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"The genesis and maturation of a planet, its poise and orbit, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every animal and vegetable, are demonstrations of the self-sufficing, and therefore selfrelying soul." - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

This initiative has the aim of capturing the body of knowledge needed for creating self-reliant societies worldwide, through this wiki and a variety of social networking platforms.

Do you have a vision for society? Would you like to discuss the possibilities for society? Do you want to embrace the challenges by concentrating your creativity on solutions?

On this wiki, everyone can share their valuable insights about what is being done and what can be done to make a positive impact on the lives of many. Ideas are important and this is a great place to store and share them.

We welcome everyone to share your insights and editing skills to continually evolve the quality of the information in this wiki.

Our Values

"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Isaac Asimov

We are commited to operate according to the following values:

Intent: We are committed to be participatory, friendly and constructive.
Social: We are committed to be a positive influence and support good works.
Community: We are committed to be of service to the community.
Innovation: We are committed to foster innovation.
Learning: We are committed to inspire discovery and education.
Human potential: Each person deserves to fulfill their human potential
Integrity: We are committed to integrity, reliability and flexibility.
Quality: We are committed to quality, prompt and accurate response.
Appreciation: We are committed to recognise and reward excellence.
Living standards: We have a desire to improve living conditions.
Leadership: We are committed to support visionary, ethical leadership.
Conduct: We are committed to concern for productivity.
Respect: We are committed to respect the dignity of each individual.
Co-create: We advocate the philosophy that people embrace what they co-create
Violation: We are not prepared to accept violation of societies.
We strive towards unconditional positive regard.

Our purpose:

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw

Making a difference
Establish a community that will build knowledge and facilitate networking and education activities
Putting a positive, solution focussed spin on things to nurture the optimist within us
Providing an open forum where anyone can contribute their ideas on uplifting societies
Refining and structuring ideas to make them more useful
Re-inventing societies and ourselves by increasing our choice
Search for and inventing concrete solutions for achieving true societal transformation
Building a 'model' for how societies can achieve a greater quality of life and rapid economic improvement
Creating ways for people to network and become more involved in their societies
Exploring systems to help each other bridge occupational gaps from beginner through to becoming an expert
Making innovation and collaboration a part of every day - leveraging open source
Writing down and explain difficult words and ideas in a way that everyone can understand it
Finding out how societies can become highly structured and effective as a group
Stimulating constructive debate and dialogue
To educate ourselves about how societies and individuals become more self-reliant
To share ideas in a constructive way and publish the knowledge we collect or create on this WIKI
To share our opinions and daily experiences through blogging
To join forces with other initiatives to achieve common goals

Beliefs

"When you believe that you can achieve something, you obtain the ability to, even if you didn't have the ability in the first place." - Unknown

You can have a dream for your society
You can embrace your challenges and grow stronger
You can keep focused and inspired by your dreams
You can have a vision that can mobilise others
You can set goals and concentrate your efforts on solutions
You can have valuable insights and brilliant ideas
You can wisely look at what is being done and what can be done
You can create and use opportunities to make a difference in the lives of many
You can believe in others and increase their belief in their abilities
You can participate in or organise something that has a positive impact on society
You can see the genius in other people and have the power to awaken the genius you see
The power and conviction of one person can make a difference in our communities and world.
You can truly care for and show gratitude to those who serve and protect their society
You can provide a greater quality of life for yourself and your community
You can discover great ways to deal with change
You do affect everyone around you
You are part of the solution

Envisioned Future

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." - Albert Einstein

Each member of our society is aware of how they affect everyone else
Each member realises that it is more beneficial to affect everyone else positively and have them do the same
Each member actualises that realisation

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