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Michael Dowd, former Evangelical minister, believes that as we integrate the story of cosmogenesis into our lives a worldwide spiritual revival will occur.

Jim Garrison describes his ambitious new plan to bring the world's socially and environmentally conscious citizens, or “cultural creatives,” together under a single unifying banner.

“Grand strategist” Thomas Barnett argues that despite its bad rap, the widespread globalization of Western-style capitalism and democracy may actually be the most unifying, progressive, and liberating force in human history.

In part two, Thomas Barnett challenges a common misconception found in many progressive, liberal circles today: that the rise and spread of modernity has created a more violent, unjust, and impoverished world.

EnlightenNext's Ross Robertson reads his popular feature article, "A Brighter Shade of Green," about the next environmental revolution.

Author and media activist Duane Elgin explains why he thinks the cosmology of the future will see the universe not as a mechanical conglomeration of matter but as a living, evolving entity.

Futurist John Petersen speaks with EnlightenNext’s Carter Phipps about his new book, A Vision for 2012: Planning for Extraordinary Change, and why he feels that we may be headed toward one of the biggest transitions in human history.

Washington Post reporter Joel Garreau, author of Radical Evolution, describes some of the most exciting new technologies on the horizon that have the potential to dramatically transform our lives in the not-too-distant future.

EnlightenNext speaks to techno-prophet Ray Kurzweil, and conscious capitalist Patricia Aburdene about where they think the world is going in the next five years.

Ervin Laszlo, Nobel Prize nominee and Club of Budapest founder, brings his grand-scale “theory of everything” to bear on the plight of humanity here and now.

Mary Evelyn Tucker, Earth Charter advocate and world religions professor, discusses the powerful potential relationship between religion and ecology.

John Petersen, Arlington Institute founder and renowned futurist, speaks with WIE's Maura O'Connor about the Mayan prophesy for 2012, rapid climate change, and how best to prepare for the end of the world.

Integral ecologist Michael Zimmerman speaks with WIE editor Ross Robertson about the “bright green” movement, a transformative approach to environmentalism that offers a fuller and more hopeful way to respond to the global ecological challenges we face.

Ethan Zuckerman, a social activist and internet entrepreneur on a mission to bring information technology to developing countries, speaks with WIE’s Ross Robertson about the complex challenges—and untapped potential—of creating a truly sustainable, equitable, and interconnected world.

Jakob von Uexkull, founder of the Right Livelihood Award and the World Future Council Initiative, presents a pioneering vision for transforming politics at a global scale.

From AIDS in Africa to the war in Iraq, Don Beck provides surprising insight into the cultural forces driving the news of the day.

Is peace the answer to a world in chaos? Against the backdrop of 9/11 and Iraq, WIE asks the hard questions about just wars and religious violence, and explores the relationship between our deepest spiritual principles and the politics of an evolving global society.

WIE's Elizabeth Debold spoke with systems theory pioneer Dr. Ervin Laszlo about his vision for the future of the planet and of a new paradigm of universal interconnectedness.

Will America be remembered as the architect of the world's first global democracy or as a power-hungry rogue nation that precipitates a tragedy of epic proportions?

From the far out to the close at hand, four futurists zoom out for a bird's eye view on the global changes we're experiencing now and can anticipate in the future—each outlining both the unprecedented challenges and mind-spinning opportunities humanity faces in the minutes and years to come

WIE calls on some of today's most pioneering evolutionary minds in geopolitics, cosmology, organizational development, and spirituality to help us understand how humanity can move forward amidst the multifaceted challenges of our moment in history.

Read why one of the most revered scholars of world religion thinks that, in the face of apocalyptic times, our future salvation may be out of this world.

How can the changeless realization of enlightenment help humanity cope with our world of accelerating change? Twelve contemporary spiritual teachers bring timeless wisdom to bear on this twenty-first-century dilemma.

Enter a multidimensional journey through history, cyberspace (and small-town America) as a broad spectrum of religious authorities takes on the burning question: How can the world's great traditions cope with the complexities of human life in the 21st century and beyond?

Surprising scenarios of promise and peril from John Petersen, founder of futurist think tank, the Arlington Institute.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and others.

Susan Bridle considers eco-theologian Thomas Berry's resounding call to our ecological conscience.

An evolutionary activist warns us that the fragile systems of our biosphere and global human community are rapidly nearing “the breaking point.”

This Internet entrepreneur and philanthropist has a dazzling vision of a 2050 society and some bold ideas to get us there.

“The spiritual power of the universe is not a morally neutral force,” declares revolutionary spiritual activist Michael Lerner in this provocative dialogue with Andrew Cohen on Judaism, enlightenment, and saving the world.

An evolutionary thinker gazes into the near future and sees the advent of a new kind of human being.

According to evolutionary activist Duane Elgin, the most vital determining factor in our collective awakening is not mystical experience . . . it’s television.

The renowned Christian lay monk and interfaith activist believed that if we are to survive as a species there must be a spiritual awakening of the human heart, one that transforms the core of limitation into the seeds of transformation.