Hi everybody,
this is my first post on this forum since a few years, and I'm hesitating and enthusiastic at once. I hope my participation will be useful to somebody!
This thread caught my attention about a week ago, and I'm still only at page 10, having skimmed through the other 22 pages to get an idea of where the discussion went. All opinions and ideas are very interesting, thank you so much!
I see this situation, of "creating a new world" as something that is rather happening continually than something that will suddenly come in the future. Many individuals all over the world realise that this present society and culture is not going to last. Either they fear the disappearance of western industrialised comfort, or they hope to create a better world of social justice and care for the Earth. They may not at all be on a conscious spiritual path or know anything about psychopaths, OP's, etc. but what happens is a bringing together of awakening individuals, networking, cooperating, and using their experience to create tools for "society-crafting".
I've been actively involved with a lot of groups over the past 10 years or so, and I'd like to share some of these tools with you, so that if/when you find yourself in a forest clearing with 199 other lost people, (or just decide to make things work in your neighborhood) you've not only got the will/intention to make it work, and the knowledge of what could make it all fail (psychos etc), but also the tools for feeding, sheltering, and organising in the long term.
Of course, in a situation of survival you wouldn't apply them in the form presented on the respective websites, but to make a society last and to inspire the behaviour in the beginning, I think they will be very worthwhile.
For what it is worth, here are my favourite tools for creating new worlds!
- Permaculture design, ethics
http://www.permaculture.org.nz/node/2and principles
http://www.permaculture.org.nz/node/30
- Open Space Technology
http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?
- Consensus technique
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making and
http://www.consensus.net/
- Knowing the edible wild plants where you live (I'll let you find resources for yourself, as they vary too much from one part of the world to another) and general wilderness survival.
- Mutual credit systems - accounting for the value of goods and services we exchange can help us see who is not participating their fair share of work for the community. For resources:
http://www.appropriate-economics.org/ and
http://beyondmoney.net/monographs/fundamentals-of-alternative-currencies-and-value-measurement/ (and many many other)
Please contact me if you're inter...ect for all the work you all are doing.
Pippi