[Oe List ...] Interested in being a part of a group studying CHOOSING EARTH over the next couple of months?

[James Wiegel]

David Rebstock and I are quite interested in looking at this.  See what you think.  Check out the website.  We hope to find a number of you who are interested -- as participants, session organizers, small group leaders, and technical producers.  JOIN US next Monday at 8:00 pm Chicago time to get ourselves organized!!
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The goal of the Choosing Earth Project is to foster understanding of the magnitude, speed and depth of challenge...
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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.
I am hopeful that this can open up a broader conversation, one that can include multiple generations.

Here is a 1 paragraph description that speaks.
Choosing Earth drawsupon a lifetime of research by the author and looks a half-centuryinto the future to explore how our world might evolve into a mature,planetary civilization that celebrates the miracle of life. Decade bydecade, it describes stages of great transition that realisticallycould lie ahead. Where many see the single trend of growing climatedisruption producing a catastrophic collapse, ChoosingEarth seesa purposeful rite of passage for humanity where we move beyond ouradolescent stage of development and into our early adulthood. Withgreater maturity, we can move from exploiting the Earth and eachother to caring for all of life — and a sustainable and purposefulfuture can unfold.
The next paragraph outlines the approach of the book.
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: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.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.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.By looking wide, deep and long, Choosing Earth constructs a realistic story or scenario describing this great transition.



Jim Wiegel  

 
 
Theunknown is what is.  And to be frightened of it is what sends everybodyscurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, allthat.  Unknown is what is.  Accept that it's unknown, and it's plainsailing.    John Lennon



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