Journey to the Future: A Better World is Possible
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The document envisions Vancouver in 2032 emphasizing strong democracy, renewable energy, affordable housing, and ecological recovery amidst ongoing climate challenges. It discusses transformative solutions for a cooperative economy that addresses crises in well-being, inequality, and environmental sustainability through innovative policies and community-driven initiatives. Key proposals include widespread renewable energy adoption, public banking systems, and a focus on ecological restoration to mitigate the climate crisis.
Journey to the Future: A Better World is Possible
- 3. • Strong democracy Vancouver, 2032
- 4. • Strong democracy • Renewable energy Vancouver, 2032
- 5. • Strong democracy • Renewable energy • Affordable housing Vancouver, 2032
- 6. • Strong democracy • Renewable energy • Affordable housing • The recovery of nature Vancouver, 2032
- 7. • Strong democracy • Renewable energy • Affordable housing • The recovery of nature • A new hope, a new story Vancouver, 2032
- 8. • Strong democracy • Renewable energy • Affordable housing • The recovery of nature • A new hope, a new story • The climate crisis continues Vancouver, 2032
- 9. • Strong democracy • Renewable energy • Affordable housing • The recovery of nature • A new hope, a new story • The climate crisis continues • Strong, happy neighbourhoods Vancouver, 2032
- 10. • Strong democracy • Renewable energy • Affordable housing • The recovery of nature • A new hope, a new story • The climate crisis continues • Strong, happy neighbourhoods • A cooperative economy, beyond capitalism Vancouver, 2032
- 11. How Did it Happen? Vancouver, 2032
- 13. Guy Dauncey 2011 www.earthfuture.com The Universe took 14 billion years to create the miracle of today’s existence
- 15. We are all made from conscious, self-organizing stardust
- 39. Guy Dauncey 2011 www.earthfuture.comSmithore Dreamstime.com
- 45. World Population: 7.4 billion Increasing by 200,000 a day
- 46. World Population: 7.4 billion Increasing by 200,000 a day Hopefully stabilizing at 11 billion by AD 2100, then declining
- 50. “More plastic in the sea than fish.”
- 52. 'Insatiable' by Theodore Bolha
- 55. What’s it all about?
- 57. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com GDP = Gross Depletion of the Planet
- 58. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com Gross Depletion of the Planet Why? To raise cattle, to make hamburgers
- 60. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com Why? To make shark fin soup
- 63. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.comChris Jordan
- 66. DEMOCRACY CRISIS
- 67. ECONOMIC CRISIS
- 70. CLIMATE CRISIS
- 71. POVERTY, DESPAIR & LONELINESS
- 75. Can we put them all in a pot, and cook up a wonderful feast?
- 77. CLIMATE STABILITY HEALTHY DEMOCRACY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ECOLOGICAL HARMONY BLOSSOMING COMMUNITY A FAIR AND JUST ECONOMY A RENEWED SENSE OF PURPOSE 2032
- 79. 1. The power that comes with having a positive vision is amazing
- 80. The visions we offer our children shape the future. It matters what those visions are. – Carl Sagan, 1934-1996
- 81. 2. We simply need to organize together around the power of a new vision
- 82. 3: The new theory of Syntropy provides a deep unifying principle and a new story
- 83. 2008
- 86. Failed, due to the absence of positive, practical solutions
- 87. 2018
- 88. The OMEGA Days
- 89. O G E M A 25 Positive, Practical Solutions
- 96. THE OMEGA DAYS
- 97. DEMOCRACY CRISIS
- 99. 2011 World Values Survey 34% of Americans approve of “having a strong leader who doesn’t have to bother with Congress or elections.” 42% among those with no education beyond high school.
- 103. Voting at age 16
- 104. $100 Voting Tax Credit
- 105. Electronic Voting
- 106. Money OUT, Voters IN
- 107. 86% of British Columbians support a ban on corporate and union political donations 81% BC Liberal voters 91% NDP voters 86%
- 110. ECONOMIC CRISIS
- 111. Neo- Liberalism Destroying Nature Enabling tax havens Increasing inequality Generating anger Corrupting governments Pleasing corporations Destroying jobs Generating wealth
- 112. Consumerism … Materialism … Neo-Liberalism
- 119. 2032 Eight Ways that Capitalism is being transformed into a Green, Entrepreneurial, Cooperative, Caring Economy
- 120. A Green, Entrepreneurial, Cooperative, Caring Economy
- 121. 1. Strengthening Entrepreneurialism 2. Transforming The Corporation 3. Transforming Banking 4. Reducing Poverty & Inequality 5. Respecting Nature 6. Protecting Public Ownership 7. New Global Financial Architecture 8. Green, Sustainable Economics
- 123. The Brilliance of Business
- 125. Youth enterprise in all schools
- 126. Emilia Romagna, Italy • Population 4.4 million • $$$, top ten European regions • 32% self-employed • 76% work in small business with 4-5 workers • Italy’s 4th largest exporter • 400,000 enterprises • 7,500 cooperatives • Strong tradition of reciprocity, regional economy mutual support, financed by 0.4% levy on sales •Regional credit system with close ties to local enterprises • Lowest unemployment • Highest rate of citizen satisfaction in Italy Businesses Cooperating Together
- 128. Mondragon, Spain * Network of 257 cooperative businesses Philosophy of participation and solidarity
- 130. Mondragon wage ratios 1:3 to 1:9 US Corporate CEOs 1:350* (*Harvard Business School Study)
- 132. Cape Breton
- 134. The Triple Bottom Line Planet, People, Profits
- 137. Benefit Corporations
- 138. Benefit Corporations
- 139. Benefit Corporations in Vancouver Aquatic Informatics Aroundsquare Ltd Big Room Inc. Brix Media Co. Climate Smart Business, Inc. Ethical Bean Coffee Fairware Promotional Products. Flipside Creative Hootsuite Junxion Strategy Kent Employment Law Leverage Lab Light Trail Consulting Lunapads Mills Office Productivity Pyrrha Realize Strategies Recollective Consulting Renewal Funds RTOWN Saul Good Gift Co Save On Meats SES Consulting SMAK Food Inc soulpepper SPUD Sustainability Television Yulu Public Relations Inc.
- 140. Companies with more Women Board Directors experience higher financial performance Catalyst Bottom Line
- 142. Triodos, Holland The World’s Greenest Bank
- 143. Vancity Credit Union 520,000 members $20 billion in assets $5.5 million returned to members last year
- 144. Microlending – The Grameen Bank
- 145. Microlending
- 146. Public Banking
- 147. 40% of the banks in the world are Public Banks Algeria Austria Brazil Bulgaria Caribbean Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Holland Hungary India Japan Macedonia Mexico New Zealand Norway Poland Russia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan
- 148. “When banks extend loans to their customers, they create money by crediting their customers’ accounts.” - Sir Mervyn King Governor of the Bank of England, 2003-2013
- 149. When a public bank creates money, the interest earned returns to the public.
- 150. Mission “to deliver quality, sound financial services that promote agriculture, commerce and industry in North Dakota.”
- 151. “More profitable than Goldman Sachs, has a better credit rating than JP Morgan and Chase, and hasn’t seen profit growth drop since 2003. Meet the Bank of North Dakota, the U.S.’s lone state-owned bank. Return on equity (…) is 18.56%, about 70% higher than at Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan.” November 19, 2014
- 152. The Public Bank of British Columbia, est. 2018 • Stores government and crown agency revenues • Creates new money by the act of lending • Saves taxpayers up to 50% in interest costs on critical infrastructure like bridges, trains and schools • Eliminates billions in bank fees and money management for cities and the province • Supports community bank loans to clean energy, building retrofits, farms, First Nations projects, value-added forestry, hi-tech, community development corporations, small businesses, students. • Provides counter-cyclical relief by issuing credit at low or zero cost to revitalize infrastructure and other services
- 153. Re-instated the pre-1974 powers of the Bank of Canada
- 154. 4. Reducing Poverty and Inequality
- 158. $23 Minimum Wage (in 2032)
- 161. Community Currencies
- 164. • 25 First Nations MPs in Ottawa • BC’s Premier a First Nations woman • Free college education • Land treaties signed across the country • First Nations people becoming teachers, lawyers, doctors, engineers, politicians • Westshore coal terminal at Tsawassen a centre for First Nations history, celebration, tidal energy & eelgrass recovery. Some First Nations Breakthroughs by 2032
- 167. 5. Treating Nature as a Being to Respect not a Resource to Exploit
- 168. Ecological Economy
- 169. Counting and taxing Nature’s external costs Regulating effectively to protect habitat Compassionate care for farm animals Fully protected habitat zones A green restorative economy 100% sustainable fisheries 100% sustainable forestry 100% renewable energy 100% organic farming Zero waste An Ecological Economy
- 170. 100% Organic Farming in 2032
- 171. All organic farms protect their bees
- 174. Measuring Gross National Happiness as well as Gross Domestic Product
- 176. 6. Protecting Public Ownership and the Role of Government
- 178. “It is indisputable that most of Apple’s best technologies exist because of the prior collective and cumulative efforts driven by the State.” - Mariana Mazzucato
- 179. Healthcare Education Social Security Insurance Utilities Affordable Housing Public Banking Research & Development Effective Regulation
- 180. 7. A New Global Financial Architecture
- 181. Abolish Every Tax Haven
- 182. The Panama Papers
- 186. Climate Treaties are essentially voluntary
- 187. Trade Treaties come with tribunals, bringing huge penalties and costs.
- 188. Chapter 11 allows corporations to sue governments if they feel they have not been treated as a domestic company would be treated.
- 189. After Obama rejected the Keystone Pipeline, TransCanada filed a $15 billion lawsuit under NAFTA.
- 190. Global Fair Trade Treaty, March 2025
- 191. 8. New, Green, Sustainable Economics
- 193. Five Star Thinkers of a Socially Just Economy Mariana Mazzucato Muhammad Yunus Ellen BrownHa-Joon Chang Thomas Piketty
- 194. CLIMATE CRISIS
- 198. Global Monthly Temperature Change, 1850-2015
- 199. Where the heat is going
- 201. Greenhouse gas pollution Observed temperature Bloomberg
- 203. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com British Columbia Forest Fire July 2015
- 204. Fort McMurray, 2016
- 207. The Paris Climate Agreement Great Collapse Great Transition
- 208. The last time the world was 3C warmer, the sea level was 25 metres higher.
- 210. 2 metres 10 metres 18 metres 25 metres
- 211. Vancouver 2 Metres Sea-Level Rise
- 212. Vancouver 20 Metres Sea-Level Rise
- 213. 2-metre sea-level rise Every beach on the planet … GONE
- 221. Fossil fuels launched the Industrial Age, and the modern world.
- 222. Fossil fuels made advanced engineering, solar PV and electric vehicles possible.
- 223. Fossil Fuels were the Launch Ramp for the Solar Age Burning firewood - 500,000 years
- 224. Fossil Fuels were the Launch Ramp for the Solar Age Burning fossil fuels – 300 years
- 225. Fossil Fuels were the Launch Ramp for the Solar Age Direct solar energy – more than a billion years
- 227. Farewell and Thank You, Fossil Fuels Welcome, Solar Age!
- 230. The five fundamental solutions to the climate crisis tothe climate crisis
- 231. The five fundamental solutions to the climate crisis tothe climate crisis 1. 100% renewable energy
- 232. The five fundamental solutions to the climate crisis tothe climate crisis 1. 100% renewable energy 2. No more industrial meat
- 233. The five fundamental solutions to the climate crisis tothe climate crisis 1. 100% renewable energy 2. No more industrial meat 3. Restore Earth’s forests
- 234. The five fundamental solutions to the climate crisis tothe climate crisis 1. 100% renewable energy 2. No more industrial meat 3. Restore Earth’s forests 4. Eco-sequestrate carbon
- 235. The five fundamental solutions to the climate crisis tothe climate crisis 1. 100% renewable energy 2. No more industrial meat 3. Restore Earth’s forests 4. Eco-sequestrate carbon 5. A restorative economy
- 236. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com The livestock industry – meat & dairy – is causing 15% of global warming
- 246. Oslo voted to slash emissions 95% by 2030
- 247. Denmark
- 248. Denmark
- 249. A Global Carbon Cap A firm global cap on fossil fuel emissions, agreed to by all nations, motivated by real alarm, and a clear positive vision of a future green economy. By 2015, a global cap of 493 Gt of future CO2
- 250. National Carbon Caps 1. Each nation is allocated a cap, agreed by negotiation. 2. Every producer or importer of fossil fuels bids for a permit in a national annual auction. 3. The auction puts a price on carbon and brings income to the government.
- 256. L N G = Leave it N the Ground Why? The climate crisis, the salmon, the eelgrass, the Tsimshian, the Haida… Lelu Island Skeena Estuary
- 258. 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 Every year 5-10% CO2 reduction
- 260. Carbon rationing, for individuals and businesses
- 262. Year 1: 5 tonnes Year 2: 4.5 tonnes Year 10: 0 tonnes Carbon Exchange to buy and sell rations
- 263. 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 Every year renewable energy increase
- 264. Almost Twice as Many Green Jobs in Canada By Guy Dauncey 800,000 fossil fuel jobs lost 1,000,000 green energy jobs gained
- 266. www.ironandearth.org
- 268. TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS
- 271. Metro do Porto, Portugal
- 273. Downtown streets
- 275. Suburban streets
- 276. Suburban streets
- 295. The Copenhagen Wheel
- 297. The Veemo, being made in Vancouver www.velometro.com
- 299. In Odense, Denmark, 5-Year-Olds Bike to School on their Own
- 302. 2032: The E&N railway has been turned into a long-distance Island Bikeway
- 303. Solar bike lane, South Korea
- 304. The Hovenring Bicycle Bridge, Holland Connects Eindhoven and Veldhoven
- 309. The Future Arbutus Corridor, Vancouver
- 313. Barcelona is moving ALL its buses to electric 100% electric by 2020
- 314. Australian/Chinese Brighsun Bus 1027 km on one charge
- 315. Bio-methane from Bristol's sewage treatment (UK) 300 km on a tank of gas.
- 316. Well-to-wheel, biomethane produces 95% less CO2 than diesel
- 317. Curitiba, Brazil
- 318. Elevated transit bus, under development in China
- 321. The Pilot: real-time in-ear translations in French, Spanish, Italian, and English
- 327. Real-time electronic bus stops
- 328. Car sharing - Car2Go
- 329. Car sharing - Car2Go 100,000 members in Vancouver
- 331. Top Hiroko EV
- 332. Top
- 334. By 2025, Holland is preparing to ban the purchase of gas and diesel cars
- 335. Germany is planning a 2030 zero emissions mandate: 100% electric vehicles
- 336. Norway’s Transport Plan assumes that electric cars will be 100% new car sales by 2025.
- 337. India is working on a plan to make every car electric by 2030, self-financed by the savings on gas.
- 338. Almost 400,000 advance orders placed for The Tesla Model 3. $35,000 US 320 kilometres range
- 342. The falling price of EV batteries
- 344. Swiss E-Force 18 tonne electric truck 300 km range 80–110 kWh per 100 km at highway speed
- 345. Future Nicola One 2000 HP electric truck CNG hybrid. Driving range 800-1200 miles per tank. www.nikolamotor.com
- 346. Future Scania electric truck, recharging by an inductive roadway.
- 347. Air pollution - gone
- 348. Norway’s Electric Ferry ZeroCat 5.7 km route, 20 minute round trip
- 356. Price of Solar Module per Watt 1977: $77 1997: $7 2013: $0.7
- 358. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- 360. Solar PV in 2032: $1.50 a watt 4 kW rooftop system - $6,000
- 362. Nelson’s Community Solar Garden
- 363. The world’s largest solar farm, Topaz, California. 9 million panels, 550 MW
- 367. Thin-film Solar PV
- 375. Tidal Energy Plant, South Korea
- 376. Proposed Tidal Lagoon, Swansea, Wales
- 377. 65% of British Columbians want a commitment to phase out coal, oil and gas, replacing them with renewable energy. Oracle Poll, November 2015
- 378. 73 % of British Columbians want to see a legally enforced cap or limits on carbon pollution. Oracle Poll, November 2015
- 379. 75% of British Columbians think protecting the climate is more important than building pipelines and further developing the tar sands. Oracle Poll, November 2015
- 380. 92%of British Columbians want to see a plan to develop jobs in the renewable energy sector. Oracle Poll, November 2015
- 381. Passive Houses, Victoria 90% reduced heat loss
- 382. Passive House, Victoria, B.C. 90% less heat energy, 15 kwh/m2, 4.4% more cost www.bernhardtpassive.com
- 384. Brussels, Belgium Since 2015, all new buildings and retrofits are required to be Nearly-Zero Energy, based on the Passive House Standard.
- 385. Stockholm, 80,000 apartments heat from treated sewage
- 387. Vancouver Olympic Village Sewage-Based District Heat
- 388. Drake Landing, Okotoks, Alberta Stored Solar Thermal Heat
- 389. 800 solar hot water panels on the garages
- 390. Energy Centre Community solar Thermal panels 90% solar heating throughout the cold Alberta winter
- 391. With auto-dominated urban designs, people disconnect. Less sense of neighbourhood. Less mutual support.
- 392. With social urban designs, people connect. More sense of neighbourhood. More mutual support.
- 402. Hundertwasser House, Vienna, Austria
- 404. REGEN Danish village, 100 homes. Summer 2016. EFFEKT Architects
- 405. Energy positive. High-yield organic food production. Mixed renewable energy and storage. Water and waste recycling.
- 406. ECOLOGICAL CRISIS
- 407. Semiahmoo Transit Station Surrey www.greenovergrey.com
- 408. Semiahmoo Transit Station Surrey www.greenovergrey.com
- 411. Vancouver’s lost creeks and streams
- 412. Still Creek, Vancouver. Chum Salmon restored after 80 years
- 413. Herring – Once Super-Abundant
- 415. Creosoted pilings kill herring spawn
- 416. Squamish Streamkeepers wrapping the pilings to create safe habitat for herring spawn
- 419. The Ocean Clean Up www.theoceancleanup.com
- 423. In 2032: Ecology 101 Mandatory for College Entry
- 424. A Local Food Economy
- 425. Growing our own food
- 428. Brooklyn School Edible Schoolyard
- 429. Brooklyn School Edible Schoolyard
- 430. Brooklyn School Edible Schoolyard
- 431. FARM VILLAGES
- 436. 91% of homes priced over $1 million
- 437. Vancouver Average House Price January 2016: $1,1850,000
- 438. June 2016
- 441. Excess money coming into the market = Inflation
- 442. Excess money coming into the market = Inflation Inheritances
- 443. Excess money coming into the market = Inflation Inheritances Foreign money
- 444. Excess money coming into the market = Inflation Inheritances Foreign money Tax-evading money
- 445. Offshore tax evasion in Vancouver real estate Ian Young, South China Morning Post
- 446. July 1st, 1962
- 447. AFFORDABLE HOMES July 1st, 1962 July 1st, 2018?
- 449. 2/3rds of Canadians. Parents own property. They will inherit.
- 450. 1/3rd of Canadians. Parents do not own property. They will never inherit. 2/3rds of Canadians. Parents own property. They will inherit.
- 451. Gather a big pool of new revenue and build lots of affordable housing
- 452. Build LOTS of affordable housing 10,000-20,000 units a year in BC
- 453. Seattle’s property tax levy has enabled the construction of 12,500 apartments with below-market rents. 1. An affordable housing tax levy
- 454. 2. Escalating taxes on properties left empty
- 455. 2. Escalating taxes on properties left empty 80% public support
- 456. 3. Affordable Housing Tax on AirBNBs 67% of Vancouver AirBNBs are for whole house or apartment
- 457. Vancouver AirBNBs
- 458. 4. Escalating property transfer tax on top-end real estate sales
- 459. 5. Speculation tax on properties flipped within a year
- 460. 6. Tax on homes bought through offshore tax-havens
- 461. 7. An Inheritance Tax on Estates above a certain value
- 462. Pour all the money into an AFFORDABLE HOUSING LAND RESERVE
- 463. Developer incentives to build 100% rental properties
- 464. Shipping Container Homes 280 sq. ft. 12 units, base cost $85,000 each
- 466. Car-Free Laneway Housing No parking permits, rainwater collection, zero-net energy
- 467. Tiny Homes Zones on Temporarily Vacant Land
- 468. Boneyard Studios, Washington DC
- 469. Since 2020: All new buildings Passive House standard. 90% reduced heat loss Rob & Mark Bernhardt
- 470. Passive House, Victoria. 90% less heat, 4.4% more cost, net zero $ cost www.bernhardtpassive.com Rob & Mark Bernhardt
- 471. Brussels, Belgium Since 2015, all new buildings and retrofits are being built to the Passive House Standard.
- 474. REBUILDING COMMUNITY
- 482. www.cityrepair.org
- 483. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.comPortland, Oregon www.CityRepair.org
- 485. The road will run under the green space
- 495. LOSS OF PURPOSE
- 496. What’s it all about?
- 498. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com Is there purpose in the Universe?
- 499. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com Is there purpose in the Universe? Or is it all just the result of random chance ?
- 500. Number of stars in the Universe 1024 = 1 trillion trillion
- 501. Number of atoms in your body 7x1027 = 7000 trillion trillion All self-organized into one amazing whole
- 510. Or both? A Spiritual Universe A Material Universe
- 515. Are they just dancing robots?
- 517. If I have consciousness, where did it come from?
- 521. “A rudimentary consciousness is present even at the level of particle physics.” – David Bohm, 1917-1992
- 523. “I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness. “ Max Planck, 1858-1947
- 525. “Consciousness cannot be accounted for in physical terms. For consciousness is absolutely fundamental. It cannot be accounted for in terms of anything else.” Erwin Schrödinger, 1887 - 1961
- 531. The Universe is not a purely material, entropic reality
- 532. Entropy describes heat-loss in a physical, material world.
- 533. In reality, the Universe is pervaded with consciousness
- 534. syntropy A New Story
- 535. A conscious Universe is a syntropic Universe
- 536. Luigi Fantappiè, 1901-1956 Founder of syntropy theory
- 537. Syntropy Greek syn (together) and tropos (tendency) A deep, unifying, self-organizing force that is omnipresent in the universe, bringing a tendency towards energy concentration, order, organization and life, in contrast to entropy.
- 539. Syntropy All existence shares in a deep cooperative impulse to increase order and wellbeing.
- 540. Champions of syntropy, based in Rome, Italy
- 541. The 1st Law of Syntropy “Acting through consciousness, syntropy motivates individual units of being to self-organize cooperatively within their empathic reach to achieve greater organizational power, range, competence, integrity and freedom for their common good.” from Journey to the Future
- 542. The 2nd Law of Syntropy “In the long run, due to the deep fundamental unity of the Universe, any unit of being that extends its empathy beyond its familiar reach will discover affinity with other units of being. Over time, the syntropic impulse will result in ever-widening circles of empathy, until they embrace the entire Universe.” from Journey to the Future
- 543. Morphogenesis
- 544. Symgaiagenesis
- 545. All existence shares a cooperative impulse to increase order and wellbeing
- 546. Syntropy allows the Unification of
- 547. Syntropy allows the Unification of Spirit
- 548. Syntropy allows the Unification of Spirit Science
- 549. Syntropy allows the Unification of Spirit Science Social and Political Change
- 550. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com Humans are motivated by dreams of life and wholeness, not by nightmares of death and collapse.
- 553. So how do we get there?
- 555. FOOD & FARMING NEW ECONOMY BUILDING NEIGHBOURHOODS 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY NEW MODELS OF BUSINESS NEW BANKING & FINANCE TACKLING POVERTY OUR FORESTS GREEN TRANSPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOCAL DEMOCRACY ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
- 556. How can we get it all to fit together?
- 557. We need to organize together so that we can realize our chosen vision of the future and flourish in harmony with each other and with Nature. Unity in Diversity, Shared Purpose
- 558. Food and Farming Group Cycling, Trails, Transit Group Electric Vehicles Group Forests Group Community Planning Group Housing Group Solar PV Group Climate Action Circles A New Green Economy Group Ecology Group Community Education Group
- 559. Environmental groups Food and gardening groups First Nations Youth groups Local government Local businesses Schools Churches Community groups Political organizations Chamber of Commerce Service clubs Regional District Local college
- 560. OUR TOWN A happy community A restoring nature community An engaged learning community A 100% renewable energy community A self-organizing, mutually supportive, caring community
- 561. Syntropic self-organization Using informed and inspired consciousness
- 562. Embraces the best aspects of Capitalism Liberalism Socialism Anarchism Green thinking A New Political Synthesis
- 563. Embraces the best aspects of Capitalism Liberalism Socialism Anarchism Green thinking Rejects the worst aspects of Capitalism Liberalism Socialism Anarchism Green thinking A New Political Synthesis
- 564. Throughout existence, having a positive intention of a future outcome has been a precondition for success
- 565. Throughout existence, having a positive intention of a future outcome has been a precondition for success
- 566. Dream it Plan it Do it
- 574. Previous generations devoted their lives to ending slavery
- 575. To ending child labour
- 576. To winning the vote for women
- 577. To defeating Fascism
- 578. To the struggle for civil rights
- 579. To the struggle for gay rights
- 581. This is our task
- 582. This is our task
- 583. The dark dangers of authoritarian corporate power The freedom and progress for all that uncorrupted democracy makes possible
- 586. “It’s a race. A race between the expanding reach of our empathy as it stretches across the world, bringing love and intelligent cooperation for the good of all, and the clutching fear of tribal distrust, made more powerful by modern technology. Which will win?” - Guy Dauncey, Journey to the Future
- 588. So what is our future to be?
- 589. Collapse is Possible
- 590. A Great Transition is Possible Mark Henson
- 591. It’s up to each of us to choose. And then to act. Mark Henson
- 593. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com How can I contribute more?
- 594. Guy Dauncey 2013 www.earthfuture.com Make a deep inner commitment, and ask the Universe – and my friends - to help me.