From Here to Community: The BarCamp Model

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Marge

In the book Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There From Here, Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman start by taking a look at single-celled organisms. Over time, many of these individual cells joined together to create integrated, multi-cellular organisms which we call plants, animals, and human beings. As this coming-together process continues into the future, they hypothesize the next state of human evolution will be the formation of integrated and interdependent human communities. A new level of multi-multi-cellular life will be born. Continue reading →

68 Degrees and a Slight Chance of Radioactive Rain

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Marge

It all started when my teenage son came home from school telling me there was radioactive iodine in our milk. Leakage from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan had reached the U.S. and radioactive iodine was being ingested by dairy cows not too far from our home.

A little bit of research quickly showed us that the risk to our family was likely very low, but the questions it raised in my mind extended far beyond milk. Continue reading →

The Half Step Principle

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Marge

I was recently approached by someone who was interested in apprenticing with me. She was quite an accomplished person herself, and so when I accepted, I cautioned her that I may only be a half step ahead of her in the field. Her answer was, “That’s how it’s supposed to be.”