{"id":6042,"date":"2019-03-21T10:54:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T14:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=6042"},"modified":"2019-03-23T09:48:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T13:48:36","slug":"hope-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=6042","title":{"rendered":"Hope Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am beginning to have hope for humans and for our planet for the first time since Thump was elected.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ve been in a place of despair about whether my beloved planet would even survive.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It looked like we were on our way to killing her.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This book has given me hope that we can survive and even thrive.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There are groups of people all over the planet who are exploring the idea of sustainability through cooperation, and many actual examples of that sort are actually in operation.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.triarchypress.net\/drc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Wahl, Designing Regenerative Cultures<\/a>:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>p195<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is being called into question here is not the overall process of biological evolution, but whether competition for scarce resources rather than symbiotic networks in which life creates conditions conducive to life are the main drivers of speciation and evolution of life as an interconnected process.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>New insights in biology, neuroscience, and evolutionary theory are offering a perspective that helps us to retell the story about who we are as biophysical beings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Truly understanding ourselves individually and collectively as \u2018being <i>in<\/i> and <i>through<\/i> relationships\u2019 is the conceptual\/perceptual meta-design shift that underlies the cultural transformation that is under way.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We are transforming a globalized but fragmented humanity based on the <i>narrative of separation<\/i> and competition into globally cooperative networks of locally adapted cultures sharing a unified <i>narrative of interbeing<\/i>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qQUqna4ObxQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wahl\u2019s speech at Findhorn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wolves restored to Yellowstone<\/a> <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=5363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Enormous Regenerative Power of Mother Earth<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0BtKoQfuQp\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=5363\">The Enormous Regenerative Power of Mother Earth<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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