HELPFUL RESOURCES

Global Crisis

Brown, Lester R. 2008. Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save a Civilization. New York: Norton.

Friedman, Thomas L. 2008. Hot, Flat, and Crowded. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Gore, Al. 2006. An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What
We Can Do About It
.  Emmaus, PA.: Rodale Press.

Sachs, Jeffrey. 2008. Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. New York: Penguin.

Worldwatch Institute. 2008. State of the World 2008.  New York: Norton.
(Published annually since 1984, these reports provide encyclopedic knowledge about
global issues and proposed policy, economic and technological solutions).

New Paradigm

Elgin, Duane. 2009. The Living Universe.  San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Gerber, Richard. 2001. Vibrational Medicine: The #1 Handbook of Subtle-Energy Therapies. Rochester, VT.:
Bear & Company.

Judith, Anodea. 2006. Waking the Global Heart. Santa Rosa, CA: Elite -Books.

Laszlo, Ervin. 2004. Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything. Rochester, VT.:
Inner Traditions.

De Quincey, Christian. 2002. Radical Nature: Rediscovering the Soul of Matter. Montpelier, VT.:
Invisible Cities Press.

Radin, Dean. 2006. Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality. New York: Pocket Books.

Tarnas, Richard. 2006. Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View. London: Viking UK.

Two magazines which offer excellent articles on various aspects of the emerging worldview and its implications for humanity are Kosmos Journal and Shift (the latter is published by the Institute of Noetic Sciences, co-publisher of this book). For more information, see kosmosjournal.org and noetic.org.

Transformative Practices

Simplify Your Life

Elgin, Duane. 1993. Voluntary Simplicity.  New York: William Morrow.

Fanning, Patrick, and Heather Garnos Mitchener. 2001. The 50 Best Ways to Simplify Your Life.
Oakland, CA.: New Harbinger Publications.

Build Peace in All Relationships

McKay, Matthew, Martha Davis, and Patrick Fanning. 1995. Messages. Oakland, CA.:
New Harbinger Publications.

Rosenberg, Marshall. 2003. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life.
Encinitas, CA.: Puddle Dancer Press.

Care for Your Body

Pollan, Michael. 2007. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin.

Robbins, John. 2001. The Food Revolution: How Diet can Help Save Your Life and Our World .
Boston, MA.: Conari Press.

Practice Meditation

Brantley, Jeffrey. 2004. Calming Your Anxious Mind. Oakland, CA.: New Harbinger Publications.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon. 1990. Full Catastrophe Living. New York: Delta.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon. 2005. Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness.
New York: Hyperion.

Kornfield, Jack. 1993. A Path with Heart. New York: Bantam.

Kornfield, Jack. 2004. Meditation for Beginners. Boulder, CO.: Sounds True.

Think Larger

Hay, Louise. 1987. You Can Heal Your Life. Carlsbad, CA.: Hay House.

Tolle, Eckhart. 1999. The Power of Now. Novato, CA.: New World Library.

Tolle, Eckhart. 2005. A New Earth. New York: Dutton.

Zukav, Gary. 1995. The Seat of the Soul. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Take Action

Clinton, Bill. 2007. Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World. New York: Knopf.

Hawken, Paul. 2007. Blessed Unrest. New York: Viking.

May, Elizabeth. 2007. How to Save the World in Your Spare Time. Toronto: Key Porter Books.

Zeiler, Freddi. 2006. A Kid’s Guide to Giving. Norwalk, CT.: Innovative Kids.

Organizations for Making a Difference

Protecting the Environment

Environmental Defense (edf.org)
Greenpeace (greenpeace.org)
Natural Resources Defense Council (nrdc.org)
Sierra Club (sierraclub.org)
World Conservation Union (iucn.org)
World Resources Institute (wri.org)
World Wildlife Fund (worldwildlife.org)

Poverty and Social Justice

American Institute for Philanthropy (charitywatch.org)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (gatesfoundation.org)
Bread for the World (bread.org)
Care International (care.org)
Center for Global Development (cgdev.org)
The Clinton Foundation (clintonfoundation.org)
Doctors Without Borders (doctorswithoutborders.org)
InterAction (interaction.org)
One World (oneworld.net)
Oxfam International (oxfam.org)
UNICEF (unicefusa.org)
World Resources Institute (wri.org)

Sustainable Living

Awakeningearth.org
Campaign Earth (campaignearth.org)
Co-op America (coopamerica.org)
Eartheasy Sustainable Living (eartheasy.com)
Lighterfootstep.com
Northwest Earth Institute (nwei.org)
The Simple Living Network (simpleliving.net)

Responsible Investing

Co-op America’s Real Money Newsletter (realmoney.org)
Socialfunds.com
Social Investment Forum (socialinvest.org)

Transforming Culture & Consciousness

Center for Conscious Evolution (evolve.org)
DavidKorten.org (davidkorten.org)
Emergent Mind (emergentmind.org)
Foundation for Global Community (globalcommunity.org)
Institute of Noetic Sciences (noetic.org)
New Dimensions Media (newdimensions.org)
Kosmos Journal (kosmosjournal.org)
WiserEarth (wiserearth.org)

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