Occupy and Engage

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Occupy Wall Street has been going on for nearly 5 weeks. It has broken the relevancy barrier - the point at which a movement is no longer mocked by serious people, but engenders debate about how to either capture that energy, figure out where it is going or how to stop it. Occupy Wall street has spread this meme of Occupy and resist the corporate greed to the furthest and most unlikely corners of the United States, if not around the world. Everyone gets it now. That's consciousness rising.

Now is when we as Evolver need to act. If we are not already involved we need to get involved. We need to bring copies of 2012 Time for Change on our Ipods, copies of the books, the permaculture handbook, Evolver hand outs. Every one of us needs to join the occupation and engage one on one, person to person at the Occupation. When know the system is broken, but how do we fix it? On this forum we've been talking about it - gift economies, alternative currencies, design science, consciousness, meditation, insight, permaculture, sustainable local economies. pass around the website address, Reality Sandwich's address. If you are a sporganizer make it an event, send out alerts and let the rest of the spore know it will be an action.

Some Occupation Resources:
http://www.occupytogether.org - has the most comprehensive list of cities with or planning occupations. If there is not one near you - they have all the info you need to start one! They have wiki's on organization, protesting, tactics and other great info. If you can't occupy, you can supply the occupation. Find the occupation nearest to you on this website, most have an address you can send donations or supplies to. If close enough you could deliver supplies. Food, socks, tarps, batteries do more than just their job - it sends a clear message someone cares about the protesters and what they are doing.
http://www.occupywallst.org
http://www.transitionus.org - info on permaculture and urban sustainability
http://charleseisenstein.com/ - Author of Sacred Economics, good source of information to talk about alternative currencies
http://www.bioneers.org - info about sustainable design and culture

Looking toward the end of the Occupation, because we helped liberate America from Wall Street, and freed our fellow citizens to think in new ways, the Spores we leave may find their way to unexpected places down the road.

Please add more info to this post, this is the start of the plan, not the end of it.

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More places to look for conversation starters:
http://www.realitysandwich.com/occupy_wall_street_no_demand_big_enough
and in a similar vein:
http://www.realitysandwich.com/beyond_money

6 Tektite Serpent
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"That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly" - Thomas Paine
"We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing" - Seneca
Ideas are the ammunition of the Occupation!

HEAR HEAR!

I totally agree with your thoughtful posts.
I will be there Saturday for the PEACEFUL protest.
Love and Solidarity
Bellidansah

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