The Ragged Edge Radio ....with Russ Dizdar

Global Shift: How A New Worldview Is Transforming Humanity As I write this, a barrel of oil approaches $150; floods, droughts, tornadoes, and typhoons wreak unprecedented havoc in certain parts of the world; and the global economy seems poised on a downward spiral. Perhaps by the time you read this, things will have improved; perhaps they will have become worse. Either way, it seems clear to more and more of us that we have collectively created an unsustainable way of life for most of the world's people and jeopardized our very existence as a species. I first found out about Ed Bourne's book when it was submitted ted to a colleague at New Harbinger. The company had recently entered into a copublishing relationship with the Institute of Noetic Sciences, where I'm director of communications and acquisitions sitions director of our new imprint, Noetic Books. I was stunned by how closely Ed's narrative mapped onto a new study we had just released, The 2007 Shift Report: Evidence of a World Transforming, and furth