DUANE ELGIN is an author, speaker, and activist for media accountability. His books include Voluntary Simplicity, Promise Ahead, and Awakening Earth. As a speaker and workshop leader, he explores themes ranging from the big picture of our world approaching a tipping point in history to practical changes we can make in our everyday lives to live more sustainably. He has worked as a senior staff member with a joint Presidential-Congressional Commission on the American Future, and as a senior social scientist at the think tank SRI International, where he co-authored numerous studies on the long-range future. As a citizen activist, Duane co-founded “Our Media Voice” to work for an empowered democracy through televised electronic town meetings. He has an MBA and a master’s from the University of Pennsylvania.

Duane Elgin in The Translucent Revolution:

“We are reconnecting to the Universe, not as dead scientific system, but a living Universe. To the extent that we reclaim the aliveness of the universe we are reclaiming our capacity to engage naturally in spontaneous religious  experiences."

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