World Changing

On Sunday I had the opportunity to speak to the community of the Buddhist Temple of Ann Arbor Zen about one of the topics most dear to me – the precarious situation of our planet and what we can do about it. One source of inspiration for me – really positive things and not just gloom and doom – that I didn’t mention is the World Changing: Change Your Thinking site. 

Here’s Alex Steffen’s TED presentation about creating a sustainable and better world, including bright green cities, straws filter almost any water on the planet and make it drinkable as you suck and merry-go-rounds that pump water.

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At the end, Steffen gives us this from H.G.Wells:
“All of the past is but the beginning of a beginning; all the human mind has accomplished is but the dream before awakening.”

Let’s live it together!