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Human Energy for Work & Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJjG54LI4SE Human Energy has released the above video of the June 12, 2025, New York City Salon: Human...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 14, 20251 min read


Rogue Valley Farm Tour
July 20, 2025 , from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. PDT - Rogue Valley Farm Tour with 30 farms participating. Medford Food Co-op will have brochures,...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 14, 20251 min read


August 2025 EcoSpiritual Calendar
Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person eco-spiritual activities that may interest you.
Rick Bonetti
Jul 13, 20255 min read


AI and National Security
The President's AI Policy On January 20, 2025 , the President issued Executive Order 14148 , revocation of the Biden-Harris AI Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence), "which hampered the private sector's ability to innovate in AI by imposing burdensome government requirements restricting private sector AI development and deployment." On January 23, 2025 , the President issued an Executive Or
Rick Bonetti
Jul 13, 20254 min read


OBBB and the Oregon Environment
The OBBB is the most anti-environment and anti-climate bill in history.
Rick Bonetti
Jul 5, 20252 min read


Conscious Living, Empowerment, and Inspiration
Spiritual community for generations X, Y, and Z usually does not mean church or organized religion, but several networks offer resources for conscious living, empowerment, and inspiration. Community is created both in person and online.
Rick Bonetti
Jun 28, 20256 min read


A Catalytic Hub for Evolving Collective Consciousness
The Human Energy Project is a catalytic hub for evolving collective consciousness. The non-profit organization was founded "to share a...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 27, 20252 min read


Empire of AI
What should we be doing in the face of the rise of a new sort of intelligence? Can there be such a thing as an ethical AI? And in what...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 26, 20252 min read


Global Sustainability
This Image was generated by ChatGPT and has errors in only showing 6 Ages (missing the Ocean Age 1,500-1,800 BCE and using a wrong image for the Industrial Age). It is shown here to illustrate both the potential power and problems with AI technology, which has accelerated since Sachs' 2020 book! Jeffrey D. Sachs' 2020 book T he Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions grew out of three lectures given in 2017 at the Oxford School of Geography and Environ
Rick Bonetti
Jun 26, 20253 min read


July 2025 Eco-Spiritual Calendar
Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person eco-spiritual activities that may interest you. Check back, as this post will be updated during July as we get additional information, and a new calendar listing will come out in late July 2025. Don't be intimidated by the scope of this list; choose to participate in just what calls to you. June 25, 2025 - July 30, 2025 , Wednesday evenings from 5-7 p.m. PDT - The Cobb Institute offers Exploring Crises and Pos
Rick Bonetti
Jun 24, 20255 min read


Science, Religion, and Society
June 22–29, 2025 - The Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) 2025 Conference : Spiritual Experience: A Scientific,...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 24, 20251 min read


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
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