Manifesto

[patternleaf]

"[2] I owe you the manifesto and am waiting fir a few scientists to chime in... as well as one more business development/designer in Norway."

[rknudtson]

In a field of black, the speck of white can be seen no matter how small. Conversely, when viewing a field of white, the black speck cannot be seen until it grows large enough to split the light redefining the entire field. Such is the pattern of humans’ engagement with climate change thus far. The threat never seemed as dark as it was as we looked at it through a filter of hope, there was no shared history of its danger, thus it was ignored. Now, as the white of the Arctic disappears, the darkness of the ecological night becomes more apparent and we must call on our ancient tradition of drawing close around circles of light to share our stories and rewrite the ending. The Infinite Seed uses this time-honored approach for empowering individuals to come together to create a greater force for change: storytelling.

The Infinite Seed unlocks the profound power of storytelling through present and emerging media platforms to encourage, educate and support active engagement in addressing climate change. As modern storytellers we find that the time has now come for us to step into the light and create a New Eco/Eco Manifesto, which by virtue of its urgency and global character compares favorably with the standard of the earliest contracts between Man and Nature, the Manifesto states.

The aims of the New Eco/Eco Manifesto are: To express the honesty, truthfulness and ethics we wish to associate to our story. To reflect the changes of the environment in the stories we tell. To base our storytelling on factual experiences and alignment with natural environments, climates, landscapes and waters. To combine the demand for solutions with modern knowledge of health, wealth and community well-being. To promote stories that offer solutions that respect the ecological/economic balance required for a diverse, sustainable ecosystem. To promote solutions that encompass biodiversity, equity, inclusion and a sound production process in our seas, on our farmland and in the wild. To identify, engage, activate and support existing and emerging portals and pathways for public participation To leverage technology to combine the best in grassroots solutions with global actions. To support local self-sufficiency with regional sharing of storytelling portals. To join forces with ecological representatives, other storytellers, economists, futurists, scientists, researchers, teachers, politicians and authorities on this project for the benefit and advantage of everyone in the global ecosystem.

[rknudtson]

Just go ahead and only use this for now (I still want to have some scientists give their two cents but we can update):

The aims of the New Eco/Eco Manifesto are: To express the honesty, truthfulness and ethics we wish to associate to our story. To reflect the changes of the environment in the stories we tell. To base our storytelling on factual experiences and alignment with natural environments, climates, landscapes and waters. To combine the demand for solutions with modern knowledge of health, wealth and community well-being. To promote stories that offer solutions that respect the ecological/economic balance required for a diverse, sustainable ecosystem. To promote solutions that encompass biodiversity, equity, inclusion and a sound production process in our seas, on our farmland and in the wild. To identify, engage, activate and support existing and emerging portals and pathways for public participation To leverage technology to combine the best in grassroots solutions with global actions. To support local self-sufficiency with regional sharing of storytelling portals. To join forces with ecological representatives, other storytellers, economists, futurists, scientists, researchers, teachers, politicians and authorities on this project for the benefit and advantage of everyone in the global ecosystem.