Long Island Climate Solutions Network
Presents:
The Great Turning:
Video Presentation by David Korten
Discussion moderated by Scott Carlin
Tuesday, May 6, 2008– 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
West Islip Public Library
3 Higbie Lane, West Islip , NY 11795 , (631)661-7080
http://www.wipublib.org/libinfo.htm
David Korten has authored numerous books, including When Corporations Rule the World, and The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community. Korten is co-founder of Positive Futures Network, publishers of YES! A Journal of Positive Futures.
In The Great Turning, Korten argues that a mounting perfect economic storm is fast approaching. A convergence of climate change, peak oil, and financial instability. We cannot the coming crisis, but we can see this as an epic opportunity to bring forth a new era of Earth Community grounded in the life-affirming cultural values shared by most all the world’s people.
The Great Turning is an essential resource for those who are prepared to engage what Thomas Berry calls the Great Work. It illuminates a simple, but elegant truth. We humans live by stories. Changing our future begins with changing our stories. The Great Turning points the way to inspiring deep changes in our culture.
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