The Transition Town movement is an example of bottom-up empowerment, local community organization for global climate change. Political action and emotional growth and support are combined with conflict resolution skill training, so that Head, Heart, and Hands are all enlisted in common cause. Listening/Focusing Communities are one model of peer support that could be incorporated into Transition Towns.
See previous blog Creating At The Edge: Culture of Creativity for introduction. INTUITIVE FOCUSING EXERCISE: THE "TOUCHSTONE MISSION" So, let's modify the "One Small Thing" Focusing Exercise a little…
(To catch up with this topic, see Week One Empowerment Organization , Week Two Examples of "The One Small Thing") Motivation is a bottom-up, not top-down thing. Each…
Kathy's Experience: "One Small Thing" Focusing Exercise (see Week One Empowerment Organization for Introduction) I did the "One Small Thing" Focusing Exercise included below on my own problem/goal:…
Motivation = Engagement : Apathy Is The Enemy! You are charged with finding that "one small thing" which will get every employee or volunteer or citizen fully engaged in your…