Tom Atlee: Participatory Sustainability II
III. Co-creating Sustainability Participatory sustainability involves aligning ourselves with reality and acting in accordance with the fundamental interrelatedness and co-creativity of life.
Tom Atlee: Introduction to Participatory Sustainability
The common definition of sustainability from the Brundtland report – meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs – can be interpreted from the perspective of either strong or weak sustainability. Chapter . Book
Tom Atlee: Citizen Deliberation Small & Large
Can a small citizen deliberation have more impact than a giant one? Among the many trends I see in my work on democratic innovation I highlight two here, one in Canada, one in the US. One was very large, including over 500 registered voters. The other had only 12 citizens. Both demonstrated effective conversations among …
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Tom Atlee: Democracy of Citizens, Democracy of Stakeholders
Democracy of Citizens, Democracy of Stakeholders Some people think that democratic decisions should be made by everyone in the community or country – or their representatives. Others think that democratic decisions should be made by the people who will be affected by the decisions (stakeholders) – or their representatives. Both versions of democracy have important …
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Tom Atlee: Interbeing and Mutual Learning — Evolving World Consciousness (Plants and Animals & Rocks are Thinking Energy Too…)
Braiding ourselves back into the world Here is my experience with the remarkable book, Braiding Sweetgrass, which successfully immersed me in the indigenous awareness of the living world as “all my relations”. The implications are staggering – and superbly communicated by the author, Robin Wall Kimmerer, equally grounded in indigenous Potawatomi and Onondaga wisdom and …
Tom Atlee: Six Sources of Governance
Six Source of Governance List Only: Shared Orientation Self-Organization Citizen Engagement Elected Representation Bureaucracies Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations Read full article. Please consider donating to this great man.
Tom Atlee: A New Wise Democracy Pattern Language
A new wise democracy pattern language I am immersed in work co-creating version 2.0 of the wise democracy pattern language that we anticipate will be available by mid-April – free online as well as offered in a beautiful boxed set of cards for sale. The new set has most of version 1.0 patterns plus more …
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