David C. Korten
Portland Living Earth Conference
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In these turbulent and frightening times it is important to remind ourselves that we are privileged to live at the most exciting moment in the whole of human history. For this is the moment when we are being called by the deep forces of creation to awaken to a new consciousness of our own possibilities and to embrace the responsibilities that go with our collective presence on the living jewel of life called Earth. We have the need and the means to create a new American economy as a contribution to the larger work of creating a true Earth community. The choice is ours. The time is now. The work starts right here in our local communities of place. We’re the one’s we’ve been waiting for.

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Dr. David C. Korten is the author of the international best-seller When Corporations Rule the World; and The Post-Corporate World: Life after Capitalism. He chairs the board of the Positive Futures Network, which publishes YES! A Journal of Positive Futures, and is president of the People-Centered Development Forum.