Wigglesworth and I asked participants to do in the breakout session that we led at the Integral Leadership in Action conference (October 15-18). [...]

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Buckminster Fuller Was A Mystic

November 6th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 4 Comments · Bright Green, Consciousness, Evolutionaries, Spirituality

Have you ever had a mysterious attraction to a particular historical figure without really knowing why. . . until one day you find out something about their life and “bam!” it all makes sense? I recently had this experience with the twentieth century design pioneer Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) .
I always knew “Bucky” was amazing. [...]

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Perspectives on Integral Ecology—4

September 24th, 2009 by Michael E. Zimmerman· 2 Comments · Bright Green, Consciousness, Integral Philosophy, Spirituality

For an introduction to this series of dialogues between EnlightenNext magazine’s Ross Robertson and environmental philosopher Michael Zimmerman, see this post. For the previous blog in the series, click here.
Ross,
Your marvelous account of how profoundly affected you were by your first visit to Yosemite reminds me of what happened to my wife at the same [...]

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Perspectives on Integral Ecology—3

September 10th, 2009 by Ross Robertson· 4 Comments · Bright Green, Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Integral Philosophy

For an introduction to this series of dialogues between EnlightenNext magazine’s Ross Robertson and environmental philosopher Michael Zimmerman, see this post. For the previous blog in the series, click here.
Michael,
I like the way you tied together the two core issues I brought up—anthropocentrism and interiority—so simply and directly in your last letter. I think my [...]

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A Brighter Shade of Green

August 2nd, 2009 by Joel Pitney· No Comments · Bright Green, EnlightenNext magazine

This past Friday morning, Ross Robertson and I appeared on a community radio program out of Burlington, VT called The Howie Rose Show to speak about Ross’ popular feature article, “A Brighter Shade of Green: Rebooting Environmentalism for the 21st Century.” I’m a regular guest on the show, calling in every Friday morning along with [...]

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Perspectives on Integral Ecology—2

June 17th, 2009 by Michael E. Zimmerman· 2 Comments · Bright Green, Consciousness, Integral Philosophy

For an introduction to this series of dialogues between EnlightenNext magazine’s Ross Robertson and environmental philosopher Michael Zimmerman, see this post. For the previous blog in the series, click here.

Dear Ross,
Thank you very much for your interest in the book that Sean Esbjorn-Hargens and I have written about integral ecology. I welcome the opportunity to [...]

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Perspectives on Integral Ecology—1

June 12th, 2009 by Ross Robertson· 2 Comments · Bright Green, Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Evolutionary Spirituality, Integral Philosophy

For an introduction to this series of dialogues between EnlightenNext magazine’s Ross Robertson and environmental philosopher Michael Zimmerman, see this post.
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Dear Michael,
Thanks again for agreeing to discuss this always subtle and fascinating subject—integral ecology—with me here on our blog. I am so impressed with the book [...]

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It’s So Hard to Be Goode

May 29th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 3 Comments · Bright Green, Culture, Humor, Pop Culture, Postmodernism

This past Wednesday evening, I could hardly believe my eyes when I watched the season premier of The Goode Family, a new animated sitcom on ABC by Mike Judge (along with John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky). The show, which chronicles the trials and tribulations of an environmentally-responsible, culturally-sensitive middle class American family, was absolutely hilarious. [...]

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Bright Green Links for a Merrier May

May 26th, 2009 by Ross Robertson· 1 Comment · Bright Green, Cultural Evolution, Science, Technology

It’s springtime here in the bright, sunny Berkshires—weather highly conducive to bright green optimism if ever there was some. I spoke on a panel this weekend in the nearby town of Lenox, MA about the need to embrace an entirely new set of values when it comes to the environment, and I couldn’t contain my [...]

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Pomoboarding

May 11th, 2009 by Ross Robertson· 5 Comments · Bright Green, Cultural Evolution, Culture, Integral Philosophy, Postmodernism

Google rules. Google Images, in this case, which digested the search term “postmodern” in 0.19 seconds and spat out this photo of a folk singer called The Bedroom Philosopher, along with the lyrics for his song “I’m So Postmodern”:

I’m so postmodern that I just don’t talk anymore,
I wear different coloured t-shirts according to my mood [...]

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Civilization: A Blessing or a Curse? (Think About This #55)

May 6th, 2009 by Tom Huston· No Comments · Bright Green, Evolutionary Spirituality, Humor, Think About This

Is humanity a plague on the earth? Or are we actually Mother Nature’s greatest success story? In an amusing video posted to our new EnlightenNext Editors’ Blog, this topic is addressed in a dramatic philosophical face-off between spiritual entertainer Stuart Davis and…himself. “In a schizophrenic scene situated in an idyllic Colorado mountain meadow,” writes associate [...]

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The Best of Times; the Worst of Times

April 30th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 15 Comments · Bright Green, Cultural Evolution, Humor, Pop Culture

Is human civilization, with its cities, laws, technology, and endless forward momentum, a plague on Mother Earth moving us further and further from our indigenous, natural, Eden-like past with every progressive step? Or is it the most recent expression of an extraordinary process of evolution that has given birth to higher and higher forms of [...]

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