ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Citizen Initiative Review
http://healthydemocracy.org/citizens-initiative-review/how-it-works/
https://vimeo.com/150297380
http://healthydemocracy.org/frequently-asked-questions/
Technological threats
Bill Joy’s “Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us”
http://www.wired.com/2000/04/joy-2
Human diversity
http://co-intelligence.org/I-diversity.html
Biomimicry
https://biomimicry.org/what-is-biomimicry/#.V8Oijs5WhJU
Ecosociology
William Catton, Jr.’s Overshooot
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319810.Overshoot
or
Paul Stevens’ “Towards an Ecosociology”
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258188939_Towards_an_Ecosociology
Big History
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_History
Permaculture
http://co-intelligence.org/P-permaculture.html
and the remarkable
Permaculture Design Principles
http://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/ (click on each one for a detailed description, examples, and a song)
Collective Wisdom Initiative
http://www.collectivewisdominitiative.com
Big Empathy
http://www.co-intelligence.org/Empathy.html
The nature and sources of wisdom
Any of the articles on
http://co-intelligence.org/wisdom.html
especially
“Some ways we can be wise”
http://co-intelligence.org/WisdomWays.html
and
“Sources of wisdom”
http://co-intelligence.org/WisdomSources.html
and
“Wisdom Survey Conclusions”
http://co-intelligence.org/wisdomsurveyConclusions.html
Systems thinking
Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems
https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/1603580557
or
David Peter Stroh, Systems Thinking for Social Change
https://www.amazon.com/Systems-Thinking-Social-Change-Consequences/dp/160358580X
Complexity science
M. Mitchell Waldrop, Complexity
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/337123.Complexity
Earth-inspired deep ethical understanding
The Earth Charter
http://earthcharter.org/invent/images/uploads/echarter_english.pdf
or
The Natural Step Four Systems Conditions
http://www.thenaturalstep.org/sustainability/the-system-conditions/
Indigenous wisdom
Scientific Discoveries Play Catch-up to Indigenous Wisdom
https://www.pachamama.org/blog/scientific-discoveries-play-catch-up-to-indigenous-wisdom
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7cylfQtkDg
Nonviolent Communication
“Needs Inventory”
http://www.cnvc.org/Training/needs-inventory
Manfred Max-Neef
“Fundamental Human Needs”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_human_needs
Conscious evolution
http://co-intelligence.org/Evolution.html
Modern Wisdom from Traditional Cultures and Evolution
Jonathan Haidt – The Happiness Hypothesis
Moral Foundations Theory
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