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Tipping Point Action Proposal in Contest at MIT Climate CoLab Crowdsourcing Platform

The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative (www.cpcsc.info) now has a proposal ("Tipping Point Action: Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges") in a contest at the MIT Climate CoLab Platform. The Tipping Point Action Proposal is entered in the "Shifting Behavior for a Changing Climate" contest.

There are opportunities to comment on the Tipping Point Action proposal--and to give it a "thumbs up"…

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Added by Stefan Pasti on May 28, 2014 at 11:51am — No Comments

Tipping Point Action Proposal now up at MIT Climate CoLab Crowdsourcing Platform

The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative provides research for critical challenge alerts, and support for collaborative problem solving initiatives which seek to maximize citizen participation.

Beginning in December, 2013, The CPCS Initiative launched a new and comprehensive campaign called “Tipping Point Action: Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges”.

Tipping Point Action Campaign Entering New Phase

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Added by Stefan Pasti on January 26, 2014 at 2:00pm — No Comments

A turning-point we miss at our peril

We have the choice of burning all the oil left and hacking down all the remaining rainforests - or saving humanity

by Johann Hari

Sometimes, there are hinge-points in human history – moments when we have to choose between an exuberant descent into lunacy, and a still, sober voice offering us a sane way out. Usually, we can only see them when we look back from a distance. In 1793, the great democrat Thomas Paine said the French…

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Added by Randy Chatterjee on May 25, 2011 at 1:30am — No Comments

Murray Dobbin: Why Can't Politicians Talk about What's Real? from The Tyee

In a year likely to have two, if not three, elections and thus replacing ALL levels of government, do you wonder why no one is talking about real issues like climate change, peak oil, or growing public and private debt? It is time to quietly assert what is truly important, and vote your conscience. At the same time, we shall walk the talk within the Transition movement and set an…

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Added by Randy Chatterjee on March 14, 2011 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Grist: Behavior change causes changes in beliefs, not vice versa

THE BODY-MIND PROBLEM…

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Added by Randy Chatterjee on November 30, 2010 at 9:15am — No Comments

There won't be a bailout for the Earth - Johann Hari @ The Independent

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Added by Randy Chatterjee on November 27, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

TransLink’s freeway push must be stopped

November 16, 2010

By Eric Doherty and Andrew Murray

TransLink has been crying poverty as of late, claiming that it does not have the money to keep a third SeaBus in operation. Never mind completing the long-promised Evergreen Line or providing enough buses to implement the planned U-Pass expansion. However, TransLink has lots of cash when it comes to freeway expansion.

TransLink is running full speed ahead with what's being… Continue

Added by Eric Doherty on November 17, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments