I enjoy the coffee socials with room groups so much shared and so inspiring to hear innovative creative and passionate people on the desire to change societies for the better for all and this planet.. This festival gives global hope. I then signed into the "Do we need system change?" webinar.... the simple answer is yes! but we had speakers defining systems and overview of economics from academic perspective... for me got over complicated I think we need to connect more with hearts and common sense not over indulge our intellectual analysis... Though we do need data, audits and measures of outcomes. We need to recognise patterns and forms and create pathways to improve living for all and this planet. Out of all the speakers I found Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven from York most clear in her thought & analysis and understanding. One of the points I made in our coffee social was we need a constant view of the front-line of economic policies and their enforcement or manipulation by politics in "power", is we have to see the effects on the front-line.. If the effects are hurting and oppressing the people then we need to change those policies.. Poverty social unrest from feeling social frustration from lack of financial dignity has to be seen heard and acted upon to ease the pain. We simply cannot have dicatorship, greed in the hands of a few to the expense of the life dignity of all global citizens. We have to simply learn to listen to one another, respect one another and be a Global family..We need to encourage innovation and creativity for the benefit of all our lives and this wonderful amazing planet home that supports life. We can no longer indulge deluded ego power politics that create wars and division among our Global family. We all need life dignity!
Below are some of my chat contributions in blue highlight.
There is one system to learn from that of the ecosystem it clearly showed how it can harmonise when we humans out of the way lockdown gave amazing evidence...But we as a species showed quick adaptation to lockdown .... how businessness, entertainment TV, health clinics, communities found ways to connect & share support one another chiefly through this zoom platform we have banks reaching out to customers creating social interaction to combat loneliness. Suddenly compassion linking in our adaptation as should be for a health society. A society without compassion ceases to be a society.
