Global Ecovillage Network/Solution Library/Reconnecting to society

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When people create their projects in a safe surrounding their ideas can very often lose contact with the existing reality (will anybody be interested in my idea, will there be a responsive target group, has my idea already been tried and failed,) ­ and when they tell their stories or start their project they often realise that the world is different to what they imagined from inside that bubble. Often these idealistic bubbles burst after a process ­ and are not part of the learning journey.

Creating situations where people can reconnect their ideas with the existing reality ­ still in a “safe surrounding” ­ is an important feedback loop and supports them and helps to clarify their ideas. To really start up a project and create something in our world it always needs both parts. Our ideas and idealism need to be connected with the frames and possibilities of our world. This feedback loop can be a “controlled failure” where we see what resonates and what not. References: no references ­ just do it :­) Submitted by Pioneers of Change

• Integral Design
  • Contextualised Design
• Social
  • Trust & Communication