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Some Questions to Start with...
From a developing country to a country with one of the highest living standards in the world ... From a country with poverty always within sight to a country with people that enjoy life the most and feel the least guilty about its pleasures ... From a country where the yearly monsoon rains determine politics to a country which is mostly below sea level, surrounded or built on water ... This is how I saw my world when I arrived in Holland in the summer of 2004 after 11 months in India. Having lived 3 years in Amsterdam, I will be moving back to my home country Germany in June. And this time, I challenge myself through asking questions to work towards my personal vision 'to develop & connect people to drive positive change in society and to inspire people to take responsibility & leadership for change in their local environments ... for a more peaceful and sustainable world.'
How can me building a local We Are What We Do (www.wearewhatwedo.org) community in Berlin support the growth of the global We Are What We Do Community of Practise (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_Practice)?
How can I use the chaordic model (www.chaordic.org) to build the Pioneers of Change (pioneersofchange.net) network in Berlin?
What immediate next steps do I have to take in order to enter the baby phase of being a chaordic practitioner?
Initiating and facilitating change networks in Berlin in the upcoming months, I leave the Netherlands with more questions:
What can I learn from my development work in India to apply it to social challenges in Germany?
How does 'development work' work in industrial countries?
Back to Berlin from the country of Ode Magazine to the country of changeX (changex.de) ...
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