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PlanetShifterMan Designing the New Grid: Resilience Village, El Cerrito, CA

Designing the New Grid: Resilience Village, El Cerrito, CA http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1407 "Oil scarcity and the shit storm it will bring may or may not be something you see happening. Nevertheless, being able to survive independently of such forces is easily doable with no loss of happiness or comfort. Dependency comes from crappy design, bad laws, and laziness." Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on November 21, 2009 at 7:52pm — No Comments

PlanetShifterMan "Green Symbols and Myth Making in the Sustainability Age" GreenSource Knowledge Paper #7 Based on the Event Circle Interviews by Willi Paul

"Green Symbols and Myth Making in the Sustainability Age" GreenSource Knowledge Paper #7 Based on the Event Circle Interviews by Willi Paul http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1406 "We have the power to change our reality if we first have a dream, or vision or even intention." Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on November 21, 2009 at 1:21pm — No Comments

LizM - Hyperlocavore.com Hyperlocavore.com is starting a book club!

Hey folks, Over on hyperlocavore.com we are starting a book club. We are considering 4 books to read, one is the Transition Handbook. Please feel free to join and participate, but if you would refrain from voting on the book we read I would appreciate that unless you are a member of hyperlocavore.com. (Don't want to tip the scales to much) That said - TH is very much in the lead at this time. Come on by! … Continue

Added by LizM - Hyperlocavore.com on November 19, 2009 at 3:10pm — No Comments

PlanetShifterMan “The Shaman in Our Musical Universe:” GreenSource Knowledge Paper #6. Based on the Event Circle Interviews on PlanetShifter.com by Willi Paul

“The Shaman in Our Musical Universe:” GreenSource Knowledge Paper #6. Based on the Event Circle Interviews on PlanetShifter.com by Willi Paul http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1405 La Forza: "In today's culture, though, we assert that everyone can be a shaman. I agree that everyone can (and should) explore their own spirituality, but I would consider a shaman to be a protector of a divine mystery for the sake of a community." Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on November 19, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Kathy Jacobson Co-Intelligence ... what is it, how do we tap this deep pool and what kind of piping is needed?

Co-Intelligence ... what is it, how do we tap this deep pool and what kind of piping is needed? I am hearing more folks using the term co-intelligence these days but what does it mean and how do we really incorporate the processes into our lives and interactions? Here are some introductory references for those who are exploring such concepts and processes. Co-intelligence - the wikipedia entry *** A review of t… Continue

Added by Kathy Jacobson on November 19, 2009 at 8:36am — 1 Comment

Kathy Jacobson Process Physics - Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Process Physics Professor Reg Cahill, Dr. Christopher Klinger, Dr Kirsty Kitto, Dr Lance McCarthy Flinders University School of Chemistry, Physics and Ea… Continue

Added by Kathy Jacobson on November 19, 2009 at 6:25am — No Comments

PlanetShifterMan The PlanetShifter.com Event Circle Interview with Eric Roston, author of The Carbon Age by Willi Paul

The PlanetShifter.com Event Circle Interview with Eric Roston, author of The Carbon Age by Willi Paul http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1404 Mr. Roson is a science writer in Washington, DC, and author of the critically acclaimed book THE CARBON AGE: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat. ER:"I've pretty much devoted my career to finding ways to nudge "the system" toward action on climate c… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on November 16, 2009 at 10:12pm — No Comments

PlanetShifterMan Is LinkedIn.com the Wal-Mart of the online business communities? Editorial by Willi Paul

Is LinkedIn.com the Wal-Mart of the online business communities? Editorial by Willi Paul http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1403 WP: "A growing percentage of the world’s educated and wired souls now have profiles on LinkedIn.com. Not that this is an online community in the sense, scale or virtue of say: Craigslist.org or greenwala.com. Fair to say that the competition for dollars and the redundancy in posts, discussion… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on November 16, 2009 at 6:29pm — 1 Comment

Kathy Jacobson Grateful Dead: New Speedway Boogie

Grateful Dead: New Speedway Boogie video Songwriters: Garcia, Jerome J; Hunter, Robert C Christie Please don't dominate the rap Jack if you got nothing new to say If you please don't back up the track This train got to run today Spent a little time on the mountain Spent a little time on the hill Heard some say better run away Others say you better stand still Now I don't know but I been told it's hard to run wit… Continue

Added by Kathy Jacobson on November 16, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

forrest craver TEN YEARS AFTER COLUMBINE -- CANARY IN THE COAL MINE

TEN YEARS AFTER COLUMBINE: CANARY IN THE COAL MINE???

Sunday, April 19, 2009 marked the tenth anniversary of the school shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado. Shortly after the shootings, I wrote an essay about the incident for a national men’s website entitled “Male Shooters come… Continue

Added by forrest craver on November 16, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

forrest craver TRANSFORMATIONAL RITUAL PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY LEAADERS

TRANSFORMATIONAL RITUAL PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS Ctturdays only: November 21st, December 12th, January 9th FroTRANSFORMATIONAL RITUAL PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS Sam 9:00 am to 12:00 noon For women and men, "SOMETHING OPENS OUR WINGS. SOMETHING OR SOMEONE TAKES AWAY THE PAIN AND BOREDOM. SOMEONE FILLS UP OUR CUP. WE TASTE OUR SACREDNESS" j.rumi CONTENT FOCUS Session One: Creation of sacred space through Invocation, Basic rubrics and tools of ritual process The Self as a… Continue

Added by forrest craver on November 16, 2009 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

forrest craver BUILDING THE TRANSITION MOVEMENT

BUILDING THE TRANSITION MOVEMENT Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has time.”

Victor Hugo’s quote could be a tag line for what is rising now in transition communities across Colorado and the nation. We feel it in our bones and see it in the large gatherings… Continue

Added by forrest craver on November 16, 2009 at 6:45am — No Comments

PlanetShifterMan "Survival of the Greenest?" GreenSource Knowledge Paper Series #5 from PlanetShifter.com and Willi Paul

"Survival of the Greenest?" GreenSource Knowledge Paper Series #5 from PlanetShifter.com and Willi Paul http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1402 "What I see in the next 2-5 years is a worldwide restructuring of the perception of time, a major collapse of fear, and a catastrophic period of angry and hungry people overcoming their limited personalities to be one with their unlimited god-selves." Douglas Mackar of La Forza Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on November 14, 2009 at 5:40pm — No Comments

forrest craver THE SHADOW OF MONEY : WILL YOUR FAMILY FUND YOUR TRANSITION COMMUNITY?

THE SHADOW OF MONEY

In highly stressed economic times, the challenge of funding your local transition project out of your family budget generates more stress within the family unit. I've talked with several transiton folk who have just taken the path of least resistance and used the… Continue

Added by forrest craver on November 14, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Mike Morin Local/Regional Organizing

With Respect To World/European Social Forum Regarding the planned European Social Forum of 2010: Good to see World Organizing manifesting itself in a regional context. To whatever extent we can get people together to introduce, discuss, inculcate, and progress the ecosocialist agenda and that of world unity and cooperation, the forums will hopefully continue to serve a purpose. One problem that I have is the "jet set" modality of the participants. I could be and hope to be and probably am v… Continue

Added by Mike Morin on November 13, 2009 at 11:09am — No Comments

PlanetShifterMan Rain Harvesting in the Age of Sustainability: PlanetShifter.com Interviews Bruce Hallinan from Aussie Rain Tanks by Willi Paul

Rain Harvesting in the Age of Sustainability: PlanetShifter.com Interviews Bruce Hallinan from Aussie Rain Tanks by Willi Paul http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1401 BH: "It’s amazing that such an essential ingredient for life receives such little interest – until the supply is decreased or threatened. Ultimately, water belongs to all creatures. So the tough part is working out how clean water can be shared between h… Continue

Added by PlanetShifterMan on November 13, 2009 at 10:50am — No Comments

forrest craver THE ROAD AHEAD ONE VIEW

THE ROAD AHEAD FOR TRANSITION COLORADO COMMUNITIES ONE VIEW Well, Rob Hopkins would be the first to admit that the Transition Handbook needs to be taken seriously because a lot of serious thought and life experience went into his writing it. And at the same time, he admits that it must… Continue

Added by forrest craver on November 12, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

forrest craver INVOCATION

INVOCATION A miracle is the wholehearted invocation of the Divine, combined with suspension of all disbelief Allowing the Other World to Shatter and reconstitute this world. Through Invocation, the dead are raised and the blind see again. Invocation is how the multitudes of the hungry are fed and all good deeds come to full fruit. Brothers and sisters, let us not be like little children and invoke our puny ego self or that of our colleagues when so much more is waiting to be called forth. … Continue

Added by forrest craver on November 12, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

forrest craver ALTARS OF THE HOLY ONE

ALTARS OF THE HOLY ONE Milky breath of the buffalo On starry plains Fireflies dance in the night A woman groans with birth pangs Of transformation Tree people crucified Yet still they stand Flowers sing silent hallelujahs Kaleidoscopes of color and scent Tall grass prairie of our mother Whispers her lullabies Monarch butterflies traverse continents Going home, gathering in one tree style="text-align: left;">… Continue

Added by forrest craver on November 12, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

forrest craver SPIRITUAL TOOLS FOR THE CHALLENGING ROAD AHEAD

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BOOKS /b> SONS OF THE WIND: Sacred Stories of the Lakota D.M. Dooling THE POWER OF SPIRIT Harrison Owen THE STARFISH AND THE SPIDER Brafman and Beckstrom A CIRCLE OF MEN Bill Kauth

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Added by forrest craver on November 12, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

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