EDUCATION / ACTIVISM
John Perkins As Chief Economist at a major international consulting firm, John Perkins advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. He worked directly with heads of state and CEOs of major companies. His books on economics and geo-politics have sold more than 1 million copies, spent many months on the New York Times and other bestseller lists, and are published in over 30 languages.
John’s Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list) is a startling exposé of international corruption. His The Secret History of the American Empire, also a New York Times bestseller, details the clandestine operations that created the world’s first truly global empire. His Hoodwinked is a blueprint for a new form of global economics. The solutions are not “return to normal” ones. Instead, John challenges us to soar to new heights, away from predatory capitalism and into an era more transformative than the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. His writings detail specific steps each of us can take to create a sustainable, just, and peaceful world. http://www.johnperkins.org/
The Story of Stuff is an amazingly informative and creative animation film on the impact we have on our environment. Many of us already know about recycling wisdom and environment friendly life style choices as well as humane business practices towards people and animals. However, there are many areas of "stuff" production which are not seen or talked about from our "end user" vantage point which are just as important to understand ~ this little film gives an introduction to this topic which is valuable to all ages. www.storyofstuff.com
Julia "Butterfly" Hill was born just plain Julia on February 18, 1974. Her young life nearly ended in 1996. She recovered and, much like John Muir after his near-blinding at almost the same age, she set off to travel. She planned to visit the Far East, in search of enlightenment. But her route to the East lead her to the West Coast of the U.S. where other young people were trying to prevent the destruction of one of the last remnants of the great redwood forest that once stretched 650 kilometers (400 miles) from southern Oregon to the Big Sur coast, south of Monterey Bay, California. www.circleoflifefoundation.org
Off the Mat, Into the World™ (OTM) is a program that aims to inspire and guide you to find and define your purpose and become active in your local or global community in an effective, sustainable and joyful way. OTM is an educational, experiential and motivational process for those interested in conscious activism and service. We combine yoga asanas, meditation in-depth self-exploration which culminates in the formation of a group project that is real and in service to the community. www.offthematintotheworld.org
Elephant Journal is your guide to what we like to call ‘the mindful life’: yoga, organics, sustainability, genuine spirituality, conscious consumerism, fair fashion, the contemplative arts…anything that helps us to live a good life that also happens to be good for others, and our planet. www.elephantjournal.com
Maui Language Institute is an intensive, English as a Second Language program located on the beautiful, tropical island of Maui. MLI provides international students from around the world English language instruction of the highest quality from trained, experienced ESL professionals. MLI is intended for all students who want to improve their English skills for academic, professional, or personal reasons. MLI is able to accommodate the learning needs and goals of a multitude of different students. www.mauilanguageinstitute.com
The Maui Hero Project is a community-based rite of passage program aimed at facilitating profound transformational experiences in hopes of initiating a new generation of people into an experience of a caring, supportive, healthy and sustainable culture here in Hawaii and in the world. In every culture there is the story of the hero/ine. The hero/ine's journey is an outward adventure that is symbolic of the inward quest we all must take in a lifetime. Just as the Hawaiian hero Maui had to, we all must learn to see our lives as a story with different plots, characters, settings and themes. In the end, we transform ourselves in order to transform our world. We learn to re-write the endings to our own life stories. www.mauihero.com
Green e Books may be a place where you may feel “not in Japan”. We try to create the atmosphere with factors feel more stateless. This is for all people who visited us both local Japanese and non-natives. For Japanese, we want you to enjoy the feeling of statelessness. Non-natives, we want you to feel homey if you are tired of Japanese hardcore stress and complicated communications. Not only books and magazine, we store much music with many genres from around the world! Theme of the shop is a WORLD TRAVEL with books, music and more. www.greenebooks.net/menu/e.top.html
John’s Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list) is a startling exposé of international corruption. His The Secret History of the American Empire, also a New York Times bestseller, details the clandestine operations that created the world’s first truly global empire. His Hoodwinked is a blueprint for a new form of global economics. The solutions are not “return to normal” ones. Instead, John challenges us to soar to new heights, away from predatory capitalism and into an era more transformative than the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. His writings detail specific steps each of us can take to create a sustainable, just, and peaceful world. http://www.johnperkins.org/
