YOU are invited, as an individual, or as a voice for your group, to participate and partner with us in this action research project based on our reading of The Real Wealth of Nations by Riane Eisler.
Our basic research question, at this time, is What is your experience and what does it mean to live in a partnership "economy" based on concepts and practices of caring?
We assume concepts and practices based on caring are, ultimately, more effective than concepts and practices based on individual or group domination of others and the environment.
Recommended reading: The Real Wealth of Nations and any of Eisler's work. Also for the method of inquiry used by Lived Learning, see John Heron's Cooperative Inquiry. More details on method will emerge as we, as a collaborative, agree how to collect, analyze and publish data. Many participants are highly skilled in many arts and our methods will emerge co creatively hopefully.
The easiest way is to participate by sharing your actions and how RNW or any of Riane's books, inspired or validated your actions. Thus we do action and reflection, share them out into a reflective community and hopefully over time become more and more effective.
If you would like to have your data, actions and/or reflections featured here as a central posting you can go to www.rianeeisler.com or www.livedlearning.net and request to have your data featured.
Please add us to your feed system to stay attuned to what others are doing and what just may inspire you to help the paradigm shift to one of caring from one of domination.
You may also comment and submit "data" at any time on a posting here.
If you want to submit "data" your data can be in many forms, whatever your imagination calls you to document. Poems, stories, pictures, collages, interviews and on and on. AND whenever possible include a picture of some form (.jpg for photos and .gifs for graphic designs.
The typepad system handles almost any format so legal mp3s, .pdfs etc are also invited. The format also has a very nice photo album component that we hope to put up soon. A model, I, Nancy, like a lot can be seen at www.smallfarms.typepad.com Tana is a long time activist who especially cares by supporting and photographing small farms, chefs and grace in eating together. (Check out her Chefs Map!) Her site has won awards and she has been offered work from its spred. How lovely! Do check out her site.
THE WHOLE POINT HERE IS TO READ AND ACT TOWARDS CREATING A CARING ECONOMY. Riane's work does so much to give us much excellent fuel. Now we begin to practice together becoming practical fuel. Welcome!
As this is all experimental; your patience, your partnership and participation are appreciated.
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