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By Brian Skeele, on March 20th, 2011 Collaboration! Our times call for rapid prototyping social, economical, and ecological strategies so the emerging sustainable economy can….emerge! Many of the jobs being created from evolving technologies, don’t even exist yet. We are inventing the future as we travel forward. Half of the hottest futurist jobs don’t even exist yet, according to Daniel …

By Brian Skeele, on July 21st, 2011 Volunteers earn these Time Dollars by doing things for others, such as making them jewelry or baking them pound cake. Edgar Cahn was lying in a hospital bed recovering from a heart attack, when the inspiration came through. He created timebank usa, and a tool for honoring everyone’s contribution has been established. Check …

By Brian Skeele, on July 13th, 2011 This video brings clarity to the fundamental shift we are involved in…the kind of growth that leaves us living lightly on the planet. Join in! Slip into the nearest phone booth and reappear transformed into the stupendous steward you are. As for the current lack of phone booths, don’t let that small detail …

By Brian Skeele, on April 12th, 2011 How can we have more time?? How are we going to live lighter on the Planet??!! Significantly lighter??  SHARE YOUR IDEAS! (comment below, or go to Share Your Vision!) Creating More Time-It Takes a Sustainable Village! Here’s my take.  If we were to create a great neighborhood, a convenient, mixed use, inspiring, supportive atmosphere, we …

We are the ones we’re looking for By Brian Skeele, on July 19th, 2011 The Great American Quest, ” life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” has led us to the mountain top, the shopping mall. We sat there in rapture, beaming and gleaming in the sunlight streaming into the food court, all the abundance of our bags full of awesome stuff. …

Inner and Outer Support to Make Sustainable Real! By Brian Skeele, on March 21st, 2011 As we work together to build, test and deploy rapid social, economic, and ecological prototype scenarios for sustainability, we can kick the ball farther down the road sooner, if we build in support. My experience is the creative process pushes my buttons. My expectations of …

By Brian Skeele, on March 23rd, 2011 The Professor is in the House… Cattle + Predators= Soil Carbon Sequestration. How’s that for a Math equation??!! You have sharp hooves (no sneakers allowed), You poop, you roam…You restore the planet’s balance.  Duh!! Any questions??    Yes, you with the red blouse. More Specifics?? OK, here’s how the Savory Theorem works… In a …

By Brian Skeele, on April 20th, 2011 Social Business. Whereas a charity dollar has one life, a social business dollar returns again and again, spreading the benefit of the social good. The poorest of the poor are lifting themselves up through entrepreneurism backed by a knowing of the unrealized human capacity that lies in each of us, all 6+ billion! …

Senior Cohousing! By Brian Skeele, on May 23rd, 2011 Enjoyable and affordable. “In a retirement community, things are done for you and to you. In a cohousing community things are done by you.”  Sharing caregivers….having fun.  How’s this compare to your envisioned retirement? Mountain View Cohousing Community from David Burwen on Vimeo. Sounds good to me! Charles Durrett’s Senior Cohousing …

By Brian Skeele, on March 16th, 2011 Sustainable Urban Village is an odd phrase. Sustainable Urban Village is a mash up of opposites. “Village” is pastoral, dreamy, idealistic, old fashioned, small and intimate. “Urban” conjures up pretty much the opposite-gritty, concrete and asphalt, contemporary, hip, huge and cold. Add “sustainable” to the mix, and it becomes ….an odd phrase. Where …