Dear Friends and Colleagues ,
Seasons greetings to you! It has been a busy autumn for Renaissance2 with six faculty and member meetings in London, Paris, Perpignan, New York and San Francisco and as a result lots of new developments and a renewed energy to make change happen. We now have over one hundred influential leaders and practitioners signed up to the R2 network who are all doing their bit to create a thriving planet and society for ourselves and future generations in the 21st century. Thanks to all of you who have contributed so much to date! If you have not signed up with R2 yet, please join us this festive season by getting involved and signing up here. We look forward to welcoming you.
1. R2NN - Time for Action!There are three major developments this month we would like to share with you and which we hope you might consider participating in:
One of the new developments, triggered by our European and US trip, is R2NN: "Renaissance2 News Network" (think CNN). R2NN is similar to a news network in that it will update you with regular newsflashes and reports on positive steps towards change from around the world, from breakthroughs in personal development approaches (think "microscope") to major geo-political shifts such as the election and new policies of Barack Obama (think "macroscope"). We will also cover the fertile ground which lies between these micro and macro developments: advances in the way we design networks, organizations, infrastructures and governance systems (think "mesoscope").
The first R2NN newsflash is availble through the R2 Blog. It brings to light the positive actions which have been taking place around the world in the past month. These include:
Actions you can take:
2. R2 Great Shift Gathering- Catalyzing the Second Renaissance- End of March 2009
The R2 network is putting together a "Great Shift Gathering" which will be held during the last week of March 2009 in sunny Perpignan in the South of France. The format of the event is configured around three main streams of activity:
Actions you can take:
3. The Great Shift: Catalyzing the Second Renaissance- A Handbook for TransActivists
The first few chapters of my new book are now available in pdf format, free to R2 members. If you would like your free copies of chapters 1 and 2 (out now!) then please click here to join R2, if you are not already a member, and get your free copy!
Until next year, we wish you a wonderful festive season and a productive and positive start to 2009!
Dr Robin Wood
President: www.renaissance2.eu
Founder: www.latourapollinaire.com