On this page, members discuss the type of conversations that the international network can and should foster...

Presentations of actions with strong meanings, focus on special themes have met fresh open minds about how to challenge sustainability unconcernedly or concret. This interesting theories and philosophy may need fields and issues to prove the functions of this theories, at the same time actors with content wise experiences need obviously more general knowledge about psychological strategies, how sustainability can effort as a general movement.

I think, it depends to the issues, which would be suggested in witch size the communication terminal may function. May be first it needs a very located start “something” and issue to talk about to find any abstract handling of sustainability and reflections of this after the experience. For me this would be the interesting prospect of this beginning exchange.

(by Insa Winkler, Apr 6 2007)

When I wrote that the Lueneburg experience was really good, I meant first of all that I met some people with who I feel connected, some ‘chemistry’ (horrible american word). I am afraid to loose this when we will have an anonymous team working on wiki (I guess this is how it works) and a large email list of which I will be part but will not feel really connected any more. I like to preserve in a way the ‘special feeling’. I think this is what drives in the end people to work together. I do not have an answer on how to preserve the special feeling other than getting in contact with a few persons seperately, for instance with the aim to develop some ideas further. Maybe it is not completely in the spirit of open source and copyleft, but again I do not see an alternative. If someone has, please let me know!!

(by Hans Dieleman, Apr 20 2007)

This observation by Hans was the start of a discussion on the network’s mailing-list, that led to the structuration of the wiki in three areas: red, orange, green. Having the orange zone as main zone allows to restrict some discussions to members only. The red zone allows even more ‘intimacy’ given that only members can view pages in it ... — Sacha Kagan 2007/05/16 16:29

I truly have no idea exactly what that will look like or work like. It would be interesting to try and do collaborative/cooperative writing. But I also agree with Hans D that the special and fascinating of the personal should be kept alive. Is both possible on one site?

To me, it would already be great to have a website where everyone’s texts are (semi)structured into topics and/or streams. From there we could think and talk about effective ways to carry this into the future without losing track of what everyone is saying. Lets all send Sacha love, support and money, or whatever, and hope for a simple practical website soon. Much could evolve from there...

(by Hans G..., Apr 22 2007)