The Shift is Happening …
From another mass shooting in the U.S. to the war in Ukraine, the news of the day is not good. In these times it’s tough to be optimistic about the future of humanity and easy to believe it’s all downhill from here. Hope is in short supply, yet inspiring people like Barack Obama (The Audacity of Hope) and Jane Goodall (The Book of Hope) urge us not to give up. As Jane says, “If young people succumb to the gloom and doom – if they lose hope – that’s the end.”
We are not rock stars like Obama and Goodall, just ordinary people who started the Planet Project to fuel hope and bring together people everywhere who are not ready to give up. Our view is that the many problems we face today are symptoms of something deeper: a pervasive materially-oriented culture that is blind to the web of life which we are all a part of. So instead of trying to solve hundreds of separate problems – a hopelessly difficult task – we aim to help shift the underlying culture to one that values service to others, and honors all beings, and recognizes the intrinsic wholeness and connectedness of the planetary system. We call this Planetary culture. There is hope in this strategy because we can create and change culture – that’s what humans do! We’re just not doing it very thoughtfully right now.
Read more about the shift in our latest blog post and also check out our first community blog post, Geo sapiens – the Earth-wise Human, by naturalist Martin Ogle; and read on to find out about the inspiring work already going on in the world in this month’s Staff Picks. We celebrate and promote all these efforts because it will take all of us coming together – people and organizations – to co-create a world that works for everyone in harmony with our living planet.
Sincerely,
The Team at the Planet Project
Thank you Monika Chace for donating your beautiful photo!
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