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Gerber Family Holistic Planning. (or) managing our way toward a really BIG sailboat!. So this is part of the dream. And so is this…. And we’d like to live in a sustainable community. On a healthy planet. How do we:. Sustain a personal quality of life we enjoy
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Gerber Family Holistic Planning (or) managing our way toward a really BIG sailboat!
How do we: • Sustain a personal quality of life we enjoy • Help build a sustainable community • Enhance environmental quality
Holistic Decision Making • A process that simultaneously considers the financial, environmental, and social impacts of decisions prior to their implementation.
Holistic Management Based on a world view: The World Functions as Wholes
Holistic Management Begins with defining our “whole system” Decision Makers Resource Base Money
Whole System • Who are the decision makers? • Phyl and John • What is the resource base? • Assets (owned or access), people • What money is available? • Not much!
Creating the family holisticgoal • November 2001 – family car ride to NY • December 2002 – first temporary QOL • Email conversation to finalize • January 1 2002 – first temporary Holisticgoal • April 2002 – slightly revised Holisticgoal • The Holisticgoal is revisited and updated as needed.
Holisticgoal The Holisticgoal is the cornerstone of the Holistic Decision making process. It is used to guide all decisions and therefore actions. Decisions are made based on: What we value most deeply What must be produced Future surroundings must be like?
Holisticgoal Your Holisticgoal: • Is a reflection of what motivates you. • It is your collective sense of what is important and why. • Like magnetic north it guides, without being seen or reached. • It ensures objectives, goals and actions move you to what you want.
Family Holisticgoal • Quality of Life • Visioning & writing • Pathway (what do we have to create?) • One for each QOL component • Future Resources • Self, landscape & community
Gerber Family Holisticgoal Quality of Life – We want to live simply with close family connections and a welcoming home environment. We want companionship through our family and friends in the community. We want financial security to maintain these things and to give us the freedom and opportunity to choose the type of fun and adventure that we seek. We want to promote our health, physically, intellectually and spiritually. We want meaningful work that is challenging and allows for continuous growth, and a way to be recognized for our contributions. We want time to relax and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us.
Gerber Family Holisticgoal Pathway – To move us toward this QOL, we need to create: ·Profit from meaningful work ·Opportunities to interact with friends ·Time to do the things we truly want ·A household and garden(s) that are managed sustainably ·Commitment to exercise and eat right ·A means of checking in on this holisticgoal regularly
Gerber Family Holisticgoal Future Resources– To sustain this QOL in the future, we want… ·To be thought of as caring, thoughtful, compassionate people, with a sense of humor and a commitment to a simple, family- oriented way of living. ·The land around us to be productive, interesting (diverse), healthy and green. ·The community we live in to be divers, with varying ethnic and age groups, with good community-based public services, good recreation facilities, a sense of wildness and a strong earth ethic.
Testing Guidelines Holistic Management practitioners use all the common means of making decisions. In addition, they use seven testing guidelines.
Testing Questions • Cause & Effect • Weak Link • Marginal Reaction • Gross Profit Analysis • Energy/Money - Source and Use • Sustainability • Society and Culture
How about some really big questions? • Town Meeting • Changing Job • House Footprint
Are we there yet? NO, but we keep getting closer!
Is this for you? Cross out the items that are not important to you: Money Community The Environment Your Quality of Life Family
Testing Questions • Cause & Effect • Weak Link • Marginal Reaction • Gross Profit Analysis • Energy/Money - Source and Use • Sustainability • Society and Culture
Testing Questions • Cause & Effect Does the proposed action move you toward your Holisticgoal?
Testing Questions • Social Weak Link Have you considered and/or addressed any confusion, anger, or opposition this action could create with people whose support you need and/or desire in the near or distant future?
Testing Questions • Marginal Reaction Will the proposed action provide you with a big return in terms of your Holisticgoal? Consider time, money or energy.
Testing Questions • Gross Profit Analysis Will the proposed action contribute to a major part of your life? Is this a big deal?
Testing Questions • Energy/Money - Source and Use Is the energy or money to be used in this action derived from the most appropriate source in terms of your Holisticgoal? Will the way the energy or money be used lead you toward your Holisticgoal?
Testing Questions • Sustainability If you take this action, will it lead toward or away from the future you have described in “Future Resources”?
Testing Questions • Society and Culture Considering all the questions and your Holisticgoal, how do you feel about this action now? What does your “gut” say?
