LET'S DO IT!
LET'S COOPERATIZE!
LET'S COOPERATIZE!
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Paul Hawken, in his book 'BLESSED UNREST: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming', describes how hundreds-of-thousands of grassroots organizations all over the world are gathering to:
- establish economic equality
- advocate for social justice
- safeguard the environment
In this video, Paul Hawken speaks about this Blessed Unrest Movement.
The last words Paul Hawken speaks on this video are:
"Humankind knows what to do."
"Humankind knows what to do."
Yes, we do...and now we can coordinate all these grassroot efforts by Cooperatizing.
Up until now, much of the efforts of the hundreds-of-thousands of groups mentioned in this video have been thwarted by ...
you guessed it ... Team GRUNCH (aka giant corporations). A good analogy to explain this situation is that it's like a fire in a home.
Each group (those for economic equality, those for social justice, those for safeguarding the environment) is in a different room,
each trying valiantly to put out the fire in their particular room. They're unaware there's a root cause of the fire ... a gas leak in
the basement. If they all got together and stopped the gas leak in the basement first, their efforts would be much more effective.
Up until now, much of the efforts of the hundreds-of-thousands of groups mentioned in this video have been thwarted by ...
you guessed it ... Team GRUNCH (aka giant corporations). A good analogy to explain this situation is that it's like a fire in a home.
Each group (those for economic equality, those for social justice, those for safeguarding the environment) is in a different room,
each trying valiantly to put out the fire in their particular room. They're unaware there's a root cause of the fire ... a gas leak in
the basement. If they all got together and stopped the gas leak in the basement first, their efforts would be much more effective.
Cooperatizing will be like those groups getting together and stopping the gas leak in the basement first.
By doing so Team HUMANKIND will first neutralize the root cause of the fire. The root cause of the fire is giant corporations.
This will allow us to implement our solutions without obstruction from Team GRUNCH. In so doing we can replace
System GRUNCHERY with System HONEY-BEE-HIVERY.
By doing so Team HUMANKIND will first neutralize the root cause of the fire. The root cause of the fire is giant corporations.
This will allow us to implement our solutions without obstruction from Team GRUNCH. In so doing we can replace
System GRUNCHERY with System HONEY-BEE-HIVERY.
In System HONEY-BEE-HIVERY,
we can be as the bees be.
We can flourish like the bees do, as they go about their merry way,
humming and flitting and dancing,
gathering abundant nectar,
building beautiful HOMES,
caring for their offspring,
nourishing themselves with their
golden honey.
We can all thrive in a beautiful,
bountiful world.
In short, we can enjoy
Harmony-On-Mother-Earth.
ahh! ... HOME sweet HOME!
we can be as the bees be.
We can flourish like the bees do, as they go about their merry way,
humming and flitting and dancing,
gathering abundant nectar,
building beautiful HOMES,
caring for their offspring,
nourishing themselves with their
golden honey.
We can all thrive in a beautiful,
bountiful world.
In short, we can enjoy
Harmony-On-Mother-Earth.
ahh! ... HOME sweet HOME!
Thomas D. Seeley, Professor of Neurobiology at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, has spent much of his life studying honeybees.
His book, 'Honeybee Democracy', is a compelling description of how honeybees live and thrive in a democratic system.
It's a system we can emulate once we've 'Cooperatized' our livelihoods.
His book, 'Honeybee Democracy', is a compelling description of how honeybees live and thrive in a democratic system.
It's a system we can emulate once we've 'Cooperatized' our livelihoods.
The book jacket of 'Honeybee Democracy' describes this very nicely:
"An impressive exploration of animal behavior, 'Honeybee Democracy' shows that decision-making groups, whether honeybee or human,
can be smarter than even the smartest individuals in them."
"Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to collective wisdom and effective decision making. A remarkable and richly illustrated account of scientific discovery, 'Honeybee Democracy' brings together, for the first time, decades of Seeley's pioneering research to tell the amazing story of house hunting and democratic debate among the honeybees."
"An impressive exploration of animal behavior, 'Honeybee Democracy' shows that decision-making groups, whether honeybee or human,
can be smarter than even the smartest individuals in them."
"Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to collective wisdom and effective decision making. A remarkable and richly illustrated account of scientific discovery, 'Honeybee Democracy' brings together, for the first time, decades of Seeley's pioneering research to tell the amazing story of house hunting and democratic debate among the honeybees."
Enjoy this Moment!
"In the late spring and early summer, as a bee colony becomes overcrowded, a third of the hive stays behind and rears a new queen, while a swarm of thousands departs with the old queen to produce a daughter colony. Seeley describes how these bees evaluate potential nest sites, advertise their discoveries to one another, engage in open deliberation, choose a final site, and navigate together--as a swirling cloud of bees--to their new home. Seeley investigates how evolution has honed the decision-making methods of honeybees over millions of years, and he considers similarities between the ways that bee swarms and primate brains process information."
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"He concludes that what works well for the bees can also work well for people:
Any decision making group should consist of individuals with shared interest and mutual respect, a leader's influence should be minimized, debate should be relied upon, diverse solutions should be sought, and a majority should be counted on for a dependable resolution."
This is exactly the way a Cooperative business is mandated to operate.
Any decision making group should consist of individuals with shared interest and mutual respect, a leader's influence should be minimized, debate should be relied upon, diverse solutions should be sought, and a majority should be counted on for a dependable resolution."
This is exactly the way a Cooperative business is mandated to operate.
Enjoy this Moment!
This website [LetsCooperatize.info] has two companion websites, [HOMEgame.info] and [HOMEgameplan.info].
They've been created to bring awareness to certain solutions that, if implemented, can bring Harmony-ON-Mother-Earth.
This trilogy of websites is:
They've been created to bring awareness to certain solutions that, if implemented, can bring Harmony-ON-Mother-Earth.
This trilogy of websites is:
- [HOMEgame.info] is a reference manual --- It describes some solutions for humanity's problems, solutions that are simple practical, doable, and affordable. They're all here in one place so that Team HUMANKIND can refer to them collectively.
- [HOMEgameplan.info] is an operating manual --- It offers suggestions for how we can implement the solutions presented in [HOMEgame.info].
- [LetsCooperatize.info] is the defense strategy for Team HUMANKIND. --- It explains how Team HUMANKIND can defeat its main opponent....that being, the profit motive of giant corporations.
So let's huddle Team HUMANKIND.
Let's focus on Killing Corporations and Birthing Cooperatives,
and then implementing the solutions presented on
