Join the Evolution
Synergy is where the whole is more than the sum of its parts, often exponentially more. When Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has,” she was simply stating the truth. The Theory of Tipping Points proves this to be true. Human beings are hard wired for relationships and community living. The issue is that we are programmed by culture to fear people, while we are offered hollow alternatives that do not support us and have no hope of filling our need for connection. We live in a virtual world, where cultural constructs replace human connection and leave us feeling alone and vulnerable.
This is not a revolutionary process but an evolutionary one, beginning with our reclaiming of our humanity and working together to reprogram culture into a more human construct, supporting us instead of diminishing us. This all starts with you, there is nobody else to do it for you. It continues with building a community and then a grassroots movement. All Aboard!
This is not a revolutionary process but an evolutionary one, beginning with our reclaiming of our humanity and working together to reprogram culture into a more human construct, supporting us instead of diminishing us. This all starts with you, there is nobody else to do it for you. It continues with building a community and then a grassroots movement. All Aboard!
Resilient Ecosystems
Resilient Ecosystems was developed to engage communities in a journey to becoming resilient.
What does that even mean?
It is often the first question we get asked; the dictionary defines resilience as the ability to overcome diversity. This is a good starting point, the details depend on the need of the community and the level of it's current ability and capacity. Sadly that is not often a good situation in the U.S. today. The power grid has not been significantly updated since it was installed halfway through the past century. Water management and understanding is haphazard and driven by profit over need. The Colorado River no longer goes to the Mexican border, but there are lots of golf courses it waters. We could go on and on, but you get the point, we are not resilient.
Many believe that the responsibility for developing and maintaining resilience, in infrastructure and in emergencies, is the responsibility of the government. Is it? If it is, how have they been doing? It is going to be you and your community together, that drive resilience... nobody, no agency, no organization is going to do it for you. That is why Resilient Ecosystems exists, to help communities develop will, capacity, organization, and a vision.
What does that even mean?
It is often the first question we get asked; the dictionary defines resilience as the ability to overcome diversity. This is a good starting point, the details depend on the need of the community and the level of it's current ability and capacity. Sadly that is not often a good situation in the U.S. today. The power grid has not been significantly updated since it was installed halfway through the past century. Water management and understanding is haphazard and driven by profit over need. The Colorado River no longer goes to the Mexican border, but there are lots of golf courses it waters. We could go on and on, but you get the point, we are not resilient.
Many believe that the responsibility for developing and maintaining resilience, in infrastructure and in emergencies, is the responsibility of the government. Is it? If it is, how have they been doing? It is going to be you and your community together, that drive resilience... nobody, no agency, no organization is going to do it for you. That is why Resilient Ecosystems exists, to help communities develop will, capacity, organization, and a vision.
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The best part is... that while building capacity and resilience, local communities improve and the economy creates jobs, food, power, security. relationship, and becomes connected and interconnected.
Why does Resilient Ecosystems do this? Because it desperately needs doing. What is our goal? Reclaiming our humanity and finding a human way forward into an uncertain future for ourselves and our children. How will this be accomplished? |
The Jigsaw Puzzle
We see this framework for change as a jigsaw puzzle, where we have been working on the edges. Here is the thing, we will not know what the picture will be until you, and others bring your pieces to the table and work with us to build the picture together. You may not think you have a piece to bring, but you do. Everyone has lived their lives, learned lessons and gained perspective, a unique perspective that is colored by all of the lenses of your experience. You might ask a question that we did not ask, make a comment that we had not considered, see something we did not, or you may just roll up your sleeves and do the work we cannot, or have not?
"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual." ~ Albert Einstein
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