Paraview Presents:
Conscious Planet: Our New Monthly Media Guide

Welcome back! As Labor Day is behind us and fall has unofficially started, people are leaving the beaches and heading back to their desks. While work activities are picking up, one still can consider a vacation to the Indonesian archipelago -- or rather read about it -- as Paraview Literary Agency client Lawrence Blair writes about his adventures there and how the local population deals with the threats to their forests, reefs, and livelihood. 

Elsewhere in the world, in Johannesburg, South Africa, political and business leaders convened over the last week at the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development to discuss similar threats on a global scale. It remains to be seen what the results of that conference will be, but economist and sustainability activist Hazel Henderson pointedly describes Bush?s agenda at this conference as being one of ?going it alone? and based on 19th century economics. As she says: ?good for his corporate constituency, but bad for everyone else.? Have also a look at www.johannesburgsummit.org for live webcasts, or see our featured Conscious Internet websites below. 

Besides conferences, sustainability and environmental issues, I?d like to draw your attention to a truly fascinating description of the spiritual aspects of sound. Paraview Press will present this in an upcoming book: The Sonic Thread: Sound as a Pathway to Spirituality by Cynthia Snodgrass. Keep your ears and eyes open for its publication.

As usual, our Media Guide will inform you about upcoming interesting radio and TV programs and worthwhile websites. I would like to mention here one website in particular, both because it is unusual in its approach to news, but also because it just celebrated its fifth anniversary. It is the Good News Network, which showcases the remarkable things happening in life, business, politics, and society -- a great initiative and reminder that good things do happen around us. On that positive note, I invite you to further explore that website and the other valuable media programming mentioned.

Alexander M. Dake
CEO, Paraview.com

Lux Mentis, Lux Orbis
Light of the Mind, Light of the World

Rare Earth: The eReport (Wisdom TV)
Check the website for dates and times.
This half-hour magazine-style program covers environmental issues such as pollution, recycling, conservation, natural resources, endangered species, alternative energy sources, and global warming. September topics include eco-education, endangered planets, environmental homes, solar cars, endangered monkeys, and international plastics dumping.

WorldLink TV 
Check the website for channel availability and schedule.
WorldLink TV presents first-run documentaries on global issues, current affairs series, international news, classic foreign feature films, and the best of world music. Daily reports and analysis by Danny Schechter from the Earth Summit in Johannesburg are aired every weekday at 7:00 PM ET (4:00 PM PT). 

?Mobile Eyes on Sustainable Development? (Free Speech TV) 
September 7 and 8
?Mobile Eyes on Sustainable Development? provides 48 hours of the issues presented by the Earth Summit, and the website offers related links, news, program schedules, and discussion. 

TVE?s Earth Report (BBC World)
(Airs weekly at Mon 21:30; Tues 01:30, 09:30; Sat 18:30, Sun 07:30 GMT)
The current Earth Summit in South Africa is covered extensively online and via the television program.

GodTalk
Produced by Dr. Bridget Mary Meehan, GodTalk brings together people of all faiths to discuss common social, moral, and spiritual concerns. In addition to its TV programs, the site offers clips and videos on the Catholic clergy abuse crisis, a prayer service in response to the abuse crisis, the Women of God video series, and information on five new retreats/workshops for healing and spiritual growth in 2002 and 2003.

New at Paraview in September