Hi Jim, I have to laugh. I don't have any magic solutions here. There is a video I just saw that sure speaks to the predicament we humans are in around the world. You may have seen it. US military information is central piece of video. http://tvo.org/video/documentaries/the-age-of-consequences Just when you want to scream no more they do move to possibilities. I am convinced that our economic systems need to be fundamentally changed if humans are to have a chance of living sustainably and peacefully. My research question has been what does that new economic approach look like? I am not talking about philosophy here. I am looking at process, systems,principles.. The circle economy is part of this. Europe is exploring this in a number of ways as are some hubs of companies. Some talk about cradle to cradle products. https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/publications These questions and many more are fueling innovation right now. How do we use less water in growing food? How do we use the universe's gifts to us like the sun and wind to fuel this new economy? What will it take to waste nothing that this earth has given us? Add your own questions. Whatever, we need a concrete vision of a new economy we can all create together with principles that care for the earth and all creatures including ourselves regardless of political system. Consensus around the economy we are trying to bring into being would allow appropriate skills training and give young people a standing place for creating their own careers and making a difference for the future. I suspect that as a global community we have the methods and wisdom to elicit that vision. Perhaps there are some young and old ones out there who are ready to take this on in both face to face and online experiences. I may feel old at times but there is still a lot of fire in these bones!😃 Cheers, Jeanette On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 1:41 PM, James Wiegel <jfwiegel@yahoo.com> wrote:

This from Milan Hamilton on Facebook this morning. "Opened my closet door this morning & this t-shirt I bought in Barcelona last year at the Picasso museum practically jumped out of the closet. I put it on to remind myself of the chaos and craziness that surround My world and The world, whether in my role as newly elected president of our co-operative housing association or watching POTUS in his daily machinations. I should probably wear it until it sinks in & clears up the confusion over whether there is any other world for me to live in than the one we have right here-right now!"

Jeanette, you said, "I am using book to help me plot what is happening". This would be a good time to share what you found out about what is happening . . .

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------------------------------ *From:* Jeanette Stanfield via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> *To:* Colleague Dialogue <Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>; Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> *Sent:* Sunday, April 2, 2017 3:12 PM *Subject:* [Oe List ...] Book Age of Discovery

Dear Colleagues,

I am reading a book that challenges me so thought I would share it with you.

It is called Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of our new Renaissance by Ian Goldin with Chris Kutarna at Oxford University. Ian was an adviser to President Nelson Mandela.

They have a whole research team from Oxford working with them.

Here is link to to Ian's website which includes 4 minute video sharing context of book:. https://iangoldin.org/ books/age-of-discovery/

I am using book to help me plot what is happening using the social process triangles as a screen.

Take good care,

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