Seattle's Resilience-Building = Compassion in Action
How is Seattle Resilience-Building Compassion in Action?
I see connections between the Compassionate Action of loving our neighbors and finding out who they are and what they are good at, and the fun stuff happening at 'SCALLOPS' groups (e.g. Sustainable Ballard) and the 'Transition to a Resilient Seattle' groups. Of course, compassion for the planet is implied all around. Interpersonal skills are important, though! Note: Permaculture (which inspired the Transition Movement) describes relationships among material/plant/animal resources, and our relationships with each other as human resources - as a culture.
Seattle's mayor, Mike McGinn is asking for representatives of neighborhoods (that means you, too!) to come together and deliver a presentation and a whitepaper on what Seattle government can do to reach its goal for 2020: Carbon Neutral Seattle. It's a bold goal, and only pars-pro-totem to boot, meaning: it's a symbol (of change), not the whole (change) implied. Of course we want a happy, healthy Seattle able to withstand any potential crises like Peak Oil or natural disasters as well. The city's commitment to carbon neutrality has a bunch of people I know excited to contribute and have collective centuries of work specifically for This Change culminate, and their experience, wisdom, and vision benefit all of Seattle.
My take:
Carbon Neutral Seattle means every Seattlite Carbon Conscious.
A good Carbon Conscience means compassionate interpersonal Education (in and outside of every institution, way beyond just schools) and clearing patterns of motivation by guilt/shame, and selectively fostering (com)passionate learning and applied enthusiasm.
Such inclusive, effective Education means fun, playful learning, ideally by & among neighbors, who we get to know, who get to know us, who see us as assets and gifts, with whom we share ideas, and with whom we work to realize our favorite ideas in our very own neighborhoods, perhaps even systematically reporting back to government and all of Seattle so the inspirational energy builds on itself.
In my ideal world, a community facilitator (official or unofficial) who knows how to cultivate wisdom in individuals and groups, will cultivate their nearest 100-500 neighbors in becoming friends, resources, and inspiration to one another, as I am doing.
Back to the City's invitation, called "Carbon Neutral Neighborhoods"
I have attended meetings on the prep work for the paper and presentation, and I just want to make sure that Compassionate Action peeps know about this. Neighborhood happiness quotient, and social 'lube' in neighborhoods is an underlying theme at least part of the time, and I'd like it to be all of the time. So if you'd like to come represent the immense human capacity unleashed by simple listening, please e-mail me at humblebree@gmail.com, contribute remotely at seattleneighbors.org and seattleneighbors.ideascale.com , and keep any/all of the coming 4 Tuesday afternoons free so you can come to City Hall 2pm - 4pm.
I look forward to getting you up to speed and welcoming you to the group, and benefitting from your perspective! You're just in time.
~Briana Jacoba Barrett
Inside-Out Sustainable Transition Assistant
Neighbors On Purpose
P.S.
The office of the Mayor of Seattle also recently launched 'Engage Seattle', an initiative aiming to make Seattle an even better place to live by
engaging us citizens in ways we find meaningful (reminds me of 'Making
Common Sense' - see my earlier post)
We're invited to make common sense out of the three-fold goal to
cultivate communication between citizens and officials,
encourage volunteerism, and
support leaders-in-the-bud.
P.P.S. Have you seen BrightNeighbor? It's fantastic! I wrote about it here.
I see connections between the Compassionate Action of loving our neighbors and finding out who they are and what they are good at, and the fun stuff happening at 'SCALLOPS' groups (e.g. Sustainable Ballard) and the 'Transition to a Resilient Seattle' groups. Of course, compassion for the planet is implied all around. Interpersonal skills are important, though! Note: Permaculture (which inspired the Transition Movement) describes relationships among material/plant/animal resources, and our relationships with each other as human resources - as a culture.
Seattle's mayor, Mike McGinn is asking for representatives of neighborhoods (that means you, too!) to come together and deliver a presentation and a whitepaper on what Seattle government can do to reach its goal for 2020: Carbon Neutral Seattle. It's a bold goal, and only pars-pro-totem to boot, meaning: it's a symbol (of change), not the whole (change) implied. Of course we want a happy, healthy Seattle able to withstand any potential crises like Peak Oil or natural disasters as well. The city's commitment to carbon neutrality has a bunch of people I know excited to contribute and have collective centuries of work specifically for This Change culminate, and their experience, wisdom, and vision benefit all of Seattle.
My take:
Carbon Neutral Seattle means every Seattlite Carbon Conscious.
A good Carbon Conscience means compassionate interpersonal Education (in and outside of every institution, way beyond just schools) and clearing patterns of motivation by guilt/shame, and selectively fostering (com)passionate learning and applied enthusiasm.
Such inclusive, effective Education means fun, playful learning, ideally by & among neighbors, who we get to know, who get to know us, who see us as assets and gifts, with whom we share ideas, and with whom we work to realize our favorite ideas in our very own neighborhoods, perhaps even systematically reporting back to government and all of Seattle so the inspirational energy builds on itself.
In my ideal world, a community facilitator (official or unofficial) who knows how to cultivate wisdom in individuals and groups, will cultivate their nearest 100-500 neighbors in becoming friends, resources, and inspiration to one another, as I am doing.
Back to the City's invitation, called "Carbon Neutral Neighborhoods"
I have attended meetings on the prep work for the paper and presentation, and I just want to make sure that Compassionate Action peeps know about this. Neighborhood happiness quotient, and social 'lube' in neighborhoods is an underlying theme at least part of the time, and I'd like it to be all of the time. So if you'd like to come represent the immense human capacity unleashed by simple listening, please e-mail me at humblebree@gmail.com, contribute remotely at seattleneighbors.org and seattleneighbors.ideascale.com , and keep any/all of the coming 4 Tuesday afternoons free so you can come to City Hall 2pm - 4pm.
I look forward to getting you up to speed and welcoming you to the group, and benefitting from your perspective! You're just in time.
~Briana Jacoba Barrett
Inside-Out Sustainable Transition Assistant
Neighbors On Purpose
P.S.
The office of the Mayor of Seattle also recently launched 'Engage Seattle', an initiative aiming to make Seattle an even better place to live by
engaging us citizens in ways we find meaningful (reminds me of 'Making
Common Sense' - see my earlier post)
We're invited to make common sense out of the three-fold goal to
cultivate communication between citizens and officials,
encourage volunteerism, and
support leaders-in-the-bud.
P.P.S. Have you seen BrightNeighbor? It's fantastic! I wrote about it here.
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