Finally we are here! The human family has travelled through three ages – as hunters/collectors, farmers and as industrial societies – and we have gone through thousands of years to gather all the experience we need, and finally arrive at a new understanding of our world. Today, modern science confirms what indigenous cultures never forgot: The universe consists of whole, interconnected, living systems which we are all parts of – we are related to everyone and everything else. In this worldview, everything we do matters!
This is good news, because this new understanding has the power to guide us from being a destructive presence on our planet, to co-creating a sustainable, just and fulfilling human presence, integrated in the living planetary system - an Earth Community. In fact, this Great Turning is already happening! Millions of individuals, groups, organizations and whole countries are adopting new behaviors, policies and actions in accordance with the new worldview. This co-creative revolution is still below the radar of media at large – but nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come!
Involve your home, neighborhood, community…
This is what we will celebrate on December 12, 2012! Join the party wherever you are and whatever you are doing, at 12:12 local time – involve your home, school, neighborhood, business or community, and find your own way of manifesting a worldview that tells the story that we are all interconnected and interdependent. Have your municipality take on Nature’s Rights, host a seminar, give flowers to strangers, create a cultural event or start a local garden… On 121212, we will share one dream and one intention with an infinite variety of expressions.
Sign on today! Let us know that you will participate, and we will keep you updated. The intensity will increase the closer we get to 121212. The full website will be launched during the spring and there you will be able to tell the world about your own event or take part in what is happening in the rest of the world, or in your nearest neighborhood.
And Finally, remember…
The challenges of our time are tremendous, but the possibilities are even greater. Let’s spend one day focusing on the hopeful futures that are emerging – and use the challenges as fuel for our passion to turn these possibilities into reality. The more we nurture that sprouting hope, the more it will grow!
The great news is out – all is, in fact, ONE – now let´s make sure it reaches everyone, everywhere!
The countdown has begun!
Warmly,
Niklas & Maria-Conchita Högberg
The Co-Creative Initiative