A weblog with random thoughts and reflections on society and ecology.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2002
Three Streams
There are many approaches to culture change. For me, they are complimentary. They all take on a needed role. Where we choose to focus our energy, as individuals and organizations, depends on personal preference, skills and attraction.
Joanna Macy has created a simple map that I find useful:
- Limit the damage
This is actions to stop or reduce the damage to living systems. It includes anything from policy work to lawsuits and direct action. This work is essential. The destruction of ecosystems is taking place at a more rapid pace than ever before. Multinational corporations are increasingly gaining power at the cost of that of people.
- Analysis and creation of alternatives
This is really two points:
(a) Analysis of structural causes (mainly the economical system)
(b) Creation of alternatives on all levels and areas of our culture. These include alternative economic system (local currencies), alternative ways of housing ourselves (co-housing communities, ecovillages, ecological design), sustainable food systems (CSA farms), and more.
- Shift in consciousness
A shift from a fragmented and mechanistic way of experiencing the world, to a more holistic, life-centered and organic perception. Joanna Macy and others have developed a range of practices to help us make this shift. Our ideas of what is possible and the choices we make on strategies and solutions, emerge directly from our deeper worldview.
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