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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial black,
sans-serif"><font face="Arial">Dear All, <br>
In opening time/space, Harrison’s “Now What” returns
much. For me I identify a key to the future, autonomy
respecting co-creating production. So I offer the
following for your thinking and doing.<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Tony Budak</font><br>
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</font></span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial
black, sans-serif">January 24, 2017</font></b><br>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font
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45th President of the United States of America </font></span></div>
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color="#cc0000">Friends of the Great Transition,</font><font
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style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,
sans-serif">Global society has come unhinged
from its political, socioeconomic, and
ecological reality-moorings as we've known them.
We're in the whitewater rapids of what could be
a downward spiral toward system collapse, </font><font
face="arial black, sans-serif">and/or</font><font
face="verdana, sans-serif"> the brink of an
unprecedented opportunity for the evolution of
human consciousness. In both cases we're headed
into uncharted waters. Let's work smart, work
together, and view whatever lies ahead as a
pathway to deeper understanding. </font></span><br>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The inauguration
of the 45th President of the United States is four
days behind us. The inauguration optics went a
long way toward normalizing the surreal. </span></span><span
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style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial black,
sans-serif">We have choices.</font></span></span></div>
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face="arial black, sans-serif"><font
color="#000000">Let us</font><font
color="#cc0000"> STAY AWAKE,</font><font
color="#000000"> and determine NOT to
normalize the continual distortion of reality
and erosion of rights.</font></font></b></span></div>
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face="arial black, sans-serif" color="#cc0000">Do
Something</font><font
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<div style="display:inline"><font face="arial
black, sans-serif">Be part of an Indivisible
movement chapter: </font><font
face="verdana, sans-serif"><span
style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Here's
a practical guide on how to resist the new
administration's agenda, with lessons from
the Tea Party, put together by former
progressive Congressional staffers,</span>: </font></div>
<span
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href="https://www.indivisibleguide.com/"
rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank"><font face="arial black,
sans-serif">https://www.indivisibleguide.c<wbr>om</font></a></span></font></li>
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<div style="display:inline"><font face="arial
black, sans-serif">Monitor</font><font
face="verdana, sans-serif"> the issues you
personally focus on.</font><font
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </font><font
face="arial black, sans-serif">Communicate
and share</font><font
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </font><font
face="verdana, sans-serif">updates with your
networks. </font></div>
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<li><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41)"><font
face="arial black, sans-serif">Plan ahead</font>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"><font
face="arial black, sans-serif">.</font><font
face="verdana, sans-serif"></font></div>
<font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></span><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41)"><span
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d</span></span><font face="verdana,
sans-serif">isruptions which have been gathering
momentum for years are around the corner. If we
plan ahead,</font><span
style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> environmental,
social justice, and evolutionary
culture-building networks can </span>
<div
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">turn</div>
<span
style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> disruption</span>
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style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> into
teachable moments and organizing opportunities.</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><font
face="arial black, sans-serif"><font
color="#000000"></font>SNAPSHOT OF THE OIL
STORY: <font color="#cc0000">A recent HSBC Bank
report (</font><font color="#000000">below</font><font
color="#cc0000">) warned private clients</font></font><font
face="verdana, sans-serif"> that the long-term
plateau in worldwide oil production ends in
2017. This will be followed by production
decline of 5-7% a year. Replacement by new
production is doubtful. These shortfalls in oil
production will have complex, serious economic
impacts. In other words, fossil fuel supplies
are much more limited than we’ve been told. D</font><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana,
sans-serif">espite industry PR and a temporary
supply glut of unconventional (mostly fracked)
oil and gas, over 80% of the world’s
conventional oil production has already peaked
and is now in decline. Soon, unconventional
oil supplies will no longer be able to hide
shortfalls in conventional oil production.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><font
face="arial black, sans-serif">Stay informed.
Help Usher in a Postcarbon World: </font></p>
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<li><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><span
style="font-weight:700;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.8)">INSURGE
intelligence:</span><span
style="font-weight:700;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.8);font-family:-apple-system,blinkmacsystemfont,"segoe
ui",roboto,oxygen,ubuntu,cantarell,"open
sans","helvetica
neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"> </span><a
href="http://bit.ly/2ke9YAo"
target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2k<wbr>e9YAo</a><br>
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<li><font face="arial black, sans-serif">Alternet: <a
href="http://bit.ly/2iOtjI7"
target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2iOtjI<wbr>7</a><br>
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<li><font color="#000000"><font face="arial
black, sans-serif">Richard Heinberg </font><font
face="verdana, sans-serif">- Peak Oil
President?</font></font><font
style="font-family:"arial
black",sans-serif" color="#444444">:</font><font
face="arial black, sans-serif"><font
color="#444444"> </font><a
href="http://bit.ly/2iOhiCE"
target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2iOh<wbr>iCE</a></font><br>
</li>
<li><font face="arial black, sans-serif"
color="#000000">HSBC Peak Oil Report</font><font
face="arial black, sans-serif"><font
color="#000000">:</font> <a
href="http://bit.ly/2jSJxiT"
target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2jSJxiT</a> </font></li>
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<li><font
face="arial
black,
sans-serif"
color="#000000">Build
local
environmental
and economic
resilience</font><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif"
color="#000000"> through
inclusive
movements that
understand the
intersectionality of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and deep
self-awareness.
Intentional </font><font
face="arial
black,
sans-serif"
color="#000000"><u>localization</u> </font><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif"
color="#000000">of
production and
all
life-sustaining
activity is
key to our
future
thriving. This
important work
is joyous when
done in
community.
There are many
pathways
toward greater
local
self-reliance
and
resilience. Here
are a few
networks and
movements:</font></li>
<ul>
<li><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif"
color="#000000">Solidarity
Economy:
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<li><font
face="arial
black,
sans-serif"
color="#000000">Grassroots
Economic
Organizing
(GEO): <a
href="http://www.geo.coop/"
target="_blank">http://www.geo.coop/</a></font></li>
<li><font
face="arial
black,
sans-serif"
color="#000000">Mid-Atlantic
Transition Hub
(MATH):
<a
href="http://bit.ly/1RANZZn"
target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1RANZZn</a><span
style="color:rgb(204,0,0)"> </span><br>
</font></li>
<li><font
face="arial
black,
sans-serif"
color="#000000">Mutual
Aid Networks
(MAN):
<a
href="http://www.mutualaidnetwork.org/" target="_blank">http://www.mutualaidnetwork.o<wbr>rg/</a></font></li>
<li><font
face="arial
black,
sans-serif">Timebanking:
</font>
<font
face="arial
black,
sans-serif"><a
href="http://timebanks.org/" target="_blank">http://timebanks.org/</a>, <a
href="https://www.hourworld.org/" target="_blank">https:<wbr>//www.hourworld.org/</a>,
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<li><font
color="#000000"><font
face="arial
black,
sans-serif">New
Economy
Coalition
(NEC):
<a
href="http://neweconomy.net/"
target="_blank">http://neweconomy.net/</a></font><br>
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<li><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif"
color="#000000">Strong
Towns:
<a
href="http://strongtowns.org/"
target="_blank">strongtowns.org</a></font></li>
<li><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif"
color="#000000">Eco-districts:
<a
href="https://ecodistricts.org/"
target="_blank">https://ecodistricts.org/</a></font></li>
<li><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif"><font
color="#000000">Participatory Budgeting: <a
href="https://www.participatorybudgeting.org/"
target="_blank">https://www.participatorybud<wbr>geting.org</a></font>/</font></li>
<li><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif">Agroecology
<a
href="http://www.groundswellinternational.org/how-we-work/agroecological-farming/"
target="_blank">http://www.groundswellintern<wbr>ational.org/how-we-work/agroec<wbr>ological-farming/</a></font></li>
<li><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif">Permaculture:
<a
href="http://northeastpermaculture.org/"
target="_blank">http://northeastpermaculture.<wbr>org/</a></font></li>
<li><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif">Climate
Action
Network: <a
href="http://www.usclimatenetwork.org/"
target="_blank">http://www.usclimatenetwork.o<wbr>rg/</a></font></li>
<li><font
face="verdana,
sans-serif">Intentional
Communities: <a
href="http://www.ic.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ic.org<wbr>/</a></font></li>
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face="arial
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sans-serif">Let's
bring our most
resourceful
selves to
these first,
pivotal 100
days...</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif"><i><b>Facilitating
Regional Transition to Resilience</b></i></font>
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<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px
40px;border:none;padding:0px"><font
face="verdana, sans-serif"
color="#000000">Pamela Boyce Simms:
The Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub
(MATH) - </font><a
href="mailto:transition.midatlantic.hub@gmail.com"
style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:verdana,sans-serif"
target="_blank">transition.midatlantic.hub@g<wbr>mail.com</a></blockquote>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana,
sans-serif" color="#000000">Dan
Miner: </font><font face="verdana,
sans-serif" color="#000000">The New
York City Transition Hub - </font><font
face="verdana, sans-serif"><span
style="color:rgb(64,64,64);text-align:center;white-space:nowrap"><a
href="mailto:transition.nyc.hub@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"
target="_blank">transition.nyc.hub@gmail.com</a></span></font></div>
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style="font-size:12pt"><a
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a systemic framework for
understanding how we might hospice
outworn ways of living that no
longer serve us and the Earth, and
give birth to an emergent, more
compassionate and resilient
future. A broad spectrum of
grassroots, citizen-led, community
initiatives sustain the movement
toward the Great</span><i
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style="color:black;font-size:10pt">ransition
against the backdrop of climate
change, resource depletion, and
economic instability. Purposeful
groups of friends and neighbors
mitigate these converging global
crises by engaging their
communities in environmental
education and actions that
increase local self-reliance and
resilience. They catalyze
relocalization of economies and
low carbon lifestyles by
innovating, networking,
collaborating, and replicating
proven strategies, respecting the
deep, fractal patterns of nature,
and diverse cultures in their
localities. “Transitioners” work
with deliberation to create a
fulfilling and inspiring local way
of life that can withstand the
shocks of rapidly shifting global
systems.</span></p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/24/2017 5:09 PM, Harrison Owen via
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Now What
....</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In the
space/time after the Inauguration when all the marchers have
left town, The Question remains. Now what?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Presumably,
The Donald and friends will get on with the business of
doing what they promised. And it seems that in spite of an
embarrassing first several days, they are hard at work.
Doubtless others are working equally hard in opposite
directions. Some day we will find out the final result which
could range from Planetary Disaster to American Triumph (as
in <b><i>Great Again!</i></b>). Either is possible, neither
is probable – and assuming that we are still here to pose
the question: What Next?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It might
seem that I am treating the Trump Years as a trivial
interlude. Truthfully, when considered in the context of the
evolution of the species, that’s exactly what it is.
Trivial. But somehow significant. Trump is but a blip in the
flow of human history – however his significance lies in the
fact that he represents one more symptom of the ending of
our familiar world order. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We in the
USA, to which I might add Western Europe, much of Asia
(including Australia and New Zealand), Southern Africa, and
most of South America – have lived in a blessed time. Not
without the occasional natural disaster, shootings, civil
disturbances, or whatever. But it has been good. Folks in
the Middle East and Central Africa will have a different
view, but they are a painful, but distinct minority.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">My children,
and their children as well, have never fired a gun in anger,
missed a meal, or wondered if they had a place to sleep...
Always there. Maybe not what they wanted – but there.
Called: The Parents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Charlie
Kenny, writing in <i>The Atlantic</i> (12/18/2015) said,
“The world is better-educated, better fed, healthier, and
more tolerant – and it looks set to get richer, too.” Yet
The Donald Says: “The American Carnage ends here.” – With
his inauguration. The implication is simple. Disaster is
immanent and He is the Savior! But from what? If Kenny is
right, it looks like we are in pretty good shape. Lots of
problems for sure, but definitely headed in the right
direction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It might
surprise you to learn that I am more in agreement with The
Donald than you might suspect. But my reasons would not be
his, and any solution I can see would not include The Donald
as Savior. I believe we as a species are truly at a
Transformational Moment in which the world order as we have
known it for the past 75 years or so is dissolving. The
institutions, processes, world views, ideologies that we
have lived by, with, and in -- are no longer sufficient for
our needs. And. Useful alternatives are not visible – and
that would include, The Donald.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Such a view
may appear extreme but it is not mine alone. David Ignatius,
writing in the <i>Washington Post</i> (Jan 20, 2017),
titles his effort , <b><i>The world order is cracking up. </i></b>He
says: “Donald Trump’s inauguration marks a global inflection
point: He takes office at a moment when many analysts see a
transition to a new economic and political order — one where
the risks for the United States and its allies are likely to
increase.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Personally,
I doubt that the sky will fall tomorrow. However, I am
certain that whatever we may have taken to be “normal” will
never be seen again. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This
Transformative Moment may be unique in its qualities, but
such moments are by no means unique in human history. The
people of Israel found their world torn apart in 400 BCE
(The so called, <i>Babylonian Captivity</i>). It was a time
of fear and terror. It was also a time of massive creativity
and renewal as chronicled, and perhaps led by, such
brilliant folks as the Prophet Isaiah (2<sup>nd</sup>
Isaiah). The Renaissance, The Industrial Revolution –
created havoc and innovation in the West, and similar
Transformative Moments have marked the lives of all peoples
on The Planet. I do believe we are at such a moment, one
more time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Once again,
The Question – Now What? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In all
honesty, I don’t know. However, I think Albert Einstein may
assist our wayfinding with the thought, “Problems cannot be
solved with the same mindset that created them.” We cannot
simply do more and better of what we’ve always done and
expect to arrive at a different outcome. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This really
is Open Space – in the best and deepest sense of the words.
Nothing here and everything possible. At once terrifying and
verging on ecstasy. But where to start? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I rather
feel that our common experience of opening space together
may give us some clues. Hardly the Answer, but maybe the
beginning. I wish you well on the journey, which you will
take whether you wish to or not. Frankly, I can’t think of
anything more exciting!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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