The End of Quiet Time

[Larry Peterson]

I don't think the processes in the earth (Gaia) allow much quiet now and
the trends (which are very hard to predict but don't look good) won't
either.   My wife, Becky, that some of you have met, works in an
Environmental Studies Faculty where these issues are on the table, like
the dead moose, all of the time.  Melting ice caps, increased lung
cancer, bird flu etc, etc, etc are all connected as are their potential
economic impacts.   Canada has on of the highest per capita uses of
energy even thought it has approved and is supposedly working on Kyoto.

 
However, Chris, it is easier in BC to reduce your foot print and harder
where its -20 on a regular basis.  
 
Her master's students, when they begin to "face facts" or at leas the
current evidence, have some real grieving to do.  Grief Work is
happening all the time.  
 
Funda there is good evidence and experience that women respond
differently to their environment than men.  The difference is part of
mosaic that might help us find some things that work.
 
To be the ebb and flow of "quiet time" is part of what I need to be able
to open and hold space.  But quite may be connecting to "no-thing" which
actually generates some possibilities for what comes next.  A nice
(pro-bono) opportunity "emerged" for opening the space for a
geographical community in Toronto to explore in .5 day how they could be
involved in "Clearing the Air"  -- Reducing their carbon footprint.  The
student from Environmental Studies who got this going decided that
opening the space was the approach she wanted to use and the community
leadership agreed.
 
It should be fun and make a little contribution.
 
Larry
 
Larry Peterson
Associates in Transformation
Toronto, ON, Canada
416.653.4829
 
larry at spiritedorg.com  
www.spiritedorg.com 
 
 

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