Ideas for a better world
We are a group of experts and laymen, gathering information and ideas on how to make the world a more civilized home for humanity. We present some of them here and offer you to join the movement of dignity.
Australia: Aboriginal protesters defend ancient forest against logging
Georgina Kenyon writes for Deutsche Welle… „The coastal old-growth rainforest is home to a multitude of species, including owls, koalas, bent-wing bats and an endearing, flop-eared possum called the yellow-bellied glider. It is also an important stopover for migrating birds. That this area escaped the wildfires that ravaged 5 million hectares in New South Wales, — including„Australia: Aboriginal protesters defend ancient forest against logging“ weiterlesen
Six ways nature can protect us from climate change
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) offers new insights… The strategy of using nature as a defence against climate impacts is called called ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) – in essence, look after nature and it will look after you. Read more at- https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/six-ways-nature-can-protect-us-climate-change. Link in Bio. Photo by UN Photo/John Isaac. #change,#example,#Future,#nachCorona,#afterCorona,#Sustainability,UNO,UN,#climatefuture
The Source of Peace: Sultan Somjee illuminates one of the most sought after ideals of humankind
Kimberly McKeil says of the book – „A fascinating new book from Sultan Somjee – an ethnographer and recipient of the United Nations – Unsung Heroes of Dialogue Among Civilizations award for his work facilitating peacemaking during ethnic conflict in Kenya. Ethnographers often become great storytellers. Somjee captivates his reader’s minds and hearts by transporting„The Source of Peace: Sultan Somjee illuminates one of the most sought after ideals of humankind“ weiterlesen
The U’wa Community’s Nonviolent Resistance to COVID-19 and Attacks in Colombia
ANDREW E. MILLER reports from the Colombian Amazon… Horrifically, this is just one case of a community representative, social leader, or land defender being killed in Colombia in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. As reported in NewsClick, „according to the Institute of Development and Peace Studies (INDEPAZ), 115 environmentalists, human rights defenders, indigenous, peasant and„The U’wa Community’s Nonviolent Resistance to COVID-19 and Attacks in Colombia“ weiterlesen
The sad decline of peacefullness
Vision of Humanity reports: Global peacefulness has deteriorated over the past year, with this being the fourth time in the last five years that the world has seen a fall in peacefulness. Read more at- http://visionofhumanity.org/indexes/global-peace-index/ #peace #dignism #dignity #future #protests #visionofhumanity Vision of Humanity is brought to you by the Institute for Economics and Peace,„The sad decline of peacefullness“ weiterlesen
Flying River, the Amazon
Dan Baron presents a Video- In the middle of the pandemic, on this 5th of June, we launch our bilingual video ‚Rio Voador‘ (Flying River), to celebrate World Environment Day, in search of Good Living for all! Enjoy, socialize and take care of life! See the work here: https://youtu.be/Dm2-rsgNQ98 #Amazon #indigenous #change #aftercorona
Presentation is online
The Zoom presentation of Dr. Lindner was recorded and is online at YouTube. See more here – https://youtu.be/k3QtIwqTpDg
Pedagogies of Cruelty
Cláudio Carvalhaes, Union Theological Seminary, NY writes: "These “new” pedagogies of cruelty appear as a continuation of previous pedagogies of cruelty already normalized in our social living: we have already gotten used to the notion of private property, staggering salary differences, lack of rights for workers, use and abuse of women, the need to be„Pedagogies of Cruelty“ weiterlesen
Growing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land Use
The Food and Land Use Coalition writes: "Transforming the world’s food and land use systems is necessary to achieve the targets for climate and sustainable development set out in the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) was launched in 2017 to catalyse and„Growing Better: Ten Critical Transitions to Transform Food and Land Use“ weiterlesen
Global farm subsidies are driving the climate crisis and destruction of wildlife
Damian Carrington Environment editor at the Guardian writes: „…trillion dollars of public funding is available and is a massive, massive lever to incentivise the farming community across the world to act differently.” Read More at- – https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/16/1m-a-minute-the-farming-subsidies-destroying-the-world #nachcorona #aftercorona #change #Future #ecology Picture: ‘remarkable’ return of forests in Costa Rica, the report says, followed the„Global farm subsidies are driving the climate crisis and destruction of wildlife“ weiterlesen
Quo Vadis Post Corona?
Paul Raskin of the Great Transition Network writes about the future after Corona. Georg-Wilhelm Geckler has translated it to German. „Nach der Pandemie: Welche Zukunft? – ist eine Gelegenheit, Ihre Erkenntnisse, Spekulationen und Fragen zu den längerfristigen Auswirkungen auszutauschen. Welche GTI-Szenarien sind plausibler geworden und welche weniger? In den Bildern in der beigefügten Taxonomie der„Quo Vadis Post Corona?“ weiterlesen
‚We are totally on our own‘
Hayley Skirka writes for „The National“ „…should the virus reach the riverbanks, a health crisis looms. Only one out of the 14 Cofan villages in the Amazon has any medical infrastructure. “Unfortunately, we can expect almost no government support in the case that the virus should attack any of our villages,” Read More at –„‚We are totally on our own‘“ weiterlesen
Africa in 2015
A report on the Kigali meeting that was „…a tribute to Felicitas Niyitegeka, who sacrificed her life in the genocide that ravaged Rwanda in 1994, targeting Tutsi, together with moderate Hutu who were opposed to the killing.“ Read More at – – http://www.humiliationstudies.org/documents/evelin/RwandaReflections28September2015.pdf #ubuntu #dignism #africafuture
The Bigger Picture in Addressing the Coronavirus Pandemic
Message from John Bilorusky, President WISR "… it is quite likely, even if not definitively proven, that our destruction of the environment is the act of terrorism that has given rise to this pandemic, not to mention the role of environmental destruction in leading to many other deaths every day." Read more at- – https://www.wisr.edu/mobilizing-coming-together-during-the-coronavirus/„The Bigger Picture in Addressing the Coronavirus Pandemic“ weiterlesen
„…an unprecedented wake-up call“
A Message from UN Secretary-General António Guterres – – “a real opportunity to do things right for the future”, he proposed climate-related actions to shape the recovery. While spending huge amounts of money to bring economies back, Mr. Guterres asserted, “we must deliver new jobs and businesses through a clean, green transition”. And where taxpayers’ money is used to rescue„„…an unprecedented wake-up call““ weiterlesen
Corona makes change easier. Digniworld says: do it now!
Ullrich Fichtner author of ‚The Spiegel‘ title story- – „Even before the arrival of COVID-19, humanity found itself stuck in several crises at once. The current shock delivered by the coronavirus could accelerate a paradigm shift that was already underway. It may result in a better and more sustainable world.“ Digniworld says: may? Must! Read„Corona makes change easier. Digniworld says: do it now!“ weiterlesen
Indigenous People In Brazilian Amazon Face Covid-19 and Loggers
Telesur English Reports- – „Concerns about the survival of some ethnic groups are particularly acute, particularly the Karipuna in the western state of Rondonia, which borders Bolivia. That tribe is believed to consist of just 58 people and has seen its lands systematically invaded by illegal loggers…“ Read more at- https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Indigenous-People-In-Brazilian-Amazon-Face-Covid-19-and-Loggers-20200417-0010.html
…and Transformations
Director Linda M. Hartling has contributed to this book at Dignitypress.org – – „Using the study of dignity and humiliation as a common foundation, this book examines some of the most challenging topics of our time…“ See more at– http://www.dignitypress.org/dignity-press-books/human-dignity
We aren’t just stopping coronavirus. We’re building a new world
Eric Holthaus, author– „We are in mourning for a familiar world that has suddenly vanished. The old world is not coming back. There is a tangible sense of grief and loss. It’s a moment of triage for the entire planet. There are striking parallels between this short-term fight against Covid-19 and the long-term fight for a„We aren’t just stopping coronavirus. We’re building a new world“ weiterlesen
Rainforest protectors in danger
Dr. Martha Eddy sends us a warning about Brazil: ‚Public prosecutors have gone to court asking for the suspension of Lopes Dias’s appointment because it poses a real “risk of ethnocide and genocide” for uncontacted tribes. Indigenous organizations and experts in Brazil are also highly critical of the appointment. Joênia Wapixana, Brazil’s first indigenous woman„Rainforest protectors in danger“ weiterlesen
Simple best practice example
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram authors: Physical distancing, social solidarityKerala state in southwestern India, with a population of 35 million, has become “a model state in the fight against Covid-19”. Its Left Front-led government was among the first to introduce precautionary state-wide measures against the novel coronavirus threat… Read More here– http://www.ipsnews.net/2020/04/kerala-covid-19-response-model-emulation/
Out of the coronavirus crisis, a new kinder and better world must be born
Prof. Kamran Mofid, Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative (GCGI), author– „In all my academic life, spanning over four decades, I have been dismayed, frustrated and overwhelmed with pain to notice that our education model has not embraced the beauty and the wisdom of our mother nature and our sacred earth, corporating them into„Out of the coronavirus crisis, a new kinder and better world must be born“ weiterlesen
Nurse’s lives endangered
Alene Nitzky, author– „We have to change our nursing culture once and for all. Because this is too much for us all to bear. It is a holistic nightmare. Our spirits, minds, bodies, emotions have been beaten. We cannot survive going back to business as usual. „ Read more at- https://www.confidentvoices.com/2020/04/05/nurse-leaders-respond-to-question-about-covid-19-ppe-alene-nitzky-ph-d-rn-ocn/
Riya Sokol „Thank You“ part 2
Riya Sokol has put a second inspirational poem online. We link you to it at this location: https://youtu.be/qLlMOybkpo8
New Economics Necessary
Paul Mason author – – „It will be impossible for capitalism to return to normal: we need an economy that has people’s wellbeing and public health as its priority.“ Read More at- https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2020/03/coronavirus-crisis-economic-collapse-capitalism
Engineering Dignity
Georg-Wilhelm Geckler author During these days of spring in many parts of the world, or any other season when religious, traditional, ritual, or private feasts and celebrations cannot be celebrated with the usual get-togethers and visits of relatives many of us must stay at home and watch the misery of the plague spreading worldwide. Now„Engineering Dignity“ weiterlesen
Five suggestions for system change
The Tamera Movement writes: „What will all this lead to? Will we return to everyday normality in any foreseeable future? Or will we as humanity seize this opportunity for a deep system change? Will we make a fresh start and build a culture aligned with life? Many friends have asked us what we think about„Five suggestions for system change“ weiterlesen
Thoughts on the Crisis
Our founder, Dr. Evelin Lindner has formed some thoughts about the crisis. „In 2018, we learned something interesting. Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff reported that agroup of billionaires had invited him to talk, and he describes how he realised, to his astonishment,that they believed that something they called the event was unavoidable. ‘The event’ was aeuphemism„Thoughts on the Crisis“ weiterlesen
Groundbreaking Moment
This post is in German. We hope you can use your translator on it. It tells us to develop visions for the world after the restart – now. Else we miss the chance. Matthias Horx – Author „At the moment I am often asked when Corona „will be over“ and everything returns to normal. My„Groundbreaking Moment“ weiterlesen
Corona Shock?
Marie Solis – Author „This chain of events isn’t unique to the crisis sparked by the coronavirus; it’s the blueprint politicians and governments have been following for decades known as the “shock doctrine,” a term coined by activist and author Naomi Klein in a 2007 book of the same name….“ Read more…
Upsides of Corona
Umair Haque author, „In the ways that truly matter, our journey towards maturity as human beings came to a dead stop, quite some time ago. We ended up trapped by consumerism, snared in narcissism, hopelessly entangled by individualism, withered by shallow materialism — hence, finally desperately plunging into the abyss of nationalism, authoritarianism, extremism…“„Upsides of Corona“ weiterlesen
Riya Sokol Film
Film at YouTube Riya’s poetic Film is giving thanks to this unprecedented chance for a change in the way of the world. Not intended as an insult to lost lives, but framing the loss in the perspective of a better future. Michael Boyer, admin #digniworld
Nothing less than a new look at things.
I ask you to embrace this look at the world. I know it is not easy, not even for me, but I will tell you why you should: I understand that this image is contrary to everything you have ever learned and at first glance your very fibre rejects this image. I understand that you„Nothing less than a new look at things.“ weiterlesen
