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So
what?
So a quarter of the population of the United States and Europe are
"cultural creatives"?
What's that mean? Why is it important?
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It
means
that if you hunger for a deep change in your life that moves you in the
direction of less stress, more health, lower consumption, more spirituality,
more respect for the earth and the diversity within and among the species
that inhabit her, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
You are one of a growing
number of people who want to see deep, integral change in the cultures
that have evolved in industrialized nations.
One of the main reasons
we have written this book is that we want to make cultural creatives visible
to each other. We want cultural creatives to realize that we are the isolated
many, not the isolated few. We want to invite cultural creatives to find
new ways to work and learn together.
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Like everyone else, we're radically uncertain about what happens
as more and more of us answer this call to be in service to the
world, in service to this emergence of a new, integral culture.
Systems theory
helps us understand that none of us can fully see the culture that
is emerging. It's a process. It's a birth. And we have to work together
to get from here to there.
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We know that this kind
of change happens when people talk and think and learn and act together
to serve our world. We want to use this Cultural Creatives Web Site to
help people engage in these four arenas of activity.
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Talking
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We
will introduce you
to resources, processes and tools to help you talk and inquire with
others about this process of being in service to the world. We are
developing the capacity to let cultural creatives in different parts
of the country introduce themselves to each other. If you want to
be part of our listing of cultural creatives, please fill out this
identification form.
And then come back to this website from time to time to see how the
list is evolving and how it can be used.
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Thinking
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On
the Connections section
of this website we're sharing some of the resources which help us
think about this transformation. In the coming months we will enlarge
this to include other events, book, websites, articles and other thinking
resources. What's been helpful to you that you would like to share
with others. Please fill out this resource form and let us know what
you find useful.
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Learning |
How
do you learn? Do you go to school? To conferences and workshops?
Converse with friends? Read? What helps you learn about how to live
your life as a Cultural Creative? What has been most valuable? Share
this with us and we'll synthesize the results and bring them back
to this website. Learning Form
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Acting
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Finally,
how are you acting in the world? In her wonderful book in 1998,
Coming Back to Life, our friend Joanna Macy talks about three kinds
of work that are equally critical in the world today:
"Holding Actions" in defense of life on Earth -- actions to keep
things from getting worse.
Analysis
of structural causes and creation of alternative institutions
-- actions which make the life more livable, within the current
socioeconomic order
Shift
in perceptions of reality, both cognitively and spiritually, which
make it possible for us to act to shift and transform the whole
of the culture.
We'll
be using this website to bring forth examples of action in each
of these three, critical categories. Come back and visit!
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The
book is now published, and this website is just beginning. Please come
back from time to time to see how we are helping to make The Big Picture
more visible!
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