PARADIGM SHIFT ACTIVITY SERIES

Virtually every progressive organization exists to address some problem caused by capitalism and the consumer culture – social, political, economic, environmental, even spiritual.

PARADIGM SHIFT ACTIVITY SERIES

We will conclude this series of articles with how can we deliver paradigm shift ideas to a wider audience. These real life examples will come in several articles. What can paradigm shift look like in the real world? We will have a look at home economics, eco villages, youth empowerment, pushing back on cars, worker ownership and much more. The Network figures that for all residents of planet earth to live like the average American, we would need 5 earths to provide the resources and clean up the waste.

That means a personal level of consumption the planet could support for all its human residents. Here is the link to the first article:Īfter aspects we will have a look at a real lifestyle that The Global Footprint Network calculator rates as a one earth lifestyle. In the first article, titled “Part 1”, we had a short deconstruction of capitalism, its mythologies and consumer culture, with the conclusion, capitalism is not the ticket to sustainability and social uplift. Here is a review of the Primer series so far and a look at upcoming articles in the coming weeks.Īll the articles in the series build on the previous. These aspects include the wisdom of the world’s great spiritual traditions, reducing our eco footprints, prioritizing time and money, the double benefit, resensitizing, permaculture, allies and assets and then, the product of all these desirable ideals and actions – civic culture. Aspects refer to the actions, tools and principles that can assist in our own personal and cooperative action adventure of paradigm shift. We will take a look at aspects of paradigm shift in articles 2 and 3. Welcome to Article 2 of A Primer For Paradigm Shift.

Paradigm shift activity