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Rogue valley voice
Advocating for Planetary Sustainability and
Emerging Global Consciousness of Our Relational Wholeness
Our voice in southern Oregon for evolving eco-spirituality
Our Mission is to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, socially just human presence on this planet. This blog complements the Rogue Valley Voice Facebook page.
Recent Blog Posts
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
2 days ago3 min read
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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 102 min read
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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 61 min read
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No Kings America - June 14th
June 14, 2025, 10 a.m. to 12 noon PDT - No Kings America rally will occur in Medford Oregon at McAndrews Road between Crater Lake...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 41 min read
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46 Programs Trump Wants to Eliminate
"Trump is running the Republican Party and asserting presidential power in ways unseen in American history. His requests are taken...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 34 min read
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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 33 min read
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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 314 min read
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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 302 min read
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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....
Rick Bonetti
May 291 min read
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Spaceship Earth
Earth - " The Blue Marble " is a famous photograph of the Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft en...
Rick Bonetti
May 288 min read
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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 275 min read
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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 212 min read
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Religion of the Earth
Ilia Delio & Pete Enns: the Future of Religion The recent Homebrewed Christianity podcast, which features a video from Theology Beer Camp...
Rick Bonetti
May 82 min read
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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 62 min read
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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 51 min read
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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 52 min read
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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 13 min read
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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 282 min read
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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 252 min read
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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 256 min read
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Theology Beer Camp 2025
“Quest for the Holy Stein” Theology Beer Camp 2025 is coming to St. Paul, Minnesota and online October 16-18, 2025 . T his year’s Monty...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 242 min read
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Civil Resistance
"It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 182 min read
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Integral Christianity
Stages of Development used by Paul Smith in his book, “Integral Christianity” I have three books next to one another on my shelf:...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 163 min read
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Panicans
On April 7, 2025 President Trump posted on Truth Social: "Don't be a PANICAN (a new party based on Weak and Stupid people.)" The name is...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 161 min read
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India - Between China, the West, and the Global South
Presented via Zoom by WorldOregon, in conjunction with the annual Great Decisions series at Portland State University, March 14, 2025...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 121 min read
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The Current U.S. Trade War with China
I write about the current U.S. trade war with China in order to try to make sense of the incomprehensible. Will we ever again have an...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 123 min read
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Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science
May 3-4, 2025 - The Center for Christogenesis is having their virtual 2025 Conference: Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science: From...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 111 min read
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Earth Community
David Korten , in his 1995 book When Corporations Rule the World , tried to make a case for the unworkability of current economic systems...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 75 min read
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Evolving in a Shifting World
Sunday, April 13, 2025 , from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. PDT - A New Republic of the Heart is offering a webinar : Taking Responsibility for...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 62 min read
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Responding to Cruelty, Bullying and Chaos
On March 17, 2025 Aspen Initiative (Wisdon From the Top of the World) offered a free webinar with some of the foremost non-dual...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 292 min read
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