huh...we've hit the earth's limits to feed us? ?

Huh...we've hit the earth's limits to feed us?

?

BELIEVING IS

SEEING

THETHREE

S’sOF A SCARCITY-MIND

SeparatenessStasis

Scarcity

SCARCITY MINDNot enough goods or

goodness

SPIRAL OFPOWERLESSNESS

Almost everything—from food to

energy—is scarce

Humans are

selfish & competitive

So we’re

incapable of coming together for the common

goodTherefore we can’t trust government

We must rely on the market, one bringing highest return to wealthy

So wealth inexorably concentrates

Concentrated wealth bends government to serve its ends

Power inequities worsen & more people experience scarcity

Fear, blame & competition intensify

“[T]he liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to the point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism….”

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, speaking to the U.S. Congress, 1938

SCARCITY MIND ECOMIN

DSeparateness

StasisScarcity

ConnectionContinuous changeCo-creation

TO

TO

TO

TO

ECO-MINDAligning with nature, there’s

plenty of goods & goodness

SPIRAL OFEMPOWERMENT

Humans have the need &

capacity for fairness,

cooperation & efficacy

So we’re capable of

deliberative problem solving

And we can

remove the power of money from

politics

Freed from the grip of private wealth, government answers to citizens

Democratically set rules ensure transparency & dispersion of power

Markets remain open, competitive & life-serving

“Living democracy” shapes rules aligned with nature, including our own

Needs are met, fear recedes & trust grows

Women farmers pledge to protect the biodiversity conserved by their elders

Photo: Deccan Development Society

Part of a wider “nonpesticide movement” in 8,000 villages in Andhra Pradesh, India

Deb SimpsonState Senator, ME

Citizens Participate in GovernanceCitizen Juries shape direction of agriculture, Mali

Food Policy Councils collaborate on solutions, USA & Canada

Village groups (w/10 million families) manage forests, India

Municipal participatory budgeting engages citizens, Brazil & beyond

WITH ANECO-MIND… It’s not possible to

know what’s possible

So we are free

We are free to go for the world we want