Archive for July, 2007

Barbarization scenario unfolding in the Middle East

A few weeks ago, I asked Professor Eran Feitelson, chair of the Department of Geography at Hebrew University who works extensively on sustainable development and water issues, to share his thoughts with the Great Transition Initiative’s international network on the recent events in Gaza and the cycle of violence in the Middle East. He agreed […]

The Invisible Hand of the Social Movement

It is a clear summer day and the university courtyard is buzzing with activists, flyers, and posters calling for action; along the edges are tables strewn with pamphlets, magazines and books. All around them are long haired men wielding papier mache puppets, young women playing drums and dancing, old friends surprised to find each other […]

Who pays attention to science, anyway?

The recent discovery that our Solar System and the Milky Way galaxy may be traveling in opposite directions, has led to a surprising reassessment of the causes of Global Warming. The CureZone (which gets over a million visitors monthly) states:
“The overall biggest contributing cause to Global Warming, and the melting of the polar icecaps of […]


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Orion Kriegman is at Tellus Institute where he organizes and manages the work of the Great Transition Initiative. His background is in conflict transformation and democracy building efforts, with extensive experience as a mediator, team builder, and network organizer.

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