Monthly Archives: January 2005

INVENTING A NEW HUMAN CULTURE

If you look at the lessons of history, it’s easy to conclude that: People change only when they must, or when a change is both very easy and very compelling When they do, reluctantly, change, people change their behaviour first, … Continue reading

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MIND MAPPING: SEE WHAT YOU’RE THINKING

Recently I’ve been working on a couple of projects with teams who have embraced ‘mind-mapping’ software. There’s a lot of hype about this concept, and about this software, but basically the software is a simple mechanism for documenting thoughts and … Continue reading

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BLOGGERS, YOUR AUDIENCE AWAITS

A brand new Pew survey of Internet users lets bloggers track the growing audience for their writing. The survey suggests that the total online potential audience (regular Internet users) has reached 40% of the US population, and that 7% of … Continue reading

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ASHOKA: A LAUNCHING PAD FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS

In an article in this month’s Fast Company, Keith Hammonds profiles an unlikely hero of social and environmental progressives: Ashoka founder Bill Drayton. Drayton, a former Director at McKinsey and the Environmental Protection Agency, is now a philanthropist with a … Continue reading

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FINDS OF THE WEEK

Bird’s-Eye View: G as in Good H as in Happy points us to a remarkable video of an eagle’s flight, taken from ultra-lightweight camera on the eagle’s wing. BC Manure Disposal a Disaster Waiting to Happen: The legendary Georgia Strait … Continue reading

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CREATING A LIFE TOGETHER

Diana Leafe Christian’s book Creating a Life Together lays out in painstaking detail the process to create an Intentional Community. She is unapologetic about airing the dirty laundry of the 90% of Intentional Communities that have failed, because these are … Continue reading

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