Exploring the many species of Power (with Wholeness in mind)
There is power everywhere, not just in domination and control. Power comes in many forms and guises and is itself evolving. Those …
Crucial Adventures in Systems Thinking
Systems are everywhere. They shape us and we can, do, and should shape them. Our destiny is tied up with them but …
Transforming Occupy’s challenge into transformation and innovative self-organization
Two weeks ago I had an intense conversation with a colleague working with a local Occupy community. A small faction had recently done a protest that – although physically nonviolent – was not verbally, spiritually, or strategically nonviolent. The…
#Occupy Open Space Activities
Catalyzed by the meteoric rise of Occupy Wall Street into public notice and discourse, outsiders are connecting the dots between their pet issues and OWS’s focus on “the unchecked power of Wall Street speculators and corporations”. Many are urging…
From “Occupy” to “Self-Manage” – a very thought-provoking report
Michael Albert has provided a very thought-provoking report about the dynamics of the rise and fall of Occupy type movements in Europe. I think there is much here that can help the current Occupy movements in the US and elsewhere survive and promo…
Occupy Wall Street’s brand new bumpy road – Order, chaos and a new world
Below is a slightly edited excerpt from an email written by a group facilitator participating in one of the urban Occupy actions (name withheld at their request). Their note reveals an emerging difficulty that could undermine the ability of such a…
Dawning realizations re Occupy Wall Street
It is slowly dawning on me that I’ve seen events very similar to Occupy Wall Street. The first time was on the Great Peace March in 1986 which started out from Los Angeles as a hierarchical mega-PR event with 1200 people and tons of equipment. It …
Avatar and making all the difference in the world….
I want to highlight new developments that have come to light concerning one part of my Jan 27 piece “Avatar is stimulating some very juicy conversation…” http://bit.ly/AvatarJuicy which, it turns out, was read by leaders of the Pachamama* Allian…
Haiti – There’s so much more to the story…
The story about the Haiti earthquake is pretty clear: A horrible thing has happened to a lot of people. They need help, and the world is moving to help them. True enough, as far as it goes. But there is more to it than that, almost overwhelmingly …