Dream Seeding: Art for Compassionate Cultures

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¡Hola Friends of the World! Here in Michigan, we are seeking...

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¡Hola Friends of the World! Here in Michigan, we are seeking creative expression that in some way helps us to know that a more beautiful life is possible on our planet Earth for our Dream Seeding for the New Era of Love All Ages Art Show in Ann Arbor this July!

We have photos from our 2011 Dream Seeding in the archives as the first posts upon this blog.

Submissions from folks farther afield than Michigan are welcome, depending on feasibility. Otherwise we encourage folks in any place to put together art shows in their own town. Everywhere you go, creativity abounds and folks are finding more compassionate and sustainable ways to live a better world!

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biscodeja-vu: Kaisik Wong

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Kaisik Wong

biscodeja-vu: Jerry Uelsmann

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biscodeja-vu:

Jerry Uelsmann

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whatareyoureallymyfriendlybeing: Narach: Local Wildlife by...

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whatareyoureallymyfriendlybeing:

Narach: Local Wildlife by Kristina ✪ on Flickr.

"Multiple, concurrent steps need to be taken to prepare our cities, towns, and suburbs for the..."

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Multiple, concurrent steps need to be taken to prepare our cities, towns, and suburbs for the future. When analyzing the early adopters of sustainability planning, seven overall strategies stand out. These strategies can be expanded from sustainability planning to resilience planning:

1. Planning: Enable the development of vibrant mixed-use communities and higher-density regional centers that create a sense of place, allow for transportation choices (other than private automobiles), and protect regional agricultural, watershed, and wildlife-habitat lands.

2. Mobility: Invest in high-quality pedestrian, bicycle, and public transit infrastructure with easy access, shared connectivity, and rich information sources, from signage to cell-phone alerts.

3. Built Environment: Design new buildings and associated landscaping—and retrofit existing buildings—for state-of-the-art energy efficiency (e.g., smart-grid applications) and resource efficiency, integrated with mobility options.

4. Economy: Support businesses to provide quality local jobs and meet the needs of the new economy with renewable energy and other green technologies and services. Support local and regional economic decision-makers in adapting to the new world of rising prices, volatile energy supplies, and national demographic shifts.

5. Food: Develop regional organic food-production, food-processing, and metro-area food-distribution networks.

6. Resources: Drastically cut the use of water, the production of waste, and the use of materials, reusing them whenever possible.

7. Management: Engage government, businesses, and citizens together in resilience planning and implementation; track and communicate the successes, failures, and opportunities of this community-wide effort.

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- These strategies come from a chapter written by leading urban sustainability expert Warren Karlenzig for the Post Carbon Institute’s excellent ‘Post Carbon Reader’. You can check out his blog and work here.

(Photo credit: Seed Magazine via Urbanism.org)