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Our values are rooted in how Nature has built and evolved since times immemorial.

Nature evolves as different forms of what is. It cooperates for the well-being of each of the parts and gradually builds new forms of matter, life and community. Within these communities, there is often a jostling for position to ensure that each different type of constellation (mineral compound, plant or animal constellation) is as inherently strong as possible. Darwin called one form of this jostling: “the survival of the fittest” although animals and plants only seldom kill and, besides human beings, do not eradicate whole species. But unity is the overall principle that governs the whole.

The All-Win Principle 

Since each of us and nature are parts of one integrated whole, the well-being of all people and all of nature are essential to us all.

Nature Class

A Commons approach–All for one and one for all

This relationship is found in matter (e.g. atom and molecules), systems of life and matter, and communities of life (e.g. ecosystems).

Our work consists of a constant learning process of how these systems can be brought into being in all of our relationships with one another individually, socially and economically; as well as the rest of Nature.

All-Win Principle and the Global Commons

Informational Resources on the Commons

History of Commons Approach

Native peoples conferring

The commons approach is centuries old. For example, Indigenous Peoples have long used a commons approach to the governance of their communities. They have also used it as a way of living in harmony with Nature. In recent times, many millions of people live in Ecovillages and Transition Towns and other communities that use a commons approach to stewardship, production and sharing.

Commons have three aspects

  1. Commons Goods - resources a community collectively needs and uses; 

  2. Commoners - stakeholders who steward them for the benefit of all involved;   

  3. Commoning - an open and democratic form of making decisions and producing where all share in the responsibility as well as in the outcomes.

51 ways to Spark a Commons Revolution

Examples of Commons

  • A governance structure used by many peoples living close to Nature; 

  • Cooperatives are businesses run as commons. (These have one billion members worldwide);

  • OpenSourceWare, Wikipedia, the Internet;

  • Hospitals, banks, insurances, neighborhoods, even towns are being run as commons.

  • The air, waters, oceans, seas, soils, biodiversity are also commons, although people are not aware that their actions affect the environment and that they “earn” the effects of our combined actions.

  • In a UN Context: Outer Space, Seas and Oceans, Antarctica

  • The Secretary General in Our Common Future stated that some people consider the United Nations a Commons. This is indeed how we see the UN.

Unity

Our motto: UNited World Rooted in Nature.

 

Each of us are linked with one another, the Earth and the Universe in numerous ways.

Here are some examples ranging from more comprehensive to less comprehensive.

All-permeating unity

  • Scientifically, mass and energy are presented as two sides of the same coin, for instance, in quantum mechanics and Einstein’s E=mc2. Energetically, some people tune into this level instinctually, intuitively, using “gut feelings”, clairsentience, clairvoyance, clairaudience, etc.

  • Via the spheres of the EarthSystem–the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the lithosphere, the biosphere and the noosphere permeate all that is. Each one of us is an integral part of these spheres through all that passes through us when we inhale, eat or drink.

We are also linked structurally

  • Politically via the United Nations

  • Via our communications’ systems via air and waterways, road systems, the postal system, the telecommunications system, including the Internet, which are largely coordinated by the UN’s Specialized Agencies.

  • Socially and economically by myriad initiatives and organizations, dedicated to the well-being of all people and Nature.

This unity is also reflected in our code of conduct that can be described as: Do as thou wouldst be done by; All for one and one for all; For the well-being of all people and Nature. It speaks through our actions through gratitude, love, kindness, empathy and seeing ourselves as a part of the greater whole, as world citizens.

 

Building unity is an ongoing learning process and requires that we take all of the above into consideration

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