This presentation was part of the 2024 Nova Annual Conference on the " New Horizons: Toward an Era of Global Flourishing” which explored transformative strategies with deeper awareness to promote collective growth and sustainable flourishing across all sectors of society. We considered the critical investments needed across many sectors—health, economics, agriculture, food systems, and the interconnected systems that support healthy physical and social environments—to build thriving global societies. As the source of all life, energy was a central theme. This includes the cellular energy vital for personal flourishing, the sustainable energy systems required for flourishing societies, and the transformative energy of human consciousness necessary for global change.
About the presenter:
David Lorimer, MA, PGCE, FRSA is a writer, lecturer, poet, editor, and spiritual activist who is founder of Character Education Scotland, global ambassador and program director of the Scientific and Medical Network, and former president of Wrekin Trust and the Swedenborg Society. He has also been editor of Paradigm Explorer since 1986. His most recent books are his essays, A Quest for Wisdom; his collection of poetry, Better Light a Candle; and, edited with Ervin Laszlo, The Great Upshift. David is also chair of the Galileo Commission which seeks the expand the evidence base of science of consciousness beyond a materialistic world view. In 2020 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award as a Visionary Leader by the Visioneers International Network and the 2021 Aboca Human Ecology Prize. He is a Creative Member of the Club of Budapest and a Member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle.
