Sustainability can only be achieved through mass collaboration and the achievement of panarchy -- a constellation of co-equal hybrid systems of self-governance in which all individuals freely choose where they wish to be heard, and have full access to all relevant information. (more)

In 2010, I released a album called "Squat the Condos!" Little did I know, two years later, a world-wide movement would emerge that addressed many of the points raised on the album. Occupy has unleashed the warrior spirit of everyday people. This spirit destroys what is no longer necessary, fights what is oppressive, and builds what is now needed. (more)

Commencement means beginning. The word is synonymous with start, onset, outset, inception, and initiation. Thus under ordinary circumstances, I would be expected to tell you about the glorious future that awaits you on the other side of tomorrow’s hangover. But this speech will not be ordinary, because these times are anything but ordinary.  (more)

Occupiers' alternative media infrastructure shook the mainstream media trance. We are realizing that the urge to rebel is everywhere. But the new anonymous power of the multitude to "culture jam" and create discourse around power and control can also be used irresponsibly, even dangerously. From Occupy Consciousness, a new free anthology.  (more)

For six weeks in early 2012 I ran for the office of President of the United States of America.  I was accepted by the Reform Party, created We the People Reform Coalition, and wrote letters to every single candidate for President.  This is my report. (more)

I got into Evolver when, in February of 2009, I accidentally wrote a cosmogony during a time where I was laid off from work. Fast forward two years, and I am a co-host of Evolver Columbia, which has been one of the most satisfying and magical endeavors I have had the privilege to encounter. Evolver is a gift and a powerful tool. (more)

The banking system encircles and ensnares people, buildings and environments, defining cities, credit-rating some higher, no matter their quality of life, infrastructure buffers or exposure. This article explores technologies for smart cities to use the system to better advantage, through more coherent measures, innovation policies and incentives for livability. (more)

To those attending the Pyramid Eclipse festival at Pyramid Lake, NV, it is important to understand the loaded history of the area you will be visiting so mutual respect can flow between the festival-goers and the permanent residents of the area. (more)

Locating public toilets would appear to be a natural for Open Government Data (OGD). Data on such facilities should be relatively accessible from municipal government offices and making that information available to the general public as a service via a mobile app is an obviously useful application and seemingly win-win-win... (more)

Quietly bearing witnessing to an injustice can carry more moral force than railing against it. A ritual can give a political gathering a stronger storyline. The ritual you choose need not be elaborate for it to have a powerful impact. (more)

This is a call out to the Evolver community to activate on May 1st in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement to kick off the Spring Awakening!  The Occupy movement will resurrect May Day as a day of general strikes and art displays envisioning what a new world could look like.  Everyone is invited to participate. (more)

Economic growth is sacrosanct because there is no alternative that preserves the wealth of the creditor class. This is why, at the conference, there was no mention of addressing debt or the financial system that depends on it. This was the obvious but unmentionable pile in the ballroom. (more)

Society has completely failed us, given us information over wisdom, consumerism over community, false advertising over deeper healing.  Just about everyone I met in the Evolver Social Movement while on tour was working to transcend this situation, to create new, joyful models of coexistence, to live and share our gifts, to reconnect with the sacredness of nature, to be bearers of light as we face perhaps humanity’s darkest hour. (more)

Occupy is not a takeover of a park, or a march over the Brooklyn Bridge. Occupy is a recognition that we citizens hold the responsibility to take action and forge a better future for ourselves and our children. We need to fully occupy ourselves. (more)

Do any current political candidates take positive stances on human rights, poverty, the environment, sustainable energy, or any social equity issues? Do you want as Commander in Chief a man who believes that magical underwear will protect soldiers from knives and bullets?  (more)

The NSA mega-data center, the CIA relationship with Google, and the federalization of local police suggest that the government of the United States of America is no longer in friendly hands. As an intelligence officer, retired Marine, and patriot, I am deeply offended, personally threatened, and alarmed. (more)

A new model of power that may be an answer to the contemporary crisis of democracy is evolving out of new social practices. What can peer production teach us about the society of the future? (more)

When you support the Evolver Social Movement (E+SM), you play an integral role in accelerating a planetary transformation by spreading a new awareness of our collective, creative potential.  For our spring drive, we are seeking 333 pioneers inspired to help the new transformational culture flourish and spread. (more)