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2025 UN Sustainable Development Report
June 24, 2025 - Today the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) released their 10th edition of the Sustainable...

Rick Bonetti
Jun 24, 20253 min read


A New Planetary Nationalism?
While I am encouraged by The Center from Christogenesis' support of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's notion of the noosphere, I am disturbed by a techno-optimist push toward planetary nationalism

Rick Bonetti
Jun 17, 20253 min read


A Techno-Social Dilemma
The impacts of rapid technological change are an ever-present aspect of modern life. Despite its disruptive effects, we need new...

Rick Bonetti
Jun 10, 20252 min read


Integral Ecology in an Age of AI
Image generated by ChatGPT June 20, 2025 , from 4-5:30 p.m. PDT - Join Sr. Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro for Integral Ecology in an Age...

Rick Bonetti
Jun 6, 20251 min read


46 Programs The President Wants to Eliminate
"The President is running the Republican Party and asserting presidential power in ways unseen in American history. His requests are taken seriously. At the least, the outline he is presenting here will influence congressional deci s ions." ~ Lisa Desjardins Thanks to Lisa Desjardins, PBS News Correspondent, for this great reporting on June 3, 2025: "This news came as part of the budget “appendix” the White House released Friday , which provides 1,224 pages of numbers on ho

Rick Bonetti
Jun 3, 20254 min read


The Global Superorganism
"In a world grappling with converging crises, we often look outward – for new tech, new markets, new distractions. But the deeper issue...

Rick Bonetti
Jun 3, 20253 min read


Art History In The Making
" Museums provide the first draft of art history. They decide which artists get to share wall space with masters like Michelangelo,...

Rick Bonetti
May 31, 20254 min read


Human Energy Strategic Plan
June 12, 2025 - The Human Energy Project is having a Salon: Human Energy for Work & Life: Cultivating Agency, Connection, and Purposes...

Rick Bonetti
May 30, 20252 min read


The ‘Transfer Technology to China’ Bill
“Almost all of the technologies China manufactures now were technologies we invented in the U.S., What is likely to occur if this [U. S. House Reconciliation Bill] passes is all of our best technology will again go to Asia or other countries to get scaled up. This could be called the ‘transfer technology to China’ bill.” ~ Jigar Shar , former Director of the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office during the Biden administration. “If this bill [the President's so-called 'On

Rick Bonetti
May 29, 20251 min read


Spaceship Earth
Earth - " The Blue Marble " i s a famous photograph of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft en route to the Moon at a distance of about 18,300 mi. "In the second Axial Age, if the shift in consciousness does occur, it will apparently not happen this time through the return of a Jesus or a Buddha or a Mohammed but rather through the commitment of their followers to bring about the return of their presence by reflecting the mind, consci

Rick Bonetti
May 28, 20258 min read


June 2025 Eco-Spiritual Calendar
I just completed putting together the pieces of this jigsaw puzzle to see the unified whole. Here's a list of some upcoming online and...

Rick Bonetti
May 27, 20255 min read


Theology for the Third Millennium
"A theology of the third millennium would be one that encompasses, among other disciplines, depth psychology, quantum physics, and...

Rick Bonetti
May 21, 20252 min read


Religion of the Earth
Ilia Delio & Pete Enns: the Future of Religion "Here's the urgency – if religion doesn't step up, technology is gonna replace it. We're evolving technology exponentially, but our religious imagination is stuck in neutral. The choice is clear: embrace a new religious "zest for life" that connects us to cosmic processes or watch Silicon Valley billionaires become our new high priests." ~ Ilia Delio Earth-centered religion focuses on the veneration of the Earth and natural phe

Rick Bonetti
May 8, 20252 min read


The Holomovement
Image generated by AI According to the "Holomovement" website , the term was "coined by American physicist David Bohm, a contemporary of...

Rick Bonetti
May 6, 20252 min read


Moving from Head to Heart to Hands
Katherine Hayhoe's Ted Talk The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it says "the key to having a real...

Rick Bonetti
May 5, 20251 min read


A New Coherence
In the 2004 book The Death of the Mythic God . author Jim Marion says that what has really died is our myth of God, our worn-out notion...

Rick Bonetti
May 5, 20252 min read


Two Models of Evolving Spirituality
Humanity is evolving. Ewert Cousins emphasizes spiritual and religious unity, while Steve McIntosh emphasizes developmental integration across value systems.

Rick Bonetti
May 1, 20253 min read


Work That Reconnects
Third Act Faith is currently offering an exploration of Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects, "a set of simple but profound practices to build strength and resilience for our work to heal the world.

Rick Bonetti
Apr 28, 20252 min read


Is Religion Obsolete?
According to a massive new Pew Research Center survey released in February 2025 (The Religious Landscape Study of U.S. Adults ...

Rick Bonetti
Apr 25, 20252 min read


May 2025 Eco-Spiritual Calendar
Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person, eco-spiritual activities that may be of interest to you. Check back, as...

Rick Bonetti
Apr 25, 20256 min read
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