Shift Happens+resources
Resources for seeing the movement’s scale, and systems/process consciousness
(links/updates: http://johnabbe.wagn.org/wagn/Shift_Happens+resources or http://tr.im/shiftresources/)
[Twelve] Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System — Donella Meadows
http://www.sustainer.org/pubs/Leverage_Points.pdf
Upward Spiral — Paul Krafel
http://www.chrysalischarterschool.com/Paul/Paul/HOPE.html (link to film, how to purchase, more resources)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1452672721626540278 (40 minute version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-frWkYg2-Ew (last three minutes)
The Tyranny of Structurelessness — http://jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm
I may never settle on terms for what we’re shifting from/to, because i don’t think either can be captured in a term. Here are lists of the deep assumptions i see (calling what we're shifting to “power-with” just as some way to refer to it):
http://ourpla.net/cgi/pikie?AssumptionsOfPowerWithCulture
A website about Process Arts — http://processarts.wagn.org/
The Tao of Democracy — Tom Atlee (more background, & some very large-scale, hopeful strategies)
http://www.taoofdemocracy.com/
In particular, Wisdom Council — http://www.co-intelligence.org/P-wisdomcouncil.html — an iteration of:
- Gatherings of random selections of people from whatever whole population who select issue(s) they believe matter, and are facilitated in a way that gets them through and beyond their usual perspectives and positions toward more whole/transformative creation of consensus suggestions,
- which are widely reflected to the larger population as part of ongoing action and conversation.
"Don't forget that you are the product of a culture that went stark raving mad about ten thousand years ago. Adjust your thinking accordingly."
--Chuck Lorre, Vanity Card #184
More of my Favorite Quotes
What resources do you have to offer?