Invitation to Stay in Touch
“Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune,
intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.”
Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize Winning Physicist
Resources
Welcome to the RESOURCES page of FOR THE GOOD OF ALL, NOW!
Readers of For the Good of All, NOW! have been invited throughout the book to explore the source material referred to here. If you are still on the fence about buying the book, you might want to experience two magnificent poems recited by their authors and featured in For the Good of All, NOW!
Kim Conrad – Being For live performance
Amanda Gorman, Our Purpose in Poetry: Or, Earthrise – live performance
I have linked readings and books www.goodreads.com, where you can read about the books and authors. Look for me there once we get up and running.
Note: Look for the For the Good of All seller page on Amazon. It will contain links to purchase any of the books listed. If you purchase through the For this account, a small portion of your purchase will help fund the movement and our work. Thank You.
Essential Resources
I offer 5 essential resource links here. I encourage you to check them out and visit or subscribe to them. (If asked, please let them know For the Good of All, NOW! referred you.)
YES! Magazine | https://www.yesmagazine.org/
National Geographic | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Prosocial World | https://www.prosocial.world/
Michael Shuman | https://michaelhshuman.com/
WeAll – The Wellbeing Economy Alliance | https://weall.org/
Links by Chapter
CHAPTER 1 - DEEP SELF
7 Of the Empire by Mary Oliver
12 Living with the Stars – National Geographic article; the book
14-15 Humans and Nature: The Right Relationship, Peter G. Brown and Geoffrey Garver, an essay
15 Holarchy Essay by Peter Munch this is simple and short, also on Wikipedia HERE
16, 24 Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to The Work that Reconnects by Joanna Macy and Molly Brown – contains 40 years of wisdom and practical group practices
17 The Social Conquest of Earth, E. O. Wilson
18 Promise Ahead & Voluntary Simplicity, Duane Elgin
20 Macroshift: Navigating the Transformation to a Sustainable World, Ervin Laszlo
22 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
23 Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond
25 NASA Interactive Tool for Climate Change – explore the other fascinating tools on this site
26 The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy – What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny William Strauss and Neil Howe
32 Kabir: Ecstatic Poems – Robert Bly
33 The Art of Power, Thich Nhat Hanh
35 The Economics of Happiness, a film produced by Local Futures – the link will offer the opportunity to view the entire film (about an hour) – which was founded by Helena Norberg-Hodge; book Local Is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness
38 Transformative Experience, L.A. Paul
39 When Things Fall Apart–Heart Advice for Difficult Times Pema Chödrön
40 Circle Practice: Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture Christina Baldwin
40 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity David Graeber, David Wengrow (also p.108)
40 Toward a Psychology of Being Abraham H. Maslow; also see this in graphic form (pyramid) on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, HERE
41 La Strada Frederico Fellini – a classic film (link to Wikipedia)
42 Sixteen Indigenous Guiding Principles for Co-Creating a Sustainable, Harmonious, Prosperous World Chief Phil Lane Jr and The Earth Charter
44 Kim Conrad – Being For live performance
CHAPTER 2 – DEEP COMMUNITY
49 The Different Drum M. Scott Peck; The Rabbi’s Gift was the prologue to this book. HERE it is narrated by Dr. Peck, HERE it is in document format
53 The Road Not Taken a poem by Robert Frost
56 On Value and Values – Thinking Differently about We…In Age of Me Douglas Smith
60 link to Antarctica weather report at Weather.co
62 link to Where Have All the Flowers Gone Peter, Paul and Mary, lyrics by Pete Seeger
65-66 Gandhi’s Swaraj on Wikipedia.org; Terry Mollner’s paper: The Consensual Democracy Governance System Begun by Mahatma Gandhi During the Last Two Years of His Life
68 The Neighborhood Project –Using Evolution to Improve My City, One Block at a Time, David Sloan Wilson
68 Governing The Commons:The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action Elinor Ostrum
68 The Tragedy of the Commons Garrett Hardin, see also Wikipedia
p.78 Circle Practice: Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture Christina Baldwin
p.78 Julie Krull – Supporting Leaders Influencing Change ; Kurt Johnson – The Interspiritual Network ; Reverend Deborah Moldow, Interfaith Minister a founding member of the United Religions Initiative and much more
80 Christina Baldwin Calling the Circle , Healing Circles Global , The Circle Way – exceptional resources
80 Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to The Work that Reconnects by Joanna Macy and Molly Brown
81 Shared Wisdom Circles – visitation requirements will be posted on the website soon
86 IONS – Institute for Noetic Sciences
89 How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In James C. Collins
CHAPTER 3 – DEEP CONNECTION
101 Joanna Macy
102 The Great Turning –From Empire to Earth Community David C. Korten
104-5 Update to Limits to Growth Gaya Herrington VP; Limits to Growth first published in 1972, Donella Meadows, Dennis L Meadows, Jorgen Randers
105 BerkShares – local currency
108 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity David Graeber, David Wengrow
109 The Web of Meaning, Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe Jeremy Lent
109 Tahitian Tableau by Paul Gauguin (1897-1898) D’Où Venons Nous? Que Sommes Nous ? Où Allons Nous ?
109 Prosocial World
117 (and p.78) Julie Krull – Supporting Leaders Influencing Change ; Kurt Johnson – The Interspiritual Network ; Reverend Deborah Moldow, Interfaith Minister a founding member of the United Religions Initiative and much more
119 The Tipping Point: How Little things Can Make A Big Difference Malcolm Gladwell
123 We Are The World – song, by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie (go ahead, listen to this now!)
135 The Promise of A Million Utopias – paper by Michael Shuman, author of multiple books and Publisher of https://www.themainstreetjournal.org/
135 This Tiny Country Feeds the World – National Geographic (you must have an account) alternatively you can use this link
136 The Tragedy of the Uncommons: On the Politics of Apocalypse Johnathon B. Wiener
137 The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power Shoshanna Zuboff
137 The Great Awakening–New Modes of Life Amidst Capitalist Ruins Anna Grear and David Bollier
139 Common Good Capitalism Is Inevitable , Terry Mollner; also the website https://www.commongoodcapitalism.org/
140 Wealthworks
144 Embrace Healthy Thoughts an article
148 Update to Limits to Growth Gaya Herrington VP; Limits to Growth first published in 1972, Donella Meadows, Dennis L Meadows, Jorgen Randers
p.148 How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In – Jim Collins
p.152 The Starfish Story – adapted from The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley
153 Robert Paine – Ecologist
154 Instant Karma (We’ll All Shine On) John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Amanda Gorman, Our Purpose in Poetry: Or, Earthrise – live performance
CHAPTER 4 – ONESESS
157 The Story of Thrival © David Currie (Request a copy for reuse through the Contact form on the website.)