In lieu of Rinaldo S. Brutuco’s weekly Perspectives column this week, the staff at The Optimist Daily (a partnership incubated by The Academy) stepped in to lend their “Optimist View” on tackling the negative news bias. If you would like to receive more content like the following, and start the day with solutions-oriented good news […]
A win in Santa Barbara: Goodbye natural gas
All electric new building construction is now the future of Santa Barbara! We are excited to share that last week, Santa Barbara City Council and Mayor Cathy Murillo voted unanimously to enact a new building ordinance prohibiting natural gas infrastructure in newly constructed buildings (with a few exceptions where there isn’t yet a viable electric […]
Perspectives: Death and Taxes!
Goodbye Lloyd’s of London BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share A common refrain that echoed around American society for the last 70 years or so goes like this: “Nothing in life is certain, except death and […]
Perspectives: So Many Words, So Little Action!
It’s time for Corporate America to step up its game BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share As almost everyone in the US is now aware, Georgia’s Republican legislators passed legislation to: a) actively suppress voter turnout, making it significantly harder for minorities to vote by adding new vote-by-mail […]
Perspectives: What’s With Toyota?
Corporate responsibility is not optional BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share The “Sedition Caucus” is defined as those members of the House of Representatives who, after the January 6th riots were brought to a halt, voted to stop […]
UnGUN Virtual Workshop July 9th-11th
UnGUN’s Disarming Trauma Workshop Our Fellow, Dr. Dorothy “Dot” Maver of the National Peace Academy, will be involved in co-presenting a powerful workshop with the Biosophical Institute. Dr. Marty Casey, founder of UnGUN Institute will offer an UnGUN Collective Healing Online Workshop July 9 – 11, 2021; collective trauma healing with the arts using unique […]
Perspectives: Twelve Story Building Collapses!!!
Cloudy with a chance of chaos BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share What on earth is going on in Miami? A 40-year-old, twelve-story building named the […]
Fellow Spotlight: Dr. Dorothy Maver
An Update on our Fellow, Dr. Dorothy Maver We recently caught up with Fellow Dr. Dorothy Maver, and received an update on her outstanding projects. Read below for more information, and visit her Fellow’s page to learn more about Dr. Maver. Dorothy J. Maver, PhD is an educator and peacebuilder whose keynote is ‘inspiring cooperation […]
World UNITY Week Coverage
Celebrating Eight Days of Global Togetherness The Academy was happy to participate with The Optimist Daily, and with many other co-conveners, in “World UNITY Week” during the month of June. Presented by UNITY EARTH, the event was a ground-breaking online gathering over 8 days, where global changemakers came together to connect, celebrate and advance the […]
Perspectives: Forgive Them Father, For They Know Not…
Goodbye to patriarchy BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share This column is being written on Father’s Day—as the humorist Jim Gaffigan observed, “the government mandated day of […]
Perspectives: 100 Years Old and Useless!
What once was good has become anachronistically bad BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share We all were able to witness a television treat last week when we saw three centenarians (folks over 100) appear on […]
Perspectives: Bon Voyage!
Cruise ships are lined up and ready to sail… BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share Cruise ships are lined up and ready to sail…maybe. Yes, […]