For those who think that we have heard it all before, I don't agree. I appreciated and thought important that Dr. Mrazek acknowledged that CWF is doing good job of educating about climate change but not so well on sustainability so they are now working on it. I am interested in whether they are incorporated systems thinking and action learning. I also wonder if systems thinking and action learning are being taught in our school systems.
I was surprised by Gwen Blue's point about having more opportunities to meet, talk and practice speaking out but as soon as I heard it I realized that it was right on. I would highly recommend the use of Conversation Cafe process. http://www.conversationcafe.org/Process%20and%20Agreements.htm
I was interested in Richard Kool's information about the Ontario Bill of Rights and his mention that duties maybe should be included. It sounds to me that incorporating some things from the Ontario Bill of Rights and citizen duties are both worthy of serious consideration.
I really appreciated Mishka Lysack's presentation and thought that he presented some great questions. I did wonder how he proposed to engage people in asking themselves and sharing that with others in their community. I also thought that his warning that making the personal changes will not be enough we require societal change including business and gov't. While I can empathize with his fears I definitely don't agree that the Transition Towns process will cause people to focus only on their own community. The sharing and spread of their knowledge and experience clearly shows they have a global consciousness. They also emphasize systems thinking.
While I had heard a longer presentation by Gary Holden, CEO of Enmax, I enjoyed in hearing it again and am really glad to hear that his powerpoint slide will be on the web site for further study and reference as will all the other ppts.
I also really appreciated the presentation by Dr. Lars Hallstrom. I thought that he was realistic and grounded.
FRANK HANLAN — 12 MAR 2010 - 07:31 PM MT
For those who think that we have heard it all before, I don't agree. I appreciated and thought important that Dr. Mrazek acknowledged that CWF is doing good job of educating about climate change but not so well on sustainability so they are now working on it. I am interested in whether they are incorporated systems thinking and action learning. I also wonder if systems thinking and action learning are being taught in our school systems. I was surprised by Gwen Blue's point about having more opportunities to meet, talk and practice speaking out but as soon as I heard it I realized that it was right on. I would highly recommend the use of Conversation Cafe process. http://www.conversationcafe.org/Process%20and%20Agreements.htm I was interested in Richard Kool's information about the Ontario Bill of Rights and his mention that duties maybe should be included. It sounds to me that incorporating some things from the Ontario Bill of Rights and citizen duties are both worthy of serious consideration. I really appreciated Mishka Lysack's presentation and thought that he presented some great questions. I did wonder how he proposed to engage people in asking themselves and sharing that with others in their community. I also thought that his warning that making the personal changes will not be enough we require societal change including business and gov't. While I can empathize with his fears I definitely don't agree that the Transition Towns process will cause people to focus only on their own community. The sharing and spread of their knowledge and experience clearly shows they have a global consciousness. They also emphasize systems thinking. While I had heard a longer presentation by Gary Holden, CEO of Enmax, I enjoyed in hearing it again and am really glad to hear that his powerpoint slide will be on the web site for further study and reference as will all the other ppts. I also really appreciated the presentation by Dr. Lars Hallstrom. I thought that he was realistic and grounded.