Sustainability at a Crossroads - Occupy Cafe2024-03-28T22:15:00Zhttp://www.occupycafe.org/forum/topics/sustainability-at-a-crossroads?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI love your question and refl…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2013-05-13:6451976:Comment:381672013-05-13T13:55:47.125ZBen Robertshttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/BenRoberts
<p>I love your question and reflection on it Dyck:</p>
<blockquote><p><span>what is the role of 'experts' giving me 'answers' to their or my 'questions'? Surely it is a delicate role that carries huge responsibility to be honest so their 'answers' don't become anchors that I must drag around with me in finding my way.</span></p>
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<p>And by the way, we are trying to broaden the "sustainability" conversation beyond the physical environment, to include our communities, e.g. social…</p>
<p>I love your question and reflection on it Dyck:</p>
<blockquote><p><span>what is the role of 'experts' giving me 'answers' to their or my 'questions'? Surely it is a delicate role that carries huge responsibility to be honest so their 'answers' don't become anchors that I must drag around with me in finding my way.</span></p>
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<p>And by the way, we are trying to broaden the "sustainability" conversation beyond the physical environment, to include our communities, e.g. social justice and economics, and also our inner spiritual work. As we both know (and the experts tell us!), these are all inextricably intertwined and interdependent.</p> I guess I assume the meaning…tag:www.occupycafe.org,2013-05-11:6451976:Comment:381632013-05-11T20:35:23.775ZDyck Dewidhttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/DyckDewid
<p>I guess I assume the meaning here of sustainability is limited to how humans deal with our physical environment. Yet 'figuring out' the what and how of sustainability is a personal journey that for me, doesn't exclude anything. the journey includes finding and testing my values. It includes finding my relationship to the topic. It includes my own spiritual work of acknowledging the temporal nature of all things including my own body... possibly leading to the limits of…</p>
<p>I guess I assume the meaning here of sustainability is limited to how humans deal with our physical environment. Yet 'figuring out' the what and how of sustainability is a personal journey that for me, doesn't exclude anything. the journey includes finding and testing my values. It includes finding my relationship to the topic. It includes my own spiritual work of acknowledging the temporal nature of all things including my own body... possibly leading to the limits of sustaining...</p>
<p>So, I think to myself... what is the role of 'experts' giving me 'answers' to their or my 'questions'? Surely it is a delicate role that carries huge responsibility to be honest so their 'answers' don't become anchors that I must drag around with me in finding my way.</p>
<p>Sorry I can't stay for the whole call today</p>
<p>Dyck</p>