A good tool.
circle processes
by William Greider... lifted from webpage. Converse....
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| a selection of explorations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EarthSea Shamanic Ecovillage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -a community that strives to live out the values of Intentional Community and Voluntary Simplicity and other ecological norms, with a focus on shamanic spirituality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Open space technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -a tool that is being used more and more (often in business settings) that relies upon the spirit of participants to create whatever will be created. It is based in a belief of self-organizing systems- that which needs to be done will be done if we open up the opportunity for things to evolve naturally. The website is Worldwide Open Space. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simple Living | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -the simple living network, with resources and ideas about living simply. Lots of books to order, but you can also look thru the links | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecological Living | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -the eco-living net, very comprehensive list of resources, and a few articles on cultural and ecological designing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecovillage networks: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -ecovillages: where communities strive for ecologically, economically, culturally and spiritually sustainable lifestyles. See where these communities are building, and the beliefs that guide them. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | - an open-source encyclopedia, a great place for simple of complex definitions of concepts such as consensus, open-space, chaos theory, etc. A good tool. |
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| Morning Star Community | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - a community whose projects and philosophies articulate very similar visions to what we are trying to accomplish by actualizing the Ripple Project. Particularily, see the Research Project link. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intentional Communities | -community information. As well as a directory, with the descriptions of many current intentional communities in North America, there are articles about intentional communities, links to resources and events. This is a great source, wonderful for getting a good idea about the diverse forms and purposes that intentional communities have. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -"Appreciative Inquiry is about the coevolutionary search for the best in people, their organizations, and the relevant world around them. In its broadest focus, it involves systematic discovery of what gives �life� to a living system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively capable in economic, ecological, and human terms." As stated in 'Intro to AI: What is Appreciative Inquiry?' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appreciative Inquiry Commons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -'People everywhere leading the way'... an organization about empowering global leaders through conversation and wisdom sharing. The link is to the circle process, a tool which i believe central to the exploration, formation and discovery of community, and will be very valuable throughout the growth of the Ripple Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| From the Four Directions: circle processes |
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| The World Cafe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - "Creating a positive future begins in human conversation. The simplest and most powerful investment any member of a community or an organization may make in renewal is to begin talking with other people as though the answers mattered." Adapted from Who Will Tell the People by William Greider... lifted from webpage. Converse.... |
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| -an organization with the shared values of discovering innovative and healing ways to (self-) organize ourselves, to meet on our deeper levels and to form relations where our individual and collective wisdom is shared and nurtured and actualized. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chaordic Commons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zero News Data Pool | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - Hakim Bey describes Summer Land, a manifestation of the Periodic Autonomous Zone. My intention isn't to attach the potentials of the Ripple Project to any one theory or ideology, or a singular description of its characteristics. I do however find it inspiring to read into the Ripple Project through this lens, and i find it eerily resonant... no, eerily isn't the right word, but i think the similarities are neat. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thich Nhat Hahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -to live in community is to become aware of our interbeing through living together. This page explores interbeing as articulated and poesied by thich nhat hahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interview about community | -here is an interview between bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hahn "On Building a Community of Love" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -hooray team Otesha! This group is doing a cross-Canada sustainability bike tour, and I think our two projects have a lot that we could learn from each other | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Otesha Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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