Issue Theme
Awakening the Soul of Business

Conscious Leadership: New Thinking for a Better Future
We humans have the opportunity to consciously participate in our evolution for the first time in history-to consciously evolve.
by John Renesch

Spirituality as the Fourth Bottom Line
As economics becomes less central to our lives, we seem to be moving toward a spiritual future.
by Sohail Inayatullah

Indicators for a Quadruple Bottom Line
While there are clear indicators for its presence in an organization, we still need to understand how to measure the quadruple bottom line.
by Marcus Bussey

A living wage—for all of us
“Nobody has the guts to call a dollar a dollar and take the time to discuss the real cause of disparity in our land of gluttonous plenty.”
by Roar Bjonnes

Ecology and Development

Sprawl Comes with a Big Box
Do the bright lights of a shopping mall equate with a bright future?
by Arnie Cooper

The Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary: An Interview with Satish Kumar
“If young people want to develop a spiritual and ecological consciousness they need to bring it into simple ordinary activity...(it) has to be manifested in practical activities.”
by Prem Sagar Rose and Dada Subuddhyananda

Global Braid: The ‘inner body’ may help us conserve our bio-diversity.
“Conservation and development projects will not ‘take’ among people without somehow tapping into their deeper energies and evolving ideas.”
by Malcolm Mitchell

Society

The Meeting of East and West
When East and West listen to each other, we can all learn a thing or two.
by P.R. Sarkar

Maleny Cooperatives: Examples of Small-Scale Cooperative Enterprise
A small Aussie town exemplifies the cooperative spirit.
by Jake Karlyle

The Fourth Wave in Business
“Spiritual Intelligence or Spiritual Awareness in business is a concept whose time has come.”
by Clive Simpkins
 

Communications

Be Alarmed, Be Very Alarmed
How an anti-terrorism kit reminded the author of a small yellow car from her communist childhood.
by Ivana Milojevic

Media, Truth and Democracy
A real democracy needs an open, free, pluralistic, multi-directional and ideologically diverse media.
by Dan Butts and Mike Whitty

Departments

Econotes: 40 Million People Unite To Clean Up the World; Driving a Hard Bargain; Dung Powered Electricity Debuts In Britain; Amazon Forest Woes

People Notes: Our Sister Amina; Downtown-Win It or Lose It; Miss Black USA Wants America to Go Vegetarian; $17m Programme Supports Women’s Advancement in Pakistan

Arts in Review

The Weather Tomorrow: Partly Cloudy
“This film depicts what may be the most charming gathering of middle-aged revolutionaries in the history of film.”
by Sparrow

Bruce Springsteen: Born to Play
Bruce’s songs are tender and compassionate, but in concert it’s all about having a good time.
reviewed by Daniel Haven

As the Goddess Exhales
poetry by Phil Cohen and Scott Ezell

Book Reviews
Coup Against Chavez in Venezuela
Economics—a New Introduction
A Search In Secret India
Private Planet
reviewed by Robert Caring, Michael Towsey, Pathik Strand, Ivana Milojevic

Joyful Things, the love it brings…

Music Reviews
May the Spirit Be With You
Realms Of Light
Joyful Things, the love it brings…
reviewed by A.V. Avadhuta, Pathik Strand, Anijali Natarajan

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