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The SES Narratives

Re-casting contemporary global concerns and issues in the language of "spiritually-engaged sustainability"  (SES).

This initiative will attempt to generate  a SES discourse. It will also attempt to generate a new language with a new set of concepts to re-name and/or re-signify the worlds we live in. While GCSSFS will periodically share position papers, it will also share ideas and initiatives of many others (individuals and organisations) who are contributing to such a discourse. Many of the ideas that will be featured here are not necessarily the views of  the Centre (it fact many are not) but they being shared here to encourage engagement, discussions, dialogue, re-thinking (by re- questioning) and re-orientation.  

We urgently need a new language, symbols and narratives to emotionally and intellectually build a new orientation that can contribute to designs of more sustainable worlds for this and future generations.

Please Note: The highlighted items below are active.  This is work in progress. Links will be added.  Those of you who like to help in this effort, may contact me here. Any help to improve or strengthen this effort is welcome.

Categories of Contemporary Issues and Concerns  
 The highlighted topics below are active and growing. The other areas are being researched. Your contribution is welcome. The categories are not mutually exclusive . They can also be expanded to cover very specific areas.

  • Peace, Dialogue and Democracy
  • Commodification, Desire and the Good Life
  • Poverty and Social Justice
  • Labour,  Future of Work and Leisure
  • Globalisation and Human Rights & Security
  • Education and People Formation (Education, HRD/M)  
  • Globalism, Regionalism, and Localism
  • Dwelling and Urbanisation
  • Femininity and Indigeneity
  • Conventional, Alternative and Appropriate Technologies 
  • Body Cultures, Health and Healing
  • Victims of Economic Growth and Development (Indigenous People, Refugees, Victims of  Human Trafficking, etc)
  • Food, Water and Energy Security
  • Climate Change
  • Social Enterprise and Financial Models 
  • Cooperative Global Trade
  • Media, Communication and Culture
  • Transparency and the Quality of Everyday Life
  • Sustainable Organisation, Social and Product Design
  • Culture, Heritage and Future(s)
  • Ecology and Planetary Consciousness
  • Faith Communities, Perspectivism and Universalism
  • Spirituality and Sustainability

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  • Ecology and Religion
  • Planetary Consciousness
  • Eco-Psychology
  • Future Studies
  • Sustainable Design
  • Authentic Communication
  • Sustainable Leadership
  • Books 
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  • Videos on Contemporary Issues
  • Technologies for Sharing, Dialogue and Action
  • Info-graphics on Sustainability
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Critical Orientations 
to Sustainability and Spirituality 


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This site promotes the orientation, activities, resources and projects of the Centre for the Study of Sustainable Futures and Spirituality (GCSSFS). The Centre is supported in the area of content generation, project execution, design and general administration by Public Media Agency (PMA),  Petaling Jaya, Malaysia under the direct care of one of their creative consultants, Dr. M. Nadarajah (Nat). Nat works as consultant on different projects.  He supports PMA on its various projects supporting social causes. Nat is presently engaged with Xavier University@Bhubaneshwar, India, with it School of Sustainability. He works with Loyola College@Chennai, India on issues related sustainability and spirituality. He is associated with the Centre for Diaspora Studies@MSU, Tirunelveli, India. He continues to support Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP), which is based in Penang, Malaysia, as consultant on a project to set up a 'blended' institution, International People's Agroecology Multiversity (IPAM), to promote agroecology across Asia and the Pacific. He is also a member of the Asian Public Intellectual (API)  community.

GCSSFS, 2016