We're saying we want to have a positive impact on the global environment rather than a destructive one. Many are being drawn to a new emphasis on building healthy relationships and towards exploration of spirituality. There is no consensus about what the future holds. Multinationals like Microsoft, Intel, Shell, Citicorp get stronger as power shifts towards the few big companies. People, who organize locally for barter, trade, production.
People focus on community, quality of life, relationships, and human value across the life cycle.
In the course of any day our actions are guided by thoughts that come out of bits and pieces of each of these worldviews. As a result, many of us feel our lives are fragmented and brittle. And lots of us are talking about how to do something to gain a sense of wholeness and peace with these conflicting worldviews and resulting actions. The developers of this project believe that a forum is needed which focus attention, brings people together, provides opportunity for dialogue, and engenders a commitment for action at many different levels. We believe that the theme of resilience is the basis for creation of that forum.