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The World Needs a New Story
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If you are involved in a project that is
helping to create a better world
please tell us about it so we can
share it with the world community. |
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Rebirth of the Word, Marie Binder, France
@1992 Visions of a Better World
Foundation |
Ecologist and author, Thomas Berry has said that the world is
between stories - that the old story of a world run by super powers
and fueled by super science no longer works and that a new and more
sustainable story of the world needs to guide us forward.
Since the world media is collectively creating a story of the world, it
may well fall to the world media to become thoughtful about what kind of a
story of the world might allow all of us to evolve a more sustainable way of
being together in the world. This is the intention of Images and Voices of
Hope, to shine a light on the images and stories that point to the emergence
of a new story of the world and to support the journalists, artists, and
media professionals who want to put their access and talent to work on behalf
of creating a better world.
This project seeks to engage those whose vocation is the generation
of stories and images for the world: journalists, artists, publishers,
authors, story tellers, advertisers, publicists, musicians, gallery
owners, dancers, film makers, and so on to develop a new and more
powerful story of possibility for the world. Collectively we
understand that a new story of the world is emerging in many places:
- From communities of women such as the Realwoman project in
California
- From racial and ethnic minorities determined to put an
end to profiling and stereotyping
- From those in healthcare who are
shifting the discourse from one absorbed with pathology to one
dedicated to creating an epidemic of health;
- From those in
education who prefer seeding learning communities to "fixing the
schools"
- From those in environmental movements such as The
Natural Step who understand that the Earth is the parent of the
economy - and not the other way around.
By convening conversations in communities all over the world, we
seek to shine a light on this emerging new story of the world and to
seek out the elements of a new world story that includes a vast
horizon of possibilities for all of the people of the Earth.
Currently under development, this section will present some of
these new images and stories in various communities of interest.
Submit your story
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