short report from WTF london networked youth Open Space on world change

[Audrey Coward]

        Dear Chris,
I will edit you one page.
Audrey Coward
Audrey
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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris
Macrae
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:24 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: short report from WTF london networked youth Open Space on
world change


There's a ring of London graduates, from London School of Economics etc,
who have started running monthly open spaces and parties etc to discuss
big issues , and sometimes technological solutions. They are probably
one of the strongest peer networked groups "Out of" London (though I
always like hearing other nominations). Being fiftysomething, I'm not
centrally linked but could probably introduce anyone who needs to be.

Meanwhile here's a typical session notes from yesterday's Open Space
meet in Leytonstone (east london):

SESSION
Seeing the whole picture of world change- who networks who, and how to
participate from each community up

This awesome discussion was attended by c.20 people (list). First, what
title of the session do we want? Either I've forgotten or  we had more
than one!

3 MAIN WAYS
Three main ways of looking at connections between issues and networks
were discussed: -1-how to classify the problems into broad themes and
interconnections -arguably the traditional way in which World Change is
both sectionalised for news and movement, but in many pressing human
realities very much interdependent too- example research of the billion
people without fresh water shows this is as much a geopoloitcal conflict
issue as an ecological one

-2-mapping who or which networks have SOLUTIONS with large and open
reach, and to which issues, and who the contact people are

-3-how each person in our conversation describes their own foremost
concern for the world and people, and any interlinking system factors

Here are some notes on the 3rd of these views:

the most nominated issue was world peace; for some this was also
connected with economic or social systems that deliberately exploit fear
or divert people's time from consciousness of what is happening; mass
media and big organisations seem to be compounding such loathesome
patterns; meanwhile quality of life was mentioned by many as what's
being sacrificed at every human's being

sustainability information issues included enshrining in law
biodiversity principles, and the public having the right to access the
real cost of products which we choose between as consumers

devolving power to communities and/or organising at community levels was
advocated as a priority

clearly networking technology (subject of many parallel conversatins)
provides many possibilities for either improving or worsening world
change; we need people from kids up educated about keeping the internet
open, truly communal and what new democracy forms should be chatted
about- when 3 million people march to the centre of government they are
saying 'one vote every 5 years' to give you carte blanche to represent
us on everything is a system of democracy that's well past its sell by
date

in human terms, what we want to see and help co-evolve is open (models
of) society that gives every person a chance to realise their full human
potential, something which most of the crisis issues cited seem to be
spinning us further and further away from

WIKI ALL THIS
What Conversation is Next at WIKI version of this?
Your ideas welcome.Please will someone put it up on the WIKI and tell us
where. If you saw anyone interested in these notes who I may have
missed, please relay (in particular Kip Kolson who wrote his web not
email and an email that started princess.. but which I couldnt read). At
the WIKI, will you edit the biggest thing you said that I haven't noted?
If we have bookmarks to where problem solving is being led, I'd vote to
see a lot of that.

On a selfish note I have a book coming out on how to revalue the
trustworthiness of everything big organisational systems do. Its aim,
after 5 years of research, is to mix up 4 targets of influence: 1 being
humanitarian change leaders who need to mix up the other 3 targets. If
anyone feels like helping me edit my one-page version of the book's
scope to maximise conversation with this community or ones with mutual
affinity, I need that help!)

chris macrae, wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk . I would also love to hear anyone
else's most selfish 'do now' notes


These meeting notes are supposed to editorially improve at an after-WIKI
but not yet sure whether such works:
http://wtfcon.org/wtf1_goals_for_sustainability

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