Day: January 22, 2004

More Heart

This from Kathryn in a comment today…

Thank you for your poignant quote by the Dalai Lama. The movement on the planet at this time is toward the heart. Many tools exist — HeartMath Technologies — bringing heart to corporations, and PATHS (Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies) by Mark Greenberg — schooling for a good heart.

Thanks, Kathryn! I’d add ZapchenSomatics and NonViolentCommunication to these.

More Individual… Choice

David Kirkpatrick in Fortune, via Doc Searls Weblog:

David: What do these things have in common: the TV show American Idol, Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, eBay, and the open-source Linux operating system? They’re all manifestations of a key trend of our time: the shift in power away from centralized institutions and toward the individual ? from the center to the edge.

Doc: I agree. But it’s also from the few to the many, from supply to demand, from controlled to networked. And on the far side of each “to,” autonomy. The ability to initiate, to form and join associations, to do for themselves. To have and make up their own minds. Choice. This is about choice.

This is exactly what I’ve been talking about here as Individual being the ultimate Local. Individual choice, autonomy, passion and responsibility. But in line with InvitingOrganization, I would say that we’re moving from networked to open markets, living communities, and SomaticOrganization. 20th century machines dissolving into 21st century landscapes and bodies… working in OpenSpace. See George Nemeth and BrewedFreshDaily for another reference to regional neurons… Somatics strikes again. Nice to be in such good company on this one!

Smart Communities Network

This from something called the Scout Report (?) via my friend Birrell Walsh…

As interest in creating communities that adhere to sustainable development principles continues to garner substantial interest, the Department of Energy has created this online clearinghouse of relevant information for areas interested in learning more about incorporating these principles into their new (or existing) developments. On the site, visitors can read about communities that have implemented sustainable development plans, locate technical and financial resources designed to assist communities with such plans, and access various codes and ordinances related to subsequent implementation of these development schemes. The Topics in Sustainability is quite helpful, providing a list of related themes (such as land use planning and community energy) that users can click on and view a brief synopsis of each theme, read articles on the theme, and examine the key principle behind each theme. For those who wish to keep abreast of the latest developments in sustainable development, a monthly electronic newsletter is also available at no charge.

…a good looking site. Found some interesting events on the calendar, too.