Networks of Grace

Andrew Harvey

From my study of terrorist and fundamentalist organizations, I had learned that they rely on small cells of people who sustain and inspire each other. I envisioned a network of individual cells of people praying, meditating, and acting together for positive change on local or international issues. Now there are a dozen "Networks of Grace" cells around the country. (more)

Top News on Evolver

Zachary Koval

An invisible hand that guides the universe, the debate over H1N1 flu shots, stilletto stoners and quantum entanglement are among Evolver.net's top news stories.

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A Story of Sacred Activism

Andrew Harvey

Unconditional love and forgiveness of others is not only for saints and Buddhas. It is essential to the success of all the major activist adventures in our world. (more)

A World-Creating Matrix of Truth

Charles Eisenstein

How might we restore the sacred, world-creating Power of Word? Powerful words are those that create a story. Our society's stories include: America, France, money, the government, property, marriage, the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, Citibank. It is now time to tell new stories. (more)

Evolver Spores: Beyond Money

Daniel Pinchbeck

Tonight, twenty cities will explore workable alternatives to the current economic paradigm at our Evolver Spore, "Beyond Money: What Comes Next? Find your local gathering or start your own (more)

Sustainability: The Five Core Principles

Michael Ben-Eli

The increasing popularity for "sustainability" has led to growing ambiguity about the concept. The set of five Sustainability Principles proposed here, inspired by the work of Buckminster Fuller, is offered to restore some rigor to our thinking in this vital area. (more)

Evolving Toward Local Credits

Thomas H. Greco

The tidal wave of globalization smashes all but the biggest boats. Local communities can regain control over their own welfare by encouraging human solidarity and private, voluntary initiative and creativity. The first step is to organize regional mutual credit clearing associations. (more)

The Joy Project

Charley Wininger

How do you generate joy in your life and in those whose lives you touch? How do you give high? I described one way, but I don't want to play alone. So feel free to share your thoughts and ideas here, and tell us what's the shortest distance between you and joy. (more)

How We Started Evolver Atlanta

ST Frequency

It all began with an intention: to create community in my city, where it wasn't before. Looking back on all the uncanny connections, synchs, and serendipities that have converged to form Evolver Atlanta, I can't help but grin. (more)

A Gathering of the Tribe

Charles Eisenstein

As the multiple crises of money, health, energy, ecology, and more converge upon us, the world is going to collapse for millions of people. We must stand ready to welcome them into the tribe. We must stand ready to welcome them back home. (more)

Building a Scaffold for Social Change

Daniel Pinchbeck

Most popular social networks are designed to support the "flattered self" and to make a profit for large corporations. Evolver.net is an independent network designed to engage people in transforming their own consciousness and their local communities. (more)

Money and the Turning of the Age

Charles Eisenstein

It is time to enter into a new story, and a new kind of money that embodies it. We are in the midst of a transition parallel to an adolescent's transition into adulthood, when physical growth ceases, and vital resources turn inward to foster growth in other realms. (more)

Jesus, Marx, and Spiritual Economics

Jonathan Phillips

The Twelve Tribes were funky Christian Marxists who "worked like capitalists, but divided the money like communists." Although they had each taken a vow of poverty, they somehow managed to have "an abundance of everything."

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Community as Financial Safe Haven in Troubled Times

Catherine Austin Fitts

Reduced confidence in the public stock market has fostered opportunities to invest in our neighbors and ourselves. These opportunities will continue to grow in 2009 and for the foreseeable future. (more)

The Importance of Neotraditional Approaches in the Reconstructive, Transmodern Era

Michel Bauwens

Open content encourages participatory social design and new alliances between technology and traditional practices toward a steady-state economy that can bypass the destructive practices of industrial-era modernism. (more)