Why envisioning?
Join Us
We are thrilled you are interested in helping to envision a sustainable and desirable future. We are still trying to decide on the best way to develop both this vision and the ESDA network. Right now there are four ways you can join in the effort:
- Take part in the discussion board. This
only went on line on August 27, 2001, and still has very little
content. Make a contribution. What comments on the existing
vision do you want to share? Are there activities
or actions related to the vision or the envisioning process
for which you want to solicit support? Post a
message, or respond to others. We need your ideas and
feedback to make this work, and the discussion board is
a good place to share them.
- Get involved with planning. Our next project will probably be a
second ESDA conference, where we will take
the vision a step further. We will be starting from scratch–
getting funding, inviting participants, setting a date.
All we have now is the enthusiasm of the group and an offer from one
of the participants in the first conference to
host us in Miami. What role can you play? When we are ready to move
forward, we will need to brainstorm extensively
about how to fund it, who to invite, how to contact them, and how to
convince them to attend. If you think you can
contribute to this process, then all we ask is that you send us your e-mail with
"subscribe" as the subject. This will not put you on a
list serve, but just give us your address to involve you in
the process when it begins. You will not be bombarded by unwanted
e-mails.
- Think of your own positive vision of what you want for the
future, one that will appeal to others as well.
Once you’ve figured out where you want to get to, then start
thinking about how to get there. Share your thoughts
with others, through our discussion board and
elsewhere.
- Tell your friends, about the need for a vision, a goal to strive towards, if we are to bring about a sustainable and desirable future. Tell them about this site if you think they would be interested.