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New Books by Dr. Laszlo
Dr. Laszlo’s latest groundbreaking book has most recently become available in the US.
The book “Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything” (Inner Traditions Press) has received a great deal of attention. It is being published in Europe at the same time in Spanish, Dutch, and Norwegian editions, with further editions scheduled for Japan, Russian, and China. The book offers an introduction to the worldview that is now emerging at the cutting edge of the physical, biological, and human sciences.
“The most brilliant, comprehensive, and intellectually satisfying integral theory of everything that I have ever read. . . . transcends the vision of Darwin, Newton, Einstein, the quantum pioneers and many other scientific giants of history.”
Deepak Chopra
Dr. Laszlo’s earlier book "You Can Change the World" launched in London in June 2003 as part of a public discussion with Honorary Member Peter Russell and Jakob van Uexkuell, Chair of the Right Livelihood Awards. This book has been newly revised and is now available in the USA from Select Books and on Amazon.com. Dr. Laszlo's other recent book "The Connectivity Hypothesis: Foundations of an Integral Science of Quantum, Cosmos, Life and Consciousness" is also now available in the USA.
Scientific Conference on Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything
A scientific conference was held in Germany with Dr. Laszlo and others including Ralph Abraham, Fritz Albert Popp and Rupert Sheldrake on the new book- it is under discussion now whether to put the transcripts out as a book and/or in Laszlo’s World Futures journal (www.tandf.co.uk/journals/listings/w.asp). GERG members Allan Combs, Ralph Abraham, Ignazio Masulli, and Karl Pribram attended.
GERG: The General Evolution Research Group
The General Evolution Research Group came into existence in the mid-1980s as a gathering of friends interested in exploring the possibilities of a general theory of evolution. The principal organizer of the group was, and remains, leading systems theorist and founder of the global Club of Budapest, Dr. Ervin Laszlo. During the years since then evolutionary thinking has increasingly incorporated the sciences of complexity so that, for example, concepts such as emergence and complexity are an integral part of general evolutionary thinking. From the beginning the group has been vitally interested in the state of the world, seen from a systems perspective, and what can be done to improve it. Over the years, however, scholarship form GERG members has expanded to include works on global economics, social and historical models of civilization and its evolution, the evolution of energy systems throughout the cosmos, the nature of the mind, societal patterns, health delivery systems, education, and re-thinking biological evolution itself. Click Here for the GERG Newsletter Vol.1, No. 1.
Ervin Laszlo Autobiographical Retrospective
To read a published autobiographical retrospective by Dr. Laszlo click here. Thanks to Taylor and Francis, and the International Journal of General Systems (February 2004, Vol. 33 (1), pp. 1-14) for permission to publish.
Earth Charter
Earth Charter is an ethical framework of principles for a better world, created by people not governments.
From the brochure: "In 1987, the United Nations World Commission on the Environment and Development issued a call for creation of a new charter that would set forth fundamental principles for sustainable development. The drafting of an Earth Charter was part of the unfinished business of the1992 Rio Earth Summit. In 1994 Maurice Strong, the secretary general of the Earth Summit and chairman of the Earth Council, and Mikhail Gorbachev, president of Green Cross International, launched a new Earth Charter initiative with support from the Dutch government. An Earth Charter Commission was formed in 1997 to oversee the project and an Earth Carter Secretariat was established at the Earth Council in Costa Rica."
Steven Rockefeller, chair of the drafting committee, convened numerous drafting conferences across the globe. In the process of this challenging task, a borderless, global common language was found. If consensus could not be reached on any of the content, it was omitted or a solution was negotiated. The drafting process was an example in and of itself of the highest goal of the Earth Charter in its global participation from all people, regardless of culture, religious tradition, gender, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. "The drafting of the Earth Charter has involved the most open and participatory consultation process ever conducted in connection with an international document." The Charter has been shaped by both experts and representatives of grassroots communities. It is a people's treaty that sets forth an important expression of the hopes and aspirations of the emerging global civil society. The final draft was announced in 2000.
The Earth Charter stands for social and economic justice, nonviolence, democracy, and peace. It is an authoritative synthesis of values, principles, and aspirations that are widely shared by growing numbers of men and women in all regions of the world.
The principles of the Earth Charter are also based upon contemporary science, international law, and the insights of philosophy and religion
"The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century. It seeks to inspire in all peoples a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility for the well-being of the human family and the larger living world. It is an expression of hope and a call to help create a global partnership at a critical juncture in history."
Maurice Strong, Earth Charter Commissioner:
"...the Charter must evoke dialogue, reflection, analysis and debate on the basic moral and ethical principles in which personal and organizational behavior must be rooted."
The Club of Budapest has endorsed the Earth Charter. Read an article about the Earth Charter by former member of the Earth Charter drafting committee Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker click here.
Contact: www.earthcharter.org for further information.
Fifth "Gaia Symphony" with Ervin Laszlo
Dr. Laszlo has been in Japan where the GAIA SYMPHONY film about him was just launched in a gala opening.
"Gaia Symphony" is a series of 120-minute films with outstanding visionaries. The series with H.H. the Dalai Lama, James Lovelock and Jane Goodall have been a great success especially in Asian countries.
Nobel Peace Prize
The Club of Budapest USA sends congratulations to Wangari Maathai on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize 2004! We also give a special thank you to the Nobel Prize Committee for its decision in recognition of the value of environmental awareness and its implications for peace.
The Club of Budapest has a connection with Wangari Maathai. She lives a life of core values for the environment of humanity, which the Club of Budapest USA supports, and she is a member of the World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality. Many of the Honorary Members of the Club of Budapest are on this Commission for the promotion of inter-religious dialogue and global responsibility ethics. Ervin Laszlo is its co-chair and it meets under the auspices of the Club of Budapest International. The Club of Budapest USA was the original liason supporting the relationship between the Global Commission and Ervin Laszlo.
The Club of Budapest USA welcomes new Honorary and Creative Members
New Honorary members include:
Federico Mayor, former Director General of UNESCO, current director of the Foundation for a Culture of Peace, Spain.
Irene van Lippe-Biesterfeld, Princess of The Netherlands and a well known environmental activist.
Bianca Jagger, Global human rights activist. For over 20 years, Bianca Jagger has campaigned for human rights, social and economic justice and environmental protection throughout the world.
New Creative members include:
Dutch artist Hermann van Veen.
Dutch scientist Dr. Wijffels.
Peter Eigen, former manager at the World Bank for programs in Africa and Latin America and director of the Regional Office East Africa, is founder of Transparency International (TI), a world-wide NGO devoted to transparency and responsibility in international development.
Zev Naveh, Since 1965 at Technion in Israel, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering with secondary appointment at Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, teaching general agronomy, systems ecology and landscape ecology, restoration ecology and biological erosion control. Retired in 1988 as Professor Emeritus. He is presently dealing with theoretical aspects of transdisciplinary landscape ecology, and regional sustainable development towards an information society.
New Club of Budapest Ambassador for Japan: Mr. Mitsuhiro Shibata
Ambassadors of the Club of Budapest are "cultural entrepreneurs" who bring together the potential of the Honorary Members and the Creative Members for special projects.
Mr. Shibata was born in Nagano Prefecture in 1945 and was raised in Tokyo, Japan. He holds B.A. in Economics from Keio University (Japan) and MBA from Northwestern University (USA).
Since student he was active for social causes, being chairman of the Study of Current Problems and president of the Japan Democratic Socialist Student Union. He has had extensive business executive experiences with Japan's Ito Yokado, USA's Baxter International, American Express and Walt Disney, and most recently Italy's Loro Piana.
Currently he is president of La Lumiere (Tokyo, Japan), and while active in consulting he has been supporting NGO's relating to environment and peace.
He became Ambassador of the Club of Budapest for Japan in July, 2004. He is a member of the Rotary Club International in Japan, and a member of the Steering Committee of Global Sports Alliance.
Cultural Creatives
Creative member and sociologist Paul Ray uncovered how 50 million people were starting to change the world in his survey work with the general population. This new social movement is described in the groundbreaking book authored by Paul Ray and Sherry Anderson entitled "The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People are Changing the World". This book is a result of 13 years of survey research with over 100,000 participants in the USA. The Club of Budapest has started an international work group, which is planning to continue analogous studies in other countries with the help of local and international sponsorships. Preliminary work on this project has started in Europe.
Paul's current projects are a fall survey on the "New Political Compass" and he is also working on creating a new think tank for longer term structural change, an Institute for a Wisdom Civilization, within The Global Academy. For further information please contact: Paul@culturalcreatives.org.
Planetary Vision Festival
The Planetary Vision Festival is an initiative of the Club of Budapest that began in 2001 in celebration of the new millennium. In collaboration with members of its Founding Alliance, sunrise events took place around the world in over twenty countries following the path of the sunrise. This March 21st event was the first celebration of the "World Day of Planetary Consciousness" which supports new and creative thinking to address global issues. Honorary member H.H. the Dalai Lama sent a letter of support for the inaugural event. Another Festival event on the September equinox was held to celebrate the "World Day of Planetary Ethics", a day to consider and promote a new ethics for a more sustainable humanity.
World Wisdom Council
"The World Wisdom Council has been convened by the Club of Budapest in cooperation with the World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality in the conviction that the paramount consider4aqtion in this age of discontinuity and transformation is to recognize that, through the development of a new dimension of consciousness, the world can be constructively changed by women and men wherever they live and whatever their interests and lot in life.
The task of the Council is to build on the power and creativity innate in all people by:
- bringing to the attention of the widest layers of the public both the dangers and the opportunities inherent in the human condition in its global dimension;
- identifying priority areas where individual and cooperative action is needed in order to reinforce progress toward peace and sustainability, locally as well as globally;
- offering guidance for developing the individual and collective wisdom that empowers action capable of bringing about constructive change in the local and the global economic, social, and ecological environment.
The World Wisdom Council realizes that there is already a growing range of initiatives aligned with its mission. In consequence it is taking as one of its highest priorities the formation of networks, partnerships, and collaborations in the interest of mobilizing the forces required for constructive transformation on a global scale.
The World Wisdom Council is politically, socially, and culturally non-partisan, championing the joint interest of all humans and all life on this planet, informing people so that they can move toward a world where they can live in peace with each other and in harmony with nature.
DECLARATION ON THE ESSENTIAL ETHIC OF THE MEDIA
12 September 2001
THE WISE RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE
Club of Budapest global founder, Dr. Ervin Laszlo has received 2001 Peace Award
You Can Change the World
This is a global initiative of the Club of Budapest to encourage all humanity to take action towards creating a peaceful sustainable world. It is up to each individual to create the future proactively. This initiative will incorporate a series of events and activities. To date the "Change the World Best Practices Awards" have been established on an annual basis in Germany. These awards have currently been presented to nonprofits doing exemplary work to improve the human condition.
The Global Marshall Plan Initiative
The Global Marshall Initiative is a european based network of people, organizations, and clubs, which support the establishment of an effective, all encompassing plan for global eco-social development.
The Global Marshall Plan Initiative was founded in 2003 in Frankfurt/Main by representatives from various non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) from The Club of Rome, BUND, The Club of Budapest, The Global Contract Foundation, and the South German Newspaper.
The vision of the Global Marshall Plan Initiative is the implementation of a global eco-social development plan. The implementation of this plan will act as a basis for a worldwide ecological and social market economy. Such an economy will support the peace, freedom, security, and well being of all by guaranteeing a balance between environmental, economic, and social factors. For more information please visit www.globalmarshallplan.org
Post-Tsunami World Declaration: Learning From the Catastrophe
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