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May 6, 2010, 9:00:25 PM5/6/10
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Hi all,

I'm just sending this email to the group-email, so that it will export the contained text & attachment to the Google Group website...

Cheers,
LJ
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On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Mary Beth Steisslinger <marybeth.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
Here's the minutes from the second meeting (the first meeting is also below) with the people who attended in the email list below.  LJ, thanks so much for putting minutes from #3 together, putting all three lists of participants together, and getting this onto a google doc with blog.  Reach out for help if you need it since you were not familiar with the blog set-up on google.

Next Meeting (#4): See everyone tomorrow, May 7 at the Vienna Cafe, 12-1 pm.

To be followed by a strategy meeting from 1-2 pm (see minutes for the beginning idea on the project/ side event that Ruchi has proposed as a participatory side event where we will work on creating a fundamental global shift together... civil society, NGO's, major groups, government and business representatives... all invited).

Overarching comment to precede the minutes:

(This statement open for group refinement)

Our Common Future Fulfilled is exploring which deep global shifts in thinking and action will bring about a fully sustainable world.

One such global shift is from a sense of separateness to the insight that all is one: we are all interdependent and all global issues are interrelated and therefore all actions must be aimed at the wellbeing of all people and the planet as a whole. 

Such a shift in consciousness has the following advantages... 

1. working with such a shift in mind enables us to work at producing durable change.

2. It provides a strong basis for joint action for all those working for sustainability

3. All initiatives formed with such a shift in mind will have their impact.  In addition they will reinforce all others that spring from the deep global shift.

4. It enables us to see very clearly when any of our own actions or those of others sabotage the common effort for the greater good of the whole and corrections can be brought about with great clarity.  

5. The synergistic effect will be maximized to the degree participating groups maintain an ongoing process of reflection, consultation and action

-- 
Dr. Lisinka Ulatowska
UN Rep. Association of World Citizens;
Institute for Planetary Synthesis
www.ipsgeneva.com
www.globalcommonstrust.org
www.worldcitizensaction.com
www.allwinnetwork.org


Looking forward to what we can create together.  
Love to all,
mb

Mary Beth Steisslinger, MS
Integral Systems Biologist


Begin forwarded message: 2nd meeting of Our Common Future Fulfilled

From: Sara Svensson <sara.s...@faltbiologerna.se>
Date: May 5, 2010 4:23:50 PM EDT
To: Mary Beth Steisslinger <marybeth.s...@gmail.com>,  "Nana Fosy Randall <nanam...@hotmail.com>, Jane Edna Nyame Phillips" <mad...@yahoo.com>, "Comfort k. Acheampong" <kyere...@yahoo.com>,  Rob Wheeler <robwhe...@gmail.com>, Jay Bender <newworl...@gmail.com>,  Lisinka Ulatowska <lisinka....@gmail.com>, Patricia Kuya <probby...@yahoo.com>,  Jeffre...@gmail.org, Emmanuel Prinet <emma...@oneearthweb.org>,  Catherine Skopic <catherin...@yahoo.com>, catheri...@yahoo.com,  ethiopianwor...@yahoo.com, in...@uamothers.org, kuya_pro...@yahoo.com, simi...@gmail.com,  rachel...@yahoo.com, alicia...@gmail.com, onn...@gmail.com
Subject: Our Common Future Fulfilled

Hi everyone, 

Attached are the minutes from today's meeting. Thank you everyone for the amazing spirit!

Next meeting is tomorrow at 1:30 in the Uganda House at 336 East 46th Street. You're also warmly invited to attend a side event at the same venue starting at 12. 

The question that we'll focus our discussion around in the meeting is:
How can we build on this shift to move our own work forward?
Think about this from your own perspective, and bring your thoughts to share with the group!

See you tomorrow!
Sara



Begin forwarded message: 1st Meeting of what was soon named "Our Common Future Fulfilled"

From: Mary Beth Steisslinger <marybeth.s...@gmail.com>
Date: May 5, 2010 10:46:33 AM EDT
To: Nana Fosy Randall <nanam...@hotmail.com>, Jane Edna Nyame Phillips <mad...@yahoo.com>, "Comfort k. Acheampong" <kyere...@yahoo.com>, Rob Wheeler <robwhe...@gmail.com>, Jay Bender <newworl...@gmail.com>, Lisinka Ulatowska <lisinka....@gmail.com>, sara.s...@faltbiologerna.se, Patricia Kuya <probby...@yahoo.com>, Jeffre...@gmail.org, Emmanuel Prinet <emma...@oneearthweb.org>,  catheri...@yahoo.com
Subject: Effective Partnerships in Civil Society for System Shift...  name? Our Common Future Fulfilled
Reply-To: Mary Beth Steisslinger <marybeth.s...@gmail.com>

May 4, UNCSD 18, Effective Partnerships in Civil Society for System Shift... 

Draft name: Our Common Future Fulfilled
Next Mtg: Tomorrow, Our Commons Future Fulfilled,  Wed May 5, 12-1pm

This Discussion was called to explore what underlying systems must be shifted to allow us to move from fractured interests and focus to coordinated unified action.  How can we empower people in local places to solve their local problems, sharing solutions and creating collaborative opportunities for scaling up to inform/ mobilize global public opinion to create comprehensive solutions where all win?

Participants, work and personal interest in shifting systems...

Sara.S...@faltbiologerna.se - UNEP, Sweden, youth caucus rep until Aug of this yr. Internship in UNEP in Nairobi, has been an eco-activist since she was a child,  43 days fasting for climate change, 
The shift to acknowlwedging all earth systems as integrally connected, not only human and human needs, and this is tied to ed system and needs to include values 

Catherine Skopic -  Anglican Observers Office, Chair of Env Task Force at St. John the Divine... gave an example of people power Wangarri Matthai in Kenya and the Water wars with Bechtel in Bolivia, how can we change the existng system to value the natural systems and indigenous systems that work in harmony with the entire earth system
Looking for ways to cooperate
First time at CSD, with a moral imperative for sustainability and justice

Emmanuel Prinet - Ex. Dir. One Earth Initiative
Spoke of the way that many gov, esp in the EU, are leading the way towards sustainability... now with the
One Earth, Eco-Footprint, Bill Reese... systems thinking org, looking at drivers behind production and consumption... what are the key leverage points, local level, Federal level, global level... 
One Earth trying to shift production and consumption and realizing that gov can't hear values at this point, they are focused on economics... this is the challenge
(on the Canadian Delegation, also part of the Marrakech process, 2003, 3 International Expert Mtgs in support of regional and national initiatives,  but hasn't really met anyones objectives or goals and no overarching vision, the UN is not facilitating this for civil society... Five of the major groups are not part of the Advisory to the Marrakech Process (which UNEP and countries are a part of)
How can we present the attractive future scenario to inspire people to conscious change?

Chantal  Line - Head of Major Groups, Co-Chair in Marrakech liason, Saturday 11 am to 4 pm, Rm C Generation Solution, also an Environmental and Ag Economist, food security, consumption and production.  
How can civil society work together: Generation Solution, 11-3 pm, media outreach to aggregate p2p learning t have a platform built up, the UN is behind this media process, registry of projects
Website for community-based organization... decentralized, democratic, viral and open source... a la wikipedia

Jeffrey Barber - Chair of ICSPAC, International Coalition for Sustainable Production and Consumption
3 pm today, partnership fair
Need people to be held accountable for commitments
Need to shift to better/ integral communications

Rob Wheeler - Sustainable Town
Redesign society, this has to happen almost immediately... how can people participate... major citizen movement needed, global campaign of the people to make sure funding for civil society work is funded 
Involved in major initiatives: 
1. 4 years Go.... enroll as many people 
2. Great Transitions Initiative... Tellus Institute, Earth Summit review conference, planning for Rio in 2012
3. World Transforming Initiatives Statement of Mission, Vision and Claims
Mission The purpose of World Transforming Initiatives (WTI) is to accelerate the transformation of our environmentally and socially unsustainable global system into a just, peaceful, sustainable and prosperous planetary civilization. 
We will do this through partnering in a four-year global campaign to catalyze a global citizens’ movement in support of transformative change (Graeme Taylor, April 22, 2010)
(note how this mirrors much of the language we came up with today in our discussion)

Comfort k. Acheampong (orange dress) - Voices of African Mothers, Ghana (out from Colonial rule of UK... first president  said if you want to rule the people, you must live with them, see how they live, and love them, and most importantly learn from them)... many civil society problems now are coming in and forgetting to talk with the people to see what the people need... ex computer overload, computer dumping, cyber crime
Need to shift to recognize that it is the human being that is central to al that we are doing, and must be an intergral part of the solution

Edna Nyame Philips - Voices of African Mothers how can women assist their children... early motherhood starting from 14 yrs, by 16, 3 children, w/ o fathers, w/ o proper education , w/ o job... causing huge problems for society, mainly an agricultural economic system, dry for 5 mos, how can we develop education systems that empower solutions to these challenges

Nana Fosu Randall, one of the organizers for the Women's major group, worked for UN for 20 yrs,  from Ghana.  She was not happy with the report back in the NG meeting where the rep was saying that Africa was focusing only on economics whereas Asia was focused on the environment... she thinks that the workd must look at Africa with respect for where they are and where they need to go... Africa must be respected for where they are and what they are doing, and their wisdom and guidance is equal to what other counties have to offer

Jay Bender and MB Steisslinger- Global Commons Group, also work with GlobalCommonsTrust.org, intersted in shifting the economic system to one that supports our common resources and livelihoods.  Both work with commons charters to support development for commons trusts to enable local people to protect, manage and improve their local resources, communities and economic potential through global collaboration

Patricia Kuya - Voices of Affrican Mothers, Tanzania, joined us to listen

System shift, from existing to needed transformation... how do we get there?

- a world that works for some to a world that works for all, ALL WIN

- shifting from process at CSD from shoulds to specific solutions/ funding/ means implementation to obtain agreed goals

- shifting from civil society/ governments that are not empowered and supported monetarily to civil society/ governments that are empowered funded

- to shift away from the creation of our money by the rich and powerful to it being created by the value of the commons/  in a decentralized, democratic and transparent system

- to shift away from a monetary system that is destroying our natural systems and the livelihoods of people who depend on them, to a monetary system that supports our natural systems and the people that depend on them

- shifting from an ed syst which produces elites  to  a system that enables more community-minded/ environmentally minded/ whole-system minded individuals

- shifting from less aware communications (ex. stereotypes) that have separate agendas to communication with respect between communities of practice to realize their interdependence through deep listening

Jay stated 9 major groups need to discuss what system is unifying them, then they can begin to system shift on a platform of power

Rob added Business, labor, unions often do not come to NGO groups... how can we include them?

Nana invited all to Uganda house luncheon, Thursday 12-1 pm

Sara and Mary Beth discussed the need for connecting to the Young persons cuacus, and Sar will report to them and invite them to Our Commons Future Fulfilled.. gathering Wed May 5, 12-1pm

Emmanuel suggested that in the meeting tomorrow we discuss civil society representation for  Rio+ 20

Notes by Mary Beth Steisslinger, Global Commons UN Advocacy Group





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