19 Institutions for a transition towards a P2P Civilisation
According to Dave Pollard:
“Joanna Macy’s book Coming Back to Life has the following list (the last six items are my own additions):”
(we recommend you read the complementary meditation by Jeff Vail about the right balance between hierarchy and equality)
1. teach-ins and peer study groups
2. think tanks and Gaian learning institutions (where you would learn improvisation, story-telling, and some of the other critical life skills in the graphic above)
3. groups that would maintain measures of genuine well-being to replace GDP, stock markets, phony inflation & unemployment numbers as the gauges of our society’s health
4. consensus and conflict resolution services, to replace lawyers
5. non-violence ‘genuine defense’ institutions, to replace the military
6. renewable energy ‘transition’ co-ops
7. land trusts and conservancies, replacing land ownership with community stewardship
8. community-based co-ops for gardening/permaculture, CSA, tool-sharing, skills banks
9. community-based repair, recycling, composting and re-use programs
10. holistic health institutions based on self-management and prevention
11. local currencies and gift economy programs
12. unschooling (natural/self-directed learning)
13. collective, independent, non-commercial information sharing and communications media
14. clothing co-ops (like Mondragon’s)
15. community theatre
16. community-based scientific research, idea and innovation centres
17. facilitation ‘collaboratories’ (where skilled facilitators would help you resolve challenges both local and global)
18. well-being centres for personal growth, relationship management and self-learning
19. artist and crafts co-ops