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"Politics of Hope" with Donna Zajonc
Donna, a former elected official, political leadership coach, and author of The Politics of Hope, takes a decidedly trans-partisan perspective, drawing upon developmental theorists from Elizabeth Kübler-Ross to Don Beck to explore how our political processes evolve as we evolve.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2006-10-11
- 01:06:37
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"Can a Scientific and Rational Mind Support a God Hypothesis?" with Bernard Haisch and Rabbi Michael Lerner (part 1 of 2)
"Can a Scientific and Rational Mind Support a God Hypothesis - and What Does That Have to Do With Transforming the Politics of American Society?" Lecture by Bernard Haisch, PhD and ...
- Audio Lectures
- 2007-11-08
- 00:46:52
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"Can a Scientific and Rational Mind Support a God Hypothesis?" with Bernard Haisch and Rabbi Michael Lerner (part 2 of 2)
"Can a Scientific and Rational Mind Support a God Hypothesis - and What Does That Have to Do With Transforming the Politics of American Society?" Lecture by Bernard Haisch, PhD and ...
- Audio Lectures
- 2007-11-08
- 01:03:39
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"World Democracy, Deep Politics, and the 2008 Election" with Byron Belitsos (interview)
Author, editor, publisher and political activist Byron Belitsos talks with host Matthew Gilbert about Democratic World Federalists. He describes many possible routes to creating a world government, some preferable to others.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-10-29
- 00:42:04
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"World Democracy, Deep Politics, and the 2008 Election" with Byron Belitsos (Q&A)
Author, editor, publisher and political activist Byron Belitsos talks with host Matthew Gilbert about Democratic World Federalists. He describes many possible routes to creating a world government, some preferable to others.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-10-29
- 00:45:23
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"Translucent Revolution" with Arjuna Ardagh
Arjuna and host Stephen Dinan range over a wide variety of topics, from the possibility of political translucence to triple-bottom-line business and the upper octaves of sex, illuminating the common threads involved in shifting to a translucent worldview. This dialogue gives fresh evidence for a new Renaissance underway in our day.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2005-09-28
- 01:01:13
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"Birthing a New World" with Stanislav Grof (sample)
Dr. Grof reflects on the insights that have emerged from over 40 years of non-ordinary state research into the human psyche with psychedelics and Holotropic Breathwork™. He then relates this material to dynamics we are now experiencing on the world stage, showing how unconscious perinatal material is influential in war, violence, and oppression, and is often used by political leaders.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2007-06-06
- 00:05:35
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Stories from the Heart: Hafsat Abiola and Lynne Twist (sample)
Nigerian Hafsat Abiola shares how her parents were killed for political reasons and how that spurred her to live a committed life of service, one in which she joined in a beautiful partnership with former IONS Board Chair Lynne Twist, who then shares her side of the story.
- Audio Lectures
- 2007
- 00:03:00
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The Time of Our Lives
Opening to the Gifts of both Past and Future
Watch this video recording of a presentation by Joanna Macy, PhD, recorded at the 14th International IONS Conference in 2011 – The Time of Our Lives: Opening to the Gifts of both Past and Future. Macy is a scholar of Buddhism and Living Systems Theory, known worldwide for her workshops for environmental and political activists.
- Video Lectures
- 2011-06
- 00:54:57
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A World in Transition
With global civilization in the throes of transition, our guiding values and assumptions about reality are in flux. In this excerpt from Global Shift, the latest title from Noetic Books ...
- Publications Articles
- Winter 2008 - 2009
- 5 pages
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"Noetic Patriotism" with John White
America and the Politics of Enlightenment
John White maintains that (1) the spiritual foundations of America are congruent with those of the Perennial Philosophy, which emphasizes enlightenment as the key to world peace and happiness, and (2) the Perennial Philosophy is embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, which together provide a theory and practice of enlightened government.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2010-03-11
- 01:02:33
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"Emerging Wisdom Culture" with Jim Garrison
In this teleseminar discussion with host Stephen Dinan, Garrison ranges from the Socratic method in Greece to the emerging wisdom culture today, looking at the epochal changes in the value landscape that parallel the shifts of the Renaissance. His perspective includes spiritual, sociological, and political dimensions of who we are and where we are headed.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2007-12-05
- 01:02:34
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Great Shift Dialogue: Kevin Danaher and Medea Benjamin
Global Exchange and Green Festival co-founders Medea Benjamin and Kevin Danaher are masters of finding practical solutions that create systemic change. In this dialogue, they explore a triple-bottom line economy, the global grassroots revolution in values, and the opportunity to use America’s worldwide network of military bases as hubs for green innovation.
- Audio Interviews
- 2008-02-01
- 00:30:40
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"The Global Brain" with Howard Bloom
In this intellectually far-ranging teleseminar, polymath Howard Bloom explores the evolutionary process with former IONS President James O’Dea. As both a scientist and a humanist, Bloom draws upon concepts from biology to physics and mythology to political theory to weave a tapestry of provocative evolutionary ideas.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2007-11-28
- 01:00:15
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"Rise of the Integral Worldview" with Steve McIntosh
Defining the integral worldview as one that simultaneously addresses both one's "inner" experience and "outer" conditions, Steven outlines its power to help address global legacy problems while preserving local historical and cultural values.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-07-09
- 01:12:16
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Great Shift Dialogue: Barbara Marx Hubbard and Stephen Dinan
Futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard is on a mission of conscious evolution, one that was templated in her cells in an experience of what she calls the planetary birth. In her dialogue with Shift in Action founder Stephen Dinan, a remarkable sense of co-creative joy bubbles forth as they discuss subjects from the evolution of new political perspectives to the emergence of Christianity 2.0.
- Audio Interviews
- 2008-02-01
- 00:54:12
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"Vision 2020" with Stephen Dinan (part 1 of 2)
Laying the Groundwork for a Global Shift in the Years Ahead
In this session Stephen lays out an inspiring strategic roadmap for the next decade, showing how dozens of major initiatives can work together across thousands of local groups to accelerate our evolution as a species.
- Audio Lectures
- 2009-06-21
- 01:07:23
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"Vision 2020" with Stephen Dinan (part 2 of 2)
Laying the Groundwork for a Global Shift in the Years Ahead
In this session Stephen lays out an inspiring strategic roadmap for the next decade, showing how dozens of major initiatives can work together across thousands of local groups to accelerate our evolution as a species.
- Audio Lectures
- 2009-06-21
- 00:49:34
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Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution
What does the next step in evolution hold for society as a whole? This volume suggests that an integral worldview is crucial to the development of our civilization, and that through its understanding of the evolution of consciousness it can provide both realistic and pragmatic solutions to global problems.
- Publications Books
- September 2007
- 371 pages
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Stories from the Heart
This program features remarkable speakers from the IONS 2007 conference who deeply touched our hearts, including IONS Founder Edgar Mitchell, Van Jones, Hafsat Abiola, Lynne Twist, and Swami Chidanand Saraswati.