Ecological Civilization

Ecological Civilization and a Theory of the Community

This paper was presented to the 12th International Forum on Ecological Civilization – Ecological Civilization and Symbiotic Development, April 27-28, 2018, Claremont, CA, USA

We have arrived at a defining moment in the human experience. Either we find our common path to an Ecological Civilization that meets the essential material needs of Earth‘s human population in […]

2021-01-08T14:01:31-08:00December 4th, 2018|Categories: Community, Ecological Civilization|

Transition to An Ecological Civilization: The Role of the City

This presentation was delivered by David Korten at the Transition City Seoul conference hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and organized by The Seoul Institute, on October 11, 2018.

Thank you. It is a very special honor to be invited to share my thoughts with this distinguished group on the human transition to an ecological civilization. […]

2021-01-08T14:01:31-08:00November 20th, 2018|Categories: Ecological Civilization, South Korea|

Toward an Ecological Civilization: A Path to Justice, Peace, and Care for Earth

(This working paper was prepared as a background document for a series of presentations on the human step to an ecological civilization by John Cobb, Matthew Fox, David Korten, Frances Korten, and Jeremy Lent at the forthcoming conference of the Parliament of the World’s Religions that was held in Toronto in November 2018. The

2021-05-06T10:04:38-07:00November 1st, 2018|Categories: Ecological Civilization, Religion|

Why I Have Hope in the Face of Human Extinction

Around the world, people are realizing the current path will lead only to disaster, and they’re beginning to ask the hard questions about what to do next.

(Commentary originally published by YES! Magazine, Nov 1, 2018)

When I ask an audience, “Who believes we are on a path to self-extinction?” nearly every hand goes […]

2021-01-08T14:01:31-08:00November 1st, 2018|Categories: Earth Balance, Ecological Civilization, YES! Column|

Ecological Civilization: Choice Point for Humanity

Presentation to the 11th John Cobb Common Good Award Ceremony & Annual Banquet at the 12th International Forum on Ecological Civilization, “Ecological Civilization and Symbiotic Development.” April 27, 2018.

We have gathered here from China, South Korea and the United States in search of a human pathway to an Ecological Civilization.

Humanity is awakening to a sobering […]

2021-01-08T14:01:33-08:00May 3rd, 2018|Categories: China, Earth Balance, Ecological Civilization, Global Economy, Presentations|

Birthing an Ecological Civilization: Overview

By David Korten

A 5,000-year Imperial Civilization of violence, competition, and domination now exceeds the limits of Earth’s tolerance. We now face an imperative to navigate a transition in a blink of history’s eye to an Ecological Civilization that organizes in cooperative partnership with the rest of Earth’s community of life to meet the needs of […]

2021-01-08T14:01:38-08:00April 14th, 2017|Categories: Ecological Civilization|

China and the Ecological Civilization

(An earlier version of this paper was prepared for and presented to the 2016 Donghu Forum on Global Governance: Symposium on Green Development and Global Governance, Hauzhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.)

Abstract: We humans are now a truly global species. Our common future depends on our successful transition to an Ecological Civilization that works in […]

2021-01-08T14:01:39-08:00December 20th, 2016|Categories: Ecological Civilization, International, Living Earth|
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