Invitation to our second gathering.
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DATE: Sunday 25 August
Doors open 2.30pm for
3pm start
- ending approx 6pm
at Eagle Spirit Media - Lot 66, Crystal Waters
- cinema, studio & creative workshop space
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Dear Community
Michael Ney, Daniel Pinnington and Robin Clayfield have joined forces to present regular gatherings in support of
Crystal Waters Community Cooperative working groups.
You are receiving this email newsletter because you either expressed interest or attended the first gathering on 21 July 2019... and we are now following up with resources. We welcome you to our ongoing discussions, workshops, and screenings.
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A HEARTY THANK YOU
Thank you to everyone who attended on Sunday, also those who showed a keen interest but couldn't make it, and those too who don't normally attend meetings for showing up to be with us. We had a great turn out and had a deep group discussion facilitated by Robin Clayfield. Everyone's contributions and presence were greatly appreciated.
The purpose of these "growing community" events is to contribute to the activities of the Co-op and working groups towards building a thriving community and explore what other communities are doing and have deeper conversations about these kinds of things.
So, to hear from other communities, we showed a documentary
"Dadirri - Deep Listening - The secret to living in community” and for many the highlight of the afternoon was the conversation about her film with the documentary maker,
Helen Iles, via skype from Spain.
Thanks also to visitor
Alon Shemesh for a brief presentation on economy and looking into the possibility of a community alt-coin. See his intro below.
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SHARED PRESENTATION RESOURCES
These resources are only being shared to you directly by email.
Images of notes from the discussion taken by Rob and Robin are included.
Thanks to Rob Clark too for graphic recording of the discussion.
A PDF of Dan’s presentation is available to download at:
If anyone has trouble viewing the PDF please email me and we can provide it in another format.
An
audio recording of the 21 July gathering will be shared soon.
Stay tuned.
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NEXT EVENT
Our next gathering is planned for
Sunday 25th August from
3-6pm at Lot 66 again. Please put this in your calendar.
The discussion will be aimed at
exploring what people feel are the core values of this community to assist in getting very clear on its overall direction. We see this as an "exploration" that could be supportive, not as anything prescriptive.
Robin will introduce
The Holistic Goal Setting Mandala. This is her friend
Robina McCurdy's process adapted from the holistic range management work of
Alan Savory. Robin uses this a lot in conjunction with other processes to lead visioning workshops with communities and organisations. It works really well as a framework for capturing these viewpoints and synthesising them to generate a clear action plan.
We'll be showing another film on the theme of "growing community".
More details soon.
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ACTION STEPS
What can you do before the next event to keep the energy going?
Contemplate what is most important about growing community to you?
Then discuss this within your working groups or 'micro-collectives' that make up the community.
Where several of you find you are in agreement, these core values can be included in the next gathering.
If you cannot make it personally then you can have your view represented by others who also share it.
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MESSAGE FROM ROBIN
"It is the time of the Great Remembering... Remembering as humans that we are part of the Earth. Remembering our nature intelligence.
Remembering we are part of a symbiotic and amazing ecosystem that bubbles and pulses with life. Yes, we have evolved beyond our hunter-gatherer roots, yet we can still purposefully gather all the tools, resources and companions to connect together for a healthy world.
We are powerful, creative and co-creative beyond measure and we are a tiny speck in the web of life. May each speck be a spark of illumination and remembering of our ancient roots and deeply intimate relationship with Earth and all beings... for a better world."
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We acknowledge the traditional custodians
of the Maleny and surroundings area, the Kabi Kabi and Jinibara People.
We pay respects to elders past, present and emerging.
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MESSAGE FROM MICHAEL
It was heartening to see so many people attend. I hope it can grow further and we will get better at streamlining the flow. Thanks so much to Robin and Dan for joining me in creating our team - and possibly we can add our efforts to the co-op's “Future Directions” team.
I’d be keen to hear from others who may be interested in being mentored and participating in the multimedia aspects - and capturing and publishing the events in audio visual realms so that more can share in this too. Please email me at: eaglespiritmedia@gmail.com
One thing I wanted to share but didn’t get a chance to is that it is good to remember were are part of the
Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) - http://gen.ecovillage.org - who are doing excellent work in developing the positive aspects of ecovillage communities. Here is a quote from their latest Annual Report.
"GEN has never been more relevant. New ecovillages are being implemented hand in hand with local municipalities. Government institutions are collaborating with us to implement ecovillage transition programmes. GEN’s first Online Summit ‘The Power of Community’ drew more than 10,000 participants. Throughout the 5 GEN Regions and NextGEN, we are committed to stepping up and responding to the rising need. We are growing our circles of GEN ambassadors, trainers and consultants to spread our inspiration. As we incubate new ecovillages, transition existing communities, transform urban neighbourhoods, initiate green schools and rebuild communities after disaster - ecovillage is becoming a new way of life."
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REPEAT SCREENING
As there was so much interest, there will be another screening of Helen Iles’ documentary
"Deep Listening” on Thursday 1 Aug - doors open at 6.30pm for 7pm start
- at Eagle Spirit Media, Lot 66
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It is great to have a shared viewing experience and discussion afterwards. Possibly, with Helen’s permission (TBC), I can show the conversation we had on Sunday as well… she may even like to connect again.
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MESSAGE FROM ALON
I believe that understanding the roots of how our economy is designed, the values and beliefs it reflects (like "there isn't enough" ie scarcity) and the impacts it has on our lives is essential for creating abundance in a community. In Crystal Waters, where people buy and exchange, employ each other, pay and get paid by the co-op or bodycorp - the energy is moving within the community, I think it's a shame that all of the energy of the community is moving only through dollars.
Are you interested in exploring an alternative - beyond LETS?
Please email me at: alon.shemesh8@gmail.com
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SIGNING OFF
Crystal Waters seems to be deeply engaged with various community and cooperative events in current times, and we see these
'Growing Community' events as supporting and stimulating this unfolding with film, creative exploration and deepening discussion.
Thank you for your participation.
Daniel, Robin & Michael
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PS: Some thoughts from Jazmin...
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May love, wisdom, compassion, and
prayer-in-action heal and unite our communities."
and Mahatma Gandhi:
"Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be
the beauty and the test of our civilization.”
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AND FINALLY - congratulations to Natasha and friends
for activating the much needed Growing Local Project.
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These events are funded only by donations of participants and crowdfunding campaigns. Your contribution assists in license fees to our special guest filmmakers, as well as photography / audio-video production, internet fees, web hosting expenses, plus food and refreshments for each event.
We deeply appreciate your generosity.
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