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The Global Oneness Project is a web-based video initiative exploring how the simple notion of oneness can be lived in our increasingly complex world.

We’re traveling the globe interviewing creative and courageous people who base their lives and work on the fundamental understanding that we are all connected and thus bear great responsibility for each other and our shared world. Our living library of films is available for free from our website or on DVD for events and educational use.

We are committed to documenting what is being born during this time of planetwide transformation. While we are confronted with unmistakable signs that our current way of life is no longer sustainable, inspiring and innovative people and programs are blossoming in all areas of our collective society. From a pay-it-forward café in Ahmedabad, to a youth program that brings African wisdom to Los Angeles, from the General Secretary of the Andean Nations, to the spiritual guardian of Ayers Rock, our film subjects live and work with many of the following values, attitudes, and beliefs:

* We are responsible to each other, the earth, and future generations.
* There are enough resources for us all, if we share.
* Free exchanges of information allow for greater, collective creative potential.
* Love, care and compassion have the power to transform the fabric of society.

We hope that by showing the diverse ways oneness is expressed—in the fields of sustainability, conflict resolution, spirituality, art, economics, indigenous culture, and social justice—others will be inspired to create solutions to personal and community challenges from their own lived understanding of oneness.

www.globalonenessproject.org

It’s been hypothesized that gas prices, should they continue at their current levels, could all but eliminate the great tradition of the summer vacation road trip. But they’re already eroding another time-honored American institution—the office.

While the main motive might be saving gas, with a little bit of avoiding traffic frustration and gaining more time with kids involved, too, surveys are rapidly showing the environmental benefits of simply not driving to work are immense.

It just so happens that telecommuting also tends to make workers happier and more productive. Kinda makes me wonder about that old real estate adage about “location, location, location;” it seems like anything with a decent broadband connection will get the job done.

Das schrieb Cosmo Catalano für Matter Network.

Kommt es mir nur so vor, oder erreichen Berichte wie diese gerade eine völlig neue Ebene? Ich denke nicht nur an deren verhäuftes Auftreten in allen internationalen Medien, nein, irgendwie meine ich auch einen neuen, ernsthafteren Tenor wahrzunehmen. Man scheint sich nicht mehr nur in kleinbürgerlicher Manier über die unvorstellbar unverschämten Spritpreise an Feiertagen zu echauffieren.

Nein, irgendwie scheint es langsam ernst zu werden. Es geht um größeres, um Fragen, ob man sich überhaupt noch ein Auto leisten kann, und zwar nicht nur aus Freizeitaspekten. Man sieht sich in kompletten Lebensentwüfen bedroht. Wohnen im Speckgürtel, Arbeiten in der Innenstadt - finito. Die Verwandten in der 300 Km entfernten Heimat besuchen - für viele schon jetzt ein echtes Problem.

So langsam scheint die Zeit des großen Übergangs/Zusammenbruchs… ja was eigentlich?… gekommen zu sein. Die Zeit, von der wir hofften, dass wir sie nicht mehr erleben oder möglichst glatt umschiffen könnten. Die einen trifft es früher, die anderen etwas später - am Ende erwischt es uns alle.

Face it, die Tage des Verbrennungsmotors sind gezählt. Ist so, hilft nix.