the - Depth Psychology Alliance2024-03-29T12:32:40Zhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/feed/tag/theInterviews for Rethinking Permaculture Vernal Equinox Convergence: Everyday Strategies for Compassionate Living. 3/25 – 27, Kailash Ecovillage, Portland, OR.https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/interviews-for-rethinking-permaculture-vernal-equinox-convergence2016-03-19T17:12:52.000Z2016-03-19T17:12:52.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6">“Spiritual Permaculture”</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Rethinking Permaculture Vernal Equinox Convergence: Everyday Strategies for Compassionate Living. 3/25 – 27, Kailash Ecovillage, Portland, OR. Interview with Ole Ersson, Kailash Ecovillage and Satya, Food Not Bombs, PDX. By Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-3"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2342" target="_blank">http://planetshifter.com/node/2342</a></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2342" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868856964?profile=original" width="492"/></a></span></span></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142585498?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spiritual Permaculture Convergence - Willi Paul, Planetshifter.pdf</a></p></div>The Pledge of Resilience with the Flag by Willihttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/the-pledge-of-resilience-with-the-flag-by-willi2016-02-09T18:27:48.000Z2016-02-09T18:27:48.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5">“The Pledge of Resilience with the Flag” –</span> <br/><span class="font-size-5">Update by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Media</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2335" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2335</a><br/></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868856497?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868856497?profile=original" width="377" class="align-center"/></a></span></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142584294?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Pledge of Resilience with the Flag” – Update by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Media.pdf</a></p></div>“Taking the Food Forest to City Hall” - International Permaculture Awareness Week. New Myth #78.https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/taking-the-food-forest-to-city-hall-international-permaculture2016-03-10T14:47:10.000Z2016-03-10T14:47:10.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><strong>“Taking the Food Forest to City Hall”</strong> - International Permaculture Awareness Week. New Myth #78. Vision by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Media</p>
<p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2341" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2341</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2341" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868856832?profile=original" width="505" class="align-full"/></a></p></div>“Transition Community College” - A “Networked Localization” Vision by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/transition-community-college-a-networked-localization-vision-by2015-12-15T14:21:05.000Z2015-12-15T14:21:05.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5">“Transition Community College”</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">A “Networked Localization” Vision</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3">by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2323" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2323</a><br/></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2323" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868855114?profile=original" width="405" class="align-center" height="504"/></a></span></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142580656?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transition Community College by Willi Paul Planetshifter.com.pdf</a></p></div>“The New Sacrifice” - “Visions for New Mythology, Permaculture and the Transition Movement” - By Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/the-new-sacrifice-visions-for-new-mythology-permaculture-and-the2015-07-15T17:58:38.000Z2015-07-15T17:58:38.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label" style="text-align: center;"></div>
<div class="field-items" style="text-align: center;"><div class="field-item odd"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_134.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-standard"/></div>
</div>
</div>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>“The New Sacrifice” - “Visions for New Mythology, Permaculture and the Transition Movement” - By Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2288" target="”blank”">Planetshifter.com Media</a></strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrifice" target="”blank”">Sacrifice</a></strong> is used metaphorically to describe selfless good deeds for others or a short term loss in return for a greater power gain, such as in a game of chess. Recently it has also come into use as meaning 'doing without something' or 'giving something up'</p>
<p><strong>My definition for sacrifice is</strong>: “the practice of not having the same choices as before, where we must give-up certain lifestyle benefits and comforts.”</p>
<p><strong>But ask this</strong>: Can giving up something actually be gaining something in return?<br/> Is sacrifice always a negative? Is it the same result when we give up spiritual resources? What are these?</p>
<p><strong>How do we sacrifice for Nature? In Nature?</strong></p>
<p>* * * * * * *</p>
<p>How is the new sacrifice celebrated or practiced? <strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2194" target="”blank”">Symbols</a></strong> are key to building the new sacrifice:</p>
<p><strong>Symbols of Sacrifice in the Chaos Age -</strong></p>
<p>• A front lawn garden. An empty swimming pool<br/> • Giving up the automobile<br/> • Last year’s toys<br/> • Giving away old clothes<br/> • Volunteering some time to a non-profit<br/> • Reducing home or business water use<br/> • Walking or using mass transit</p>
<p>How does sacrifice support <strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2272" target="”blank”">resilience</a></strong>?</p>
<p>The two ideas are intertwined. Psychological resilience is defined as an individual’s ability to properly adapt to stress and adversity. It can be learned and developed by virtually anyone. Resilience should be considered a “learned behavior.” Here sacrifice can be implemented by resilience.</p>
<p><strong>Sacrifice can also reduce stress and adversity with community training and family support.</strong></p>
<p>In the <strong><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/PSIndex/NewMythologyIndex.pdf" target="”blank”">New Mythology</a></strong> perspective, we all become <strong>“global sacrificers”</strong> for our mutual survival, creating new, non-religious values, customs, initiations, and traditions.</p>
<p>In the Transition Movement, we need to create new sacrifice customs based on sharing. In Permaculture ethics, sacrifice must be linked to care for community and planet.</p>
<p>New Mythology also teaches us that the community is the Hero - so the community is the <strong>“global sacrificial engine?” </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p></div>“Liana’s Sacred Hands” - New Myth #67 by Willi Paul, CommunityAlchemy.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/liana-s-sacred-hands-new-myth-67-by-willi-paul-communityalchemy2015-02-25T16:14:42.000Z2015-02-25T16:14:42.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label"></div>
<div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_97.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-standard"/></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong><span class="font-size-4">“<a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2246" target="”blank”">Liana’s Sacred Hands</a>” - New Myth #67 by Willi Paul, CommunityAlchemy.com</span></strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><em>A liana is any of various long-stemmed, woody vines that are rooted in the soil at ground level and use trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy to get access to well-lit areas of the forest. Lianas are especially characteristic of tropical moist deciduous forests and rainforests, including temperate rainforests. Lianas can form bridges amidst the forest canopy, providing arboreal animals with paths across the forest. These bridges can protect weaker trees from strong winds.</em></span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">* * * * * * *</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Dolio is the hero and journey maker for his people who reside 7 miles inland in the rain forest near Tamarindo, Province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica. While most of what he knows about the west is apocalyptical, he is determined to deploy his jungle love to build additional income and a sacred union between the growing tourist trade and his extended family.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">What many call “eco-alchemy” is called something else in his native language; Dolio is practicing important transition strategies to stay healthy and knows his part in the balancing act for a new sacred Earth.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">One key idea for Dolio’s community is to live and work locally, keeping costs down - using abundant resources. A second guide is the caring for the community ethic from permaculture.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Liana is a multi-variety local rain forest woody vine that grows fast and has many uses in his village including lattice structure for the dome roofs, perimeter security and large baskets to carry dirt and food. Villagers wear the bright and colorful flowers when they are in bloom.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Dolio wants to create a sustainable village and sees a way to earn money for his people and share sacred values with the tourists on the beach through basket weaving workshops. But he is shielding westerners from his village at this time for health, legal and economic concerns.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">The village council has adopted a resilience creed that means that they can teach and share goods and stories between the contrasting cultures using symbols, like vine baskets and flowers. The village understands the deeper spiritual power and service of their symbols and wants to bolster their use on the coast. Like on their new workshop banner, simple symbols do not need an interpreter.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Dolio wants to create a sustainable village and sees a way to earn money for his people and share sacred values with the tourists on the beach through basket weaving workshops. But he is shielding westerners from his village at this time for health, legal and economic concerns.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">* * * * * * *</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Please credit the <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2245" target="”blank”">Davis Roundtable</a> participants for their ideas.</span></p>
<p></p></div>Exploring the Western vs. Indigenous Intersection in Costa Rican Mythology. Conversation with Douglas Williamson, Earth Charter International and Willi Paul, Mythologist. Presented by NewMythologist.chttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/exploring-the-western-vs-indigenous-intersection-in-costa-rican2015-02-16T21:12:17.000Z2015-02-16T21:12:17.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<p><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_96.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-standard align-center" style="font-size: 12pt;" width="421" height="341"/></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Exploring the Western vs. Indigenous Intersection in Costa Rican Mythology. Conversation with Douglas Williamson, Earth Charter International and Willi Paul, Mythologist. Presented by <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2244" target="blank">NewMythologist.com</a></strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong><a href="http://thecostaricanews.com/fire-mountains-and-earth-shakers-costa-rica-legends-and-myths" target="”blank”">Legend of the Irazú Volcano</a></strong> (Costa Rica)</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Near the city of Cartago, Costa Rica, mighty Irazú stands watch over her domain. As the ancients tell, Irazú was the favorite daughter of a local leader, Aquitaba. The village where they lived was at war with a rival leader, Guarco, who wanted to control the entire valley. Desperate and fearing he would lose, Quitaba took Irazú to the highest peak and offered her in sacrifice to the gods to help him win the battle. As Guarco’s forces close in, Aquitaba called on the spirit of his daughter to help their people. Immediately the mountain where she had died exploded in fire and ash and rained destruction down on Guarco’s warriors. That day, the volcano became known as Irazú - making her unique among her male volcanic counterparts.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">* * * * * * *</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Conversation with Douglas and Willi -</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>ONE</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Do you see any creative tension (mixing) between the Indigenous and western cultural myths and rituals in Costa Rica?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I think its creative tension, definitely tension, as those who are experimenting are trying to compromise different traditions and ways. Sometimes it comes off as authentic, and sometimes as contrived. Don't you find? I think it's good that people are experimenting though. I am skeptical usually, but open to experience always.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Are there festivals or products that, as you say, create a compromise in the traditions there?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I sense that there may be some but my feeling is that most of the impetus is coming from outside Costa Rica. It seems to be a kind of tourism. People come here with the desire for a mixing of indigenous and other traditions, but it doesn't seem to be a Costa Rican impulse for the most part. Costa Rica has a very small and poor indigenous population and the average "Western" Costa Rican is much more interested in a typical North American materialist value system and standard of success than with a traditional indigenous value system. There are some pockets where the indigenous worldview crosses over that I've seen, but it's quite rare.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>TWO</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: What are the fundamental mythological concepts of the sustainability movement? Are these shared by all there?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I'm not sure I am ready or qualified to answer this question. I don't even know if I have a good working definition of what a "mythological concept" is. I can say that there are a lot of mythological bits and pieces within the sustainability movement, many pertaining to Earthrise, Gaia, nature gods, justice, vengeance, cleansing/destruction, and more.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: I like where you are going with this. It seems that you went with symbols of sustainability. If we insert permaculture for sustainability, what do you see? How about the Transition Movement? But, yes, there is a ton of experimenting going down in Gaia!</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: So, I'm still not sure what you mean by "mythological concept". I guess I touched on some concepts before like cleansing/destruction and renewal above. I think these play a strong role in the sustainability movement. I think the concept of paradise, heaven on Earth, Eden, play a role in the movement too. There seems to be an unagreed-upon concept of the ideal that underlies some of the movement. Sadly, much of the sustainability movement is an opposition political position, and so a lot of the concepts that drive the movement are negative reactions to current unacceptable situations. Personally, I prefer to focus on a proactive utopic visioning, rather than a reactive negative motivating.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>THREE</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Does the <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2229" target="”blank”">hero</a> work at the community level?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I think this is a great question and would be a lot of fun to map through. Once again, I have to claim insufficient knowledge of the hero archetype and narrative to really answer this question adequately. It seems to me that certainly there are aspects of the hero story that could be transposed onto a community narrative. I do wonder though if there are sufficient individuals who have such a strong community identity to be able to identify themselves as strongly with their community as individuals do with individual heroes. This question arose in the webinar that I attended and I think its well worth exploring more deeply and fits in neatly with a lot of the thinking I am doing about utopic societies.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">I would also like to note that while I think the hero archetype and narrative is something that we all know and appreciate, perhaps it is more useful for us in visioning the future to step away from that narrative in order to increase our collective appreciation of alternative narratives. The hero narrative seems to be the one we always look to for guidance, perhaps because it is the most developed, the most known, the most popular. But, what if we were to change the priority of our narrative desires to creating narratives that viewed "community" as the central character or actor without attaching the narrative structure of the hero to it?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">I think this utopic visioning needs to see community as having its own narrative, detached from the hero story. I think this is what the Earth Charter tries to envision, as do stories and philosophies expounded in enlightenment political philosophy like The Social Contract, and stories including Utopia, Erewhon, and Ecotopia. Granted, these narratives, as well as all of the dystopias, are in some ways criticisms of present (or contemporary) communal rules and mores. These kinds of narratives are emerging all over the place, although they are presented in small bits and as criticism of certain aspects of contemporary society. I have been seeing a lot of the tiny house stories of late, and these seem to be one example of the emerging or reemerging narrative that speaks to lifestyle and community. The off-grid energy narrative is another. Any you are attracted to?</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>FOUR</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: How is Nature viewed in Costa Rica? By tourists? Locals? Business?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: Interestingly nature in Costa Rica is viewed by many as recreational and commercial (tourism). There is a decent segment of society here that reveres the natural world on a spiritual level, myself included, but those are less numerous. The Costa Rican identity is in flux at the moment and the nature aspect of it is pretty strong, although superficial too.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Can you name some of the "flux forces?"</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: The flux forces here are the economy and materialism. Costa Rica is a country in transition. It is a middle class country with aspirations to be materially rich like the USA. The economic transition here is driving many towards materialistic values, although politically, the country understands better than most the value of nature and preservation. Still, there is, in my view, a perspective dichotomy among Costa Ricans between material aspirations and appreciation of nature. The material aspirations are favored over nature connection and as the economy creates greater differences between wealthy and poor, and the middle class is reduced, the value system will be ever more favorable towards the material and against the spiritual and natural.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>FIVE</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Is <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1367" target="”blank”">localization</a> a viable strategy there? Has this influenced the stories?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: This concept is mostly carried out by foreigners here. It has not influenced the narrative here as far as I can tell.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Please describe what the foreigners are localizing!? How?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: Ok, I think you mean localization in the sense of an opposite to globalization. In this case, there are plenty of foreigners who are here creating small intentional communities, some with values similar to transition towns, a lot of permaculture, organic farming, etc. It's slightly colonial, but Costa Rica has always been heavily influenced by the USA, so the North Americans and Europeans who are here, some are very much into using superior economic wealth to create communities and retreats, many with values of localization, although their presence here is a result of globalization.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>SIX</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Is <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2230" target="”blank”">creation mythology</a> a strong presence now?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: Not that I can tell. I like creation stories a lot. I just spent a week at the beach and I experience a lot of creation feelings when looking at the horizon, the vastness of the sea, sky, stars, sunset light. I enjoy listening to the physics folks discuss theories, enjoy the cosmology of Swimme and Berry, and appreciate the myths I know about the creation of the world.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: If you were to write and produce a play with creation as the dominant theme, what elements / plots / mythic sources would you use?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I don't know. I'm less interested in creating foundational myths as I am about visioning narratives for the future. The only thing that comes to mind in answer to the question is water, an element (compound) I have an affinity for and find is fundamental as a starting point for creation.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>SEVEN</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi</strong>: What is the role of initiation for the people? Are these coupled with resilience?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: I don't know what you mean by "role of initiation". Which people? Are you referring to rites of passage? Again, you'll have to define what definition of "resilience" you are using. I am familiar with more than one.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: For resilience, see <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2228" target="”blank”">this work</a>. Initiation is an active community & personal alchemy, a change; growth. It is a key principle in J. Campbell's work.</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: Ok, I'll try and answer as best as I can, although I'm not entirely sure I'm on the same page as you regarding "initiation", which "people" you are referring to, and your understanding of "resilience". It seems to me that most people are reluctant to take the hero's journey and as such, avoid initiation entirely. In Costa Rica, most people, I find, are not very adventurous and most seek paths of less resistance. This seems to be normal most places I've lived. As for resilience, I'm not sure where that comes into the equation. Costa Rica seems average regarding resilience, although there is perhaps slightly more awareness on a political level of the dangers of global environmental change and economic instability, hence more resilience.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>EIGHT:</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Given that the Earth Charter's ethical vision proposes that environmental protection, human rights, equitable human development, and peace are interdependent and indivisible, what are some of the <a href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/" target="”blank”">mythic artifacts</a> that support this movement?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: Again, I am going to have to ask for a definition of "mythic artifacts". Perhaps, there is some of the answer above in the answer to your second question. I think the myths that speak to interdependence and interconnection include Indra's Net and the present mythology of the quantum theory. Does that answer help?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi: Artifacts as I find and develop them are key to the <a href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/" target="”blank”">Myth Lab</a>. Please dig in on this a bit....</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Douglas: First of all, the Myth Lab looks fantastic. I will have to dig in when I have some time. Great work! I don't think I have an answer to your question really. There are perhaps elements of the different aspects of the Earth Charter in artifacts like green buildings, multi-use food spaces such as greenhouses that also serve as residences, organic community gardens, nature trails in preservation areas that support the flourishing of local communities, etc. I don't know how small an artifact can be that represents all of the facets of the Earth Charter.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Ok I think that's all for now. Thanks for all the back and forth. Very interesting and enlightening for me. I don't think I have the knowledge yet to adequately respond to you on many points, but I'm hopefully moving in a direction that will get me there eventually. Any tips on reading would be helpful. Believe me, Campbell is high on my list. I'm reading the Red Book at the moment and also a lot of theory on improvisation, which is my method of choice for exploration with groups.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">* * * * * * *</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><em>Today, while <a href="http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20costarica.htm" target="”blank”">deforestation rates of natural forest</a> have dropped considerably, Costa Rica's remaining forests still face threats from illegal timber harvesting in protected areas and conversion for agriculture and cattle pasture in unprotected zones. The popularity of Costa Rica as an eco-tourist destination makes parks a source of income rather than an expense, and past governments have been known to use park funds for making up budget shortfalls instead of maintaining protected areas. Corruption remains a problem in Costa Rica, though not as much as in nearby countries.</em></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">* * * * * * *</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Contact Info -</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Douglas F. Williamson</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Communications, Earth Charter International</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Climate Change and Environmental Communicator</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Award Winning Environmental Filmmaker</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">IUCN Commission on Education and Communication Member</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Editor, Writer</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Translator (French, German, Spanish)</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Voice-over artist</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/Douglaslasfwilliamson" target="”blank”">LinkedIn</a></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Twitter: DFWilliamson</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi Paul</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">New Mythologist & Transition Entrepreneur</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">newmythologist.com | PlanetShifter.com Magazine | openmythsource.com</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">@planetshifter @openmythsource @PermacultureXch</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">415-407-4688 | pscompub at gmail.com</span></p>
<p></p></div>“New Sharing & Return Rituals & Their Symbols in Transition” by Willi Paul, openmythsource.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/new-sharing-return-rituals-their-symbols-in-transition-by-willi2013-09-15T19:45:27.000Z2013-09-15T19:45:27.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<h2 class="entry-title" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://openmythsource.com/2013/09/14/new-sharing-return-rituals-their-symbols-in-transition-by-willi-paul-openmythsource-com/" rel="bookmark">“New Sharing & Return Rituals & Their Symbols in Transition”</a></h2>
<h2 class="entry-title" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://openmythsource.com/2013/09/14/new-sharing-return-rituals-their-symbols-in-transition-by-willi-paul-openmythsource-com/" rel="bookmark">by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com</a></h2>
<div class="entry-meta"></div>
<div class="entry-content"><br/><p>One critical mandate for the Transition Movement in the present <b><a href="http://openmythsource.com/2012/07/29/the-cascadia-funnel-and-the-last-3-eras-on-earth-new-myth-25-by-willi-paul-openmythsource-com/">Chaos Era</a></b> is to create<b><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1855">new myths</a></b> and associated rituals that guide us. What rituals do you participate in now; as a child? Do your stories speak to a world in turmoil? Who controls the narrative? This is a call for new rituals: a <b>universal s</b><b>haring and return</b> to family, city core, gardens, fields, water, soul and Nature.</p>
<p></p>
<p>* * * * * * *</p>
<h2><b>Definitions</b></h2>
<p></p>
<p><b>Ritual (2)</b></p>
<p>(a) A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual"><b>ritual</b></a> “is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, and objects, performed in a sequestered place, and designed to influence preternatural entities or forces on behalf of the actors’ goals and interests.” Rituals may be prescribed by the traditions of a community, including a religious community.</p>
<p></p>
<p>(b) Semi-regular gathering of family or community members that share a Nature-based experience, value or dream often associated with formal roles and traditions. (W. Paul)</p>
<p></p>
<p><b>Universal</b></p>
<p><b> </b>(c)<b> </b>A globally understood sign (i.e. – meaning) that mandates care for all cultures. (W. Paul)</p>
<p></p>
<p><b>Return</b></p>
<p><b> </b>(d) To come back home; re-integrate; initiate; honor and acknowledge the sacred in all things. (W. Paul)</p>
<p></p>
<p>* * * * * * *</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/symbols-group.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3466" alt="symbols - group" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/symbols-group.png?w=640"/></a></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<h2><b>New Sharing & Return Rituals</b></h2>
<p></p>
<p><b>The Return of Ivory to Native Lands</b></p>
<p>In Chiang Mai, <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g293917-d1422414-Reviews-Thai_Elephant_Home-Chiang_Mai.html">Thailand</a>, elephants are healed and cared for on farms for visitors and locals alike. The big mammals are protected from poachers and considered sacred. Are they our equals? Can we see that Asian elephants and all earthly beings are part of a global family? That the return of stolen tusks from world-wide black markets is an act of healing, honor and learning with Nature. Tusk revenue returned to the farms support preservation and education. This program of “international return” to local care is a ritual of love, sharing and support.</p>
<p></p>
<p><b>Soil Building</b></p>
<p>With neighbors we clear grass heavy lands with controlled fires and shovels as a safety precaution and for soil building, turning-over the burnt wood and ash, adding compost from the neighborhood bins and then re-planting. With permaculture, we share knowledge and resources to keep fire on our side and to obtain healthy soils and sustainable yields.</p>
<p></p>
<p><b>Harvest Dance</b></p>
<p>Together we celebrate both Nature and Permaculture calendars, our union of science and spirit at last. Picking each crop as it matures, teaching the youth to dance, to sort, peel, prepare and cook for their sharing dance, a seasonal celebration.</p>
<p></p>
<p><b>Taking Down the Fences</b></p>
<p>Localization in the back yard! From a pragmatic point of view, taking down your fences can mean better friendships with your neighborhoods, a heightened sharing opportunity! Property lines are gone, yielding larger gardens and shared yields! Here is a return to our extended family of humans and animals, increasing views and openings to a local horizon; building resilience, trust and sharing between often fearful and isolated strangers.</p>
<p></p>
<p><b>The Convergence</b></p>
<p>The New College is born! The Convergence is a spirit recharger, a fun zone, full of agriculture lessons, dancing allowed! The Convergence brain thrust propels our union, sharing tech and spirit alike; accelerating our paradigm shift to a new land.</p>
<p><br/><b>Sharing Expo</b></p>
<p>Bring what you have, take what you need. Ask a question, make a friend! Extend the Good Will model? The Sharing Expo is a true “Win-Win”, building and sharing the new network all at once; dissolving capitalism with new rituals.</p>
<p></p>
<p align="center">* * * * * * *</p>
<p align="center"><i>Our swing dance in the mud<br/>Measuring, carrying, dumping, folding<br/>Packing, balling, throwing, spreading, smoothing<br/><strong>Community shaping</strong></i></p>
<p align="center"><i>Sacred is choosing the long view, <strong>re-loving Nature’s spirit</strong>, the shared view<br/>We are growing local heroes here</i></p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center">Excerpt: <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1906">The Cinnamon Cob Dance</a><strong>. Lyrics & Poster by W. Paul</strong></p>
<p align="center"><strong><a href="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/rosaring-drawing.gif"><img class=" wp-image-3465 alignnone" alt="rosaring-drawing" src="http://openmythsource.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/rosaring-drawing.gif?w=200&h=218" width="200" height="218"/></a> </strong></p>
<div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-rating-enabled sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3>
<p></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div></div>“Alice Greening and the East Palo Alto Permaculture Brigade” - New Myth # 36, NewMythologist.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/alice-greening-and-the-east-palo-alto-permaculture-brigade-new2013-01-20T16:17:39.000Z2013-01-20T16:17:39.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><a href="http://wp.me/p2JLqK-aQ" target="_blank"><img width="280" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868849241?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="280" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 13px;">- excerpt -</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>The East Palo Alto Permaculture Brigade was spawned from Girl Scout Troop 911 activists and a</strong> <strong>few venturous Boy Scouts and Occupiers! The only requirement to join the green rebels is to swear</strong> <strong>to uphold the principles and ethics of Permaculture.</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://wp.me/p2JLqK-aQ" target="_blank">http://wp.me/p2JLqK-aQ</a><br/></strong></p>
<p></p></div>Calling for the New Global Mythshttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/calling-for-the-new-global-myths2012-06-27T23:26:51.000Z2012-06-27T23:26:51.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868850286?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868850286?profile=original" width="515" class="align-center"/></a></p></div>“Sound Archetypes and the Four Seasons” -- Children’s Video and Documentationhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/sound-archetypes-and-the-four-seasons-children-s-video-and2016-03-07T04:04:30.000Z2016-03-07T04:04:30.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>“Sound Archetypes and the Four Seasons”</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Children’s Video and Documentation</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Media (+PDF)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2340" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2340</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2340" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868856843?profile=original" width="495" class="align-center"/></a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142585888?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sound Archetypes and the Four Seasons – Children’s Video and Documentation by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Media (+PDF).pdf</a></p></div>"Crisis Mythology" - Essays and Conversation with Myra Jackson, Dan De Lion & Willi Paul. Produced by Planetshifter.com Mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/crisis-mythology-essays-and-conversation-with-myra-jackson-dan2016-02-01T23:30:14.000Z2016-02-01T23:30:14.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5">"Crisis Mythology"</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Essays and Conversation with Myra Jackson, Dan De Lion & Willi <br/>Paul. Produced by Planetshifter.com Media</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2332" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2332</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2332" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868858198?profile=original" width="420" height="356"/></a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142585268?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Crisis Mythology - Essays and Conversation with Myra Jackson, Dan De Lion & Willi Paul.pdf</a></p></div>Band Aids for Gaiahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/band-aids-for-gaia2015-11-04T22:25:03.000Z2015-11-04T22:25:03.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">"</span><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2313" target="_blank" style="font-size: 20pt;">Band Aids for Gaia</a><span style="font-size: 20pt;">"</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> 7 new myths.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">eBook #24, Fall 2015.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> Willi Paul</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2313" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868854162?profile=original" width="334" height="453"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p></p>
<p><br/><br/></p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142578883?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BandAidsforGaia.pdf</a></p></div>“Kids, Rewilding and the New Mythology” A conversation with Dan De Lion, ReturntoNature.us and Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Media (+PDF)https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/kids-rewilding-and-the-new-mythology-a-conversation-with-dan-de2015-08-11T22:29:00.000Z2015-08-11T22:29:00.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2295" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868854896?profile=original" width="418" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span><font size="5" color="#440062">“Kids, Rewilding and the New Mythology” </font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span><font size="2">A conversation with Dan De Lion, <a href="http://www.returntonature.us/" target="_blank">ReturntoNature.us</a> </font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span><font size="2">and Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2295" target="_blank">Planetshifter.com Media</a> (+PDF)</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span>* * * *</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2295" target="_blank"><font size="3">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2295</font></a><br/></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><font size="1" color="#5B8828"><b>Kids, Rewilding and the New Mythology, A conversation with Dan </b></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><font color="#5B8828"><b>Farella, ReturntoNature.us, Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Media, Gaian </b><br/></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><font color="#5B8828"><b>teaching voice, consciousness, the symbols, altered state, conscious </b><br/></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><font color="#5B8828"><b>dreaming, Re-wilding, sweat lodge, survivalism, Nature-based magic, </b><br/></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><font color="#5B8828"><b>The Boy Scouts, mysticism, community as Hero, alchemy, Earth </b><br/></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><b><font color="#5B8828">Herbalist, Forager</font></b></p></div>“Look – In the Garden – It’s Greywater Man!” Interview with “Jeremy Watts, Food Forest Design Works” by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/look-in-the-garden-it-s-greywater-man-interview-with-jeremy2015-06-07T16:51:26.000Z2015-06-07T16:51:26.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label"></div>
<div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_199.png" alt="" title="" height="374" width="502" class="align-center"/></div>
</div>
</div>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>“Look – In the Garden – It’s Greywater Man!” Interview with “Jeremy Watts, <a href="http://www.foodforestdesignworks.com/" target="”blank”">Food Forest Design Works</a>” by Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2273" target="”blank”">Planetshifter.com Media</a></strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><em>“From my perspective there is more interest in greywater now than ten years ago. People recognize their used shower water can be beneficial to their landscapes, and the awareness is growing that we can't continue wasting and polluting water the way we've done in the past. Our relationship to water must change, and greywater is a piece of that transformation.”</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: right;"><span class="font-size-3">-- <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1400" target="”blank”">Use Greywater Now:</a> Planetshifter.com’s Interview with <strong>Laura Allen from Greywater Action</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">* * * * * * *</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Discuss your active vs. passive techniques for water re-use?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">My techniques are all passive. Diverting greywater, storing rainwater (in tanks but especially in the soil). Then there are simple ways of being creative with water indoors, such as putting a few bricks in the toilet tank to limit its refill volume, and using kitchen sink water for compost heaps or perennial beds. Another one is to keep a bucket in the shower to catch the first bit of water, before the shower heats up. After a few showers the bucket is 3/4 full and can be poured into the toilet TANK as soon as it begins to refill, after flushing.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Should a home gardener calculate the moisture content of their soil? If so, how?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">I wouldn’t bother using more than a finger to test the moisture. If it’s wet an inch or so below the surface, the roots have access to water. I’m often asked how long to program irrigation timers for. It’s surprising that most people assume around 30-minute durations as a starting point, several times a week. A rule of thumb for me is no more than 10 minutes a day, early in the morning, once or twice a week. If you really want to be conservative, give everything a good watering and then shut your irrigation off completely. Observe your plants. What are they telling you? How long before they begin to wilt and look thirsty? Find out how long your garden can go in a heat spell without water, and you’ll have your duration. Again, if you do this in a heat spell then you will be able to dial it down even more in milder weather conditions.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>What is your take on the water restrictions in places around the Bay Area? Do you police your neighborhood?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">I did recently call EBMUD on an apartment complex across the street from me actually! There was a geyser going off every couple of days (broken irrigation head), and the problem was that no one could tell me who the property owner was, otherwise I’d have contacted them directly. But no, in general I don’t police anyone. I’m more concerned about agricultural use really than I am residential. Commercial agriculture uses 50 to 80% of the state’s water, depending on who’s telling it, and this is done in seriously inefficient ways. Much is used just to wash the insects and dirt off of the harvested crops, and the overhead-sprinkler irrigation that is widely used causes much of the water to be windswept and evaporated before it hits the ground.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>What types of Bay Area food crops are faster to a yield in a hobby garden?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Radishes are fast and fairly drought-tolerant. I’m a big fan of perennial vegetables. Sunchoke, artichoke, and tree collards, for instance, withstand drought fairly well. The latter can live for a decade and provide protein-dense food 24/7 for the entire time. I can’t say that for many garden plants.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Growing food in general, whether or not they are particularly drought-tolerant plants, saves us water in the long run. For the reasons I mentioned about commercial agriculture, we can save a lot of water by growing as much of our own food as we can instead of supporting wasteful agriculture practices. This in turn would lead to a scaling-down of larger farms, which in turn would force those farms to focus more on quality in order to survive.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>But I do also think we should focus on drought-tolerant crop plants. Some of my favorites to work with are resilient in the face of drought:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">fig, olive, pomegranate, loquat, jujube, strawberry fruit tree, feijoa (or pineapple guava), carob, black walnut, blackberry, grape (blackberry and grape both have native CA varieties), prickly pear cactus, rosemary, thyme, oregano</span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>How can I build hydrophilic soil on a sun-drenched, fried-out and nutrient-deficient city lot?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">The most important thing is to keep the soil surface covered! Think of the soil as a child. If you saw a naked child lying there exposed to the elements, your instinct would be to throw a blanket over it.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Whether it’s by adding tons of organic matter (compost) or dumping a few inches or more of wood chips or straw on your planting area, the ground needs to be covered to reduce evaporation. You can also do a living mulch – that is to cover the ground with vegetation. The simplest way to do this is to use a common cover crop such as red clover, or any member of the bean/pea family. Just get a huge bag of your favorite beans next time you are at the store, and the next time it’s about to rain, till the surface of your soil and scatter the seeds by hand.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">They must be kept moist after their initial contact with water, so you may have to plan to have someone water heavily if the rain subsides over the next few days. But soon you will have a nice green carpet protecting your soil. Not only do mulches (living or not) protect the ground and your plants from drying out, they provide several other functions.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">The most obvious is that you don’t track mud in the house when you don’t have bare, exposed soil everywhere. Another is that erosion is minimized. A single raindrop hits the ground with enormous force, and without a matrix of fungi and plant roots to absorb the impact, the topsoil gets washed away. Having a buffer to absorb that shock and send the drops gently to the ground keeps the soil in place. So notice here I mentioned two benefits of using live mulches (this can be anything, trees, shrubs, anything).</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">1) The aboveground parts of the plants act as a shock absorber for the impact of the rain.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">2) The roots and associated microbes form a sponge-like, porous soil surface that absorbs water.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">And to reiterate what I said before, adding organic matter, compost, to your soil is probably the surest way to turn your soil hydrophilic (water-loving). Compost is said to be able to hold up to 20 times its weight in water! Combine this with an evaporation shield (mulch) and you get to store all of that water right in the ground where your plants can access it at leisure. Yet another function of mulch is creating habitat for beneficial insects and microbes. This is a whole topic unto itself.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">A healthy micro-biome is critical to a garden’s health. Look into the work of Dr. Elaine Ingham and the Soil Food Web movement for more info. And finally, mulching reduces weeds! Nature abhors a vacuum, so if you leave a place exposed nature will put something there to cover it. Find a sprawling groundcover plant that you really like and use it to fill that niche instead. It’s not a weed if you intend it to be there. Sheet-mulching (applying cardboard before the woodchips) in my experience reduces the presence of weeds by probably 95%.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>What the hell do I do with my compost? I don’t have a garden….</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Start or join a community garden. There are vacant lots everywhere. Or see how many tomatoes you can grow on your patio or balcony. They make little compost tumblers for these situations. Worm bins are also a fun and (and more kid-friendly) way to turn your kitchen scraps into black gold. Chickens also will make good use of your food scraps.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>I saw a video online about sheet mulching. Is this typically a group effort? Isn‘t the ink on the cardboard toxic to the soil?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">It certainly is more fun when it’s a group effort, but it’s an extremely low-labor task compared to most other gardening jobs. Cardboard is free, too. Bicycle shops, big appliance stores, any place that deals with large boxes is usually happy to give it away. They also sell rolls of it at hardware stores if you don’t like breaking boxes down. As for the ink, there is some controversy of opinion there. Some believe that the inky chemicals are neutralized by the soil fungi pretty immediately. But the issue is largely irrelevant to me, since its only tender annuals like lettuce and things that you’d be worried about, and annual beds don’t get sheet mulched just because it would be such a hassle to dig through it twice a year. Instead a simple layer of straw is usually used.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">For larger areas such as patios and paths, as well as areas planted with perennials, even fruiting trees, vines and shrubs, cardboard is considered safer. Plants have barriers that don’t allow toxins to enter the fruit. This is why they tell you that if you have lead contamination not to plant leaf- or root-vegetables, but fruit is generally thought to be okay. I would love to see some scientific research in this area.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>My neighbor has seriously neglected his sprinkler system. There are exposed black plastic pipes all over the beds and the lawn. How would you start to access this scene?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">As I said, keep everything covered. The sprinklers can be converted to drip, which instead of spraying indiscriminately everywhere, sends small amounts of water to each plant. Having even drip tubes exposed to the sun, however, will shorten their life. Keep everything covered.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>There are lots of water-conserving techniques out there. Google some of these:</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Ollas</strong> – unglazed clay pots with narrow necks, and without holes - and fill them with water. They attract sub-surface plant roots which suck water from them as needed, never wasting any.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Wicking Beds</strong> – raised beds which are irrigated from beneath the plant root zone and wick up moisture, seriously reducing the sun’s evaporative effects.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Sunken Beds</strong> – beds that are lower than the surrounding paths. Water naturally flows down into them rather than running off quickly, as in most raised beds.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Swales</strong> – contour ditches that catch and store water for a few days, allowing it to seep into the ground, recharging the landscape.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Curb Cuts</strong> – using a concrete saw to open sections of street curbs to channel street flow from rain events into gardens.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">* * * * * *</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Jeremy’s Bio-</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Jeremy Watts is the owner of Food Forest Design Works, an ecological gardening and consulting business in the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds certificates in Landscape Horticulture, Nursery Management and Permaculture Design from Merritt College in Oakland, as well as a Greywater Specialist Certification from the EPA- approved QWEL (Quality Water-Efficient Landscaper) program. He has studied broad-scale water-management strategies with Darren Doherty (author of the Regrarians Handbook) and Mark Shepard (author of Restoration Agriculture), and co-operates a small fruit tree nursery in Oakland.</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Connections –</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Jeremy Watts, Owner</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.foodforestdesignworks.com/" target="”blank”">Food Forest Design Works</a></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">Jeremyjwatts at gmail.com</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">510-904-7576</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Willi Paul, Transition Consultant</strong></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.willipaul.com/" target="”blank”">willipaul.com</a> | <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/" target="”blank”">Planetshifter.com Media</a></span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">@planetshifter @openmythsource @PermacultureXch</span><br/> <span class="font-size-3">415-407-4688 | willipaul1 at gmail.com</span></p>
<p></p></div>“Mythology, Spirit and Permaculture” - 8th Annual Northwest Permaculture Convergence, 8/28 – 30https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/mythology-spirit-and-permaculture-8th-annual-northwest2015-08-04T15:07:03.000Z2015-08-04T15:07:03.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2292" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/74422846?profile=original" width="421" class="align-center" height="455"/></a></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">“Mythology, Spirit and Permaculture”</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Willi Paul, Michael </span><br/><span class="font-size-3">"Skeeter" Pilarski and Alice Stroud present at the 8th Annual </span><br/><span class="font-size-3">Northwest Permaculture Convergence, 8/28 – 30; River Road </span><br/><span class="font-size-3">Recreation Center, Eugene, OR. PR by Planetshifter.com Media</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2292" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2292</a><br/></span></p></div>"The Stuff that Isn't Going Away" Poem by Willi Paul Planetshifter.com Mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/the-stuff-that-isn-t-going-away-poem-by-willi-paul-planetshifter2015-06-23T17:01:50.000Z2015-06-23T17:01:50.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label"> </div>
<div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2280" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_125.jpg?width=383" width="383" class="align-center"/></a></div>
</div>
</div>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>"The Stuff that Isn't Going Away"</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>Poem by Willi Paul <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2280" target="”blank”">Planetshifter.com Media</a></strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Bacon and Eggs Suburbia The Car Wash</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>The Confederate Flag Curb Crud</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>B.O. Vietnam War Meat & Potatoes</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Poor Folk The Moon Monday Mornings</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>The Dump Prisons Jesus on the Cross</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Detroit Love for Dad Smart Phones</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Nuclear Waste Pot Bellies Gay Pride</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Volcanoes Dandelions Joseph Campbell</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Highways Soap Operas Heart.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p></p></div>“Examining the Sharing Vision in the Transition Movement” – Values > Customs > Initiations > Traditions > New Mythology (“the Sequence”). By Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/examining-the-sharing-vision-in-the-transition-movement-values2015-07-05T20:39:21.000Z2015-07-05T20:39:21.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2285" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/74422744?profile=original" width="397" class="align-center" height="311"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14791" style="text-align: center;"><span class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14790"><font size="5" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15040">“Examining the Sharing Vision</font></span></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" style="text-align: center;"><span class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14790"><font size="5" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15040">in the Transition Movement”</font></span></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331"><span class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14790"><font size="5" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15040"> </font></span></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14791" style="text-align: center;"><span class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14918"><font size="3" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15025">– Values > Customs > Initiations > Traditions > New Mythology (“the Sequence”). </font></span></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14791" style="text-align: center;"><span class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14942"><font size="3" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15026">By Willi Paul, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/228" class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14887" name="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14887">Planetshifter.com Media</a></font></span></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14791" style="text-align: center;"><span class="yiv1324635331"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14791"><span class="yiv1324635331"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14791" dir="ltr"><span class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15211"><font color="#5B8828" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15536"><b id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15587"><font size="3" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15663">E X C E R P T</font><font size="5"> </font></b></font></span></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14791" dir="ltr"><span class="yiv1324635331"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14791"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14792"><span class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14794">'<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.worldwatch.org/transformingcultures/contents/traditions/" class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14793" name="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14793">Rituals and taboos</a></span> play an important role in human lives and help reinforce norms, behaviors, relationships and also in … rites of passage, holidays, political rituals, and even daily actions that can be redirected from moments that stimulate consumption to those that reconnect people with the planet and remind them of their dependence on Earth for continued well-being.’</div>
<div class="yiv1324635331"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14792"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14795">* * * * * * *</div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14800"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14801"><span class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14858">Defining the Sequence Terms –</span></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14801"><span class="yiv1324635331"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14802">A personal <span class="yiv1324635331"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_%28personal_and_cultural%29" class="yiv1324635331">value</a></span> is an individual's absolute or relative and ethical value, the assumption of which can be the basis for ethical action. A value system is a set of consistent values and measures. A principle value is a foundation upon which other values and measures of integrity are based.</div>
<div class="yiv1324635331"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14802"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14803">A <span class="yiv1324635331"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/custom" class="yiv1324635331">Custom</a></span> is an action or way of behaving that is usual and traditional among the people in a particular group or place.</div>
<div class="yiv1324635331"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14803"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14804"><span class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15100"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiation" class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15099" name="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15099">Initiation</a></span> is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense it can also signify a transformation in which the initiate is 'reborn' into a new role.</div>
<div class="yiv1324635331"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14804"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14805">A <span class="yiv1324635331"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradition" class="yiv1324635331">tradition</a></span> is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A number of factors can exacerbate the loss of tradition, including industrialization, globalization, and the assimilation or marginalization of specific cultural groups.</div>
<div class="yiv1324635331"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14805"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14806"><span class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15350"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2245" class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15349" name="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15349">New Mythology</a></span> – as proposed by W. Paul.</div>
<div class="yiv1324635331"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14807" style="text-align: center;"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_14807" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2285" id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15217" name="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15217"><b id="yiv1324635331yui_3_16_0_1_1436024009702_15313">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2285</b></a></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"></div>
<div class="yiv1324635331" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"></div></div>"Integrating Permaculture, Transition, and Mythology in the Chaos Age" - eBook #21. Conversations with Willi Paul and Authors Gregory Gronbacher, Peter Ruddock, Douglas Williamson, Arthur George, Garyhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/integrating-permaculture-transition-and-mythology-in-the-chaos2015-05-20T13:03:57.000Z2015-05-20T13:03:57.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label"> </div>
<div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2270" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_193.png?width=440" width="440" class="align-center"/></a></div>
</div>
</div>
<p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>"Integrating Permaculture, Transition, and Mythology in the Chaos Age" -</strong> <a href="http://communityalchemy.com/eBook21/eBook21.pdf" target="blank">eBook #21</a>. Conversations with Willi Paul and Authors Gregory Gronbacher, Peter Ruddock, Douglas Williamson, Arthur George, Gary Z McGee, Margo Meck, Stephen Gerringer and Ray Grigg. <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2270" target="blank">Planetshifter.com Magazine.</a></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><em>“Our future depends on our willingness to abandon worn-out methodologies and outdated ways of reading the Judeo-Christian myths. These grand narratives must be read again with fresh eyes, the advantages of science, and our better modern sensibilities. To continue to read them in literalist fashion is to harm the original intent of the ancient authors, the underlying truth of the texts, and to ruin any opportunity for our culture to once again embrace their underlying sanity.”<br/></em> - <a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2263" target="blank">Gregory Gronbacher</a></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">* * * * * * *</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://communityalchemy.com/eBook21/eBook21.pdf" target="blank">eBook #21 Download</a></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2270" target="blank"> </a></span></p>
<p></p>
<p></p></div>Review & Complete Lyrics’ of Neil Young’s Monsanto Years with Promise of the Real by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/review-complete-lyrics-of-neil-young-s-monsanto-years-with2015-06-29T22:53:41.000Z2015-06-29T22:53:41.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><div class="yiv9170065021" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2453"><span class="yiv9170065021" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2452"><font size="7" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2881"> <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2283" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868855452?profile=original" width="380" class="align-center" height="365"/></a></font></span></div>
<div class="yiv9170065021" style="text-align: center;"><font size="7" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2881">“<span id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_3320">Pray for Seeds</span>”</font> </div>
<div class="yiv9170065021"></div>
<div class="yiv9170065021" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2453"><span class="yiv9170065021" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2882">Review & Complete Lyrics’ of Neil Young’s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.neilyoung.com/monsanto/" class="yiv9170065021" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2884" name="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2884">Monsanto Years</a> with Promise of the Real by Willi Paul, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2283" class="yiv9170065021" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2460" name="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2460">Planetshifter.com Media</a></span></div>
<div class="yiv9170065021"></div>
<div class="yiv9170065021" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2453"></div>
<div dir="ltr" class="yiv9170065021" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2450">Over-lamped and godlessly distorted, Neil Young rips another anti-anti mp3missile with pants on fire Promise of the Real. “The Monsanto Years” hawks back to the troubled sounds of Sleeps with Angels (‘94) with a blasted mainline histo-buzz from “Rust Never Sleeps and a duster of “Prairie Wind” blown in.</div>
<div dir="ltr" class="yiv9170065021"></div>
<div dir="ltr" class="yiv9170065021" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2450"></div>
<div dir="ltr" class="yiv9170065021" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2450"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2283" id="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2711" name="yiv9170065021yui_3_16_0_1_1435617868956_2711">Read the rest!</a></div></div>“The Tree Pod Community” – “Resilience with Nature in the Permaculture & Transition Era” by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/the-tree-pod-community-resilience-with-nature-in-the2015-07-25T14:26:25.000Z2015-07-25T14:26:25.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2290" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/74422828?profile=original" width="504" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br/>“The Tree Pod Community” – “Resilience with Nature in the <br/>Permaculture & Transition Era” by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com <br/>Media</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2290" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2290</a></p></div>Interview with Delaney Pearson, Community Rights Lane County (OR) by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/interview-with-delaney-pearson-community-rights-lane-county-or-by2015-05-31T14:11:02.000Z2015-05-31T14:11:02.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label"></div>
<div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_197.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-standard"/></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>Interview with Delaney Pearson, <a href="http://communityrightslanecounty.org/" target="”blank”">Community Rights Lane County</a> (OR) by Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2271" target="”blank”">Planetshifter.com Media</a></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p><em>”Community Rights Lane County (CRLC) educates citizens about our rights to local community governance. We believe decisions affecting communities must be made by community residents – the people affected by these decisions and laws. We believe corporate structures should not have privileges that elevate corporate interests above community rights.”</em></p>
<p>Please see helpful articles from CRLC on the following topics -</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://communityrightslanecounty.org/basic-cr-education" target="”blank”">Basic Community Rights Education</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://communityrightslanecounty.org/community-rights-oregon" target="”blank”">Community Rights Around Oregon</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://communityrightslanecounty.org/community-rights-around-the-country/" target="”blank”">Community Rights Around the Country</a></strong></p>
<p></p>
<p>* * * * * * *</p>
<p><strong>Interview with Delaney by Willi -</strong></p>
<p><strong>How are you using the system to change it?</strong></p>
<p>We’re in the system, and to some extent, we must use the system to change it. But we also need to step outside of the ‘box of allowable activism’ in order to see that the system is rigged in favor of the Corporations.</p>
<p>People have inherent rights established by our constitutions, amendments, initiative processes, etc. But they are buried under years of re-centralized power, where regulations, originally crafted to protect these rights, are now rewritten by the Corporations. The permit process is a good example of why people need to approach our challenges differently.</p>
<p>Our best approach is the initiative system – one of the last remnants of our right to local self-government in action – where we can write and pass laws that protect the people’s health, safety, and welfare at the community level, instead of the corporate-written laws that advance corporate profits over people and the planet. These people’s laws strengthen our right to govern ourselves free from corporate interference, and fundamentally challenge the existing structure of law that has been manufactured to advance corporate interests over the people’s well-being.</p>
<p><strong>What are the historical foundations for the emerging community rights movement?</strong></p>
<p>Well, we can go back to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, or here in Oregon, Article 1, Section 1 of our State Constitution where ‘all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority’. These documents or declarations often emerge from confrontations with oppressive powers. Look at the abolitionist and suffragette struggles; community rights movements are definitely part of our history.</p>
<p>When existing laws violate human and natural rights, protests, civil disobedience, and legal challenges ensue. People don’t want to break laws just to have clean water or to prevent eminent domain or to stop Corporations from destabilizing their communities, but when the system of law is broken, what other choices do they have?</p>
<p><strong>How does “self-governance” work in your vision?</strong></p>
<p>I think we already see what self-governance could look like – it just isn’t sustainable. When communities initiate local food markets, when small businesses set up shop, when organizations work on behalf of homeless populations, when environmental groups organize to stop pipelines and fracking, those are all attempts at self-governance. And it ‘works’ when powerful interests cannot overturn the will of the people. If a community decides they want GMO labeling for their food, then any Corporation doing business in their town will need to abide by their rules. It’s really just democracy in action.</p>
<p>However, as people in communities nationwide, we need to take the next logical step to pass local laws that protect our health, safety, and welfare because this is self-governance. We need to remind our government that it works for the benefit of the people, and not corporations. Until our government and legal system get that straight, we the people have to do it ourselves.</p>
<p><strong>Is CRLC advocating succession from local, county and State governments?</strong></p>
<p>No. We don’t want to break away and build new governments; we just want ours to function on behalf of the people, instead of the Corporations.</p>
<p><strong>Don’t we, as shareholders, own and direct the corporations?</strong></p>
<p>It’s an argument currently employed by University Presidents and Foundation leaders who reject calls for fossil-fuel divestment; many of these institutions argue that they have more leverage holding shares in these companies than they would if they sold them off. The most glaring problem with this line of reasoning is the lack of evidence that they are helping drive these Big Corporations away from harm and toward better business practices. I’m not saying that it never happens, but the amount of energy and organization just to get these people to the table…, and then we’re still stuck with a structure of law that rules for the corporations almost every single time.</p>
<p>But most people are not shareholders of the multinational corporations that are running this country right now, and we’re stuck with suffering the decisions of corporate shareholders who lives hundreds and thousands of miles away from our communities. The corporations’ singular duty is to make profit for its shareholders – who are not us. We can’t expect corporations to put people over profit, but we can expect that our government is authorized to manage corporations so that both corporations and government work for the best interests of the people.</p>
<p><strong>What are your favorite fiction or non-fiction stories from your work with CRLC?</strong></p>
<p>Most people remember pivotal moments from their lives where what they believed to be true, was no longer true. We hear story after story about the first time people heard <strong>Thomas Linzey</strong>, the environmental attorney and CELDF’s Executive Director, speak about the failure of environmental laws and how they’ve been battered about in a system of rules created by the big polluters. Many people in Oregon first came into contact with Linzey at the PIELC, the annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference.</p>
<p>And if you didn’t see him at the event, someone sent you a link to the video. He relayed several stories about people trying to protect their homes, land, and water - people who were repeatedly told, often by their own government, that they did not have the right to say no to corporate harms.</p>
<p>It’s astonishing to arrive at the realization that our structure of law works great for Corporations but no longer recognizes (real) people as having those same rights. The very framework we were brought up to believe in is now more fantasy than reality. It’s a pretty powerful thing when you wake up to this fact.</p>
<p><strong>Tell us about the Charter Amendment to Protect the Right to a Local Food System by <a href="http://www.localfoodrights.com/" target="blank">LocalFoodRights.com</a></strong></p>
<p>This Charter Amendment will protect our local food system – local farmers, farmers’ markets, community–supported agriculture and more – by recognizing our community’s right to local food and by banning GMO agriculture. We will pass this law in defiance of state law that tells us our community cannot say no to corporate agriculture. We cannot stand idly by while our local food system is exterminated by Big Ag.</p>
<p>This Charter Amendment is a part of a triumvirate of local initiatives that seek to protect the people’s right to self-government by law, as well as the community’s health, safety, and welfare, which includes economic and environmental well-being. We must proactively seize our authority as We the People to protect ourselves, families and community from corporate control. To do nothing, it too accepts that status quo in which corporations reign.</p>
<p><strong>What other State, regional and national groups are you partnering with?</strong></p>
<p>The Oregon Community Rights Network, the National Community Rights Network, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), Support Local Food Rights (SLFR) and 350.org/Eugene.</p>
<p><strong>What is your worst fear and greatest hope for the future?</strong></p>
<p>One of my worst fears is being realized. Just look at Denton, Texas. A local community passes a law to ban fracking, and now banning fracking is illegal. Through the current system of law, Texas ruled that Corporations have the power to tell communities that they must endure the externalities of a hazardous and polluting industry. This is a blatant refusal to recognize people as rights bearing citizens with the power to determine how they want to live their lives. It’s no longer deal making in the back room, we’re being told to our face to go away. When your government argues for ruinous corporations and tells the electorate to get lost, we’re in big trouble.</p>
<p>My greatest hope for the future is that these very public confrontations help wake people up. The adage ‘united we stand, divided we fall’ is staring us down. It’s in our best interest to realize the truth and work together to change the system, because the Corporations will not alter harmful behaviors on their own. We the People need to work together and change the system now.</p>
<p>* * * * * * *</p>
<p><strong>Delaney Pearson’s Bio-</strong></p>
<p>Delaney is an avid cyclist from California who is learning to love the Oregon rain and mud splatter up her backside. She currently sits on the board of 350.org/ Eugene and on the steering committee for Community Rights Lane County. She works on media and messaging for both organizations and co-leads a writing group for women concerned about climate. She has a minor degree in Economics from Foothill College and a BA from Harvard University.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Connections –</strong></p>
<p><strong>Delaney Pearson</strong>, CRLC Media<br/> <a href="http://communityrightslanecounty.org/" title="http://communityrightslanecounty.org/">http://communityrightslanecounty.org/</a><br/> delaneybikes at gmail.com</p>
<p>National Website - <a href="http://www.celdf.org/" title="http://www.celdf.org">http://www.celdf.org</a><br/> Facebook: Community Rights Lane County<br/> Twitter: @ORCommRightsLC</p>
<p><strong>Willi Paul</strong> Transition Consultant<br/> <a href="http://www.willipaul.com/" target="”blank”">willipaul.com</a> | <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/" target="”blank”">planetshifter.com media</a><br/> @planetshifter @openmythsource @PermacultureXch<br/> 415-407-4688 | <a href="mailto:willipaul1@gmail.com">willipaul1@gmail.com</a></p>
<p></p></div>“Neighborhood Mythology Program” – A Curriculum Vision by Willi Paul, CommunityAlchemy.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/neighborhood-mythology-program-a-curriculum-vision-by-willi-paul2015-04-28T15:21:10.000Z2015-04-28T15:21:10.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-label"> </div>
<div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><a href="Multi-month,%20shared%20journey%20into%20self%20with%20neighbors,%20Build%20a%20Mentor%20program%20that%20creates%20new%20teachers%20with%20seniors%20as%20practitioners,%20Integration%20of%20all%20kids%20and%20their%20families%20and%20parents%20in%20a%20structured%20Initiation%20process%20,%20%E2%80%9CScale%20Up%E2%80%9D:%20Start%20small,%20local,%20and%20build%20up,%20connect%20the%20network%20thru%20shared%20experiences%20and%20new%20myths,%20Transition%20from%20the%20old%20system%20to%20the%20new%20system,%20Experiential%20Learning,%20Theory,%20Collaboration,%20Risk%20Taking,%20Visioning,%20resilience,%20new%20rituals,%20new%20alchemy%20/%20archetypes,%20new%20symbols,%20initiations,%20journey%20&%20community%20Heroes,%20Improved%20Writing,%20Illustration%20and%20Storytelling%20Skills" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_185.png?width=501" width="501" class="align-center"/></a></div>
</div>
</div>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>“Neighborhood Mythology Program” – A Curriculum Vision by Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2264" target="”blank”">CommunityAlchemy.com</a></strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Curriculum Outline</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>5 Point Introduction –</strong></p>
<p>Multi-month, shared journey into self with neighbors<br/> Build a Mentor program that creates new teachers with seniors as practitioners<br/> Integration of all kids and their families and parents in a structured Initiation process<br/> “Scale Up”: Start small, local, and build up, connect the network thru shared experiences and new myths<br/> Transition from the old system to the new system</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>5 Learning Modes –</strong></p>
<p>Experiential Learning<br/> Theory<br/> Collaboration<br/> Risk Taking<br/> Visioning</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>5 Themes –</strong></p>
<p>1. <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2254" target="”blank”">resilience</a> and <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2255" target="”blank”">mythology</a><br/> 2. <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2240" target="”blank”">new rituals</a><br/> 3. <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2194" target="”blank”">new alchemy / archetypes</a><br/> 4. <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1908" target="”blank”">new symbols</a><br/> 5. <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2226" target="”blank”">initiations, journey & community Heroes</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>5 Activities @ 5 Neighborhood Venues –</strong></p>
<p>Creative Collaborations @ Coffee House<br/> Nature /Spirit & Permaculture @ <a href="http://beaconfoodforest.org/" target="”blank”">Food Forest</a><br/> <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1502" target="”blank”">Transition Incubator</a> @ Neighborhood Center<br/> <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2247" target="”blank”">Sharing & Celebrations</a> @ Fire Ring<br/> <a href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/" target="”blank”">Myth Lab</a> @ Old Church: artifacts, old myths and new myths</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>5 Desired Outcomes –</strong></p>
<p>Transition Movement: Awareness and Building<br/> Revitalized Power of Old Mythology<br/> Enhanced neighborhood and community trust<br/> Improved Writing, Illustration and Storytelling Skills<br/> Spreading Permaculture and Transition Values</p></div>“A Myth and a Prayer” – Article and Conversation about Mythology with Gregory Gronbacher and Willi Paul from Planetshifter.com Mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/a-myth-and-a-prayer-article-and-conversation-about-mythology2015-04-25T16:18:09.000Z2015-04-25T16:18:09.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<p><b><a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2263" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/74422728?profile=original" width="371" class="align-center" height="365"/></a></b></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><b>“A Myth and a Prayer” – Article and Conversation about Mythology with <a href="http://aspaceinbetween.com/2015/04/13/looking-back-to-look-forward-explorations-in-comparative-mythology/">Gregory Gronbacher</a> and Willi Paul from <a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2263">Planetshifter.com Media</a></b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p>< <span style="color: #ff0000;"><b>E X C E R P T</b></span> ></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Willi: I am creating new Nature-born and modern community sharing rituals. Spiritual not religious in construct. Do you share this calling? Any examples?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Gregory:</strong> Well, that depends on how you define spiritual and religious. If by spiritual and not religious you mean non-restrictive, relying less on institutions, free-flowing, open, and allowing for personalization, then sure. But if you mean “anything goes”, no intellectual foundations, fuzzy thinking, no boundaries, no principles – then I can share much of your efforts, but will likely find them without adequate foundations to endure or be meaningful in a communal setting. If spirituality becomes too idiosyncratic, it becomes difficult to ground community around such.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Willi: Can the community be the hero now?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Gregory:</strong> Yes, I think we may be witnessing a move away from the unhealthy individualism that has us all embarking on isolated quests toward an awareness that we are moving forward, evolving in a collective, communal way. The best journeys are a mix of personal and communal affairs. Additionally, the notion of the separation of the individual from the community is somewhat artificial.</p>
<p></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2263">http://planetshifter.com/node/2263</a></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p></p></div>Willi Paul Brings Mythic Roundtable to Davis Arts Center, 2/19https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/willi-paul-brings-mythic-roundtable-to-davis-arts-center-2-192015-02-05T16:25:15.000Z2015-02-05T16:25:15.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<p>Bay area mythologist and publisher Willi Paul will present the <b>Davis Mythic Roundtable</b>: “ <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2238">Tools an</a><u>d</u> <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2238"> Inspiration for Creating New Myth</a><u>s</u>” from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Davis Arts Center, 1919 F Street, Davis, CA, 95616. Willi just completed his <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2241">Santa Barbara Roundtable</a> on January 22, 2015.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Paul will read one his recently published “ <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/56">New Myth</a><u>s</u>” and engineer a live “ <a href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/">Myth La</a><u>b</u>” exercise that will generate a new myth with audience participation. Writers, artists, mythologists, storytellers, teachers and activists are encouraged to attend the roundtable.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Paul is active in the sustainability, permaculture (locally sustainable agriculture), transition, sacred nature, new alchemy and mythology spaces since the launch of <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2115">PlanetShifter.com Magazine</a> on Earth Day 2009. Paul’s personal network now includes four websites: <a href="http://communityalchemy.com/"> CommunityAlchemy.co</a><u>m</u>; <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/"> Planetshifter.com Magazine;</a> <a href="http://newmythologist.com/"> NewMythology.com;</a> <a href="http://openmythsource.com/"> openmythsource.com</a><u>.</u></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Two movements propel his vision. <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2195">Permaculture</a> is a new agricultural design system that promotes local and renewable resources. <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2237"> Transition</a> is building resilience in local communities through sharing and reskilling gatherings.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>“There is a do-or-die episode coming for humans on this planet, a Chaos and Post-Chaos Era where resources and friendships will be severely tested,” Paul said. “Those among us, who can manifest a new community spirit in which bankers become teachers, and teachers become farmers, may see the dawn of the Post-Chaos Era.”</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In August 2012, Paul put on the workshop “<a href="http://openmythsource.com/2012/09/04/mapping-future-myths-for-the-transition/">Mapping Future Myths for the Transitio</a><u>n</u>” the first Study of</p>
<p>Myth Symposium at the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Montecito.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Paul held a <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2186">free eWorkshop:</a> “Building the Future - with New Global Mythology” on June 18, 2014. He also put on “Tools and Inspiration for Creating New Myths,” a free online roundtable on Nov. 18, 2014.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>See the <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2229"> event summary and transcript.</a> Paul founded New Global Mythology group at the <a href="http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/">Dept</a><u>h</u> <a href="http://www.depthpsychologyalliance.com/"> Psychology Alliance</a> and the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostRecent=&gid=5080106&trk=my_groups-tile-flipgrp"> LinkedIn group,</a> “New Mythology, Permaculture & Transition.”</p>
<p> </p>
<p>He has three Twitter accounts: @planetshifter; @openmythsource; and @PermacultureXch, which have generated over 5,150 followers. On Google +, he is the founder the Permaculture Age group, with 368 members.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Mr. Paul has produced 19 <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2115">eBooks</a> and more than 375 <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1423">interviews</a> with thought leaders in mythology, permaculture and sustainability.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><b>CONTACT:</b> Willi Paul @ 415-407-4688 | willipaul1@gmail.com</p></div>Event Transcription Excerpt and Database - Santa Barbara Mythic Roundtable by Willi Paul. Granada Books, Santa Barbara, CA. 1/22/15https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/event-transcription-excerpt-and-database-santa-barbara-mythic2015-01-31T20:20:45.000Z2015-01-31T20:20:45.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<div id="content"><div id="content-inner"><div id="content-area"><div class="node node-mine node-type-axis_image" id="node-2241"><div class="node-inner"><div class="content zen-zen-zen"><div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2241" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_159.png" class="align-center" width="439" height="772"/></a></div>
</div>
</div>
<p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2241" target="blank">Event Transcription Excerpt and Database</a> - Santa Barbara Mythic Roundtable by Willi Paul. Granada Books, Santa Barbara, CA. 1/22/15</strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p>Bay area mythologist and entrepreneur Willi Paul presented the Santa Barbara Roundtable: “Mythic Roundtable: Tools and Inspiration for Creating New Myths” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 22 at the Granada Book Store, 1224 State St., Santa Barbara.</p>
<p>Paul read one his recently published “<a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/56" target="”blank”">New Myths</a>” and engineered a live “<a href="http://openmythsource.com/myth-lab/" target="”blank">Myth Lab</a>” exercise that will helped to generate a new myth with the audience. Writers, artists, mythologists, storytellers, teachers and attended the Roundtable.</p>
<p>Paul is active in the sustainability, permaculture, transition, sacred nature, new alchemy and mythology spaces since the launch of <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/" target="”blank”">PlanetShifter.com Magazine</a> on Earth Day 2009.</p>
<p>Complete Event Transcription and Video Available Upon Request</p>
<p></p>
<p><br/> <strong>Key Roundtable Topics List :</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">CJ Jung, and James Hillman</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">personal transformation</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">Danny Deardorff</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">personal mythology</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">archetypes</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">symbols</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">permaculture</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">transition</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">internet</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">Willi Paul</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">alchemy</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">Nature</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">graffiti</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">chemical process of transformation</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">the journey to a new myth</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">folklore</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">anarchism</span><br/> <span style="color: #800000;">Greek mythology</span></p>
<p></p>
<p><br/> <strong>Archive for Santa Barbara Mythic Roundtable Materials</strong><br/> (pdf - see <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2241" target="_blank">end of post</a>)</p>
<p></p>
<p>* Program Schedule</p>
<p>* Poster</p>
<p>* <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1855" target="”blank”">The Transition River Lovers</a>. New Myth 18 by Willi Paul</p>
<p>* Transcription Excerpt - Santa Barbara Mythic Roundtable. 1/22/15.</p>
<p>* Santa Barbara Mythic Roundtable Program Images (Boards)</p>
<p>* Santa Barbara Mythic Roundtable Press Release by Ray Estrada</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div></div>“Prometheus EV” – “Gaia 2.0 and the Myth Coders” - New Myth #69 by Willi Paul, planetshifter.com mediahttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/prometheus-ev-gaia-2-0-and-the-myth-coders-new-myth-69-by-willi2015-04-19T22:25:42.000Z2015-04-19T22:25:42.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2261" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/74422726?profile=original" width="354" class="align-center" height="549"/></a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2261" target="_blank"><font size="3">“Prometheus EV” – “Gaia 2.0 and the Myth Coders” - New Myth #69 by Willi Paul, planetshifter.com media</font></a></h2>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>< <font color="#9D1811">excerpt</font> ></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"></p>
<p>Algae conjured up the Myth Stimulator apparatus while back country camping in Yosemite. The dome’s latex, interactive doom structure hold up the tent has been transmuted for high tech, mythic voyages. In a recent dream his ceiling came alive with images and sounds and he could touch and change the content at will.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The internal ceiling surface of the chamber is constructed of a soft, pliable fabric that implants mikes, cams or other source data that is held up by external frame like a dome tent; contiguous or seamless ceiling “cage” wrapped in an egg shape like an enlarged jet cockpit; opaque when not in use.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Chimera and Blazer have been dreaming in sleeping bags, wombed at H-P Innovation Lab 3, compiling code 24/7 and living off of brown bananas and kale smoothies. The three sponsors each have a stake in the new <b>JourneyMaker software</b> that aims to somehow integrate past, present and future through a new mythology lens.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Many in the Valley see this project as the most important incubator tech in recent time. Team Prometheus EV cares less about technology patients than<b> initiating Gaia 2</b>.</p>
<p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2261" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2261</a></p></div>The Resilience Center for the Transition (RCT) with Site Plan (PDF). A Permaculture & Reskilling Vision by Willi Paul, CommunityAlchemy.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/the-resilience-center-for-the-transition-rct-with-site-plan-pdf-a2015-03-23T17:27:26.000Z2015-03-23T17:27:26.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2254" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/74422630?profile=original" width="428" class="align-center" height="581"/></a></p>
<p></p>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3886"><span class="font-size-3"><strong><span id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3885">The Resilience Center for the Transition (RCT) with Site Plan (PDF). A Permaculture & Reskilling Vision by Willi Paul, <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_7095" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2254" name="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_7095">CommunityAlchemy.com</a></span></strong></span></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class"><strong><span class="yiv2087891333class"> </span></strong></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3881"><em class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3884">Reskilling is a word describing a process of (re)learning skills we never learned, forgot to learn, or don’t remember we learned from parents, grandparents or others in our communities. Reskilling builds resilience. These are practical skills for sustainable living, and include how to maintain, preserve, uphold, sustain and create resilience in our lives on practical levels.</em></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3881"><em class="yiv2087891333class"> </em></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3880">A large version <span class="yiv2087891333class">site plan</span> (PDF) is attached at the end of this post.</div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3880"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3879">* * * * * * * *</div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3879"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3878">By re-using and configuring a set of 12 40 foot steel shipping containers, a space in <span class="yiv2087891333class">an empty corner lot</span> can be transitioned into a resilient reskilling and sharing opportunity with a permaculture garden.</div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3878"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3788">In the vision, the sidewalk provides an edge. <span class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3882">The containers are the second edge here </span>. A third functional edge is the adjacent refuse and compost area, both educational opportunities in junction with the demo spaces and garden. It is envisioned that a tent be erected in this area to facilitate share fairs and classes.</div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3788"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3843"><span class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3842">RCT is a business skills and services incubator and community coalition builder.</span></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3843"><span class="yiv2087891333class"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3844">The 12 large containers offer several ways to <span class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3883">integrate community outreach</span>. In this vision, 8 units are dedicated to reskilling and healthy food service. Others uses include:</div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3844"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3845">1 – Garden tools and electric box<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>1 – Restroom<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>1 – Store<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>1 – Administration</div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3845"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3846"><span class="yiv2087891333class">Security</span> is multi-fold and integrated and includes installing the containers on the ground, preventing access. Gates with locks with smart placement of the garden paths are mandated – as is a calculated lightning regime.</div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3846"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3847">While RCT is not a “food truck compound without wheels,” it is a blend of food for sale with educational and sharing opportunities, especially when fresh garden faire is available. Green technology is possible. Greywater and solar systems for example, would be terrific.</div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3848"><span class="yiv2087891333class"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3848"><span class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3858">RCT Demo Ideas -</span></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3848"><span class="yiv2087891333class"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3849">Yoga for Life<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>Fruit Tree Pruning<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>Permaculture Garden Design and Maintenance<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>Basic Clothing Repair<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>Vegan Cooking Basics<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>New Stories for Resilience Myths<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>Making Seed Bombs<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>Cooperative games<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>Basic Plumbing<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>Building a Hoop House for the Garden<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>Basic Bike Repair and Maintenance<br clear="none" class="yiv2087891333class"/>Bee Keeping</div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3849"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3850">* * * * * * *</div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3850"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3856"><span class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3855">Please see other community designs visions by Willi –</span></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3856"><span class="yiv2087891333class"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3852"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3851" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2170" name="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3851">”Barn Dance Media Center” (BDMC). “Integrated Accelerator for the Permaculture & Transition Movement”.</a></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3852"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3854"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3853" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2240" name="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3853">“blood, soil, seed” – “An Integrated System to Create New Permaculture & Transition Rituals & Myths”.</a></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3854"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3934"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3946" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2208" name="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3946">“The Permaculture Grid.” A Prototype for the Post-Chaos Era. New Myth #63.</a></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3934"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3935"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3945" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2177" name="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3945">The Permaculture Convenience Store” – Vision Plan.</a></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3935"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3937"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3936" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2187" name="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3936">“Four Zone Food Security System for a Permaculture Village." "Design for Resilience."</a></div>
<div id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3748"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3938"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3944" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1988" name="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3944">“Community Alchemy 8: Urban Transition Center”, Video. Concept Plan.</a></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3748"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3748"></div>
<div class="yiv2087891333class" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3748" style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3969" target="_blank" href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2254" name="yiv2087891333yui_3_16_0_1_1427126092388_3969">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2254</a></div><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142569074?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Site Plan - The Resilience Center for the Transition - willi .pdf</a></p></div>Big Bang Mythology – Steve Tibbetts and 7 Sound Archetypes by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine (+ pdf version)https://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/big-bang-mythology-steve-tibbetts-and-7-sound-archetypes-by-willi2015-03-07T14:57:19.000Z2015-03-07T14:57:19.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p><a href="http://planetshifter.com/node/2249" target="_blank"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/74422719?profile=original" width="504" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">“Big Bang Mythology” – “Steve Tibbetts and 7 Sound Archetypes” by Willi Paul, Planetshifter.com Magazine (+ pdf version)</strong></p>
<div><br/> <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2249" target="_blank">http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2249</a><br/></div>
<p>PDF is attached<b><br/> <br/> Excerpt:</b><br/></p>
<p>"I love this! Incredible talent with musical and … within 20 seconds you go from a sonorous desert to a mosh pit, a Tibetan temple, outer space, frozen tundra, and all with amazing drumming and breathtaking chords."</p><p class="attachment"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9142568292?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Big Bang Mythology.pdf</a></p></div>“The Sunday Share & Reskilling Festival” (Permaculture + Transition). Recipe by Willi Paul, CommunityAlchemy.comhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/group/new-global-mythology/forum/topics/the-sunday-share-reskilling-festival-permaculture-transition2015-01-10T16:54:58.000Z2015-01-10T16:54:58.000ZWilli Paulhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/WilliPaul<div><p></p>
<div class="field field-type-image field-field-image"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2237" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.planetshifter.com/uploads/imagecache/standard/centerspace_86.jpg?width=428" width="428" class="align-center"/></a></div>
</div>
</div>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"><strong>“The Sunday Share & Reskilling Festival” (Permaculture + Transition). Recipe by Willi Paul, <a href="http://www.planetshifter.com/node/2237" target="”blank”">CommunityAlchemy.com</a></strong></span></p>
<p></p>
<p><em>Remember, the more resources we offer to our community, the more we will inspire others to offer what they have to us. Together, we have more than enough for all of us to live truly rich and abundant lives. As a culture, we just need to learn to share more fully</em> - <strong><a href="http://kindista.org/" target="”blank”">kindista.org</a></strong></p>
<p></p>
<p>* * * * * * *</p>
<p><strong>Vision:</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>The Sunday Share & Reskilling Festival</strong> is a not a religious service or a sports competition but a community sharing and networking event that shares stories, skills, food and donations at your local high school sports stadium. By design, the event teaches us to <a href="http://transitionpaloalto.org/" target="”blank”">re-purpose material goods and values</a>.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Reskilling</strong> is a movement that is developing new skills – and championing older skills - for individuals, families and community resilience including:</p>
<p></p>
<p>+ Bread making<br/> + Jam and marmalade making<br/> + Hugelkultur berm building<br/> + Sheet mulching<br/> + Pasta making<br/> + Winter squash party<br/> + Bike repair</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>What to share at the Festival:</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p>+ Garden vegetables<br/> + Flowers<br/> + Seedlings<br/> + Seeds<br/> + Arts and crafts supplies<br/> + Decor for the season<br/> + Books and magazines in good condition<br/> + Unbroken children’s toys<br/> + Old clothes in good condition (no stains or tears)<br/> + Homemade jams/jellies/honey<br/> + Homegrown eggs<br/> + Fresh herbs<br/> + Fruit<br/> + Gardening tools<br/> + Shoes in good condition</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Festival Design Elements:</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>I. Local high school sports stadium:</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>a. Track</strong></p>
<p><br/> + Solo running games<br/> + Small group games</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>b. Playing Field</strong></p>
<p><br/> + Group discussions<br/> + Theatre, group games<br/> + Music concerts</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>c. Bleachers</strong></p>
<p><br/> + Gathering spaces and temporary storage<br/> + Child care<br/> + Mediation and small group storytelling</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>d. Parking lot</strong></p>
<p><br/> + Food trucks and larger demonstrations<br/> + First aid<br/> + Compostable toilets<br/> + Donations – facilitated by NPOs</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>e. A/V Booth</strong></p>
<p><br/> + Event management</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>II. Boundary lands –</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>+ Garden / Plant Sales and Demos</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>+ Soap Box Circle</strong> - Individuals can address the Festival on any topic or concern of their choosing</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>+ Town Governance Forum</strong> - Open discussion with government officials about municipal budget and visions for the future</p>
<p></p>
<p>* * * * * * *</p>
<p><strong>Conclusions:</strong></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>The Sunday Share & Reskilling Festival</strong> is a return to the commons to build community resilience; an antennae to both the past and the future. Permaculture ethics support the event:</p>
<p></p>
<p>1. Care for the Earth<br/> 2. Care for People<br/> 3. Return the Surplus</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Transition values</strong> are also present including localization of community resources, sharing, and re-skilling. The Festival is inclusive by design and implementation. Multiple civic organizations like the Lions Club, Salvation Army, and school groups are there to tell their stories and advance the sharing and teaching agenda. The Festival, driven by community ideas and care, is easy to advertise, set-up and run by a small organizing crew. Your high school sports stadium is owned by the people and can be booked as time and insurance permits.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Thanks to my Friends at <a href="http://transitionpaloalto.org/sharing-expos/" target="”blank”">Transition Palo Alto - Share Faire!</a></strong></p>
<p></p></div>