From http://earthhourblog.posterous.com/: Across every continent on the planet individuals, businesses, governments and entire communities will come together for the largest action on global warming ever seen. People of different races, cultures, religions, and socio-demographic, will unite like never before in celebration and contemplation of the one thing every single person on planet has in common – the planet. The world’s most iconic landmarks – Pyramids and Sphinx in Egypt, Beijing’s Forbidden City, Empire State Building, Buckhingham Palace, Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, the Eiffel Tower and many many more – will plunge into darkness reflecting the…
Month: March 2010
Bruce Damer’s Planetary Mood Ring: BBC Interview
Those who have been following our work with the Global Coherence Initiative will really appreciate this spontaneous imagination initiative by NextNower Bruce Damer to attempt to reflect the “feeling state” of the planet. While GCI is a science-based initiative, Planetary Mood Ring‘s invitation of personal, subjective reports of moods, once they are able to be visually mapped, could start to provide us with an interesting reflection of our collective condition. Below is Bruce’s announcement. (By the way, I just added my own moodie, but didn’t realize that in the aggregate there’s a limit to the number of characters, so it…
One NextNower’s Creative Response to Four Years. GO.
We’ve received many wonderful responses to our recent call to join the Four Years. GO campaign–members have joined and spread the word using Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Digg…and reported feeling it’s a wonderful example of an emergent kind of collaboration. Below is NextNower Susan Collins‘ personal but very collaborative response. (By the way, Servant Leadership is a very relevant concept and worth understanding in more depth; Robert Greenleaf pioneered it in 1970.) Greetings from Seattle, WA! I am writing to thank you for the invitation to “4 Years GO!”. I joined immediately upon your suggestion Claudia, and have made a commitment to…
NextNow Collab and Four Years. Go. Join Us! (Mark Your Calendar for 3/18, 3/23)
NextNow Collab is one of the first Four Years. Go. Allied Organizations. JOIN US. What’s Four Years. Go? It’s an emergent initiative, recognizing that what we do in the next four years can determine the quality of life for the next thousand, and that there is still time to act, but no time to waste. It’s a global campaign to shift humanity onto a sustainable, just and fulfilling path by 2014: FOUR YEARS. GO. STEP ONE: Take three minutes to watch this and learn more. STEP TWO: FOUR YEARS. GO. wants your support too. We have an extraordinary opportunity, at…
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