Creating a resilient & sustainable community
Sustainability Education Forum Editor-Publisher
Dr. Clifton Ware is an international figure in the world of voice pedagogy. During the the past fifty years of teaching students how to sing -- both nationally and internationally -- Clif developed his signature "Efficient and Authentic Voice Technique". What distinguishes his method is its holistic approach, simplicity, and effectiveness. Siingers find that they are able to ensure their vocal health while cultivating their own unique, expressive sound. This approach stands in sharp contrast to faddish techniques that encourage mimicking the vocalism, style, and qualities of other singers, possibly limiting their own vocal imprint and even harming their vocal instrument. The "Efficient and Authentic Voice Technique" produces singers that enjoy vocal power, range, ease, individuality, and a liberating learning process.
SEF News-Views Digest No. 141
Clifton Ware, Editor-Publisher
I’ve been “thinking” about what I consider the greatest freedom to which we humans aspire, and it’s not what typically rolls off one’s tongue. For me, it’s the ability, courage, and will to THINK (to reason, contemplate, ponder, deliberate, consider, meditate, or cogitate). In all definitions, the assumption is that maximum human brain functioning is required to achieve higher levels of consciousness.
SEF News-Views Digest No. 140
Clifton Ware, Editor-Publisher
Citizens for Sustainability: Meeting-Forum, Sat., August 13, 10am-noon, St. Anthony Village Community Center, 3301 Silver Lake Rd. Free & open to public.
Based on recent tragic police-and-citizen confrontations, it seems timely to give special attention to the ongoing concern about police confrontations with black citizens. This issue is especially relevant in creating a sustainable, viable democracy, as all citizens deserve to live safely, with just and equal treatment—within a humane socio-political system that seeks to maintain law and order.
SEF News-Views Digest No. 139
Clifton Ware, Editor-Publisher
Citizens for Sustainability: Meeting-Forum, Sat., August 13, 10am-noon, St. Anthony Village Community Center, 3301 Silver Lake Rd. Free & open to public.
Stormy weather conditions have always existed around the globe, but there’s growing evidence that conditions are becoming more common and severe. The intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme storm events—droughts, floods, tornados, hurricanes-typhoons, etc.—inflict considerable short and long-term damage to both natural and human-made environments. Many climatologists confirm that climate change is the primary cause—wrought chiefly by rapidly expanding humankind’s vast consumption of fossil fuels.
SEF News-Views Digest No. 138
Clifton Ware, Editor-Publisher
Citizens for Sustainability: Meeting-Forum, Sat., July 19, 10am-noon, Silver Lake Village Community Center, 3301 Silver Lake Rd. Free & open to public.
This week I was set to comment on “The Higher Calling of Higher Education—the first article in the Solutions section—when I realized that most of the articles in the Views section featured a variety of perspectives about the Brexit controversy and related global consequences. Since this is such a hot topic, I’ll highlight some of the issues involved.
SEF News-Views Digest No. 137 (6-28-16)
Clifton Ware, Editor-Publisher
Citizens for Sustainability: Meeting-Forum, Sat., July 19, 10am-noon, Silver Lake Village Community Center, 3301 Silver Lake Rd. Free & open to public.
Ever since America’s founding, “The American Dream” has become a popular social meme, expressed both by foreigners and native-born citizens who desire freedom and opportunities to enjoy a better life. But over the past five decades the dream has undergone a metamorphic decline, especially for the majority of working-class citizens, those who aspire to typical middle-class lifestyles. Future expectations for these folk have evolved, from optimistic dreams of great promise and hope, to pessimistic nightmares filled with dreadful uncertainty.