Topics Intro: What Lies Ahead & What You Can Do - Duane Elgin

Learn more about Duane Elgin here:
http://www.ecospeakers.com/speakers/elgind.html

In this video you will learn about Elgin's interactive approach to giving public presentations, his background, and the topics of his talks. Topics include "Our World in Transition: What Lies Ahead, Disaster or Renewal," "Moving From the Rat Race to the Human Race: Cool Lifestyles for a Hot Planet," and "Collective Crisis Meets Collective Wisdom." In a compassionate and positive way, he discusses the pivotal times we are living through and our opportunity to create a sustainable and meaningful future.

As a futurist and author of "Voluntary Simplicity," Elgin has anticipated some of the most important trends of our time. According to a 1997 Trends Research Institute report, "voluntary simplicity is now spreading throughout the industrialized world Never before has a societal trend grown so quickly, spread so broadly, and been embraced so eagerly." His other books are "The Living Universe," "Promise Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity's Future," and "Awakening Earth."

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The line "about 300 years ago we forgot that piece of wisdom" really touched me. Thank goodness we have people working tirelessly to remind us. I for one and listening.