Policy 2: Vision, Mission, Aims
Vision:
A healthy, peaceful and socially just world in which we care for the earth, each other and future generations, in harmony with nature.
Mission:
To work together to enhance the coherence and effectiveness of local to global permaculture networks both formal and informal.
Aims:
To provide a collaborative and convivial online space in which to work towards the Co-Lab’s vision and mission;
To identify opportunities to enhance the coherence and effectiveness of local, regional, national, continental and global permaculture networks;
To research, assess and provide information about the current state and extent of permaculture thinking and practice and its strategic context to enable effective planning, project design and network development;
To identify and mobilise resources that support participants to nurture existing initiatives and develop new eco-social enterprises, projects and initiatives that address identified challenges, or add additional value to permaculture networks;
To communicate with permaculture networks and allies to ensure wide understanding of the CoLab and active participation from around the world;
To make effective links between permaculture and allied networks that enhance our collective work towards our shared visions;
To work towards a multi-lingual platform that enables wide participation from across the worldwide permaculture community;
To work towards eliminating racism, patriarchy, the class system and any other manifestations of the oppressive society (aka the Patrix) that present major blocks to healthy and diverse participation in both the Colab and the wider permaculture network.
To provide and document existing training and learning resources to enable people to participate and work effectively together;
To use and document the process of CoLab development to actively learn and unlearn organisational development processes suited to complex multi-layered networks.
Date agreed: 16th September 2017
Review date: Three months after the first meeting of the Permaculture CoLab Stewardship Council.
Poll Created Wed 6 Sep 2017 2:10PM
CoLab Vision, Mission, Aims Closed Sat 16 Sep 2017 2:21PM
Hi everyone - another step forwards with the CoLab - unanimous decision to adopt the Vision, Mission and Aims.
Thanks to all that supported the policy development.
Propose to adopt the stated Vision Mission and Aims as 'good enough for now and safe enough to try' with the policy reviewed three months after the stewardship council is in place.
Results
Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
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Agree | 100.0% | 7 | |
Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
Undecided | 0% | 7 |
7 of 14 people have participated (50%)
Andy Goldring
Wed 6 Sep 2017 2:12PM
I think the Vision Mission and AIms are a good expression of what we have been thinking so far. I think the detail helps and they can be further refined as we go forward.
Lachlan
Thu 7 Sep 2017 2:03PM
In the future I would like to see some further distillation of the aims to reduce the number, but for now I'm happy with this policy and what it covers. Thanks!
CoLab Admin · Thu 14 Sep 2017 1:55PM
Has this been captured somewhere? In the google doc or somewhere where it can be found down the line?