David Korten spoke (remotely) for the April 23, 2023 Earth Day service at Saltwater UU Church in Des Moines, WA, at the invitation of Dick Burkhart and Saltwater’s Climate Action Network.
It is my delight to join you all to share my Earth Day thoughts on “Earth, Religion, and the Human Future.” My thanks to Rev […]
Newsletter – April 21, 2023
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Dear Friends,
On April 22 we will celebrate Earth Day, a day that 53 years ago launched the modern environmental movement. What makes this day especially significant right at this moment is that we are fast running out of time to align our way […]
Newsletter – March 22, 2023
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Dear Friends,
One of the key issues I have addressed over the years is ownership – the stranglehold it has at the hands of corporations, financial institutions, and wealthy landlords, and the power and wellbeing workers and communities can realize by building a very […]
These discussion questions were developed in collaboration with 3rd Act Magazine to accompany David’s article – “For the Love of Earth” – for their Spring 2022 issue (pages 38-41 in this digital format). Available for you, with permission from the publishers.
Who […]
Newsletter – February 8, 2023
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Dear Friends,
This is the first of my newly redesigned newsletters. In each, I will share my thoughts on current events and other matters related to our shared commitment to creating a world that works for all people and the living Earth. I hope […]
(This article was originally published by YES! Magazine for their Fall 2008 issue, “Purple America.”
The good news: The changes we must make to avoid ultimate collapse are identical to the changes we must make to create the world of our common dream.
The story of purple America is part of a yet larger […]
This talk was delivered on October 28, 2000, as part of the 20th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lecture, at the Salisbury Congregational Church in Salisbury, CT, with an introduction by David Ehrenfeld, ecologist, author, and member of the Board of Directors of the Schumacher Center for a New […]
This brief keynote was delivered on October 19, at the opening of the People for Earth 2022 Ecozoic Culture Forum: ESG & Integral Ecology for Earth in Crisis, held in Seoul, South Korea, and online. David shared the stage with Mary Evelyn Tucker who spoke on […]
(Commentary originally published by YES! Magazine, October 7, 2022)
The purpose of human institutions is to secure the well-being of people and Earth. Despite our differences, all of Earth’s people share a common destiny that depends on our learning to live together with mutual commitment to a foundational truth recognized by our early ancestors: […]
In May, 2022, David was invited by our friends at Alternative Radio to record his talk, “Our Planetary Existential Crisis,” for broadcast on affiliate public radio stations in July and again in September. The response was so positive (see some comments, […]