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Who will change the world? (ID #002)
Date (duration): 11/1/2008 to 11/14/2008 (2 weeks)
Host: Orion Kriegman
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Description: The Global Scenario Group’s analysis, culminating in the essay (pdf) Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead , shows that a Great Transition to a just and sustainable global society is possible. The challenge of making that possibility an actuality is immense. The Global Scenario Group concludes that it can only occur if concerned citizens the world over become actively engaged in the project of transition. Transnational corporations, governments, and non–governmental organizations are powerful global actors. But in different ways, they suffer from myopic outlooks, particularism, and fragmented world views. They may one day become agents of a Great Transition but only if they are transformed by an involved citizenry acting with new visions, values, and unity. Will today’s citizens rise to meet this challenge?
Actions: What would a global movement for social justice and ecological sustainability look like? Is it already here or has it yet to emerge?

Resources:

  • 35 Minute Video on the Great Transition
  • Great Transition Essay (99 page essay laying out alternative scenarios of the global future)
  • World Lines (25 page paper discussing critical factors and forces shaping which scenarios will come to fruition--downloadable pdf listed under "Further Reading.")
  • Dawn of the Cosmopolitan (25 page paper on Global Citizens Movement and the role of social movements in shaping the future--scroll to bottom of page; second article from the bottom.)

 
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