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Archive for September 19, 2024
This week’s inspiring video: Public Park Transformed into an Urban Food Forest
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Video of the Week
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Public Park Transformed into an Urban Food Forest
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| The City Food Commons shares the story of Roimata Food Commons, an urban permaculture food forest initiative driven by Otautahi Christchurch local Michael Reynolds. The aim of the project is to empower the community to co-create space in a public park, reviving the notion of the Commons, which was once so common in societies around the world. The term Commons refers to a space that holds or creates resources that are nurtured by the community for the long term benefit of the community. This is “a step away from the transactional relationship that dominates the way that we act in the world”. |
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Listening well is the most eloquent sign of caring.
– Deborah Tannen –
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How to Embrace Your Political Enemy
A group of Penn State students traveled throughout Pennsylvania to listen to people. They approached strangers in shops, on the street, and in many different venues. Their intention was not to change minds, take polls, or listen with an agenda, but to simply listen. One of their professors said: “People can tell when you are listening to them with curiosity, intellectual humility and respect.” They used a framework called three Bs: belief, belonging and behavior. Most people connect on beliefs or belonging. “What we did is put behavior ahead of belief. What if we behave respectfully and interested and we listen to what they say? What if we put that above connecting with them on belief?” One student said, “Empathy truly is a muscle and it can only be exercised when you let yourself bring your guard down and maybe invite an unpredictable response to shared vulnerability.” { read more }
Be The Change
Seek out a conversation with someone you may not connect with on beliefs or belonging. Focus on “behavior” in your listening. Listen with curiosity, humility, and respect – with care. Reflect on the ways in which the conversation is different. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 