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June 2011

Iceland is Crowdsourcing their Constitutional Convention

Here’s a truly remarkable piece of news few people seem to have heard about: Iceland is creating its new constitution with mass online participation. These three short articles give the exciting details. Iceland Is Crowdsourcing Its New Constituti…

Transforming ourselves, transforming the world?

What is the relationship between transforming ourselves and transforming the world? In my previous essay, I described seven forms of leverage for deep transformation. When I wrote it, I was thinking of social transformation. The seven forms of lev…

Seeking leverage for deep transformation

I have long been fascinated by efforts to clarify which approaches to change work are most needed and effective. Among my favorite models are: * Donella Meadows’ Twelve Leverage Points to Intervene in a System * Joanna Macy’s Three Dimensions of t…