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Building Resilience: Transforming Economy and Environment through Connected Communities

Americans are isolated due to an unsustainable economic model. The solution is resilience circles where people learn, help each other, and take social action for a better future.

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Building Resilience: Transforming Economy and Environment through Connected Communities

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  1. November, 2012

  2. Economic and Environmental Challenges The economy is going through a fundamental transition. • No more debt-fueled economic growth. • Our economic model is not ecologically sustainable.

  3. Isolation Americans have become increasingly isolated. Mainstream culture encourages us to be cut-off from each other, relying on money, corporate products, and screen time to fill our needs. Even as activists, we often act as individuals rather than in community.

  4. The Solution: Resilience Resilience – The ability to recover readily from adversity; buoyancy Connectedness builds resilience

  5. What is a Resilience Circle? Circles help us: • Learn together about the economy & the • environment • Build relationships, overcome isolation • Engage in mutual aid and shared action • Rediscover the abundance of what we have and recognize the possibility of a better future • See ourselves as part of larger effort to create a fair and healthy economy that works for everyone in harmony with the planet • Get to know our neighbors, find inspiration, and have fun! There are three components: Learning Together about the economy & the environment, Mutual Aid, & Social Action

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