What stimulates change?
In these urgent times, we need to become the storm that topples the senescent, destructive economies so the new can emerge.
The gap edges, or ecotones, where two ecosystems, the new and the old, meet, are among the most diverse and productive of ecosystems, full of berries and birds.
Robin Wall Kimmerer, the Serviceberry
“Transform yourself to transform the world
adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy
Transformation can be defined as significant changes in form, structure, or meaning-making. It can also be described as a much deeper process, including “the unleashing of human potential to commit, care, and affect change for a better life.”16
Karen O'Brien • You Matter More Than You Think: Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World
an invitation to step more and more into experience. We cannot change the world through a mental construct. We cannot change the world through words alone
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee • Remembering Earth Time – A Talk by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
André Gide that says “One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”
Mille Bojer • Facilitation isn’t magic
the human heart—and the process of the human heart returning—not a human heart who understands everything and holds all the seeds of wisdom for the new world and the new era inside of it. No, that’s arrogance. But a human heart who is learning again how to be. Because we as individuals, we as human hearts, we as spiritual hearts, we can be like... See more
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee • Remembering Earth Time – A Talk by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
For humans to be in right relationship, we must practice accountability—being intentional about how we take up space and resources, attending to our role in the world and our impact on others, shaping what we can touch, and being able to repair and set boundaries, especially as conditions change.
Murmurations: A New Beginning Dawns
The world, the values of the world, are shaped by the choices each of us makes. Which means my thinking, my actions, my relationships, and my life create a front line for the possibilities of the entire species. Each one of us is an individual practice ground for what the whole can or cannot do, will or will not do.
Adrienne Maree Brown • Murmurations: Returning to the Whole
When we celebrate our victories, we increase our sense of agency and our incentive to do more. When we feel empowered and impactful, we can be more effective in making a world of greater justice.