Eric Nicolas Schneider
mail: eric +at* cafeweltgeist.org

USEFUL UPDATES
on my presentation at INST 2003:
Congress "The Unifying Aspects of Cultures ", Vienna, 7. - 9. Nov 2003

"Old and New Learning for a Culture of Sustainability"
A NEW QUICK LINK:
Global Democracy & Sustainability Literacy Learning: Why they must go hand-in-hand; A look at concrete instruments - ISLEs / Informal Sustainability Learning Environments - for nurturing Fair Global Citizenship: sound, co-creative decision-finding and -implementation for the Greater Common Good - in the Young Generation.
Full, illustrated paper here >>> http://pnyv.org/idec2006/fairglobalcitizenship/index.html
> This paper was first published at the 1st Virtual Congress on World Citizenship and Global Democratic Governance, July 1-31 2006 http://www.worldcit.citymax.com/page/page/3577322.htm and at http://idec2006.org

View also our special collaboration with idec 2006, introducing SUSTAINABILITY LEARNING to the global community of DEMOCRATIC EDUCATORS at http://pnyv.org/idec2006
Das Verbindende der Kulturen
The Unifying Aspects of Cultures
Les Points Communs des Cultures

The original text is available FREE & ONLINE 
german: in the ELECTRONIC Trans-E JOURNAL at
http://www.inst.at/trans/15Nr/08_3/schneider15.htm
english on this website at
http://www.cafeweltgeist.org/omniculturallearning-text-english.html

DOWNLOAD as rtf-file:
english: http://www.cafeweltgeist.org/omniculturallearning.rtf
german: http://www.cafeweltgeist.org/omnikulturelleslernen.rtf

"The text explores why the urban societies cannot achieve the creation of a global, peaceful, just and sustainable civilisation. The author takes a deeper and higher than usual perspective, looking at: worldview > ethical > priorities > decision-making > lifestyle. It compares unsustainable and sustainable societies / cultures for raising awareness for the NEED for opening intense and true omnicultural dialogue, with the intention of learning from those old cultures that have already proven that their wisdom offers solutions for the grave problems created, encountered, suffered and intensified by the urban societies."

"Das Denken der Zukunft muss Krieg unmöglich machen." "The thinking of the future must render wars impossible." Albert Einstein

"There cannot be sustainability without peace." Dame Julia Morton-Marr, IHTEC

"There cannot be a sustainable society without a profound change of ethical values." Herbert Girardet, Schumacher Society, Global 500 Awards

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Old and New Learning for a Culture of Sustainability


upcoming!
"To make the world work
for 100% of humanity
in the shortest possible time
through spontaneous cooperation
without ecological offense
or the disadvantage of anyone."

R. Buckminster Fuller