such as...
Democracy Literacy?
... do you believe it will suffice complaining for the rest of your life? that democracy is only about making a cross for one of the handful of parties with individual power agendas? that alphabetisation on parliamentary election processes and past presidents is democracy-learning? that a significant amount people today are able to exercise co-creative decision-making for the common, greater good on any meaningful level?

Responsible Consumer Lifestyle Literacy?
... do you believe a sustainable society could exist with the irresponsible, gross consumption, waste and poisoning habits of today?

Responsible Decision-Making Literacy?
... do you imagine a functional sustainability society could exist with explotative economists, corrupt egos and lobbyist politicians?

Cultural and Ethical Literacy?
... do you imagine the world will suddenly work out with people still stupid about other cultures, reiterating the alphabet of "their" religion, while instrumentalising it and ignoring "its" basic ethical bottom lines, - which are, after all, the same for all cultures?

and - Peace Literacy?
understanding, maintaining and creating peace in ourselves and in our communities...


It does not appear realistic at all like things will get better if people not not become LITERATE, that means UNDERSTANDING & EXERCISING positive action in all these domains, - and others. Some exciting challenges between the dry, boring curricula!

In order to provide orientation of the wide spectrum of literacies and their requirement for the BIGGER PICTURE - namely: successfully facing the enormous challenges created by humans themselves and achieving the universal aims of a better world, call it United Nations Charter, Millenium Development Goals, the New Age, Humanist, Buddhist or Christian values, - new LEARNING, new LITERARY COMPETENCE is indispensably required on a mass scale for citizens, consumers, producers, political and economical decision-makers, educators! and learners!

This introduction should have given sufficient understanding for readers to recognise the basic traits of the literacies listed in the Literacy Spiral graphics below. Most probably you will not feel expert competent in all aspects. So, maybe you will find that there remain things to learn for you to become active (even passive) part of the solution - instead of remaining part of the problem of global destruction.

Actually, all these literacies are required for respectful decision-makers and complete changemakers. If they ignore any of these, they lack basic qualities and competences, and hardly "walk their talk". We have met people that have, exercise and live all these competences.

And we need more.