Martin Tull
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What a small window to reveal the complexity of who we are, but here are few shards to share:
In order to bring about a truly sustainable world, we must continue to build bridges to all communities and to all worldview mindsets. Until we learn how to truly listen, and communicate with others, we may never find the real meaning of a sustainable world. And rather than trying to reach out and transform/convert others, perhaps the fastest and deepest solutions are within? As Van Jones recently shared, perhaps we should be focusing on Being rather than Doing. Or perhaps, the distinction is something that we will come to see past as we grow. Maybe we will move past the solutions battle between outer action and inner work, recognizing that action without spirit is a hollow shell...a tempting, short term fix, leaving us longing for something more...
i am currently working as the Director of Organizational and Government Partnerships for the Northwest Earth Institute, www.nwei.org, in addition to being involved in a variety of local projects. (For example, co-organizing the recent Step It Up rally and March to Salem, or co-organizing the Pachamama Symposium March 2008, Portland. We are also co-organizing a coalition of local business leaders, NGO's, and city employess to support the 2008 City of Portland / Multnomah County Climate Protection Plan, and if you would like to join that effort, please contact me, or check out our Wiser Earth Group page - Oregon Cool Community Campaign Working Group)
i am deeply interested in creating generative spaces for transformative dialogue, particularly dialogues between groups that don't often communicate.
If you want to discuss some of the regional, and integral work that can be done in Portland, feel free to contact me. If you think at a system's scale, enjoy exploring complexities and regional solutions, but are also grounded in your own personal development, i would enjoy meeting you. And frankly, anyone who has taken the time to be logged in at Wiser Earth is probably someone i would like to meet as well...
but until then...please move on to explore all of the wonderful people and organizations in this Wiser Earth community.
Peace.
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Hello Martin, Thanks for the invitation to connect. I see that you are in Portland Oregon also.
Let me know if this is something you would like to do. Paul Osterlund
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thanks a bunch! I am organizing the 'Discovering a Sense of Place' class to begin Tuesday ;) I'd love to move to Portland--if you hear of any amazing development director jobs, let me know ;)
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Here in my corner of the world, the bridges we try to build to other communities and mindsets must be long and strong because the gaps are so wide. But we must continue to strive to find better ways to communicate and help others gain a deeper understanding --and I agree that efforts to convert others are pointless. At the same time, I agree that we must continue to strengthen our own inner spirits. As someone who has come rather late to the activist role, I can easily identify with the idea of Being rather than Doing. But I do find that, at times, when events and my own Being come together, the inner experience is the driver for trying to be a public advocate. It is a kind of paradox that quiet moments in the natural world have given me the passion to act. But my biggest challenge continues to be to act more effectively--and yes, I would like to transform others. Do I contradict myself? I suppose, though I know that ultimately others must find their own way.
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I agree Martin, they are totally integral. Their is beauty in the realisation that whatever we do without affects our inner landscape, and as we reshape our inner world, the manifest world gains more beauty, stability and integrity. Personal development, inner change allows us to experience the truth of the power of change ... having experienced it ourselves, we come to realise that change is possible, and that seeing ourselves (and our world) differently is one of the primary ways of shaping our common future.
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Thanks Doug, it is so true that we often go out and seek external solutions to external problems. An integral perspective can help us to see that we need both internal and external solutions. For true sustainability, we can't have one or the other. Our current crisis has been described very succinctly as an "outer manifestation of an inner condition". So I agree, let's explore within to address the rest...
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Lots of wonderful people out there doing wonderful things. Very inspiring!