Simplicity
The Journey To Wholeness
By Michael Lewin
Copyright © 2007
CHOOSING THE LIGHTNESS
OF PLANETARY CHILDHOOD
We are the binge generation – the ones who wanted it all.
We are the last of the innocents who believed that this tiny Earth, floating in the vastness of space, could provide for all our wants, however wild or stupid.
An excerpt from the Tyranny of Structurelessness by Jo Freedman
There are some principles we can keep in mind that are essential to democratic structuring and are politically effective also:
1.) Delegation of specific authority to specific individuals for specific tasks by democratic procedures. Letting people assume jobs or tasks by default only means they are not dependably done. If people are selected to do a task, preferably after expressing an interest or willingness to do it, they have made a commitment which cannot easily be ignored.
Victoria relocalization - http://members.shaw.ca/RLNVictoria/
Relocalize network - http://www.relocalize.net
Oil from algae - http://www.oilgae.com/
Website URL: http://www.sacredsuenos.com
Having just gotten back from Sacred Sueños farm near Vilcabamba, Ecuador, I´m quite happy to have hope that simple dreams are possible. Starting with one man, a mission and a little money, a mountaintop is gradually being nurtured into an organic homestead.
Bill Clinton has begun to create a Global Initiative program regarding 4 of the worlds current largest problems. He is trying to put the power into individual citizens hands, making everyone responsible for World Health, Global Warming, Ethical Conflicts and Poverty. I think this is amazing and I wanted to share 52 things that people can do to help the world be a better place.
David Suzuki has a similar mandate for conservation of energy and environments as well. Quoted below is 10 things you can do at home.
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/NatureChallenge/
Jumping right into the thick of things with my first blog post, I present Shift Happens, a short video on the current exponential-growth age we live in. Check it out at http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift
Never pee into the wind!
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