You will have hopefully all seen the original Story of Stuff videos, showing how our systems are causing problems. Now they are producing videos that are looking at focusing on solutions. This video outlines in very simple terms what it takes for change. Its 6 minutes well worth viewing. Click here to view the new video.
Can we see this sort of change already happening?
I think we can, and this will only increase. All over the place you can see citizens mobilising to grow their own food in food forests (check out this website as an example), we can see the Student Volunteer Army originally in Christchurch but now with branches nationwide, we can see the Gapfiller project and the Ministry of Awesome also at work in Christchurch. These are all citizens mobilising and taking action.
In "The Press" on Saturday 28th September 2013, there was a fascinating article by John McCrone called "Game Changer" about how local councils are changing from a corporate style to organisations that consult with, and consider what the people want. This is all happening due to the explosion of social media. The article was absolutely inspiring and offers hope for the next term of local councils if those elected buy into that.
What other examples of active change have you seen recently? Please share them!
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