Ki Ora Community Visioning & Action Planning Process – 13 September, 2012 – Work in progress.
This web page may only have total relevance to those who were at the meeting on September 13th,
however we hope to have others in Auckland join us, and those elsewhere may like to see what we have been doing.
The views expressed here are those of the people who have come to our meetings and are not necessarily one hundred per cent those of The Awareness Party.
The Awareness Party came up with the following vision inspired by some process models from Peter Goldsbury’s Living Systems Thinking, and Barbara Marx Hubbard’s Hub process as outlined on the wheel of co-creation (pictured).
By combining these, Sally Mabelle has invited members to work together to find solutions by a backcasting process – creating the vision and then working backwards to see what steps are required to get to the goal.
Seven subjects out of the possible twelve were selected by participants. The topics chosen were:
Education; Environment: Health: Infrastructure; Relations and Sprituality.
(The other five areas still to be addressed are Government, Justice, Arts, Economics, Science,)
Below are the results of the hour and a half process – and that will be refined in the future to become a vision for the future.
nb: we are taking the Maori greeting Ki Ora as meaning ‘to wellbeing’ –
so our ‘Ora‘ statement is a vision of what wellbeing looks like in New Zealand
EDUCATION
Backcasting Process
Ora- A New Zealand where all beings are living in harmony, health, & happiness in a vibrant earth community
Outcomes – What will be in place?
Children have adequate time to relax into learning in a healthy rhythm
Teachers and children have enough time to develop meaningful relationships
People are tapping into their skills, talents, & knowledge and applying these to contribute to society
Self-Mastery Subjects such as conflict management, communication, emotional intelligence, health & nutrition will be core subjects
People valuing their contribution to society over financial remuneration
More balanced work/rest time
Children who are passionate and inspired
Peer Peer mediation as part of conflict resolution
7 principles are taught and used in schools: oneness, awareness, kindness, compassion, self-responsibility, balance, and community
Indicators – How will we know we’re getting there?
More ‘free will’ schools with a learning-centred approach where children can gravitate to areas they are naturally interested in – honouring the ‘free flow’ of children’s natural talents/abilities
More practical skills being taught in schools
Community-based activities such as community gardens, animal care, planting trees, etc. which contribute to society
More non-traditional teachers sharing natural talents
more storytelling and role models in the school
everyone understands what their role is and is working cooperatively
parents are more involved
Children are enthused about certain subjects
Conscious leaders are using their knowledge in a positive way
Projects – What steps can we take to get there?
teaching self-responsibility
parents and teachers are the role models
teaching nvc – nonviolent communication & emotional intelligence
newsletters
public talks
visiting Auckland’s only ‘democratic’ school – Timitanga -
where children encouraged to follow their passions
Start a new school
Action Steps -
There will be more alternatives, more people on the board supporting principles and projects
Find out legal requirements for starting a school
Measurements – How will we know when we’re there?
ENVIRONMENT
Ora- A New Zealand where all beings are living in harmony, health, & happiness in a vibrant earth community
Outcomes – What will be in place?
GE free New Zealand
No fracking
Toxin-free
Clean & healthy air, soil, water
Community guardianship
Indicators – How will we know we’re getting there?
No commercial crops, no field trials, no transgenic animals
No toxin sprays in farms & environment, no imported toxic food, no toxic cleaning products
Reinvigorating streams, lakes, oceans
No sewage in waterways etc
Community acceptance and accepting possibility
SPCA has no work, no cages, no battery hens,
Integrated farming, permaculture more prevalent
Projects – What steps can we take to get there?
Food labeling campaign
Sell GE-free products
Ban GE food imports
Plant along streams
Higher environmental standards, fines, and positive incentives/reinforcements
Composting systems in place
Education at all levels
Local level initiatives, local level buy-in
Referendums and legislation
Consumer labeling in place
Action Steps -
Measurements – How will we know when we’re there?
Legally GE-free NZ, recognized GE –free brand
Clean streams/ environment, healthy food and houses
Gross Domestic Happiness factor is greater
HEALTH
Ora- A New Zealand where all beings are living in harmony, health, & happiness in a vibrant earth community
Outcomes – What will be in place?
Health centres for assessment in all communities.
Referrals are made to a wide range of practitioners, including integrative, natural healthcare and allopathic.
Indicators – How will we know we’re getting there?
Health Dept. heads are now educated in integrative healthcare. People are aware of good nutrition, exercise, good emotional health, clearn whater, sunshine, etc. Only organic foods are available.
Led bulbs only avail.
People will laugh, dance, sing more & demonstrate a healthy sense of humour.
Hospitals as we know them now are out of business
Projects – What steps can we take to get there?
Awareness days to raise public awareness of what is compromising our health in the environment, eg. Chem trails, pollution, fluoridation, immunisations
education, more integrative healthcare clinics
Fluoridation will be stopped
Action Steps:
Measurements – How will we know when we’re there?
Healthy society – percentages of disease and money spent on disease decreases.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Ora- A New Zealand where all beings are living in harmony, health, & happiness in a vibrant earth community
Outcomes – What will be in place?
Owned by New Zealand
Sustainable, fossil fuel-free
Rail, monorail, ferries, bikes
Renewable energy
Alternative sustainable energy supplies near centres
Indicators – How will we know we’re getting there?
Happier people, healthier people
Electric vehicle car sales increase
Uptake in public transport
Motorway building has stopped
Cleaner air
Cheap, affordable energy and public transport
Projects – What steps can we take to get there?
Speaking out about sustainable energy & transport systems
Speak out against asset sales
Hubs of specialists, interested people
Unify groups of environmentalists, sustainable engineers, green scientists, etc
Getting the world’s sustainable engineers, scientists coming to NZ to help build the new future of infrastructure.
Sell the good message to the public
Blueprint for survival
Action Steps -
Measurements – How will we know when we’re there?
RELATIONS & SPIRITUALITY
Ora- A New Zealand where all beings are living in harmony, health, & happiness in a vibrant earth community
Outcomes – What will be in place?
People will greet each other joyfully
No racial discrimination, atmosphere of acceptance & non-judgment
Conscious parenting
People more aware of their power and potency
Honouring our partners and neighbours
Indicators – How will we know we’re getting there?
Islands of repose in time & space are appearing
More people meditating, cutting back work hours
Control and manipulation tactics gone from schools
Projects – What steps can we take to get there?
A healing retreat for families – govt. pays people to go
Nature programs – gardens at schools – community spirituality centres
Websites
School programs
Street hubs, neighbourhood support groups
NVC groups practicing empathy
Anti-bullying programs
Action steps
Network with kindred groups
Meditation and quiet relaxation daily
Learn what the successful spiritual / religious groups are doing
Commit to daily practices
Measurements – How will we know when we’re there?
Violence and imprisonment rates dropping
Percent delinquency dropping
Economics
Outcomes
UBI – Universal Basic Income:
Everybody has their basic needs met as per lowest level of Maslow’s hierarchy, ie. everyone is adequately fed and housed
Equity/levelling of incomes:
Maximum income ratio of 1:5 (Plato’s was 1:6)
We discussed ways of levelling here, including financial transaction tax, investment tax, resource use tax & land tax
UN Covenants of Human Rights in 1970’s states that we have a human right to have equity in society
Freedom from debt slavery
Commons:
Publicly owned assets, shared resources – those who destroy, pollute or consume our resources should be made responsible for replenishing them
Outcome to have a reintegration of commons back into the social system & incorporation into the governance of our country (living contract for everyone)
Indicators:
Corporations will not have same legal status as a person
Seeing more Parallel systems to money:
Community currency
Time banks
Mutual credit
Hands
Green dollars
Projects:
forming economic study and action group – to meet next on 29th November after doing our own individual reading and research.
Indicators
Commons:
- Restoration of damaged or depleted resources
- Legislation to protect and regenerate the commons
- Political parties adopting these principles
- Communities adopting these principles
Levelling of incomes:
- GENI more favourable
- Formation of alternative political movements
- More corporations are cooperatives or employee-owned
- Companies adopt triple bottom line of PPP (Person-Planet-Profits)
- Caring professions are more valued economically
Other notes here:
More ownership in the community
Gift economy
Science visioning & action planning:
Outcomes:
Young people have an integrative, connecting, & synthesising attitude
Young people’s innate sensitivity and spiritual awareness remains intact and is nurtured
People and science is not just focused on self-interest (or corporate self-interest) but on caring about the greater good and welfare of others.
Science is moving towards spirituality and accepts a balanced, holistic world view that honours consciousness as a reality as much as matter.
Indicators:
We are actively encouraging and educating spiritual awareness and sensitivity in young people as a corrective to the vacuum of meaning that leads many to suicide.
People are going to universities and studying integrative science and holistic living (instead of going to zen monasteries)
There are programs in schools on ‘consciousness studies’ integrated with the scientific method.
Projects:
The best and most relevant results from the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the Heart Math Institute are being brought to schools in an exciting and interesting way.
JUSTICE
Outcomes:
Prison becomes unnecessary – instead, restorative justice where
offenders are seen and treated as ‘victims’ themselves…seen not as ‘bad’ men
but as men who have done ‘bad’ things. Self responsibility is taught.
It is realised that an agreement has been entered into between ‘perpetrator’ and ‘victim’.
Indicators:
Prisons are drug-free
Families are able to be together more which decreases chances of re-offending, for non violent offenders
example: granting conjugal rights as a reward for good behaviour.
Prison numbers are reducing
Cases are brought forward in a more timely manner (currently sometimes cases can wait for years before being brought to court)
Projects:
Meditation, Psych-K, and other alternative processes are taught in prisons.
