OST and the Global Citizens Movement

[Suzanne Daigle]

Alan, Thank you for all this wonderful information!  We will miss you
in Berlin; I know I'll miss my Taiwan martini buddy!   Suzanne

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Alan Stewart <alanmstewart at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All *
>
> This may be of interest. A group called the Tellus Institute in Boston has
> created The Great Transition Initiative. This is a growing international
> network of scholars and activists that analyzes alternative scenarios and
> charts a path to a hopeful future.
>
> The GTI has a current proposal under discussion by its about 300
> ‘Participants’of which I am one. This is to create a Global Citizens
> Movement (GCM) to be launched at the time of the “Rio+20” UN meeting in
> 2012, marking the twentieth anniversary of the seminal 1992 Earth Summit.
>
> I see that my role is to bring attention to the ‘Process’ dimension of
> engaging citizenry in matters about which they feel passionate and wish to
> take responsibility for.
>
> See below for a brief outline of the GCM proposal and for my recent post on
> this. If you wish to know more about this project
> and about how it develops let me know.
>
> I would add that, in furthering my longstanding search for understanding
> (knowing what to do next. Wittgenstein) of self organising systems and their
> constructivist  underpinnings, I will participate in the annual meeting of
> the American Society for Cybernetics  in late July early Aug in Troy near
> Albany in upstate New York, all being well.
>
> And will then go on to Boston to meet with the good folk at the Tellus
> Institute. Their most thoughtful and hopeful essay is well worth a read imo.
>
> After which I return to NYC and on to the UK where I will be based for five
> weeks from mid July.
>
> Go well
>
> Alan
> Hong Kong
>
> * I send my good wishes to you lucky spirits who will gather at next week’s
> WOSonOS in Berlin and at the Fringe satellite event in Melbourne to
> experience, enact and extend into multitudinous domains the principles which
> underpin you happening to be present ,,,
>
>
>
> Here’s a summary of the proposal:
>
> TITLE: The Global Citizens Movement: Launching the Next Phase at Rio+20
>
> THE CHALLENGE: An essential actor is missing from the world stage: a
> citizen-centered movement for a sustainable and just future that embraces a
> vision and strategy matched to the complexity and scale of the historic
> task.
>
> THE AIM: The time has come to launch the next phase in the evolution of
> civil society activism: a mature Global Citizens Movement (GCM) dedicated to
> an overarching agenda, nurturing unity, and advancing a coherent vision of
> another world.
>
> THE PROJECT: Following a two year preparatory process, a founding meeting of
> the GCM will be held in Rio just prior to the formal “Rio+20” UN meeting in
> 2012, marking the twentieth anniversary of the seminal 1992 Earth Summit.
>
> Please read the 4 page attachment for more details. Is this the right idea
> at the right time? Your feedback is critical to making this go – or not.
>
> Hoping for a little help from our friends,
> Paul and Orion
>
> Paul Raskin                             Orion Kriegman
> GTI Director                           GTI Coordinator
>
>
>
> On 28 April 2010 22:10, GTI Listmanager <GTI.listmanager at forums.tellus.org>
> wrote:
>
> From: "Alan Stewart" <alanmstewart at gmail.com>
>
> ===============================================================
> You may:
> *Reply to this email: GTI.4990 at forums.tellus.org
> *Start a New Topic: GTI at forums.tellus.org
> *Send comments for posting to okriegman at tellus.org
> *Review the dialogue on this topic at
> http://www.gtinitiative.org/r.asp?m=4990
> ===============================================================
>
> Dear GTI Colleagues
>
> I support the proposed GCM in the strongest terms. My feeling is that the
> time is right to act on this bold and inspiring approach. I see it as a
> truly vital initiative at this juncture of the perilous predicament of our
> species and that of the whole ecosystem of which we are an integral part.
>
> I also see that the GTI is the organization which has the vision and the
> capability to enact the process of promoting the 'Massive participation in
> healing the planet becoming a great source of pride for the global
> citizenry'. And would add that your seminal essay 'The Great Transition
> Today - A Report from the Future' has received a lot of attention here in
> Hong Kong and the region.
>
> I would also add that there are group processes with which to engage
> citizenry effectively, potentially on a large scale (among whom are many who
> have no access to the internet). A nice example of this can be seen in the
> 'Harrisonburg Summits':
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpAtLKZ63u0&feature=related
>
> I hope that indicating that approaches like this one could be promoted
> widely will become integral to considerations of 'Process' in the final
> Proposal on the GCM.
>
> Looking forward.
>
> Go well
> Alan
>
>
>
>
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