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'... one of the reasons peace and love didn't gain enough traction during the sixties is because participants didn't take economics seriously enough ...'
That's a paraphrase from my recollection of a contention proffered by Rollo May during his presentation entitled "Affirming Life in a Nuclear Age" which I enjoyed attending almost 1/4 century ago at what's now known as Kennesaw St. U. (at least I think that's what he called it and where we met : )
FWIW, I'd be delighted to converse with any of y'all out there who also appreciate the kinds of wisdom that good ol' Rollo and his philosophical home boys & girls found most interesting ...
In the meantime and in response to viewing, listening to and aiming to grok "Coalition Of The Willing", let's kindly consider that by us taking economics more seriously, peace and love just might gain at least a bit more traction.
Since taking any subject "more seriously" can result in taking ourselves too seriously, let's first implement a precautionary safeguard by choosing celebration as one of our organizing principles.
Michael, trusting you're still passionate about nurturing best practices in gift economics, let's also kindly consider welcoming some more good public conversation with respect for such organizing principles. Looking forward to synching up some more via this possible wagn set up you're planning.
With a critical view on one crucial part of this video's contents, plumbing the infinite depths of human individuality is a living kind of resourcefulness that's way beyond what any marketing scam could ever hope to capture. I believe this video could gain a positive boost from a bit more explicit appreciation for the fact that lots of folks still enjoy the benefits of the kinds of individual liberation memes that were circulating throughout the sixties, seventies and beyond, that these benefits remain alive and well to this day and should serve as part of our collective reality check as we learn what steps to take in opening up, swarming up, teaming up, thriving up and generally evolving more consciously and compassionately.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if more of us start discovering that some of the best parts of individual human liberation are required for the best kinds of human collaboration to become fully actualized. The relationship between being an individual and being a part of humanity's community ain't a dichotomy, it's a kind of harmony we've got the chance to evolve towards, employ as a robust resource in the process and learn to celebrate more while we're at it!
Also, I'd love to team up with any one interested in enabling Students (aka today's youth : ) to gain a more robust appreciation for learning about the elegant structures and efficient functions of actual ecosystems (aka human life support systems : ) Where do y'all reckon such love & interest would best fit? In "a green knowledge trust" @ 08:50? ... or in "an open innovation center" @ 09:30? ... or in "a catalyst system" @ 10:50? ... or in some harmonious integration of all three? This enquiring mind wants to know ...
Ciao for now,
paul
Hi Mark,
Thanks for your response including the "Commonwealth of Learning" and the "Soil Foodweb" links, your reference to permaculture and especially your image of 3rd Graders giving Grad Students a run for their money.
I'll need more time to delve further into the depths of your message before responding in kind.
Let's please stay in touch and explore this kinda stuff some more ...
Sincerely,
paul
Michael, take good care of your bold clear Self & kick that bug's butt!
Mark, combining your image of '3rd Graders giving Grad Students a run for their money' with this Bay Area "environmental leadership program" Be The Change, I'm wondering ...
Is it too far outside our box to consider a simple public service = like helping a youngster with her or his homework = being a purposeful activity capable of including enormous quantities of human good will and intelligence, both locally and globally, the likes of which can put this emergent coalition of the willing to work in totally cool, unique and innovative ways?
For any homework related to current events, critical thinking skills, global climate-energy-economic crises, serious games, multi-language e-books, ecosystems studies, public service through civil society, etc., there's certainly no shortage of learning opportunities and resources. Let's keep aiming to harmonize and I'm sure next best steps will become much more clearly evident.
Can you envision enabling young Students from various parts of our globe teaming up with one another to achieve greater academic excellence during this upcoming school year? I can and I'd love to actualize such a vision in collaboration with y'all!
I'm envisioning "FUN Homework" as a means of engaging Students creatively so they can reduce the enormous pressure to succeed by experiencing academic excellence for themselves, their Teachers, their Parents, and their Earth ...
Recognizing this idea of "FUN Homework" is too often almost an oxymoron since actual fun is so much the opposite of what many people popularly associate with the activity of homework, it just might be crazy enough to work quite effectively; especially since conventional approaches leave so much to be desired.
Enjoy delightful weekends, Dudes = heavy on the light!
paul
Dancing on canoes ...
Evolution's bottleneck ...
FUN shooting rapids ...
Thanks Y'all,
This here conversation's sparked my own effort to walk the talk a bit more consciously & engagedly ...
Earlier today via 2 separate skype conversations, I volunteered to help Students have FUN with their homework; 1 conversation w/ my nephew in High School + 1 conversation w/ a fellow in Canada who's aiming to network multiple Students from various schools around our globe.
The information and enthusiasm y'all have recently shared has prompted me to put up or shut up and I so appreciate your encouragement.
Anyhow, let's please stay in touch because there's no freakin' way I'll be able to follow thru on my guarantee of helping my nephew and any other Students have FUN with their homework unless I effectively team up with good folks like yourselves.
Trusting you'll let me know if you want an update on my progress,
paul
P. S. = Ben, I hope you've made some progress in getting in touch w/ your friend who's dealing w/ cancer. I'm in the midst of providing some emotional support for my li'l sister & her husband who's undergoing major cancer-related surgery in about 7 hours from now. Hang in there, CareGiver!
P. P. S. = Mark, I've made quick & dirty visits to some of the links you've included and also relayed them along to this fellow in Canada mentioned earlier whose name is George Koshy and who was recently introduced to me by Sara Laimon. I last saw Sara at last year's Bioneers powwow and we first met at L. A.'s Environmental Charter High School's Earth Day celebration several months before that. Also, I'm so glad you've introduced us to Joy Tang = I love her efforts to implement some of the honorable Professor Doug Englebart's insights as well as her explicit acknowledgment of this need to heal before our species' nervous breakdown breaks down much further. I also love Ed Cherlin's appreciation for the honoroble Professor Alan Kay's innovative work. W/ respect for the good Be The Change folks, I trust they're tapping into some of the work that another honorable Professor, Fritjof Capra has been delivering for the past generation+ in terms of Ecoliteracy. FWIW, your own P. S. link to soilfoodweb (which I still need to explore further because I'm totally impressed w/ the honorable Professor Elaine Ingham's understanding : ) stimulated me to remember these two related books:
http://planetvermont.com/pvq/v8n2/book-review.html
http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/waronbugs