Center for World Indigenous Studies

Fourth World Eye Blog

Rudolph C. Rÿser, Ph.D.

• Birth, Death and Renewal

  Feb 6, 2012 by Rudolph C. Rÿser, Ph.D.

  Hysteria rising from the dooms-day theologies grips large pieces of the world’s human population as they attempt to use the Mayan end-of-cycle date of December 21, 2012 (Winter Solstice) as a confirmation of their “end of the world” fears. In a strange way, this failure to truly understand the Mayan system of knowledge while imposing... more →

  Posted in Artby - Rudolph Ryser, Arts and Culture, Environment

• Solstice, Yule, Saturnalia, Chaomos

  Dec 24, 2011 by Rudolph C. Rÿser, Ph.D.

  The world over celebrated the Solstice…the longest night…that promises the return of increasingly longer days. Recognized throughout all of human history as the point in time when celebrations honor the light. All cultures including the Romans, Chaomos of northwestern Pakistan (Chaomos), the Maya of the Yucatan to El Salvador, Igbo of Nigeria, Maori of New... more →

  Posted in Artby - Rudolph Ryser, Arts and Culture

• Forgotten Foods: Reclaiming Life

  Dec 12, 2011 by Rudolph C. Rÿser, Ph.D.

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  Posted in Artby - Rudolph Ryser, Economy, Environment, Food Security, FW Geo-Politics, Human Rights

• Durban Passes, Climates Change

  Dec 9, 2011 by Rudolph C. Rÿser, Ph.D.

  The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties 17th session completed its two week run today with Canada and Japan rethinking whether they want to pay attention to the committments those countries made under the Kyoto Protocols.  Canada has instead of reducing its emissions by 2% increased its emissions by 6%.  Other countries... more →

  Posted in Artby - Rudolph Ryser, Environment, Food Security, FW Geo-Politics

• Climate Change Ghost Dance–Duck and Cover

  Dec 7, 2011 by Rudolph C. Rÿser, Ph.D.

  Even as delegates of states’ governments, businesses, labor, non-governmental organizations and indigenous peoples meet in Durban, South Africa for the last week of a two week negotiation, many observer have concluded, “the UN climate talks failed long ago.” In an apparent effort to avoid accounability under the commitments made as a signator to the Kyoto... more →

  Posted in Artby - Rudolph Ryser, Economy, Environment, Food Security, FW Geo-Politics