Rural Communities – creating a stable environment
We happen to be living in one of the most interesting periods in human history. Societal shifts unlike any we have witnessed before are testing and stretching our ability to comprehend either the problems or their solutions. The resulting quagmire is generating negative forces, some being unleashed in Canada as a mechanism of constraint […]
One Community’s Story – Trepassey, NL
One Community’s Story This small community in Newfoundland has a population of approximately 1,500 people and serves a region of some 4,000. My introduction to the extent of their dilemma began when I was invited to participate in the development process taking place there which resulted from the closure of its single industry, a fish […]
People Without Boundaries – redefining our identity
Globalization and the global community are words used to address a phenomenon causing the breakdown of geographical boundaries among the nation states of the world. We are slow to recognize that the collapse of local borders in our community-based structures is also occurring. As the world becomes borderless, ultimately everything we do will become borderless. […]
Reflection on the Westray Mining Disaster
(This was a piece written after the tragic collapse of the coal mine in Westray, Nova Scotia, Canada on May 8th, 1992 which killed 26 miners) The tragic loss of the failed human venture in Plymouth, Nova Scotia is just being realized and the rationalization of why it ever happened is about to begin. Conventional […]
Addressing a workshop in Thailand
Having been invited to participate in an evaluation of a project in Thailand I had ample opportunity to meet, dialogue and share with people. In this photo I am sharing and learning with a group of University Professors.
