Fuller human engagement

I was away for a while, doing some local work, working on a couple of sites. And I realized I want to talk more about the personal dimensions of what these times are bringing up for us. I’ve missed doing that.

The relocalizing initiatives I’m part of in Frontenac County are here, and the website to support relocalizing is here. This blog is my personal daily ruminations and meditations on the challenge and opportunity presented by the transition we’re in.

I don’t have to tell you these are times of unparalleled change. Even change is changing and it’s all changing us. It’s becoming clearer that we can’t avoid profound effects from climate change, and we seem blithely willing to assume business as usual in the face of peak oil, even though it’s not going to be business as usual.

So I’m back and looking forward to a frank examination of how humans respond and can respond to change of this magnitude. Change for which we’re ill prepared by evolution. This is where we get our crucial experience. We do have the brains and the heart . . . if we’re ready to engage them.

Full steam ahead . . . or rather, full human engagement with a challenging future.