[P2P-F] Fwd: A New Story

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: David Braden <d-braden at comcast.net>
Date: Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 10:15 PM
Subject: A New Story



 I work with an advisory board for Living Systems Institute and we have
been working on a "new story" about healing the earth and ending poverty by
building new relationships with the living things around us.

Here is the latest version:

 Each of us must do what we can to make our way in the system the way it
is. Without that we have nothing to offer the future. But if we humans
continue to focus on our individual goals the system will continue its
trend toward fewer and fewer niches for people and other living things.
Already over 3 billion people live on less than $2 a day. Businesses seek
to reduce the cost of labor through mechanization and automation.
Industrial economies of scale drive out competition. Monetary wealth
concentrates in fewer and fewer hands.


 In that direction lies all of our worst fears. In that direction there is
economic collapse, global warming, extinction of species, disease and
violence.


 Changing direction requires individual human beings to reach out and
encourage the participation of the living things around them and creating
new niches for people and other living things. It cannot be done remotely.
Every interaction is inherently personal. In this direction the system
heals itself and produces an abundance for all the species participating,
including humans. We have the power to create the kind of world in which we
want to live.


 We will not be able to protest or vote in this change. The change can only
occur from the bottom up. Change only occurs when we change the way we
interact with the living things around us.


 Following is a link to 2 articles I wrote for the Mother Earth News. They
are suggestions for how any of us can take that first step toward changing
directions for all of us. I hope each of you will share these links as
widely as possible. This can be the beginning of a new story for humans on
this planet.  Any comments you might have that could improve the
effectiveness of the story are also appreciated.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/search.aspx?tags=%22+David+R.+Braden+IV%22#axzz3FUlqoq4U




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