By Ethan Indigo Smith Contributing writer for Wake Up World The world is increasingly complicated. This increased complexity is not helped by the fact that people are less aware of simple...
Category - Community
Dance as Activism – How Dance Can Bond Communities
By Anna Swisher Guest Writer for Wake Up World How can you make a difference? How can you embody systemic change at a local level? How do you not burn out? How can you enjoy your...
Man Camps, Fossil Fuels and Murdered Indigenous Women – The Cultural Genocide Continues
By Nikki Harper Staff Writer for Wake Up World Across North America, the numbers of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls is staggering, and shaming. A 2014 national investigation in Canada...
Incorporating Nature into Urban Planning for Better Mental Health
By Nikki Harper Staff Writer for Wake Up World Mental health issues are a growing concern in today’s modern world. Around 450 million people suffer from mental illness of some kind, but only...
Tribal Mentality: How Fear of Feeling Out is Holding Us Back
September 11th, 2019 By Niraj Soma Naik Guest Writer for Wake Up World When I was a pharmacist, a fellow pharmacist who was from Nigeria told me how tribal culture had historically held back...
The Duality of Polarity: Beyond Nationalism and Globalism
By Ethan Indigo Smith Contributing writer for Wake Up World All around the world, the institutionalization of society and of government is ruled, subtly and overtly, by mutually dependent...
Standing at the Crossroads of Collective Evolution and Total Collapse
March 30th, 2019 By Paul Lenda Guest writer for Wake Up World We are at the most significant reality-altering crossroads we have ever been at in recorded history. Never has the future been such an...
Regulation Nation: Where Independence is Illegal Without a Permit
March 21st, 2019 By Daisy Luther Guest writer for Wake Up World These days, you need permission from the government to do just about anything, including feeding yourself or others. Do you own a car...
This Holiday Season, I’m Standing in Solidarity With Migrants
December 17th, 2018 By Kerri Kennedy Guest writer for Wake Up World Mary and Joseph fled their country to keep their child alive. We should embrace families making the same difficult choice...
Courage Is Contagious
December 13th, 2018 By Frances Moore Lappé Guest writer for Wake Up World Civil courage is the capacity to do what serves the common good, even if one must stand alone. No matter how many times...
America – The Great Illusion
By Tim Bryant and Ryan Cristián Guest writers for Wake Up World “Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” — Albert...
Other Countries Expect More of Their Leaders. So Should We.
July 24th, 2018 By Mona Younis Guest writer for Wake Up World We’re the wealthiest country on earth, but over 40 percent of us live in or near poverty. Are we Americans unworthy...