Diigo Update 04/24/2021

• The Consilience Project

  The Consilience Project is developing a body of social theory and analysis that explains and seeks solutions to the unique challenges we face today. It focuses on the deeper generator functions beneath the world’s major problems, drawing on the best of social theory while showing where existing theories and institutions are no longer adequate to fix the current problem landscape. The aim of the project is to help catalyze a cultural enlightenment that will develop a new set of shared values and capacities adequate to the needs of our time.

  Tags: project, “Social, Theory”, “cultural, enlightenment, “, governance

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 04/19/2021

• Sociocracy 3.0 | Effective Collaboration At Any Scale

  Sociocracy 3.0 (S3) is social technology for evolving agile and resilient organizations at any size, from small start-ups to large international organizations. Using S3 can help you to achieve your objectives and successfully navigate complexity. You can make changes one step at a time, without the need for sudden radical reorganization or planning a long-term change initiative.

  Tags: governance, collaboration, community empowerment, deliberative decision making

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 04/13/2021

• Listen First Project

  Distrust, fear, and contempt have poisoned our society and personal relationships—perhaps including your own. 75% of Americans say this problem has reached a crisis level. Experts say the solution is to cultivate more positive social connections.  A brighter future requires understanding, trust, and grace. Thankfully, 75% of Americans are willing to practice conversations across differences, and 36%—more than 100 million people—want to see a national campaign to improve those interactions.

  Tags: listening, deliberation, conversations, engage, community, engagement

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• What we do - Systems Change Alliance

  What is Systems Change? Systems change is the emergence of a new pattern of organization or systems structure. (Birney, 2015) It is both a process and an outcome. We are facing unprecedented economic, social, and environmental crises, and current reforms offer ineffective solutions. Naomi Klein has called for a movement of change that “connects the dots” to address the root causes of all current crises facing people and planet.

  Tags: systems, change, systems thinking, alliance, collaboration, sustainability

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 04/11/2021

• Institute for New Economic Thinking

  Mainstream economics has demonstrated blind spots that have impaired its effectiveness and credibility—and failed society at large Founded in the wake of the financial crisis in 2009, the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization devoted to developing and sharing the ideas that can repair our broken economy and create a more equal, prosperous, and just society.

  Tags: “complexity, economics”, “new, heterodox, economics

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 04/10/2021

• NIFI | Home

  National Issues Forums (NIF) is a network of civic, educational, and other organizations, and individuals, whose common interest is to promote public deliberation in America. It includes civic clubs, religious organizations, libraries, schools, and many other groups that meet to discuss critical public issues. Forum participants range from teenagers to retirees, prison inmates to community leaders, and literacy students to university students.

  Tags: collaboration, governance, civic, deliberation, deliberative democracy, deliberative decision making

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• Commonland - About

  Large-scale, long-term restoration Since 2013, we have worked tirelessly to build a universal proof of concept that brings farmers, landowners, entrepreneurs, communities, nature organisations and legislators together to create real returns on investment per hectare. Called 4 Returns, this framework is capable of initiating, organising and following through on large-scale and long-term restoration initiatives that integrate ecology, land use and business.

  Tags: rural, rural communities, agriculture, sustainability, regeneration, innovation, economic development

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• Services - Soil & More Impacts

  As our most valuable resource, soil drives our services and tools. We advocate for sustainable agriculture that has a positive impact on the environment, society and the economy. To this end, we support the agri-food sector through sustainability assessments, agricultural consultancy and relevant software solutions.

  Tags: services, soil, rural, rural communities, agriculture, sustainability, innovation, economic development, technology

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 04/08/2021

• California Trout | Taking Action Every Day for Fish, Water, and People

  Our roots at CalTrout are among passionate anglers concerned with the threats facing our state’s unique and awe-inspiring wild fisheries. But our impact serves everyone – from tribal communities whose ways of life revolve around river systems, to an agriculture industry that feeds the entire world, to anyone across California who depends on healthy and sustainable watersheds.

  Tags: california, trout, biodiversity, water, sustainability

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 04/05/2021

• Economic Policy Institute | Research and Ideas for Shared Prosperity

  About EPI. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions. EPI believes every working person deserves a good job with fair pay, affordable health care, and retirement security. To achieve this goal, EPI conducts research and analysis on the economic status of working America. EPI proposes public policies that protect and improve the economic conditions of low- and middle-income workers and assesses policies with respect to how they affect those workers.

  Tags: policy, institute, research, prosperity, shared, economics, community empowerment, governance

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• What is Sociocracy? Discover a new way of working together! | Sociocracy For All

  Sociocracy For All is a nonprofit social enterprise that provides easy access to resources, training and implementation of sociocracy.

  Tags: Socioracy, co, collaboration, governance, democratis, democracy

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• WEGo - Wellbeing Economy Alliance

  The Wellbeing Economy Governments partnership (WEGo) is a collaboration of national and regional governments promoting sharing of expertise and transferrable policy practices. The aims are to deepen their understanding and advance their shared ambition of building wellbeing economies. WEGo, which currently comprises Scotland, New Zealand, Iceland, Wales and Finland, is founded on the recognition that ‘development’ in the 21st century entails delivering human and ecological wellbeing.

  Tags: wellbeing, economy, alliance, collaboration, community empowerment, governance

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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Diigo Update 04/04/2021

• Waters Center for Systems Thinking

  The Waters Center for Systems Thinking is an internationally recognized leader in system thinking capacity building. We are dedicated to providing the tools and methods that help people understand, track, and leverage the connections that affect their personal and professional goals.

  Tags: systems thinking, collaboration

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• Thinking Tools Studio

  The Thinking Tools Studio is brought to you by the Waters Center for Systems Thinking. We are committed to delivering benefits to users through engaging, innovative and applicable content free of charge and full of learning.

  Tags: systems thinking, tools, collaboration

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

• (19) Waters Center for Systems Thinking - YouTube

  Tags: systems thinking, youtube, video, collaboration

• Devon Doughnut

  Welcome! We are the Devon Doughnut Collective, a group of Devon Doughnut Makers on a mission to co-create the first iteration of a Devon Doughnut. We are asking, “Could a dashboard of some kind help to provide a picture of how Devon is faring ecologically and economically? Would this be useful to people living and working here? If so, how, and to do what?”

  Tags: devon, doughnut, doughnut economics, sustainability, collaboration, community empowerment

  • - By Brian G. Dowling
  • Welcome! We are the Devon Doughnut Collective, a group of Devon Doughnut Makers on a mission to co-create the first iteration of a Devon Doughnut. We are asking, “Could a dashboard of some kind help to provide a picture of how Devon is faring ecologically and economically? Would this be useful to people living and working here? If so, how, and to do what?”

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Diigo Update 04/03/2021

• Economic Pluralist Masters Programmes

  Tags: masters, programmes, economics, heterodox

• Accreditation Scheme - PEP - Promoting Economic Pluralism

  We established an international online dialogue on the requirements for pluralist economics teaching Phase I developed the broad approach on criteria, evidence and governance. Phase II to develop a detailed approach to accreditation of programmes.

  Tags: accreditation, economics, teaching, heterodox, pluralist

  • - By Brian G. Dowling

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