permaculture

[Claudia Joseph <permie@earthlink.net>]

On Mar 7, 2005, at 2:02 PM, Cliff Figallo wrote:

> Hello, list members
>
> I've been monitoring the list for a couple of weeks. The current 
> ferment has
> obviously drawn some of us out of "observer mode."
>
> I've been involved with online communities for about 20 years and my
> experience is that ferment is an overall good. It feels crummy 
> sometimes,
> but you can embrace it as evidence of commitment and a precursor to 
> good
> consequences. I imagine our ancestors' first experiences with 
> fermentation
> must have been unpleasant until the value of its byproducts were 
> realized.
>
> I've never taken a permaculture course though I've lived within a
> permaculture-like ethos for many years. I don't consider myself to be
> qualified to comment on the particulars of the current discussion, but 
> I'm
> involved with a project that has led me here, and which I hope will be
> relevant.
>
> My project concerns leadership learning, especially in the developing 
> world.
> I'm working with the Berkana Institute (www.berkana.org) to form an 
> online
> "community of practice" among pioneering leaders in the field of
> permaculture. We hope to learn from the leaders we attract to this
> multi-threaded, extended online discussion about how new and original
> approaches to leadership can be of use in other realms of development 
> such
> as education and health. I'm currently looking for candidates for a 
> core
> group of initial participants to get some opening conversations off the
> ground in preparation for more widespread invitations.
>
> The mission of Berkana and its online community venue, the Berkana 
> Exchange
> (http://exchange.newworkspaces.net/) is to "develop leadership 
> initiatives
> that support the emergence of self-reliant and interdependent 
> communities.
>
> "The participants in these initiatives create new possibilities for 
> change
> by:
>     * Working locally to identify and support leaders, social 
> entrepreneurs
> and community organizers
>     * Sharing their experience and learning with a global community of
> pioneering leaders
>     * Bringing knowledge and experience from learning centers around 
> the
> world back to their local communities
>     * Learning collaboratively with one another through gatherings and
> NewWorkSpaces, Berkana's online platform for communities of practice"
>
> If this interests anyone on the list - if you've discovered, 
> experienced,
> observed or promoted leadership practices (or actual leaders) that are
> unorthodox, emergent, from-the-heart as opposed to from-the-book - I'd 
> love
> to hear from you. Or if this topic seems appropriate for the list, 
> please
> respond with questions or comments here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cliff Figallo
> www.socialchemy.com
> www.berkana.org
>
>
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