<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div class="ydpd94e59d5yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br></div><div id="ydpaf85a613yahoo_quoted_2057567348" class="ydpaf85a613yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">
<div><div id="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843"><div><div class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydp5fb7d25byahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr"><span></span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;">1. Interested so far: Richard Alton, Joyce Bonafield, Milan Hamilton, Ellen Howie, Larry
Philbrook, Evelyn Philbrook, Lewis Pierce, Martin Rafanan, David
Rebstock, Janet Sanders, Carleton Stock, Ellie Stock, Nancy Trask,
Dharmalingam Vinasithamby, Edwin Waters, Jean Watts, Jim Wiegel</div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;">For the rest of you, send us an email to JOIN US IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. We will only send future notices to those who are interested.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div>2. Monday, May 17 we will get organized for this. Here is the Zoom link<div><span style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">David Rebstock is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.</span><br clear="none" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><br clear="none" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Topic: My Meeting</span><br clear="none" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Time: May 17, 2021 08:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)</span><br clear="none" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><br clear="none" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Join Zoom Meeting</span><br clear="none" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><a shape="rect" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86431860640?pwd=RnhjRmNTSDE0U3B2ZzlhR25GYUo4Zz09" style="color:rgb(25, 106, 212);text-decoration-line:underline;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86431860640?pwd=RnhjRmNTSDE0U3B2ZzlhR25GYUo4Zz09</a><br clear="none" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><br clear="none" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Meeting ID: 864 3186 0640</span><br clear="none" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Passcode: 214122</span></div></div><div dir="ltr">(full link at bottom of this email)</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">3. Currently we are anticipating 9 sessions, on Mondays, from May 24, starting at either 7:00 or 8:00 Chicago time and running for 90 minutes. We have been in touch with the folks at CHOOSING EARTH and they will let us use their study guide / curriculum if we choose. Jim is going to participate in a facilitator training the next 2 Mondays to get more inside of their approach.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">4. Here are Proposed Study Group Sessions based on their outline: does this make sense?</div><div dir="ltr">Session 0: Getting Organized including Our Aims and Approach, Getting Volunteer Leadership (Session Hosts, Small Group Leadership and Technical Producers) Guidelines for Participation, etc.</div><div dir="ltr">Session 1: Introduction to Choosing Earth</div><div>Recognizing our whole systems crisis and several stories of transition. . . .16</div><div>Session 2: Three Pathways Ahead</div><div>Collapse, Authoritarianism, and Great Transition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17</div><div>Session 3: Stages of Great Transition I</div><div>The Decades of the 20s, 30s, and 40s and the challenges ahead . . . . . . . . 19</div><div>Session 4: Stages of Great Transition II</div><div>The Decades of 50’s 60’s and 70’s and the timeline for a Great Transition . .19</div><div>Session 5: Foundations for the Great Transition — Part I</div><div>Aliveness, Waking Up, Growing Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20</div><div>Session 6: Foundations for the Great Transition — Part II</div><div>Reconciling, Communicating, Community Building and Simplicity . . . . . . . . .21</div><div>Session 7-8 — Optional: Integration</div><div>What’s Been Learned? What’s Shifted? What’s Next for You? . . . . . . . . . . . .22</div></div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">5. Here is a rough outline for each session: Does this make sense?</div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>o Welcoming people on arrival</div><div>o Conducting (or designating another participant to conduct) a brief meditation for settling and connecting as a group</div><div>o Using a check-in process to build group cohesion and shared understanding</div><div>o Offering both large group and small group inquiries</div><div>o Facilitating whole group discussions</div><div>o Describing the reading and exercise assignments</div><div>o Conducting (or designating another participant to conduct) a closing process for each session — this could be a prayer, a poem or a simple dedication, like “We dedicate our time together to the well-being of all life.”</div></div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">6. TECHNOLOGY We are assuming to use David Rebstock's Zoom account. What else will we need?</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">7. What is our PURPOSE? A month or so ago, the Shankland's suggested some aims: <div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Rational Aim:</b> To stay current on the Climate Crisis and explore points of engagement for each participant <b>Experiential Aim</b>: To have a great time in dialogue with colleagues and nudge each other to be effectively involved.</div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span>This from the CHOOSING EARTH FOLKS: "step into a deeper understanding of what is needed to move through the greatest transition humanity has ever made — and to rise to the opportunity of becoming a mature, planetary civilization. Recognizing both challenges and opportunities, our goal is to provide a study guide that supports you — both in terms of content and facilitation.</span><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span>and this CAVEAT (more on the existential side): <span>Choosing Earth explores profound changes, threats of collapse, and the real possibility of great suffering for humanity as a precursor to a collective transition. Facing profound change, deep uncertainty and the threat of collapsing civilization are unsettling and anxiety producing. This material can be distressing and evoke feelings of loss, grief, anger, anxiety, and hopelessness. Awakening to these feelings is vital if we are to mobilize our inner wisdom, imagination, and resilience and come to terms with climate disruption, social and racial injustice, economic inequities and more. Therefore, it is important for people to have a degree of maturity, self-awareness and resilience to engage with this material.</span></span></div></div><div class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydp5fb7d25bsignature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">8. MATERIALS: You can download a free copy of the book on the <a shape="rect" href="https://choosingearth.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CHOOSING EARTH website</a>. Ellen Howie got her librarian to make her a copy!</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><a shape="rect" href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=123" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jim Wiegel</a> <br clear="none"><p class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpa512fec3MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"> </p><div> <span></span><p class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydp209e23c4MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span>The
unknown is what is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody
scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all
that. Unknown is what is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain
sailing. <span> </span>John Lennon</span></p><br clear="none"></div><p></p><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:white;">401 North Beverly Way, Tolleson, Arizona 85353</span><p class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpa512fec3MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">623-363-3277</span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpa512fec3MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:marilyn.oyler@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;">jfwiegel@yahoo.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpa512fec3MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.partnersinparticipation.com</a></span></span></p></div></div></div>
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On Thursday, May 13, 2021, 08:16:28 PM MST, James Wiegel <jfwiegel@yahoo.com> wrote:
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JOIN US next Monday at 8:00 pm Chicago time to get ourselves organized!!</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <a shape="rect" class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydp5e03daaayiv9917885019ydp772104c3yiv8893762918enhancr_card_1738749163" href="https://choosingearth.org/" style="color:rgb(25, 106, 212);text-decoration-line:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Home - Choosing Earth</a></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydp5e03daaayiv9917885019ydp772104c3yiv8893762918ydp9b1ba83cyahoo-link-enhancr-card ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydp5e03daaayiv9917885019ydp772104c3yiv8893762918ydp9b1ba83cymail-preserve-class 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233);"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding:16px 0px 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 2px;"></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:350.4px;border-radius:0px 0px 2px;"><h2 class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydp5e03daaayiv9917885019ydp772104c3yiv8893762918ydp9b1ba83ccard-title" style="font-size:14px;line-height:19px;margin:0px 0px 6px;color:rgb(38, 40, 42);max-width:314px;">Home - Choosing Earth</h2><p class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydp5e03daaayiv9917885019ydp772104c3yiv8893762918ydp9b1ba83ccard-description" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(151, 155, 167);">The goal of the Choosing Earth Project is to foster understanding of the magnitude, speed and depth of challenge...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a><div class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydp5e03daaayiv9917885019ydp772104c3card-controls-injection-wrapper" 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sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">The book is available there as a downloadable pdf, or you can purchase it as an ebook at Amazon. There is also a documentary video accessible and several other resources. I have been in touch with the organizers and they have made available a 7 session outline and guide for studying the book.</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">I am hopeful that this can open up a broader conversation, one that can include multiple generations.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:16px;"><font style="font-size:11pt;"><i>Here is a 1 paragraph description that speaks.</i></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:16px;"><font style="font-size:11pt;"><i><br clear="none"></i></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:16px;"><font style="font-size:11pt;"><i>Choosing Earth </i></font><font style="font-size:11pt;">draws upon a lifetime of research by the author and looks a half-century into the future to explore how our world might evolve into a mature, planetary civilization that celebrates the miracle of life. Decade by decade, it describes stages of great transition that realistically could lie ahead. Where many see the single trend of growing climate disruption producing a catastrophic collapse, </font><font style="font-size:11pt;"><i>Choosing Earth </i></font><font style="font-size:11pt;">sees a purposeful rite of passage for humanity where we move beyond our adolescent stage of development and into our early adulthood. With greater maturity, we can move from exploiting the Earth and each other to caring for all of life — and a sustainable and purposeful future can unfold.</font></div><br clear="none"></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843yqt7412454147" id="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843yqtfd47978"><div><div dir="ltr">The next paragraph outlines the approach of the book.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">As further introduction, it is important to add that, to explore this great transition, Choosing Earth develops three perspectives often missing from the current discussion:</div><div>1. Look Wide: Look beyond single factors such as global warming and include a wide range of trends including climate disruption, social and economic inequities, resource depletion, species extinction, population growth, and much more.</div><div>2. Look Deep: Look beneath the outer trends such as climate change and species extinction to include the inner realities of evolving psychology, values, culture, consciousness, and paradigms.</div><div>3. Look Long: Look far into the future — much farther than the short run of the next five or ten years. Trends that are uncertain and ambiguous in the short run become much clearer when extrapolated to the longer run of the next 50 years.</div><div>By looking wide, deep and long, Choosing Earth constructs a realistic story or scenario describing this great transition.</div></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div>FULL ZOOM LINK.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydp5e03daaayiv9917885019ydpcc9ac042signature"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div><div class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpd857b8e3I_52qC ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpd857b8e3D_FY ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpd857b8e3W_6D6F" style="width:791.2px;"><div class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpd857b8e3msg-body ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpd857b8e3P_wpofO ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpd857b8e3mq_AS"><div class="ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpd857b8e3jb_0 ydpaf85a613yiv2140416843ydpd857b8e3X_6MGW 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