CONTEXT INSTITUTE: CATALYZING A GRACEFUL TRANSITION TO ABRIGHT FUTURE NOWFOUNDATION STONESVIDEOSIN CONTEXTDONATEABOUT US After 19 cohorts and over 300 people from 29 countries around the world, it’s clear that the course is a unique, practical, and transformational fast-track to a bright future – for you and for the world. To learn more, please look at the Bright Future Now Overview. The next course runs Jul 10 to Aug 29, 2021. 101 WAYS TO HEAL THE EARTH Wear warm clothing and turn down winter heat. 7. Switch to low-wattage or fluorescent light bulbs. 8. Turn off all lights that don’t need to be on. 9. Use cold water instead of hot whenever possible. 10. Opt for small-oven or stove-top cooking when preparing small meals. WHAT IS EDUCATION FOR? For the most part we labor under a confusion of ends and means, thinking that the goal of education is to stuff all kinds of facts, techniques, methods, and information into the student’s mind, regardless of how and with what effect it will be used. The Greeks
knew better.
THIRTY WAYS TO GET SUSTAINABLE 1. Make compost, or if you don’t want to build your own compost heap, give your organic waste to friends. 2. Move closer to work, or work at home when possible. Commuting accounts for more than a third of all car travel. 3. Reuse paper bags, envelopes, etc. 4. Maintain possessions instead of discarding them. With a few tools and a how-to book you can save money, resources, and landfill space. MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN THE CLASSROOM Bruce, together with his wife Linda MacRae-Campbell and Dee Dickinson (Dee and Linda are guest editors for this issue), is currently co-authoring a book titled LearningWorks: Teaching and Learning through the Multiple Intelligences. Contact the Campbells at 19614 Soundview Drive, Stanwood, WA ROLES IN GROUPS
DEVELOPING MOTIVATION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING Realizing that effort is the constant companion of personal excellence. Knowing that mistakes are a natural and instructive part of learning. Holding oneself responsible for most of what is learned. Seeking to make the process of learning as pleasurable as the RITUAL IS ESSENTIAL
Seasonal festivals make use of myths, art, dance and games. All of these aspects of ritual serve to connect – to keep open the essential connections within ourselves. Festivals connect the conscious with the unconscious, the right and left hemispheres of the brain, the cortex with the older three brains (this includes the Oriental tan tien
THE JOY OF COMMUNITY Mission Statement: The Foundation For Community Encouragement. Founded by M. Scott Peck and ten other people in 1984, the Foundation is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational foundation providing workshops, seminars, consultations and presentations with a MANIFESTO: THE MAD FARMER LIBERATION FRONT Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest. that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested. when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus. CONTEXT INSTITUTE: CATALYZING A GRACEFUL TRANSITION TO ABRIGHT FUTURE NOWFOUNDATION STONESVIDEOSIN CONTEXTDONATEABOUT US After 19 cohorts and over 300 people from 29 countries around the world, it’s clear that the course is a unique, practical, and transformational fast-track to a bright future – for you and for the world. To learn more, please look at the Bright Future Now Overview. The next course runs Jul 10 to Aug 29, 2021. 101 WAYS TO HEAL THE EARTH Wear warm clothing and turn down winter heat. 7. Switch to low-wattage or fluorescent light bulbs. 8. Turn off all lights that don’t need to be on. 9. Use cold water instead of hot whenever possible. 10. Opt for small-oven or stove-top cooking when preparing small meals. WHAT IS EDUCATION FOR? For the most part we labor under a confusion of ends and means, thinking that the goal of education is to stuff all kinds of facts, techniques, methods, and information into the student’s mind, regardless of how and with what effect it will be used. The Greeks knew better.
THIRTY WAYS TO GET SUSTAINABLE 1. Make compost, or if you don’t want to build your own compost heap, give your organic waste to friends. 2. Move closer to work, or work at home when possible. Commuting accounts for more than a third of all car travel. 3. Reuse paper bags, envelopes, etc. 4. Maintain possessions instead of discarding them. With a few tools and a how-to book you can save money, resources, and landfill space. MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN THE CLASSROOM Bruce, together with his wife Linda MacRae-Campbell and Dee Dickinson (Dee and Linda are guest editors for this issue), is currently co-authoring a book titled LearningWorks: Teaching and Learning through the Multiple Intelligences. Contact the Campbells at 19614 Soundview Drive, Stanwood, WA ROLES IN GROUPS
DEVELOPING MOTIVATION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING Realizing that effort is the constant companion of personal excellence. Knowing that mistakes are a natural and instructive part of learning. Holding oneself responsible for most of what is learned. Seeking to make the process of learning as pleasurable as the RITUAL IS ESSENTIAL
Seasonal festivals make use of myths, art, dance and games. All of these aspects of ritual serve to connect – to keep open the essential connections within ourselves. Festivals connect the conscious with the unconscious, the right and left hemispheres of the brain, the cortex with the older three brains (this includes the Oriental tan tien
THE JOY OF COMMUNITY Mission Statement: The Foundation For Community Encouragement. Founded by M. Scott Peck and ten other people in 1984, the Foundation is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational foundation providing workshops, seminars, consultations and presentations with a MANIFESTO: THE MAD FARMER LIBERATION FRONT Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest. that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested. when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus. 101 WAYS TO HEAL THE EARTH Wear warm clothing and turn down winter heat. 7. Switch to low-wattage or fluorescent light bulbs. 8. Turn off all lights that don’t need to be on. 9. Use cold water instead of hot whenever possible. 10. Opt for small-oven or stove-top cooking when preparing small meals. A QUICK GUIDE TO USING ZOOM Click on the big turquoise button called “Join,” which will open a dialog box that looks like this: Enter the meeting ID if you have it or use the down-arrow (shown here in the red circle) to reveal a list of previous calls. You can change your name that will identify you in the call in the second text box. THE JOY OF COMMUNITY Mission Statement: The Foundation For Community Encouragement. Founded by M. Scott Peck and ten other people in 1984, the Foundation is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational foundation providing workshops, seminars, consultations and presentations with a RITUAL IS ESSENTIAL
Seasonal festivals make use of myths, art, dance and games. All of these aspects of ritual serve to connect – to keep open the essential connections within ourselves. Festivals connect the conscious with the unconscious, the right and left hemispheres of the brain, the cortex with the older three brains (this includes the Oriental tan tien
EARTH COVENANT
Earth Covenant, c/o Global Education Associates, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 456, New York, NY 10115 (212) 870-3290. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT "Earth and Spirit" issue (#24), P.O. Box 946, Langley, WA 98260. LIVING DEMOCRACY
We call these the seeds of Living Democracy. By Living Democracy we mean democracy as a way of life; democracy as a culture; democracy as a set of expectations and practices that become part of our blood, part of our instinct for how to behave. This is certainly a long-term understanding of social change, but it’s also one in which each of us
STUDY CIRCLES: SCHOOLS FOR LIFE 413/585-8755. FEAA is an organization of people and institutions interested in the history and concepts of folk education as exemplified by study circles and Scandinavian folk high schools. It has strong links with European folk educators, a valuable newsletter, exciting conferences, and enthusiastic members. THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME Both of these make your time more valuable, and thereby raise the level of the “cost of time” curve. Often, they will also enable you to make better use of the other material goods you have, allowing you to maintain your quality of life at a lower level of consumption. The effect of this on the benefit curve is THAILAND: A FAMILY PLANNING SUCCESS STORY A second reason for Thailand’s success is the charisma and creativity of its family planning leadership. Mechai Viravaidya, a former government economist and public relations genius, launched the PDA with great fanfare. His imagination fueled the family planning effort in its early stages, raising it from a progressive program to an inspired
ECONOMIC CHOICES AT A PERSONAL SCALE During the past three years I have come to make a number of choices which are a reflection of my growing awareness of my responsibility for my economic impact upon the world. Many of these choices are born of my evolving spiritual awarenesses, and many are blind stumblings toward unspoken principles, unarticulated but felt. CONTEXT INSTITUTE: CATALYZING A GRACEFUL TRANSITION TO ABRIGHT FUTURE NOWFOUNDATION STONESVIDEOSIN CONTEXTDONATEABOUT US After 19 cohorts and over 300 people from 29 countries around the world, it’s clear that the course is a unique, practical, and transformational fast-track to a bright future – for you and for the world. To learn more, please look at the Bright Future Now Overview. The next course runs Jul 10 to Aug 29, 2021. WHAT IS EDUCATION FOR? For the most part we labor under a confusion of ends and means, thinking that the goal of education is to stuff all kinds of facts, techniques, methods, and information into the student’s mind, regardless of how and with what effect it will be used. The Greeks knew better.
THIRTY WAYS TO GET SUSTAINABLE 1. Make compost, or if you don’t want to build your own compost heap, give your organic waste to friends. 2. Move closer to work, or work at home when possible. Commuting accounts for more than a third of all car travel. 3. Reuse paper bags, envelopes, etc. 4. Maintain possessions instead of discarding them. With a few tools and a how-to book you can save money, resources, and landfill space. 101 WAYS TO HEAL THE EARTH Wear warm clothing and turn down winter heat. 7. Switch to low-wattage or fluorescent light bulbs. 8. Turn off all lights that don’t need to be on. 9. Use cold water instead of hot whenever possible. 10. Opt for small-oven or stove-top cooking when preparing small meals. MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN THE CLASSROOM Bruce, together with his wife Linda MacRae-Campbell and Dee Dickinson (Dee and Linda are guest editors for this issue), is currently co-authoring a book titled LearningWorks: Teaching and Learning through the Multiple Intelligences. Contact the Campbells at 19614 Soundview Drive, Stanwood, WA ROLES IN GROUPS
DEVELOPING MOTIVATION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING Realizing that effort is the constant companion of personal excellence. Knowing that mistakes are a natural and instructive part of learning. Holding oneself responsible for most of what is learned. Seeking to make the process of learning as pleasurable as the RITUAL IS ESSENTIAL
Seasonal festivals make use of myths, art, dance and games. All of these aspects of ritual serve to connect – to keep open the essential connections within ourselves. Festivals connect the conscious with the unconscious, the right and left hemispheres of the brain, the cortex with the older three brains (this includes the Oriental tan tien
THE JOY OF COMMUNITY Mission Statement: The Foundation For Community Encouragement. Founded by M. Scott Peck and ten other people in 1984, the Foundation is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational foundation providing workshops, seminars, consultations and presentations with a MANIFESTO: THE MAD FARMER LIBERATION FRONT Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest. that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested. when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus. CONTEXT INSTITUTE: CATALYZING A GRACEFUL TRANSITION TO ABRIGHT FUTURE NOWFOUNDATION STONESVIDEOSIN CONTEXTDONATEABOUT US After 19 cohorts and over 300 people from 29 countries around the world, it’s clear that the course is a unique, practical, and transformational fast-track to a bright future – for you and for the world. To learn more, please look at the Bright Future Now Overview. The next course runs Jul 10 to Aug 29, 2021. WHAT IS EDUCATION FOR? For the most part we labor under a confusion of ends and means, thinking that the goal of education is to stuff all kinds of facts, techniques, methods, and information into the student’s mind, regardless of how and with what effect it will be used. The Greeks knew better.
THIRTY WAYS TO GET SUSTAINABLE 1. Make compost, or if you don’t want to build your own compost heap, give your organic waste to friends. 2. Move closer to work, or work at home when possible. Commuting accounts for more than a third of all car travel. 3. Reuse paper bags, envelopes, etc. 4. Maintain possessions instead of discarding them. With a few tools and a how-to book you can save money, resources, and landfill space. 101 WAYS TO HEAL THE EARTH Wear warm clothing and turn down winter heat. 7. Switch to low-wattage or fluorescent light bulbs. 8. Turn off all lights that don’t need to be on. 9. Use cold water instead of hot whenever possible. 10. Opt for small-oven or stove-top cooking when preparing small meals. MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN THE CLASSROOM Bruce, together with his wife Linda MacRae-Campbell and Dee Dickinson (Dee and Linda are guest editors for this issue), is currently co-authoring a book titled LearningWorks: Teaching and Learning through the Multiple Intelligences. Contact the Campbells at 19614 Soundview Drive, Stanwood, WA ROLES IN GROUPS
DEVELOPING MOTIVATION FOR LIFELONG LEARNING Realizing that effort is the constant companion of personal excellence. Knowing that mistakes are a natural and instructive part of learning. Holding oneself responsible for most of what is learned. Seeking to make the process of learning as pleasurable as the RITUAL IS ESSENTIAL
Seasonal festivals make use of myths, art, dance and games. All of these aspects of ritual serve to connect – to keep open the essential connections within ourselves. Festivals connect the conscious with the unconscious, the right and left hemispheres of the brain, the cortex with the older three brains (this includes the Oriental tan tien
THE JOY OF COMMUNITY Mission Statement: The Foundation For Community Encouragement. Founded by M. Scott Peck and ten other people in 1984, the Foundation is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational foundation providing workshops, seminars, consultations and presentations with a MANIFESTO: THE MAD FARMER LIBERATION FRONT Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest. that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested. when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus. 101 WAYS TO HEAL THE EARTH Wear warm clothing and turn down winter heat. 7. Switch to low-wattage or fluorescent light bulbs. 8. Turn off all lights that don’t need to be on. 9. Use cold water instead of hot whenever possible. 10. Opt for small-oven or stove-top cooking when preparing small meals. A QUICK GUIDE TO USING ZOOM Click on the big turquoise button called “Join,” which will open a dialog box that looks like this: Enter the meeting ID if you have it or use the down-arrow (shown here in the red circle) to reveal a list of previous calls. You can change your name that will identify you in the call in the second text box. THE JOY OF COMMUNITY Mission Statement: The Foundation For Community Encouragement. Founded by M. Scott Peck and ten other people in 1984, the Foundation is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational foundation providing workshops, seminars, consultations and presentations with a RITUAL IS ESSENTIAL
Seasonal festivals make use of myths, art, dance and games. All of these aspects of ritual serve to connect – to keep open the essential connections within ourselves. Festivals connect the conscious with the unconscious, the right and left hemispheres of the brain, the cortex with the older three brains (this includes the Oriental tan tien
EARTH COVENANT
Earth Covenant, c/o Global Education Associates, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 456, New York, NY 10115 (212) 870-3290. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT "Earth and Spirit" issue (#24), P.O. Box 946, Langley, WA 98260. LIVING DEMOCRACY
We call these the seeds of Living Democracy. By Living Democracy we mean democracy as a way of life; democracy as a culture; democracy as a set of expectations and practices that become part of our blood, part of our instinct for how to behave. This is certainly a long-term understanding of social change, but it’s also one in which each of us
STUDY CIRCLES: SCHOOLS FOR LIFE 413/585-8755. FEAA is an organization of people and institutions interested in the history and concepts of folk education as exemplified by study circles and Scandinavian folk high schools. It has strong links with European folk educators, a valuable newsletter, exciting conferences, and enthusiastic members. THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME Both of these make your time more valuable, and thereby raise the level of the “cost of time” curve. Often, they will also enable you to make better use of the other material goods you have, allowing you to maintain your quality of life at a lower level of consumption. The effect of this on the benefit curve is THAILAND: A FAMILY PLANNING SUCCESS STORY A second reason for Thailand’s success is the charisma and creativity of its family planning leadership. Mechai Viravaidya, a former government economist and public relations genius, launched the PDA with great fanfare. His imagination fueled the family planning effort in its early stages, raising it from a progressive program to an inspired
ECONOMIC CHOICES AT A PERSONAL SCALE During the past three years I have come to make a number of choices which are a reflection of my growing awareness of my responsibility for my economic impact upon the world. Many of these choices are born of my evolving spiritual awarenesses, and many are blind stumblings toward unspoken principles, unarticulated but felt. WHAT IS EDUCATION FOR? For the most part we labor under a confusion of ends and means, thinking that the goal of education is to stuff all kinds of facts, techniques, methods, and information into the student’s mind, regardless of how and with what effect it will be used. The Greeks knew better.
BRIGHT FUTURE NETWORK THIRTY WAYS TO GET SUSTAINABLE 1. Make compost, or if you don’t want to build your own compost heap, give your organic waste to friends. 2. Move closer to work, or work at home when possible. Commuting accounts for more than a third of all car travel. 3. Reuse paper bags, envelopes, etc. 4. Maintain possessions instead of discarding them. With a few tools and a how-to book you can save money, resources, and landfill space. A QUICK GUIDE TO USING ZOOM Click on the big turquoise button called “Join,” which will open a dialog box that looks like this: Enter the meeting ID if you have it or use the down-arrow (shown here in the red circle) to reveal a list of previous calls. You can change your name that will identify you in the call in the second text box. ROLES IN GROUPS
THE JOY OF COMMUNITY Mission Statement: The Foundation For Community Encouragement. Founded by M. Scott Peck and ten other people in 1984, the Foundation is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational foundation providing workshops, seminars, consultations and presentations with a MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN THE CLASSROOMHOW CAN THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CLASSROOM?TO IMPLEMENT GARDNER’S THEORY IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING, I ORGANIZED MY THIRD GRADE CLASSROOM IN MARYSVILLE, WASHINGTON, INTO SEVEN LEARNING CENTER...WHAT KINDS OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE AT EACH CENTER?ALL STUDENTS LEARN EACH DAY’S LESSON IN SEVEN WAYS. THEY BUILD MODELS, DANCE, MAKE COLLABORATIVE DECISIONS, CREATE SONGS, SOLVE DEDUCTIVE REASONING...WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THIS PROGRAM?DURING THE 1989-1990 SCHOOL YEAR, AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED IN MY CLASSROOM TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF THIS MULTIMODAL LEARNING FORMAT...WHAT IS THE TEACHER’S ROLE IN A MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES PROGRAM?THE TEACHER’S ROLE ALSO TRANSFORMS IN THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. I DEVELOPED SKILLS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE I WOULD DEVELOP BY STANDING IN FRONT OF A CLASS...WHY IS A MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES MODEL SUCCESSFUL?THE REASONS FOR THE ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM APPEAR TO BE TWOFOLD. FIRST, EVERY STUDENT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPECIALIZE AND... Bruce, together with his wife Linda MacRae-Campbell and Dee Dickinson (Dee and Linda are guest editors for this issue), is currently co-authoring a book titled LearningWorks: Teaching and Learning through the Multiple Intelligences. Contact the Campbells at 19614 Soundview Drive, Stanwood, WA CORPORATIONS AND THE PUBLIC INTERESTEXAMPLES OF PUBLIC INTEREST Corporate Charters. The pamphlet Taking Care of Business: Citizenship and the Charter of Incorporation, by Richard Grossman and Frank Adams, looks at how corporations can be returned to their original purposes – acting in the public interest.It can be ordered from Charter Ink, Box 806, Cambridge, MA 02140. Contact Richard Grossman at the same address for updates on related activities in your THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME Both of these make your time more valuable, and thereby raise the level of the “cost of time” curve. Often, they will also enable you to make better use of the other material goods you have, allowing you to maintain your quality of life at a lower level of consumption. The effect of this on the benefit curve is MANIFESTO: THE MAD FARMER LIBERATION FRONT Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest. that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested. when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus. WHAT IS EDUCATION FOR? For the most part we labor under a confusion of ends and means, thinking that the goal of education is to stuff all kinds of facts, techniques, methods, and information into the student’s mind, regardless of how and with what effect it will be used. The Greeks knew better.
BRIGHT FUTURE NETWORK THIRTY WAYS TO GET SUSTAINABLE 1. Make compost, or if you don’t want to build your own compost heap, give your organic waste to friends. 2. Move closer to work, or work at home when possible. Commuting accounts for more than a third of all car travel. 3. Reuse paper bags, envelopes, etc. 4. Maintain possessions instead of discarding them. With a few tools and a how-to book you can save money, resources, and landfill space. A QUICK GUIDE TO USING ZOOM Click on the big turquoise button called “Join,” which will open a dialog box that looks like this: Enter the meeting ID if you have it or use the down-arrow (shown here in the red circle) to reveal a list of previous calls. You can change your name that will identify you in the call in the second text box. ROLES IN GROUPS
THE JOY OF COMMUNITY Mission Statement: The Foundation For Community Encouragement. Founded by M. Scott Peck and ten other people in 1984, the Foundation is a tax-exempt, non-profit educational foundation providing workshops, seminars, consultations and presentations with a MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN THE CLASSROOMHOW CAN THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CLASSROOM?TO IMPLEMENT GARDNER’S THEORY IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING, I ORGANIZED MY THIRD GRADE CLASSROOM IN MARYSVILLE, WASHINGTON, INTO SEVEN LEARNING CENTER...WHAT KINDS OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE AT EACH CENTER?ALL STUDENTS LEARN EACH DAY’S LESSON IN SEVEN WAYS. THEY BUILD MODELS, DANCE, MAKE COLLABORATIVE DECISIONS, CREATE SONGS, SOLVE DEDUCTIVE REASONING...WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THIS PROGRAM?DURING THE 1989-1990 SCHOOL YEAR, AN ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED IN MY CLASSROOM TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF THIS MULTIMODAL LEARNING FORMAT...WHAT IS THE TEACHER’S ROLE IN A MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES PROGRAM?THE TEACHER’S ROLE ALSO TRANSFORMS IN THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. I DEVELOPED SKILLS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE I WOULD DEVELOP BY STANDING IN FRONT OF A CLASS...WHY IS A MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES MODEL SUCCESSFUL?THE REASONS FOR THE ACADEMIC AND BEHAVIORAL SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM APPEAR TO BE TWOFOLD. FIRST, EVERY STUDENT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPECIALIZE AND... Bruce, together with his wife Linda MacRae-Campbell and Dee Dickinson (Dee and Linda are guest editors for this issue), is currently co-authoring a book titled LearningWorks: Teaching and Learning through the Multiple Intelligences. Contact the Campbells at 19614 Soundview Drive, Stanwood, WA CORPORATIONS AND THE PUBLIC INTERESTEXAMPLES OF PUBLIC INTEREST Corporate Charters. The pamphlet Taking Care of Business: Citizenship and the Charter of Incorporation, by Richard Grossman and Frank Adams, looks at how corporations can be returned to their original purposes – acting in the public interest.It can be ordered from Charter Ink, Box 806, Cambridge, MA 02140. Contact Richard Grossman at the same address for updates on related activities in your THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME Both of these make your time more valuable, and thereby raise the level of the “cost of time” curve. Often, they will also enable you to make better use of the other material goods you have, allowing you to maintain your quality of life at a lower level of consumption. The effect of this on the benefit curve is MANIFESTO: THE MAD FARMER LIBERATION FRONT Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest. that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested. when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus. CONTEXT INSTITUTE: CATALYZING A GRACEFUL TRANSITION TO A After 19 cohorts and over 300 people from 29 countries around the world, it’s clear that the course is a unique, practical, and transformational fast-track to a bright future – for you and for the world. To learn more, please look at the Bright Future Now Overview. The next course runs Jul 10 to Aug 29, 2021. ROLES IN GROUPS
Maintenance Roles. The ENCOURAGER praises, agrees with, and accepts the contribution of the others. S/he indicates warmth and solidarity in her/his attitude toward other group members, offers commendation and praise and in various ways indicates understanding and acceptance of other points of view, ideas, and suggestions. COMPARING HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS anaged care plans are financing systems that control health care costs in two ways. First, they lock-in consumers to specific lists of providers (physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, etc.) who agree to accept reduced fees. Second, many require the insurance company’s approval before providing benefits. EARTH COVENANT
Earth Covenant, c/o Global Education Associates, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 456, New York, NY 10115 (212) 870-3290. Reprinted in IN CONTEXT "Earth and Spirit" issue (#24), P.O. Box 946, Langley, WA 98260. THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME Both of these make your time more valuable, and thereby raise the level of the “cost of time” curve. Often, they will also enable you to make better use of the other material goods you have, allowing you to maintain your quality of life at a lower level of consumption. The effect of this on the benefit curve is RITUAL IS ESSENTIAL
Seasonal festivals make use of myths, art, dance and games. All of these aspects of ritual serve to connect – to keep open the essential connections within ourselves. Festivals connect the conscious with the unconscious, the right and left hemispheres of the brain, the cortex with the older three brains (this includes the Oriental tan tien
CORPORATIONS AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST Corporate Charters. The pamphlet Taking Care of Business: Citizenship and the Charter of Incorporation, by Richard Grossman and Frank Adams, looks at how corporations can be returned to their original purposes – acting in the public interest.It can be ordered from Charter Ink, Box 806, Cambridge, MA 02140. Contact Richard Grossman at the same address for updates on related activities in your STRATEGIC QUESTIONING Strategic questioning is the skill of asking the questions that will make a difference. Shaping a strategic question involves these key features: A strategic question creates motion by asking, “How can we move?”. They are dynamic and don’t allow a situation to stay stuck.
BLACK ELK WAS RIGHT
The time had come to begin preparing the people for the fulfillment of Black Elk’s prophecies. That was before the third great shaking of the Earth at the turn of the century. The lives of the people then were filled with the pursuit of material and physical pleasures. They had forgotten the values of respect, tolerance, compassion, and honesty.
PERMACULTURE: DESIGN FOR LIVING For a more detailed exploration, see Mollison’s book Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual, available for $34.95 (plus $3 shipping) from Permaculture Drylands, PO Box 27371, Tucson, AZ 85726, 602/824-3465. Alan: Permaculture is a slippery idea to me. Looking for a more effective and positive way forward – for yourself _and_ for the world? Join us in Bright Future Now , a 7-week online course for culture-changers. Early-Bird registration ends May 30. CONTEXT INSTITUTE
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Posted in Bright Future A TASTE OF BRIGHT FUTURE NOW – FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP 2/8 @ 1PM PST By Robert Gilman on February 5, 2020
Are you curious about the Bright Future Now online course ? Then join us for this free, experientially-oriented, online workshop to get a taste of the ideas and skills that can enable you to find your own bright future _now _while contributing to a bright future for the world!
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the time in your zone). Even if you aren’t interested in doing the course (yet ), you’ll come away with useful experiences. Find out why course graduates are saying: _“Out of the many programs I’ve been involved in over the last three decades, nothing has been as helpful and comprehensive.” “The best experience I’ve had in self-development and in seeing the world with different eyes.” “If you are at all interested in a deeper understanding of the world and what’s going on in it, consider checking this out.”_ We’ll start with a brief overview of the course. Then we’ll explore high-resolution perception and collaborative leadership so that you can get a taste of two of the six territories we cover in the course. We’ll answer whatever questions you have and you’ll meet some of the graduates of the course. _“Among the most integrative, comprehensive, inspiring, and useful things I’ve ever participated in.”_ Register for this free event here and invite your friends to join you. Even if you or they can’t make that time, register anyway to get access to the recording. I hope to see you there! * Facebook
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Posted in Bright Future A TASTE OF BRIGHT FUTURE NOW – FREE WEBINAR 12/15 @ NOON PST By Robert Gilman on December 10, 2019
Are you curious about the Bright Future Now course ? Then join us this coming Sunday, Dec 15 at noon PST for A FREE EXPERIENTIALLY-BASED WEBINAR .
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Posted in Bright Future TALK WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE NETWORK MEMBER By Robert Gilman on November 21, 2017
If you’re interested in the Bright Future Now course but still have questions, we invite you to talk with a Bright Future Network member to see if the course is for you .
You can expect a spacious conversation where you’ll have plenty of opportunity to ask your questions and hear about the experiences of a network member.
The course isn’t for everyone but if you’re * more interested in building the new culture than fighting the old * ready to combine personal, interpersonal and project-oriented skill-building
* interested in connecting and collaborating with others from all kinds of backgrounds who also look toward the future with a positive sense of possibilities you’ll likely be delighted to discover what the course and the network can offer you. As a bonus, the “talk with” page gives you a window into the diversity of people in the network. Take a look.
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Posted in Bright Future _WELCOME TO THE PLANETARY ERA_ WEBINAR VIDEO ONLINE By Robert Gilman on September 14, 2017
I’m happy to be able to share this well-received event with you via this video. It provides a wonderful doorway into the surprisingly hopeful, grounded, practical and fun world that is emerging within Context Institute’s Bright Future program. The video is also on Facebook .
We’d love to welcome you into the next Bright Future Now course . For more details on the program, please look at the Bright Future Now Overview .
For a more in-depth exploration of the Tribal-Empire-Planetary framework, please look at the _What Time Is It?_ presentation videos .
And speaking of videos, you might enjoy two short ones (45 seconds) featuring two graduates talking about the benefits they experienced in the course:
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Posted in Bright Future THIS IS OUR TIME
By Robert Gilman on December 16, 2016
Are you struggling to find your bearings in these times of change – or do you know people who are? If so, I’d like to offer a suggestion and some encouragement based on my understanding of the cultural dynamics going on around us – dynamics that have already been going on for hundreds of years during the Empire-to-Planetary transition .
The visible breakdown of old institutions and cultural norms is _exactly_ what’s to be expected in such a profound cultural transformation. New forms are also emerging although they’re still less visible. (For some examples of the brighter side of the story, please take a look at 99 Reasons Why 2016 Was a Good Year .)
Nevertheless, like with a human birth, this time of breakdown and breakthrough can be scary and painful to go through – even more so if you don’t understand the bigger picture of what’s happening. As I see it, recent phenomena like Brexit, Trump, Syria, etc. are mostly a reaction against the long-term cultural trends that are moving the world toward more humane and sustainable cultures. These trends are bringing more knowledge, more choice and more ability to impact the world to larger and larger percentages of humanity – at the same time that the challenges of sharing one small planet are becoming more urgent. This combination of increased human capability and increased need for change is driving an accelerating co-evolution that won’t stabilize until we achieve much deeper levels of harmony – within ourselves, with each other and with the natural world. Why? Because that’s the way complex adaptive systems evolve.
There _are_ some legitimate concerns mixed in with the reaction to this cultural co-evolution, but that reaction is mostly driven by people who sense they are on the wrong side of history, who are still loyal to Empire Era ways and who are trying to stop the momentum of change. They will do damage but they won’t be able to turn the tide. They will do damage in two ways: There will be the obvious damage done by regressive and repressive government policies. But there will also be the subtler, yet perhaps more profound, damage done to the extent that those who would otherwise be building a better future can be distracted and diverted. So here’s my suggestion for an 80/20 rule to minimize the damage: Devote at least 80% of your energy and resources to building toward a more humane and sustainable future. We have the cultural wind at our backs, more than most people realize, but each of us must raise our sails if it is to carry us forward. If you can see ways to innovate, implement and/or educate that move us toward the Planetary Era, now is the time to do so.
Then devote some time and energy, but no more than 20%, to engaging with the Empire Era loyalists. This may mean resisting regressive and repressive policies – and helping those most impacted by these policies. It may mean reaching out in a human-to-human way to work with at least some of these loyalists to resolve legitimate issues and reduce everyone’s level of fear. This 80/20 rule is, of course, a gross generalization. Some people will feel called to put all of their focus on confronting the reaction against a Planetary future. That’s great _if_ it’s a real inner calling but not so good if you are just getting sucked into the drama. If you feel _any_ inner calling to build the new, the future needs your efforts _now_. The fastest way through this time of turmoil is to keep moving forward. The ricochet of reactions to reactions rarely provides much long-term benefit. So in these Northern Hemisphere dark days, take heart in the bigger picture. This is our time, and it will be for years to come. Let’s make the most of it. PS. There are still some places left for the January 2017 Bright Future Now course – a superb way to expand your ability to build the new. * Facebook
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Posted in Tools For The Journey WELCOME
By Robert Gilman on June 1, 2016
Context Institute is devoted to helping you – and others like you – birth a brighter future for yourself, for humanity and for the earth.
We do this by focusing on positive cultural change toward a humane and sustainable world, all based on our 35 years of experience doing this work.
If this positive, even joyous, approach to the future appeals to you, we welcome you. NEXT STEPS:
* To learn more about Context Institute’s values and perspective, please look at About Context Institute .
* To find out more about Context Institute’s strategy for empowering positive change, please look at the Foundation Stones project and the 9-minute video on CI’s Long-term Strategy .
* To explore the prospects for a brighter future, please look at What Time Is It? Videos * To discover how you can get involved, please look at Engage With This Work .
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