Monthly Archives: October 2011

Possible Paths to Peace and Presence

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Dave Pollard

In my ongoing search for ways to become more Present, I’ve been researching a variety of practices. I recognize that this will not be an easy journey, and whatever practices I pursue could take years, so I’m looking to narrow … Continue reading →

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Me & You: A poem by Portia Jeri Frazier

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Dave Pollard

[Last month, at the behest of my friend Colleen Wainwright, I made a contribution to an organization called WriteGirl that helps young women become skilled writers, through writing workshops and by partnering them with professional women writers. Colleen’s campaign offered … Continue reading →

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Links of the Month: October 24, 2011

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Dave Pollard

Cartoon by Matthew Diffee in The New Yorker I‘m back home after 10 days in the US. The delays and challenges of crossing the border get worse every trip, and I am filled with unease every moment I’m in the … Continue reading →

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The Metamovement: Moving Beyond Marches and People in the Street

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Dave Pollard

[The “Metamovement” is Umair Haque’s collective name for the various global pro-democracy, anti-corporatist movements that have sprung up all over the world this year: the “Occupy” movements in over 400 cities, mostly in the Americas, the parallel European “Indignant” movements … Continue reading →

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Love-Sick

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Dave Pollard

chart showing the body’s chemical and neurological activity when it feels love (as best we know), explained in my earlier posts on the chemistry of love I am unhappy. I feel somewhat ashamed admitting this. Most of the people in … Continue reading →

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The Top 10 Most Common Mistakes in Consensus Process, and How to Avoid Them

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Dave Pollard

(a guest post by Tree Bressen) consensus process flowchart [Last month I posted an article entitled When Consensus Doesn’t Work. This guest post by Tree Bressen describes situations where consensus can and should work, but gets derailed, and how such … Continue reading →

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Resilience Networks

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Dave Pollard

cartoon by lynda barry In my bio I say: I believe the key to resilience in the coming decades will be our ability, in the moment, to imagine ways around the crises we cannot prevent, predict or plan for. My … Continue reading →

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Why the Metamovement Will Ultimately Fail

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Dave Pollard

First edition of the Occupy Wall Street Journal. Full size copy and edition two here. There have been, belatedly, attempts to connect the “We Are the 99%” Occupy Wall Street protests with the protests in the Mideast against anti-democratic regimes … Continue reading →

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The Death of Nature

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Dave Pollard

Last Sunday I went for a long walk in the woods. I am fortunate to live on a hill overlooking mountains and ocean, in the only house on the street, adjacent to a municipal park which is in turn adjacent … Continue reading →

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