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The internet is filled with the websites of today’s visionaries. We are including many to enlarge this window onto the emerging vision for humanity. Clicking on the blue text will open a new page containing that website. Information about the site (generally the purpose or mission) is in black text. Red text signifies a specific visionary associated with that site.Click to see them organized by category. On this page the websites are organized alphabetically. A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - Y - Z A Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters (A global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age.) Alliance for Compassionate Education (The Soul in Education. An organization of educators, parents, and community members committed to teaching authenticity, compassion, and caring. By providing networks and events for sharing and support, ACE will identify and implement educational practices that are aligned with the values of peace and social justice. By guiding students to connect with their highest visions and to develop their most positive qualities, we become change agents for a peaceful and harmonious global future.) Andheri-Hilfe Bonn (Die Andheri-Hilfe Bonn ist eine freie, unabhängige Organisation der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Zurzeit fördert sie über 400 Projekte und Programme in Indien und Bangladesch. [The Andheri-Assistance Bonn is a free, independent organization of development co-operation. Zurzeit promotes it by means of 400 projects and programs to India and Bangladesh.]) Appreciative Inquiry Commons (David Cooperrider) a worldwide portal devoted to the fullest sharing of academic resources and practical tools on Appreciative Inquiry and the rapidly growing discipline of positive change. B Berkana Institute (Margaret J. Wheatley. We are a worldwide community of people who recognize the need for change in our communities, organizations and nations.) Big Picture - Small World (Medard Gabel. We are dedicated to providing quality educational programs that inform, inspire and empower. We work with schools, colleges, and organizations around the world. Our mission is to turn information overload into sensible knowledge that leads to effective action. More specifically, we seek to motivate and excite students and others about the wonders and challenges of the global predicament and how we can participate in shaping the world to match our values. We use web movies, lectures, assemblies, teacher development, consulting, books, and curriculum materials toward this purpose.) Boundry Institute (A nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to the advancement of 21st-Century science. We are currently pursuing two major research themes, one concerning the foundations of physics, the other the foundations of mathematics and computer science.) C California Institute of Integral Studies (An accredited institution of higher education that strives to embody spirit, intellect, and wisdom in service to individuals, communities and the Earth.) Center for Sacred Sciences (Exploring the mystical traditions, their universal principles, and their compatibility with modern science.) Children of the Earth (Nina Lynn Meyerhof. Education is to draw out and to examine and to build the future. Education creates meaning so that life can be fulfilling and possibilities can become realities. To this end, I would like to help young people discover their individual and cultural potential while creating a sustaining global unity.) Clinton Global Initiative (Bill Clinton. Identifies a small number of the most serious issues affecting the world today: how to reduce poverty, how to reconcile religious and ethnic conflicts, how to meet increasing energy needs while addressing climate change and how to improve global health. Then, the Initiative brings together some of the world’s best minds and most distinguished problem solvers to identify immediate, practical solutions.) Congress for the New Ubanism (John Norquist. Views disinvestment in central cities, the spread of placeless sprawl, increasing separation by race and income, environmental deterioration, loss of agricultural lands and wilderness, and the erosion of society's built heritage as one interrelated community-building challenge. We stand for the restoration of existing urban centers and towns within coherent metropolitan regions, the reconfiguration of sprawling suburbs into communities of real neighborhoods and diverse districts, the conservation of natural environments, and the preservation of our built legacy. D Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation (a landmark institution primarily aimed at using the experience of the South African people and the example of Desmond Tutu to inspire a new generation of visionary peace builders. Its focus is to teach the extraordinary principles - practiced by ordinary people - that were able to guide South Africa from a legacy of violence to a cooperative peace.)
Earth Policy Institute (Lester Brown. Dedicated to providing a vision of an environmentally sustainable economy—an eco-economy—as well as a roadmap of how to get from here to there.) F FLOW (An emerging movement dedicated to liberating the entrepreneurial spirit and focusing it on the goals of sustainable peace, prosperity, and happiness for all, in the next 50 years.) G Generon Consulting (Joseph Jaworski. A new breed of international consulting firm—one that is motivated by a desire to create a more equitable, peaceful, and sustainable world.) Global Brain (International Paleopsychology Project. Howard Bloom. A multi-disciplinary group of scientists dedicated to mapping out the evolution of complexity, sociality, perception, and mentation from the first 10-32 second of the Big Bang to the present.) The Global Consciousness Project (An international effort involving researchers from several institutions and countries, designed to explore whether the construct of interconnected consciousness can be scientifically validated through objective measurement. The project builds on excellent experiments conducted over the past 35 years at a number of laboratories, demonstrating that human consciousness interacts with random event generators, apparently "causing" them to produce non-random patterns.) Global Education Associates ( To achieve ecological integrity, peace, human rights, economic and social well-being, and democratic participation for all the world's peoples, with special care to include the voices and perspectives of poor and marginalized people and of diverse cultural and religious traditions.) Globalisation for the Common Good (Kamran Mofid. To promote an ethical, moral and spiritual vision of globalisation and encourage adoption of public policy at all levels that builds the common good of our global community. In this way we nurture personal virtue in our relationships with each other and the planetary environment, while investing our understanding of economics, commerce, trade and international relations with values centered on the universal common good.) Global Oneness Project (Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee. The Global Oneness Project is a global inquiry that seeks to inspire dialogue about new ways of working in our interconnected world.) Global Security Institute (Jonathan Granoff. Dedicated to strengthening international cooperation and security based on the rule of law with a particular focus on nuclear arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament.) Green Belt Movement (Wangari Maathai. Provides income and sustenance to millions of people in Kenya through the planting of trees. It also conducts educational campaigns to raise awareness about women's rights, civic empowerment, and the environment throughout Kenya and Africa.) H Hazel Henderson (Author, independent futurist, worldwide syndicated columnist, advocate for and consultant on equitable ecologically sustainable human development and socially responsible business and investment.) Howard Bloom's Big Bang Tango Media Lab (Where the mysteries of the cosmos and the mysteries of the human emotions meet. This is science that uses art as a tool of comprehension. It is science with a modest goal--to understand all that can be comprehended by the human mind and by the human passions...to fuel your curiosity so you can comprehend as much as you can know.) I Imam Sayid Hassan Al-Qazwini (Imam Qazwini. Spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of America.) Imperial History of the Middle East ( Who has conquered the Middle East over the course of world events? See 5,000 years of history in 90 seconds...) Insight Meditation Society (Joseph Goldstein. IMS is one of the Western world's most respected meditation centers.) Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research (Seeks to discern the meaning of Christian identity and unity in a religiously and culturally diverse nation and world, and to communicate that meaning for the mission of the church and the renewal of human community.) Institute of Noetic Sciences (Exploring the frontiers of consciousness to advance individual, social, and global transformation.) J Jane Goodall Institute (Jane Goodall. A global nonprofit that empowers people to make a difference for all living things. We are creating healthy ecosystems, promoting sustainable livelihoods and nurturing new generations of committed, active citizens around the world.) Jawdat Said (Islamic Intellectual) Jean Houston (To provide you with tools, inspiration and resources to become a catalyst for change as well as the person you have always dreamed of becoming. Here are the practical as well as visionary results of decades of work in the fields of human personal, social as well as spiritual development. Here are courses lectures and processes to move you into new ways of being, acting, doing. Here is a continent of spirit.) Junoon (Salman Ahmad. Pakistani physician turned rock musician. Junoon is a band dedicated to improving realtions between the Middle East and the West.) K Karen Armstrong (The most provocative, original, and inclusive thinker on the role of religion in the modern world. She both understands the acute differences between the world's great religions and expertly calls our attention to their profound similarities. This link is to the Lavin Agency, her representative.)
Lifebridge Foundation (To support organizations and individuals who, through cultural, education, and/or scientific means, are dedicated to creating bridges of understanding among all people by bringing to realization the concepts of one humanity and the interconnectedness of all life.) Lokahi Foundation (To undertake multi-faith research in religion at the highest academic level, and outreach and educational projects for the community, public servants, and other professionals.)
Marianne Williamson (Internationally acclaimed author and lecturer) Meaning of Life TV (Cosmic thinkers on camera) Mediators Foundation (Mark Gerzon. To foster global leadership for a just, sustainable and peaceful world. Building leadership capacity through identifying and supporting wise leaders working in the best interests of our small planet.) Menschen für Menschen (Karlheinz Böhm. "Humans for Humans", an Ethiopian relief organization.) N Nautilus Institute (Our shared vision is a peaceful, ethical, and sustainable world for our time. To improve global problem solving by applying and refining the strategic tools of cooperative engagement to fundamental problems undermining global security and sustainability.) O Ode Magazine (Jurriaan Kamp. Ode is an independent magazine about the people and ideas that are changing the world.) P Partnership Way (Riane Eisler. Partnership is a commitment to a way of living, it is a way of life based on harmony with nature, nonviolence, and gender, racial, and economic equity.) Peace Alliance Foundation (To inspire and empower civic engagement for a culture of peace.) Peter Hesse Foundation (Help for needy people in developing countries, especially as survival-help for children and - wherever possible - as help for selfhelp; also the promotion of tolerance and understanding between people in developing countries and in Europe, especially in cultural fields.) R Redefining Progress (Measures the real state of our economy, our environment, and social justice with tools like the Genuine Progress Indicator and the Ecological Footprint.) S Sarvodaya (A. T. Ariyaratne. Sri Lanka’s largest and most broadly embedded people’s organisation. Education, microcredit, welfare for orphans, elders, underage mothers. Developed around a set of coherent philosophical tenets drawn from Buddhism and Gandhian thought; it has been operational for almost 50 years.) School of Ageless Wisdom (Gloria Crook. Exists as a vehicle for some of those who are attracted to the study and application, respectively, of the Cosmology and Teaching of the Ageless Wisdom in a group setting. The Ageless Wisdom consists of that vast body of written and unwritten material available to humanity throughout all time relating to certain fundamental laws of the universe which underlie all political, religious, philosophic, artistic and scientific thought and human existence in general.) Socratic Arts (Roger Schrank. Our mission is to revolutionize the way people think about learning.) T Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education. To promote a better understanding of the world's indigenous peoples, their worldviews, their issues and concerns. In this effort, it strives to bring indigenous peoples together to take the lead in policy advocacy and campaigns on all issues affecting them.) U Union of Concerned Scientists (Citizens and scientitsts for environmental solutions.) V Václav Havel (A collection of his writings and speeches.) W WhatIsEnlightenment? Magazine (Andrew Cohen. A multidimensional exploration of contemporary spirituality.) World Economic Forum (An independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a foundation in 1971, and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum is impartial and not-for-profit; it is tied to no political, partisan or national interests, and is under the supervision of the Swiss Federal Government.) World Future Council (Aims for a global membership of wise thinkers, practical pioneers and young leaders. It will identify the "implementation gaps" between current practices and necessary measures to assure a sustainable and equitable world.) World Inquiry (A new kind of global dialogue, a way to share stories of successful business innovations that are making a positive impact on society. Only the best innovations are profiled in the Business as an Agent of World Benifit Innovation Bank and other publications of the Center. They pave an important path to world-wide sharing of knowledge about successful methods for corporate social responsibility and sustainability, marking the road of hope for a future in which every business will strive to benefit society.) World Peace Emerging (Saphir Lewis. To promote a safer, cleaner, healthier world by telling the stories of people who are creating real working solutions to the problems we all face, thus inspiring readers to get involved and supporting those already taking action.) World Pulse Magazine (Jensine Larsen. There is a world of untapped knowledge, innovation, and vision held by the women and children of the earth. This wellspring of positive solutions is essential for solving today's cyclical global problems and has been ignored for too long by mainstream media, world governments, civil society, and community planners.) Y, Z YES! Journal of Positive Future (An independent, nonprofit organization supporting people’s active engagement in creating a just, sustainable, and compassionate world.) Zaadz (We're gonna change the world. Our math goes like this: you be the change + you follow your bliss + you give your greatest strengths to the world moment to moment to moment + we do everything in our power to help you succeed + you inspire and empower everyone you know to do the same + we team up with millions like us = we just affected billions = we (together) changed the world.) Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives (A global network of creative minds seeking solutions to world challenges. The common vision is to view waste as resource and seek solutions using nature's design principles as inspiration.)
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