Friday, June 23

conversation and dialogue


From Transition Culture, yet another poignant article/interview. . .




What are the skills we need to learn and the training & education we need to put in place to respond to peak oil?

We really need to understand the value, and give a value, to loosening up our minds, becoming curious rather then certain, being interested beyond the polarities of the differences, being really interested in how someone else experiences this issue, or any issue. You can educate people into becoming more curious, but it's a serious process. We're certainly not doing in our schools, we're not doing it in our organizations where we just want people to make snap decisions, we want children to give instant simplistic answers…


If you are interested in the subject of effective dialogue, you can read an excerpt and download a full 80 page document here.

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