September 2009 News Posts (13)

The constellation model of collaborative social change

Hello,

I am passionate about collaborations, networks, taking social innovation to scale, and new forms of governance. What does a compassionate governance system look like for running a city, a state, a corporation, a school? I love that compassion is our grounding principle. It's our key design principle and so it should be incorporated into all aspects of how we design and redesign our world.

I am involved with creating a Social Innovation Center here in Seattle and… Continue

Added by Sheri Herndon on September 30, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Building Trust (Online & Onlife)

Building Trust is such a key component of our lives and it is how we are able to make amazing things happen with small groups of people. If the trust is high, creativity is high, compassion is enabled and nurtured, collaboration results. How do we translate that into the online world?

I have followed the work of Eugene Kim through a few different routes and really appreciate his passion for collaboration and connectivity and collective wisdom. Here he takes on this topic of Building… Continue

Added by Sheri Herndon on September 30, 2009 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Network Weaving - a key to thrivability (and therefore more capacity for compassion)

As a networker, a weaver, a bridgeweaver, a translator and a meshworker, I love to dance in this field of what does it mean to live within your community and support its growth. To me this is the essence of compassion.

Here is more wisdom about Network Weaving and it's relationship to creating thrivability...

A thrivable entity is one that is richly and dynamically interconnected into its ecosystem, engaged in a process of continuous co-creation. The upward… Continue

Added by Sheri Herndon on September 28, 2009 at 10:52am — 7 Comments

Thrivability or Sustainability

This is a seed about how we frame things, the language we choose and the impact that has on down the line. The last decade has focussed on sustainability and this has been in a good thing in many ways...we want sustainable business, sustainable seattle, sustainable cascadia, but what happens when we substitute the word "thrivable" for the word "sustainable" in all those places where we are proud to say sustainably? Something shifts inside me. I want to thrive, I am less interested in… Continue

Added by Sheri Herndon on September 28, 2009 at 10:43am — No Comments

Wendell Berry - Basis for Hope

"we now have hundreds of large and small organizations devoted to protecting or saving things of value that are endangered: peace, kindness, freedom, childhood, health, wilderness areas, rivers, species of plants and animals, cultures, languages, farmland, family farms, farm families, families, the atmosphere, scenic roads, fine old buildings, historic places, holy places, quietness, darkness. More, and more, as I tell over our lengthening catalog of calamities and discouragements, I think of… Continue

Added by Marcia Thomas on September 27, 2009 at 6:59pm — No Comments

Earth Altar at October 17th gathering

I am looking forward to some inspiring conversations as we connect for compassionate action on October 17th. I will be hosting an open space session to build an earth altar out of driftwood and stone. See you there!

blessings in all directions,
thomas

Added by Thomas Arthur on September 25, 2009 at 11:21am — 1 Comment

Resilient People and Climate Change

I'll be moderating several panels at the Resilient People and Climate Change conference in Vancouver B.C. (October 21-22). I hope some of you can join us. Details at resilientpeople.org

“Resilient People + Climate Change” – Conference Rationale

Homo sapiens, a species fundamentally rooted in pattern making and storytelling, is living through a climatic, economic, social, and cultural transition that is desperate for a new narrative: This is a primary rationale for our… Continue

Added by Rick Ingrasci on September 21, 2009 at 2:23pm — 1 Comment

International Day of Peace and The Age of Stupid

The International Day of Peace occurs annually on September 21, today!

In 1981 the UN declared the third Tuesday of September (the opening day of the UN General Assembly) as the International Day of Peace. There are thousands of Global Peace Day events each year. Events include Peace Day Comedy in 55 Comedy Clubs, Music concerts, Prayer Vigils, Jane Goodall's Giant Peace Dove flying in over 60 cities, school activities, UN CyberSchoolBus lessons, Pinwheels for Peace… Continue

Added by Jon Ramer on September 21, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

A coalition already exists in Spirit

A favorite reflection from an old friend that speaks to the spirit of Compassion in Action:

"A coalition already exists in spirit. It is coming together now in the social context by the attraction of its unconventional intelligence and compassionate form of high-mindedness. This natural coalition is drawn together by the recognition that the elevation of consciousness is our

fundamental life work. This is a genuinely democratic, self-organizing force, flowing through persons of all… Continue

Added by Joel Levey on September 20, 2009 at 1:19am — 1 Comment

A Bright Welcome to This New Year

"Release painful patterns through embrace and not through struggle. We open our hearts to ourselves, each other and to the Universal Presence in which we are sustained. On the brink of this new year, we awaken to renewed choice. We seek the thoughts, images, feelings and actions that will more clearly reflect the Loving and Peaceful Heart always at…

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Added by Ashley Cooper on September 19, 2009 at 5:47pm — 1 Comment

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Check out this link for my compassionate action.

Added by Marineh F. Khachadour on September 16, 2009 at 10:23pm — No Comments

What is compassionate action? Tell us in 140 characters or less

I hope this post finds you well. I'm excited to tell you about a new feature on our social network. At a recent board meeting a member said: "At some point we are going to have to define what is compassionate action?" Well, here's an experiment in the collective compassionate intelligence of our network.

You Have This On Your My Page

We have added a new feature to the social networking site that appears on each of our "My Pages". At the top of your My Page there is… Continue

Added by Jon Ramer on September 15, 2009 at 8:00pm — 4 Comments

9/15 News from the Compassionate Action Network

The establishment of CAN as a registered 501C3!

As a recently registered 501c3 organization, CAN is now formally structured to be fully engaged in the work of awakening compassion in ourselves, our children and our world.

The Board of Directors currently consists of the following individuals and roles: Anil Singh-Molares, Chairperson; Anne Stadler, Secretary; John Hale, Treasurer, and general board members Mark Jones, Mario Kuperwajs, Yaffa Maritz, and Lora-Ellen… Continue

Added by Jon Ramer on September 15, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

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