Dear All,
In opening time/space, Harrison’s “Now What” returns much. For me I
identify a key to the future, autonomy respecting co-creating
production. So I offer the following for your thinking and doing.
Sincerely,
Tony Budak
*January 24, 2017*
*Day 4 of the First 100 Days,*
Administration of the 45th President of the United States of America
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*Friends of the Great Transition,*
Global society has come unhinged from its political, socioeconomic, and
ecological reality-moorings as we've known them. We're in the whitewater
rapids of what could be a downward spiral toward system collapse,
and/or the brink of an unprecedented opportunity for the evolution of
human consciousness. In both cases we're headed into uncharted waters.
Let's work smart, work together, and view whatever lies ahead as a
pathway to deeper understanding.
The inauguration of the 45th President of the United States is four days
behind us. The inauguration optics went a long way toward normalizing
the surreal. We have choices.
*Let us STAY AWAKE, and determine NOT to normalize the continual
distortion of reality and erosion of rights.*
*Do Something!*
*
Be part of an Indivisible movement chapter: Here's a practical guide
on how to resist the new administration's agenda, with lessons from
the Tea Party, put together by former progressive Congressional
staffers,:
https://www.indivisibleguide.com <https://www.indivisibleguide.com/>
*
Monitor the issues you personally focus on.Communicate and
shareupdates with your networks.
* Plan ahead
.
Systemic disruptions which have been gathering momentum for years
are around the corner. If we plan ahead, environmental, social
justice, and evolutionary culture-building networks can
turn
disruption
s
into teachable moments and organizing opportunities.
SNAPSHOT OF THE OIL STORY: A recent HSBC Bank report (below) warned
private clients that the long-term plateau in worldwide oil production
ends in 2017. This will be followed by production decline of 5-7% a
year. Replacement by new production is doubtful. These shortfalls in oil
production will have complex, serious economic impacts. In other words,
fossil fuel supplies are much more limited than we’ve been told. Despite
industry PR and a temporary supply glut of unconventional (mostly
fracked) oil and gas, over 80% of the world’s conventional oil
production has already peaked and is now in decline. Soon,
unconventional oil supplies will no longer be able to hide shortfalls in
conventional oil production.
Stay informed. Help Usher in a Postcarbon World:
* INSURGE intelligence:http://bit.ly/2ke9YAo <http://bit.ly/2ke9YAo>
* Alternet: http://bit.ly/2iOtjI7 <http://bit.ly/2iOtjI7>
* Richard Heinberg - Peak Oil President?:http://bit.ly/2iOhiCE
<http://bit.ly/2iOhiCE>
* HSBC Peak Oil Report: http://bit.ly/2jSJxiT
* Build local environmental and economic resilience through inclusive
movements that understand the intersectionality of class, gender,
race, ethnicity, and deep self-awareness. Intentional _localization_
of production and all life-sustaining activity is key to our future
thriving. This important work is joyous when done in community.
There are many pathways toward greater local self-reliance and
resilience. Here are a few networks and movements:
o Solidarity Economy:
+ Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO): http://www.geo.coop/
+ Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub (MATH): http://bit.ly/1RANZZn
+ Mutual Aid Networks (MAN): http://www.mutualaidnetwork.org/
<http://www.mutualaidnetwork.org/>
+ Timebanking: http://timebanks.org/,
https://www.hourworld.org/ <https://www.hourworld.org/>,
+ New Economy Coalition (NEC): http://neweconomy.net/
o Strong Towns: strongtowns.org <http://strongtowns.org/>
o Eco-districts: https://ecodistricts.org/
o Participatory Budgeting: https://www.participatorybudgeting.org
<https://www.participatorybudgeting.org/>/
o Agroecology
http://www.groundswellinternational.org/how-we-work/agroecological-farming/
<http://www.groundswellinternational.org/how-we-work/agroecological-farming/>
o Permaculture: http://northeastpermaculture.org/
<http://northeastpermaculture.org/>
o Climate Action Network: http://www.usclimatenetwork.org/
<http://www.usclimatenetwork.org/>
o Intentional Communities: http://www.ic.org/ <http://www.ic.org/>
*
Let's bring our most resourceful selves to these first, pivotal 100 days...
*
/*Facilitating Regional Transition to Resilience*/
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/*
Pamela Boyce Simms: The Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub (MATH) -
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
Dan Miner: The New York City Transition Hub -
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-Great-Transition/>
_The Great *T*ransition
<http://books.wwnorton.com/books/The-Great-Transition/>_is a systemic
framework for understanding how we might hospice outworn ways of living
that no longer serve us and the Earth, and give birth to an emergent,
more compassionate and resilient future. A broad spectrum of grassroots,
citizen-led, community initiatives sustain the movement toward the
Great/*T*/ransition against the backdrop of climate change, resource
depletion, and economic instability. Purposeful groups of friends and
neighbors mitigate these converging global crises by engaging their
communities in environmental education and actions that increase local
self-reliance and resilience. They catalyze relocalization of economies
and low carbon lifestyles by innovating, networking, collaborating, and
replicating proven strategies, respecting the deep, fractal patterns of
nature, and diverse cultures in their localities. “Transitioners” work
with deliberation to create a fulfilling and inspiring local way of life
that can withstand the shocks of rapidly shifting global systems.
*//*
On 1/24/2017 5:09 PM, Harrison Owen via OSList wrote:
Now What ....
In the space/time after the Inauguration when all the marchers have
left town, The Question remains. Now what?
Presumably, The Donald and friends will get on with the business of
doing what they promised. And it seems that in spite of an
embarrassing first several days, they are hard at work. Doubtless
others are working equally hard in opposite directions. Some day we
will find out the final result which could range from Planetary
Disaster to American Triumph (as in */Great Again!/*). Either is
possible, neither is probable – and assuming that we are still here to
pose the question: What Next?
It might seem that I am treating the Trump Years as a trivial
interlude. Truthfully, when considered in the context of the evolution
of the species, that’s exactly what it is. Trivial. But somehow
significant. Trump is but a blip in the flow of human history –
however his significance lies in the fact that he represents one more
symptom of the ending of our familiar world order.
We in the USA, to which I might add Western Europe, much of Asia
(including Australia and New Zealand), Southern Africa, and most of
South America – have lived in a blessed time. Not without the
occasional natural disaster, shootings, civil disturbances, or
whatever. But it has been good. Folks in the Middle East and Central
Africa will have a different view, but they are a painful, but
distinct minority.
My children, and their children as well, have never fired a gun in
anger, missed a meal, or wondered if they had a place to sleep...
Always there. Maybe not what they wanted – but there. Called: The Parents.
Charlie Kenny, writing in /The Atlantic/ (12/18/2015) said, “The world
is better-educated, better fed, healthier, and more tolerant – and it
looks set to get richer, too.” Yet The Donald Says: “The American
Carnage ends here.” – With his inauguration. The implication is
simple. Disaster is immanent and He is the Savior! But from what? If
Kenny is right, it looks like we are in pretty good shape. Lots of
problems for sure, but definitely headed in the right direction.
It might surprise you to learn that I am more in agreement with The
Donald than you might suspect. But my reasons would not be his, and
any solution I can see would not include The Donald as Savior. I
believe we as a species are truly at a Transformational Moment in
which the world order as we have known it for the past 75 years or so
is dissolving. The institutions, processes, world views, ideologies
that we have lived by, with, and in -- are no longer sufficient for
our needs. And. Useful alternatives are not visible – and that would
include, The Donald.
Such a view may appear extreme but it is not mine alone. David
Ignatius, writing in the /Washington Post/ (Jan 20, 2017), titles his
effort , */The world order is cracking up. /*He says: “Donald Trump’s
inauguration marks a global inflection point: He takes office at a
moment when many analysts see a transition to a new economic and
political order — one where the risks for the United States and its
allies are likely to increase.”
Personally, I doubt that the sky will fall tomorrow. However, I am
certain that whatever we may have taken to be “normal” will never be
seen again.
This Transformative Moment may be unique in its qualities, but such
moments are by no means unique in human history. The people of Israel
found their world torn apart in 400 BCE (The so called, /Babylonian
Captivity/). It was a time of fear and terror. It was also a time of
massive creativity and renewal as chronicled, and perhaps led by, such
brilliant folks as the Prophet Isaiah (2^nd Isaiah). The Renaissance,
The Industrial Revolution – created havoc and innovation in the West,
and similar Transformative Moments have marked the lives of all
peoples on The Planet. I do believe we are at such a moment, one more
time.
Once again, The Question – Now What?
In all honesty, I don’t know. However, I think Albert Einstein may
assist our wayfinding with the thought, “Problems cannot be solved
with the same mindset that created them.” We cannot simply do more and
better of what we’ve always done and expect to arrive at a different
outcome.
This really is Open Space – in the best and deepest sense of the
words. Nothing here and everything possible. At once terrifying and
verging on ecstasy. But where to start?
I rather feel that our common experience of opening space together may
give us some clues. Hardly the Answer, but maybe the beginning. I wish
you well on the journey, which you will take whether you wish to or
not. Frankly, I can’t think of anything more exciting!
Harrison
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