Using Crises to Build Community Capacity and Pursue New Opportunities
In my hometown of Eugene, Oregon, the City has chosen to explore the issues of climate change and energy challenges through the lens of six topics – * Buildings and Energy * Food and Agriculture *...
View ArticleCapacity-building in FourYearsGo
I keep thinking that an undertaking like FourYearsGo would include all of the following capacity-building functions (among others): a. Means to develop a common theme, goal or agenda that all...
View ArticleFrom Climate Change to Transformation of Democracy
I laud Garrison for his brilliant formulation of our crisis quo, "From Climate Change to Climate Shock" http://bit.ly/9BTAUa, and his imperative that we actively use unfolding disasters to generate...
View ArticleAn insightful artlcle about the dynamics of civilizational transition
Check out this website... particularly its critique of "traditional" sustainability activism and the need for "greatly enhanced capacity for rapid adaptive social learning" -- which is largely what my...
View ArticleAreas for Strategic Action to Enhance Societal Collective Intelligence
I believe that any person or group wishing to catalyze the emergence of a sustainable civilization must take strategic action to enhance the collective intelligence of entire societies. (NOTE: The...
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