Key Sources of Inspiration
“Key Sources of Inspiration” by Stefan Pasti, Founder and Resource Coordinator
The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative (www.cpcsi.org)
(51 pages; September, 2021)
[Note: This is the list I made, after a lifetime of experimenting with many views, and learning along specific lines for a long time. What about readers of this document--what would your list look like? If we all had such lists, I think those lists would show us where positive tipping points
are to be looked for (at this critical time)--and help us to see further ahead, and move more cooperatively together, as we continue our journey
of discovery and service.”]
Contents
(contents includes key inspirational excerpts)
1. Sri Sathya Sai Baba
2. Kuan Yin
3. Nature
4. I Ching
5. “Ramacharitamanasa (‘The Holy Lake of the Acts of Rama’”)
6. Prayer Room at at Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC), a Tibetan Buddhist Temple
7. Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi--“the hugging saint”)
8. J.C. Kumarappa (economist who worked with Mahatma Gandhi)
9. Mahatma Gandhi
10. Lester R. Brown
11. Intergovernmental Platform for Climate Change (IPCC)
12. Zero Carbon Britain [a project of the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales (UK)]
13. Chattanooga, Tennessee (USA)--Community Visioning
14. “Building America” Series (1935-48)--Community Education
15. William E. Rees (co-creator of the “ecological footprint”)
16. Findhorn Ecovillage (and Gaia Education)
17. Permaculture
18. Green America
19. Low Impact Living Initiative
20. Booker T. Washington
21. Appropriate Technology Library--1050 Books on 1 USB Drive (by Village Earth)
22. Local Currency
23. The Hunger Project--Epicenter Strategy
24. Landesa
25. Habitat for Humanity
26. Teachers Without Borders
27. Engagement Hub
28. Beyond Intractability
29. Food Sovereignty--Michel Pimbert
30. “The Spirit of the Sacred Hoop” (short story) (by this writer)
31. “Do We Have Moral Compasses We Can Rely On” (by this writer)(13 page Table of Contents)