Alan, Thank you for all this wonderful information! We will miss you in Berlin; I know I'll miss my Taiwan martini buddy! Suzanne
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Alan Stewart <alanmstew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All * > > This may be of interest. A group called the Tellus Institute in Boston has > created The Great Transition Initiative. This is a growing international > network of scholars and activists that analyzes alternative scenarios and > charts a path to a hopeful future. > > The GTI has a current proposal under discussion by its about 300 > ‘Participants’of which I am one. This is to create a Global Citizens > Movement (GCM) to be launched at the time of the “Rio+20” UN meeting in > 2012, marking the twentieth anniversary of the seminal 1992 Earth Summit. > > I see that my role is to bring attention to the ‘Process’ dimension of > engaging citizenry in matters about which they feel passionate and wish to > take responsibility for. > > See below for a brief outline of the GCM proposal and for my recent post on > this. If you wish to know more about this project > and about how it develops let me know. > > I would add that, in furthering my longstanding search for understanding > (knowing what to do next. Wittgenstein) of self organising systems and their > constructivist underpinnings, I will participate in the annual meeting of > the American Society for Cybernetics in late July early Aug in Troy near > Albany in upstate New York, all being well. > > And will then go on to Boston to meet with the good folk at the Tellus > Institute. Their most thoughtful and hopeful essay is well worth a read imo. > > After which I return to NYC and on to the UK where I will be based for five > weeks from mid July. > > Go well > > Alan > Hong Kong > > * I send my good wishes to you lucky spirits who will gather at next week’s > WOSonOS in Berlin and at the Fringe satellite event in Melbourne to > experience, enact and extend into multitudinous domains the principles which > underpin you happening to be present ,,, > > > > Here’s a summary of the proposal: > > TITLE: The Global Citizens Movement: Launching the Next Phase at Rio+20 > > THE CHALLENGE: An essential actor is missing from the world stage: a > citizen-centered movement for a sustainable and just future that embraces a > vision and strategy matched to the complexity and scale of the historic > task. > > THE AIM: The time has come to launch the next phase in the evolution of > civil society activism: a mature Global Citizens Movement (GCM) dedicated to > an overarching agenda, nurturing unity, and advancing a coherent vision of > another world. > > THE PROJECT: Following a two year preparatory process, a founding meeting of > the GCM will be held in Rio just prior to the formal “Rio+20” UN meeting in > 2012, marking the twentieth anniversary of the seminal 1992 Earth Summit. > > Please read the 4 page attachment for more details. Is this the right idea > at the right time? Your feedback is critical to making this go – or not. > > Hoping for a little help from our friends, > Paul and Orion > > Paul Raskin Orion Kriegman > GTI Director GTI Coordinator > > > > On 28 April 2010 22:10, GTI Listmanager <gti.listmana...@forums.tellus.org> > wrote: > > From: "Alan Stewart" <alanmstew...@gmail.com> > > =============================================================== > You may: > *Reply to this email: gti.4...@forums.tellus.org > *Start a New Topic: g...@forums.tellus.org > *Send comments for posting to okrieg...@tellus.org > *Review the dialogue on this topic at > http://www.gtinitiative.org/r.asp?m=4990 > =============================================================== > > Dear GTI Colleagues > > I support the proposed GCM in the strongest terms. My feeling is that the > time is right to act on this bold and inspiring approach. I see it as a > truly vital initiative at this juncture of the perilous predicament of our > species and that of the whole ecosystem of which we are an integral part. > > I also see that the GTI is the organization which has the vision and the > capability to enact the process of promoting the 'Massive participation in > healing the planet becoming a great source of pride for the global > citizenry'. And would add that your seminal essay 'The Great Transition > Today - A Report from the Future' has received a lot of attention here in > Hong Kong and the region. > > I would also add that there are group processes with which to engage > citizenry effectively, potentially on a large scale (among whom are many who > have no access to the internet). A nice example of this can be seen in the > 'Harrisonburg Summits': > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpAtLKZ63u0&feature=related > > I hope that indicating that approaches like this one could be promoted > widely will become integral to considerations of 'Process' in the final > Proposal on the GCM. > > Looking forward. > > Go well > Alan > > > > > > * * ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist -- Suzanne Daigle NuFocus Strategic Group 7159 Victoria Circle University Park, FL 34201 FL 941-359-8877; CT 203-722-2009 www.nufocusgroup.com s.dai...@nufocusgroup.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
