The Next Evolution: A Blueprint for Transforming the Planet

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Summary: Planetary Transformation via Sustainable Communities
Review: "The Next Evolution" is a Wake-Up Call for people everywhere. We must understand that the Human Race can no longer afford to cling to its present "everyone-for-themselves" mindset. Autho Jack Reed likens Humanity to a dynfunctional family, since it considers the relatively long-term problems of our Ecological and Social Dilemmas to be so scary and overwhelming, that most of us contue to live in a state of denial and disconnectedness regarding the Real World.
Reed explains that those who sit on the Boards of the Print and Broadcast Media all too often are key players in Multinational Corporations that exercise control more powerful than many governments. Through their me-first, profit-driven motivation, "free-enterprise" has come to be equated with "freedom." It is Reed's thesis, that the responsibilty for the success and well-being of the human race is now in our hands, and that is is through a new sense of "Community" that we can not only save Earth's Biosphere, but create the opportunity for all inhabitants of the Planet to lead lives of inspiration and sustainable abundance.
Reed points out the value of establishing prototypical models for Sustainable Communities, which focus on Synergy and Cooperation. Following the visionary concepts of Bucky Fuller he concludes that the only way we can possibly take care of everyone, is through a Design Revolution...a (r)evolution that incorporates the basic principles of Sustainability and Community for the Highest Common Good. In Reed's eyes we are presently facing inevitable environmental disasters and global-scale social upheavals...Grim Legacies, which we must not leave for the generations to come. He highlights the "Twin Towers" of Environmental Destruction and Poverty, presenting his readers with a simple, basic model for sustainability: "The responsibility is in our hands, but we can not depend on nations, politicians, or vested multinationals to make the changes.Instead, we must boldly demonstrate, through Cooperative Communities, how we can not only save our Planet's Environment, but also create the opportunity for everyone to lead inspired and abundant lives." This is a thoughtful, socially responsible and provocative book, based on Social Cooperation and Sustainability, achieved via a Renaissance in Community Consciousness Design. Elliott Maynard, Ph.D., President, Arcos Cielos Research Center, Sedona, Arizona.

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Summary: Planetary Transformation via Sustainable Communities
Review: "The Next Evolution" is a Wake-Up Call for people everywhere. We must understand that the Human Race can no longer afford to cling to its present "everyone-for-themselves" mindset. Autho Jack Reed likens Humanity to a dynfunctional family, since it considers the relatively long-term problems of our Ecological and Social Dilemmas to be so scary and overwhelming, that most of us contue to live in a state of denial and disconnectedness regarding the Real World.
Reed explains that those who sit on the Boards of the Print and Broadcast Media all too often are key players in Multinational Corporations that exercise control more powerful than many governments. Through their me-first, profit-driven motivation, "free-enterprise" has come to be equated with "freedom." It is Reed's thesis, that the responsibilty for the success and well-being of the human race is now in our hands, and that is is through a new sense of "Community" that we can not only save Earth's Biosphere, but create the opportunity for all inhabitants of the Planet to lead lives of inspiration and sustainable abundance.
Reed points out the value of establishing prototypical models for Sustainable Communities, which focus on Synergy and Cooperation. Following the visionary concepts of Bucky Fuller he concludes that the only way we can possibly take care of everyone, is through a Design Revolution...a (r)evolution that incorporates the basic principles of Sustainability and Community for the Highest Common Good. In Reed's eyes we are presently facing inevitable environmental disasters and global-scale social upheavals...Grim Legacies, which we must not leave for the generations to come. He highlights the "Twin Towers" of Environmental Destruction and Poverty, presenting his readers with a simple, basic model for sustainability: "The responsibility is in our hands, but we can not depend on nations, politicians, or vested multinationals to make the changes.Instead, we must boldly demonstrate, through Cooperative Communities, how we can not only save our Planet's Environment, but also create the opportunity for everyone to lead inspired and abundant lives." This is a thoughtful, socially responsible and provocative book, based on Social Cooperation and Sustainability, achieved via a Renaissance in Community Consciousness Design. Elliott Maynard, Ph.D., President, Arcos Cielos Research Center, Sedona, Arizona.

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Summary: Offering revolutionary models for living in harmony
Review: The Next Evolution: A Blueprint For Transforming The Planet by Jack Reed is an original work of vision which encompasses worldwide ecological, political, economic, and cultural realities. Offering revolutionary models for living in harmony and sharing abundance in a manner that will allow the world and all its people to thrive, The Next Evolution is a sweeping and upbeat manifesto of specific methods by which humanity can best transform and enlighten itself. What the readers are offered is quite literally, a prescription that will resolve contemporary social, economic, political, environmental, economic, and social issue concerns that otherwise will threaten the very continuance of humankind on planet Earth.