We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Oil and Larkspur--Personal Reactions to a Disruptive Event

from The Oil Drum. The people of this website and their highly environmentally aware followers are in mourning over the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As I often do, I found the comments following the article most interesting.