One of the most useful books of the past five years in terms of the work I do is Peter Block’s Community: The Structure of Belonging. In it he aggregates the wisdom of those of us who have been practicing participatory process for the last 30 years in North America. The essence of the work is that social fabric, created through conversations that produce relationships, is the foundation for improvement in communities and the fundamental pre-requisite for effective and sustainable problem solving. This set of videos is a great introduction to Peter’s work. View parts one, two and three.
Never forgotten: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.
RT @sebpaquet "…in any large organization, any transformation that is to 'stick' must emerge from within." – goes for democracy too, Seb. # The absence of the sound of water dripping is deafening. # What's Gareth Bale got on the inside of his thighs? Birthmark? #coys # Gray air and chilly rain. # The clouds are so thick and the rain so heavy that it isn't going to get light today at all methinks. # Touring IPS tonight. Missing @braddo. http://yfrog.com/mkkme0j # With Pieter del Mundo by Bowen Island's oldest tree, Opa. http://yfrog.com/g1nw60j # Open Space listserve needs 2 find …
A raven gifted me a teaching this morning: stay awake in the present and sing to what is before you and what is behind you. # What makes my heart sing http://post.ly/1EJDO # Thin silver light of a cold morning snow flurry on the coast The air is still and sharp on the skin. http://yfrog.com/0g88224546j # Just lost power again. Will upload a film about this windstorm shortly. # Storm force winds now blowing down Howe Sound. Lots of trees down and power out. No snow here though. # Carnellian rich sunrise the morning after the storm. The air is …