Community

We intend to create a national debate over the coming months: what are the most effective actions that we can all take in this Action Area? Together with our Ambassadors, we will then synthesize and distil the most credible and popular ideas into the core 999 Manisfesto, mobilizing as many people as possible to get involved. To start the ball rolling, 999 It's Time founder Rory Spowers has presented some of his own ideas below.

"We all know how the dynamic of a group can shift our actions to another level from acting as lone individuals, creating something that 'is more than the sum of its parts'. Although all our individual lifestyle actions are important, there is no doubt that when we act as a group - as a family, a business, a community - something else emerges. After many years of working in this area, I believe that this is where real, deep and systemic change has to occur. We need to shift gear, from acting purely as individuals to acting as 'complex co-operative communities', be it on-line, or with our neighbours, or in the work-place.

There are numerous initiatives out there that can easily be replicated in this context, many of them highlighted on The Web of Hope database, from Common Ground's Community Orchards initiative to Denmark's wind power co-operatives. The most exciting new initiative in this area is the Transition Towns movement. Check it out and get your local community involved."
 

Suggested Actions
 

1. Join and support an NGO: Common Ground
    
2. Perform an easy 'one-click' action: Join the Slow Food movement
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3. Engage in a 'group action' as a family, a community, a business, etc:
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Have Your Say

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