February 29, 2024
Dear Friends,
My January newsletter column focused on the Earth Charter as a bridge between the conservative commitment to preserving the family and community values of our past and the progressive focus on moving forward to actualize our potential as a now interconnected global species. This February column takes on the discussion of human […]
This guide was prepared to accompany David Korten’s article, “Religion, Science, and Spirit: A Sacred Story for Our Time.”
Thank you for reading David’s “Sacred Story.” It is, at once, a very personal story and a global story, inviting deep reflection and conversation. Engaging in conversation is a powerful way […]
by Tim Fox, from McKenzie River Watershed, OR, in response to David Korten’s article, “Religion, Science, and Spirit: A Sacred Story for Our Time,” February 1, 2013.
Dear David,
First, thank you for all you do and for helping make YES! a reality. Positive visions can be hard to find, and as you point […]
by Roberto Vargas, December 14, 2012, in response to David Korten’s article, “Religion, Science and Spirit: A Sacred Story for Our Time.”
The night was cool and moonless, perfect for sitting around a backyard camp fire, wrapped in blankets and gazing into the skies. Wife, daughter, niece and I were sky watching for […]
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, January 18, 2013, posted here with permission.)
Twenty years ago, David Korten began wrestling with the question, had we become too individualistic and shortsighted to save our species? Here’s what he discovered about the power of foundational stories to keep us trapped in a suicidal economy—or awaken us […]
(Originally published by YES! Magazine, January 18, 2013, posted here, with permission. For the background, analysis, and inspiration for this essay, see David’s Personal Story Behind the Essay. Read and download the PDF HERE. )
Is it possible that […]
August 14, 2012
You may have noticed a focus in my recent YES! articles on Sacred Earth and the Rights of Nature—key themes of an emerging public debate about fundamental values. It comes down to a defining question: “Will we organize as a global society around financial values and logic or life values and logic?”
Indigenous environmental leaders […]