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sustainability club http://sustainabilityclub.com

social business club http://www.socialbusinessclub.net

collaboration cafe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9nL_a0K97I

yunus 10000 http://yunus10000.com collaboration coordinators for youth dialogues in that city and between cities together with invitations to action specific to each video good news story - eg if you want microcredit to beat off big banks why not help any school try out micro credit with the world's simplest program small change, big changes - a microloanfoundation franchise

Peers across hemispheres and I are far more interested in ensuring that each of these intercity movements vetoes any uses of 20th c failing system methods that the majority of club coordinators -or where elected an honorary board - vote against, than prescribing revenue models.

OPEN SOURCING THE CLUBS
Obviously we should want coordinators to make a living out of work input whlst at the same time recognising that being a club coordinator is probably worth more than having many a professional qualification - or needs to become so if this world is to be sustainable. Equally where profits are repeatedly generated I assume we can find a way iof agreeing some sliding scale that should be contributed either to your favourite grassroots organsiation in bangladesh or to a small list of other potential grassroots partners of future capitalism which should probably need at least 75 of members refendum to confirm

I am very happy if people will negotiate what other rules they would need to want to participate as well as to clarify where they want diferent contant at the mother webs. The main web system I use costs $35 a year per web so its not difficult to imagine that major cties will also want to set up their own branch web or of course a free blog - either of which we will happily linmk from the top of the mother web.

Obviously some of our constitution needs double checking with for example the 100000 bangladeshi's and other Gandhians who are the main practical exemplar of the values we seek to network worldwide so that the future sustains 7 billion brilliant jobs and goodwill multiplying across all women, children and even men.

We wish to learn from each city's most successful ways of mobilising and cross-cultural celebration, as well as metods for ensuring that any action network actually reaches to those in most desperate need of its service. This is one of the big lessons of bangladeshi experience -reiterated by every micro-system designer in bangladesh we have interviewed - once a networks starts empowering the entrepreneur inside it will never get deeper than the deepest needsholders it begins with. This is a lesson that many global NGOs seem never to have begun to grade.

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Dr Yunus of Grameen and microcredit and Nobel peace 2006 is setting cities and citiens around the world an interesting challenge. If he is passing through your city would you be able to find 1000 people who all wanted to collaborate with each other as well as him in empowering a good global world instead of the bad one currently compoundingSynonyms for good are win-win-win, sustainable, empowering every community up, one where hi-trust people transparently win over low-trustSo 2 questions:if Yunus was passing through Africa cities, which do you think would produce the most collaborative impactsif you are a twin national

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2516276605 - eg living in a rich city but with family roots back in Africa - how ready is your big rich city to represent Africa interests when Yunus hosts his Forum 1000 there.My friends are particularly working on London and New York as 2 test cities; partly because a London University student spent the summer interning in Dhaka on this project. One intercity collaboration idea is collaboration cafe - see those we have already hosted and tell us at info@worldcitizen.tv if you want to replay one in your city or virtually http://worldcitizen.tv/_wsn/page4.html

Another collaboration idea is can we produce a good global idea to heroes, their projects and networks for humanity. Why do people all over the world know the top 10 sporstmen for 50 different sports but not top 10s for different vital issues of human sustainability? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5475184122

http://worldcitizen.tv/_wsn/page2.html

But the best truth about collaboration knowledge cities http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2Bknowledge+%2Bcollaboration+%2Bcity&btnG=Google+Search in the 5 years that I have been searching the peoples and communities that weave them is that if any city does a great job in turning round a beter Global with Yunus we can all learn from what it did and work out how to invite the 1000 most relevant citizens when Yunus passes your way. http://grameen.tv/

I am doing a lot of reading up about Gandhi 1 2 3 at the moment and naturally this raises the question of which countries had people who ebcame cotemporary friknds of his and why- an interesting Dane actively visiting the india of the 1930s period is Ellen Horup

Extracted from here

ELLEN HØRUP'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GANDHI
In an address held in Copenhagen, for the Danish "Friends of India Society" on November 23, 1936 (7), "My relationship with Gandhi" Ellen Hørup among other things said,
"His ideas, my admiration for him, the longing to meet the man, who gave me what I have been seeking all my life - something which together is called devotion, reverence and love - was what led me twice to India. I wanted to see Gandhi, and I wanted to see the 350 milion meek Hindus who follow him. While in India, I sought out only him and his followers. In every city, my first goal was the Kaddar-shop, where I just had to show a little medallion of Gandhi which was sold in the streets for 10 cents, before all faces would change, all hearts open and all hands be ready to greet me. I found what I sought. But that was all I found. I did what one of my friends wrote that she had done! I identified India with Gandhi. And Gandhi meant, to me, the apostle who would bring, not only to India but to the entire world, the gospel of the future - the abolishing of violence from mankind.
And he still does.

The rights of cartoonists and the rights of humans

Let's taking a loving look at humanity's foibles if we can on this of all days- I wish I knew the translation of communal love in many languages as fits the english bon mots "faith hope and love - the greatest of these 3 connecting energies being contextually communalised love"

This is an extract from a conversation with a mainly American audience- always a useful group to explore ideas on the right and wrong sides of demanding free speech?

1 I agree and disgaree with cartoons as a great medium for honesty. For example, once the British Empire was healthy and transparent enough to be teased about its most disgraceful leadership addictions including slavery, Punch a magazine that chided leaders using cartoons to explore all their worst exploits reigned as a UK peoples institution for most of print's mass media age (ie before tv overtook it) -yes my family , my clans and my nation of origin Scotland have a vested interest in media models http://clubofarran.blogspot.com ... http://clubofscotland.blogspot.com and we are also ... and we are also apologetic for tv's inventor'having hailed from our lands!

2 I believe the world needs to help the Danes find a punishment for the cartoonist and publisher that reputationally and disgracefully fits the crime. Personally I would stand these folk up in the stocks in a central copenhagen square - invite people to through rotten eggs at them or give them fear factor cocktails made of worms and maggots to drink- televise this providing free videos to every sports room. That seems to me to be sufficient for the crime unless you believe they actually were wise enough to understoand point

3. If they did know that, then they should be locked up in Guatemo bay which I can never spell because I dont hope to be going there myself though some may feel it might improve my penmanship

Please apply humanity's prime-time goodwill law to cartoons; "do unto another that which you want done unto you and yours". But doubly so. Ask yourself is their any subject within my own nation that would inclite anger if cartoons were drawn around it. Then, and perhaps even not then, should you believe you have freedom to use cartoons to explore what may cause the absolute deepest offence in another nation or amongs another communities' people before using cartoons to exorcise any hidden agendas in your own cultures.Let's overthrow all media that is not intent on helping all human beings collaborate around a world that loves each other enough to respect the golden systmising rule of (doing unto) reciprocity. Peoples of all nations :we have a lot of work to do if we are to take back media so that its never again propagates, however accidentally or carefreely, the flows of terror in all our midsts

http://brandtheworld.blogspot.com ...
http://warpglobal.blogspot.com
... http://social-entrepreneur.blogspot.com

The rights of cartoonists and the rights of humans

Let's taking a loving look at humanity's foibles if we can on this of all days- I wish I knew the translation of communal love in many languages as fits the english bon mots "faith hope and love - the greatest of these 3 connecting energies being contextually communalised love"

This is an extract from a conversation with a mainly American audience- always a useful group to explore ideas on the right and wrong sides of demanding free speech?

1 I agree and disgaree with cartoons as a great medium for honesty. For example, once the British Empire was healthy and transparent enough to be teased about its most disgraceful leadership addictions including slavery, Punch a magazine that chided leaders using cartoons to explore all their worst exploits reigned as a UK peoples institution for most of print's mass media age (ie before tv overtook it) -yes my family , my clans and my nation of origin Scotland have a vested interest in media models http://clubofarran.blogspot.com ... http://clubofscotland.blogspot.com and we are also ... and we are also apologetic for tv's inventor'having hailed from our lands!

2 I believe the world needs to help the Danes find a punishment for the cartoonist and publisher that reputationally and disgracefully fits the crime. Personally I would stand these folk up in the stocks in a central copenhagen square - invite people to through rotten eggs at them or give them fear factor cocktails made of worms and maggots to drink- televise this providing free videos to every sports room. That seems to me to be sufficient for the crime unless you believe they actually were wise enough to understoand point

3. If they did know that, then they should be locked up in Guatemo bay which I can never spell because I dont hope to be going there myself though some may feel it might improve my penmanship

Please apply humanity's prime-time goodwill law to cartoons; "do unto another that which you want done unto you and yours". But doubly so. Ask yourself is their any subject within my own nation that would inclite anger if cartoons were drawn around it. Then, and perhaps even not then, should you believe you have freedom to use cartoons to explore what may cause the absolute deepest offence in another nation or amongs another communities' people before using cartoons to exorcise any hidden agendas in your own cultures.Let's overthrow all media that is not intent on helping all human beings collaborate around a world that loves each other enough to respect the golden systmising rule of (doing unto) reciprocity. Peoples of all nations :we have a lot of work to do if we are to take back media so that its never again propagates, however accidentally or carefreely, the flows of terror in all our midsts

http://brandtheworld.blogspot.com ...
http://warpglobal.blogspot.com
... http://social-entrepreneur.blogspot.com

The Cartoon Wars & Beyond

What can people who love the world learn from the tragic state of Denmark's Cartoon Wars

A 22 years as a Future Historian and of being open to the epicentre of media debates on death of distance networking leads my dad and I to propose: Let's all go to battle over the freedom of the press on big issues of life rather than small ones. I think editors of anything that has an audience and a national identity now need to pass a minimum driving test before they start work. Because peoples with the least have the right that their gods are respected provided they agree the number 1 golden rule of relationship reciprocity, I'd note into this press code - no jokes about Gods. About almost anything to do with man, I would permit jokes (subject to good taste) because hey I would hate to live in a world without smiles

B Nothing to do with these cartoon wars lessens my admiration for Denmark as one of the world's best countries where corporations tend to nurture knowledge workers and community lives deep. It's a deep irony that Denmark should be known as one of the countries whose leaders care most for cross-cultural understanding. I know of no other Northern or Western country that has had so many leaders connect through spiral dynamics and other collective consciousness debates. Whilst personally finding these methods only one way of looking at global recociliation (eg I prefer to encourage leadership time in such networks as GReconciliationN Simpol Friends of Gandhi Omidyar ...) , you only need to see how many of Denmark's leaders volunteered years ago to interact in Copenhagen with Leap into the Future Debates to see this a country that seeks to lead the world's opinion on cross-cultural harmony. OK so we live in a networked age of waves: BUT One isolated cartoon's publication doesn not a country represent.

C Mail me at wcbn007@easynet.co.uk if you want to occasionally co-edit this weblog on cross-cultural harmony or have ideas on how we can colaborate for love of everyone's cultures and places . Some of the Club of City and Village weblogs that criss-cross with coversations that may be relevant include : Future of London
(since 7/7 we seek to be a number 1 collaboration knowledge city (1 2) accepting the responsibility of being the test case for sustainability of any open cross-cultural city)
Club of Bethesda, where we are having hot debates in the winter of 2006 on the 10 commandments of networking economoics and America's 2 new space races

The Greatest Space Races in The Future of America
From Our Future History Reporters in Bethesda: On January 26, George Bush announced America's 2 greatest spaces races to be - #1 end addiction to petroleum economy; #2 do what you can do so youth loves to learn to explore sceince as much as sports. 20 Gathering Storm leaders had advised him on picking these 2 space races

valuecity asks: If you know the English game of Consequence once Bethesda has met Melbourne, the script ends with the world says:
we invite you to complete the sentence
eg since 1984 Death of Distance 3 2 1984 study groups:
let your open space races map how collaboration networks can interconnect to unite the most ethical & urgently valued innovations for all the peoples first and successful global economics will compound for both your cities and every global village in between

Why The world loves Melbourne & Melbourne loves The world
Across the worldwide maps of the Open Space Races, Our Collaboration Knowledge Clubs 1 2 know of no city whose youth and doctors have mobilised more change through meta-networks of goodwill than Melbourne
GRN
CollapsingWorld
Pathways
Networkers Lists

Active areas:
Tsunami Coastline Reconciliation by medics
HIV community reconcuilation: Africa & Asia
Youth Cross-Cultural greetings Movements : Australia, Japan and Beyond
Rights of Indigineous and Nomadic Peoples
Delhi.. Sarajevo .. palestine-Israel

Links with 5 Nobel Peace Laureates including:

Links with 200 NGOs and ethical movements including:

Members co-chair networks such as - Simpol- Japan ; Kyoto for all Cultures ....

Equally we all 00 0 1 2 3 4 5 are delighted to hear your nominations if you know of a city which has matched the breadth and depth of goodwill multipliers that the above links illustrate

Deja Vu from 1991

Death of Distance's 2024 Report - a 1984 future history of the responsibilities of the one generation to 2024 for the whole of the global revolution of newtorking's expoentials was the first book I signed my name to as a co-author

In 1991 I wrote my first book as a sole author - World Class Brands. The most messy part of writing this was how the publisher exorcised 2 pages around page 15 on the devaluation of Penguin books caused by publication of The Satanic Verses. My only folly was to write 2 pages asking how could a punblished with a world brand be so insensitive. It caused me more work to find 600 words to patch up the start to my book that this gaping hole od editing out required than most of the rest of the book.

Notes for the margin:
15 years later, when will we learn to pay Muslims enough respect on their own terms

Why is it that controlers of media censor sensible questions about how their own brands are chartered not to compound conflict on any side but let maddening cartoons slip through their hands