The Interdependent Project Fellowship has been created to provide Sustainable Matrix Weavers with easy access to the most cutting edge, reliable, authentic, and...well what can we say..."best of the best"...organizations who are pioneering sustainable living.
The term "fellowship" was what our team felt best described this community of organizations who have a deep commitment to the future AND an already existing understanding of INTERDEPENDENCE.
In fact - the Earth Charter
has the term in the preamble of the document.
Fellowship also is a word we relate to the Lord of the Rings which is a mythic journey that is allegorical to our present epic times.
As the Interdependent Project matrix grows more organizations will be invited into the fellowship and awarded the Interdependent Award of Excellence and given the
"Shaver Seal of Approval"
Fellowship organizations must meet high quality standards with the most important being that content of websites have to be solution orientated and "fear free"- which means that the organization discourages 'us vs them' world views and offers information from a
place of assuming the visitor has enough intelligence to have made it to their site and is in no need of being guilt tripped, brow beat into remorse for "all the damage we have done," or given condensending speeches
with heavy doom and gloom preambles.
Finding organizations that meet just this basic criteria
is a challenge in an ocean of non-profits who profit from the above approach to delivering their messages and/or 'education'.
The next part of the evaluation comes from how willing these organizations are to move toward 'interdependent' cooperative collaboration and away from worn out competition and paranoia around lost site traffic or members.
Building Interdependent Fellowship requires organizations based on cooperative principles to walk their talk.
Interdependent Fellowship acknowledges that the"planet is saving us"
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NextGEN
The Next Generation of the
Global EcoVillage Network |
"NextGEN envisions a world where wisdom is passed from one generation to another, empowering everyone, and giving youth a voice and an active role in the co-creation of a sustainable future."
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Next Generation of Ecovillages – NextGEN shares the principles, concepts, and knowledge of the Ecovillage movement. We share this wealth of knowledge with our cities, universities, schools, businesses, governments, and communities. By integrating the knowledge of the ecovillage movement into the rest of the world, we are creating the next generation of ecovillages.
- Next Generation of our world –Our global network empowers youth and provides a platform where their voice can be heard.
- Next Generation of thinking –"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them" (Einstein). NextGEN aims to realize a new paradigm. If you have the new thinking needed for our changing times, NextGEN welcomes you to become part of our creative endeavors. There are no age restrictions; the only qualification is an open mind.
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Download the NextGEN Handbook Here!
Anger Into Action
We've had our feet on the ground for decades now
But still we all seem trapped in this conspiracy
If peace and freedom's what we want
Then now's the time to cultivate a different strategy
There's more to life than material possession
Or to gain control over other's lives
Cooperation / seven generations
To create future in which we thrive
It's time to put your anger into action
Change the individual for the tribe
Move from consumption to production
And watch communities come alive
Those who force Nature force themselves
Back to land, water, sun and sky
Relearn simplicity
We have the knowledge and the means
To provide all with water, food, shelter and energy
Words and bullets -- or food and shelter?
Words and bullets -- or food and shelter?
Plant a seed -- tomorrow comes the sun
We ourselves can cure all the famine
All the injustice and stupidity
By understanding natural systems
Through gardening and careful forestry
It's up to us to manifest the vision
That we've been fighting for with blood, bone and tears
A new society / reclaim the structure
One solution: Permaculture
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The Interdependent Project is launching parallel to NextGEN and will be partnering
with this very special organization in creative ways to ensure that youth have access
to the best information available about building healthy communities.
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