"Hi Bill!
Thanks for inviting me to be a friend! I was just sending you a message, scrolled down and somehow lost the message - you may get 2! I am exploring the world of online communities for the sake of connection and sharing of business…"
1 ~ We hope that answering these delightful questions will enhance your experience with all of us at the Ashland Resource Center. This is your source for community evolutionaries! Please stay in touch, check in and check us out often. How can we best serve you?
4 ~ Please describe any projects or businesses you'd like to develop, if any? What is your "JOB" (aka "Joy of Being")? What especially delights you?
Committed Core Community: I envision a bonded, loving, trusting, reciprocal safety net of focused, creative activists. We joyously support each other in staying right here in Ashland as we wade deep in the evolutionary flow, guiding the way with the fruit of our own efforts manifest. We consciously build the new world as we build our new community.
5 ~ Which intriguing concepts, local endeavors, links, music, art, websites, books, films, inventions have you been exploring?
Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth, David Korten, 2009, Berret-Koehler Publishers
Community: The Structure of Belonging, Peter Block, 2008, Berret-Koehler Publishers
Plan “C”: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change, Pat Murphy, 2008, New Society Publishers
The Ascent of Humanity: The Age of Separation, the Age of Reunion, and the convergence of crises that is birthing the transition, Charles Eisenstein, 2008, Panenthea Press
The Long Descent: A Users Guide to the End of the Industrial Age, John Michael Greer, 2008, New Society Publishers
Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines, Richard Heinberg, 2007, New Society Publishers
Thank God for Evolution: How the Marriage of Science and Religion Will Transform Your Life and Our World, Michael Dowd, 2007, Viking
Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community, Diana Leafe Christian, New Society Publishers, 2007
Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure and Joie de Vivre, Cecile Andrews, 2006, New Society Publishers
Creating Community Anywhere: Finding Support and Connection in a Fragmented World, Carolyn Shaffer & Kristen Anundsen,1993-2005, CCC Press
Hi Bill!
Thanks for inviting me to be a friend! I was just sending you a message, scrolled down and somehow lost the message - you may get 2! I am exploring the world of online communities for the sake of connection and sharing of business opportunities too!
Hope all is well and you are having a great summer!
Lynn
May your creative projects all be blessed. You can utilize this network as it grows to share about yourself and your projects/business/organizations. This is our own community version of MySpace/FaceBook.
You can fill out your "MyPage" with more information and resources. In the "text" box you can add a description, format text, upload photos, embed video, etc. This is your own little "website" with full capabilities. You can "Edit" features on your "MyPage," move the boxes around by selecting and dragging the headers to where you want them on the page. You can even change your theme and appearance.
In the "RSS" box you can add any RSS feed. You can upload a profile photo or logo under "MySettings" so we can feature your page.
For new member instructions and tutorial go to: FAQ's & Tutorial
Use this network to share yourself in the local community by inviting your friends under "Members" to see your "MyPage" profile and add their own. This is how the network grows strong and we are kept informed locally.