A previously unpublished journal entry recently discovered…

Gail writes, “I've been hearing a lot about things we MUST unlearn lately and it has gotten me to weighing and considering... What follows is a somewhat disjointed thought process about unlearning and the processes that go with it…”

So how do people from two different cultures begin a conversation and create a language and a doing that supports the reality of both vantage points?

In the fall of 2014, a few of us met in Victoria and I once again incorporated the time line into the overall design of our two days together. It began slow but as our conversations warmed up to different thoughts it became more and more apparent that thinking about the future, playing long term, was at the core of our process and method.

"Anyone can talk to a tree but not everyone can carry on a conversation because they will not stay still for long enough. Sometimes it takes a whole day for a tree to tell you its name." Tokien

Joanna Macy speaks of the great turning... our turning away from a world no longer working to something more fit, more thriving for all those who are part of Universe, and in particular, Gaia, our Earth planet. In my day to day life, it is difficult to see the changes happening ... the great turning in the becoming. Rather, I keep wondering when it will begin. And then I think of Turn Around Sam one of the many characters in Tom Robbins' Skinny Legs and All.

The next time you plan an event, consider changing the game so that the participants have the freedom to think creatively and differently. Let the collective intelligence surface and cohere so that the expert has an opportunity to learn what is already known and can therefore add only the difference that makes a difference. 

It was during my second year of teaching 2nd graders in a public school that I first connected with the concept of group genius. I had 22 students and each of them had chosen a subject that they were curious to study and then share their learning with the rest of the class. This was 1965 so there was no Internet and the research was difficult. They had two weeks to prepare.  The only question I can remember with clarity was "Why do soap bubbles have colors?" Many of the questions like this one, were questions that I could not answer without doing my own research. 

With great sadness, we share the news here that Tomorrow Makers Founder Gail Taylor passed away in her home on Sunday, November 5, 2023. You may have already seen posts on Facebook, LinkedIn, or heard through friends and colleagues. Below is her full obituary.

Here are a few, but certainly not all groups and individuals activating initiatives bringing them alive beyond the page. They are mostly comprised of “We the people,” ordinary people, learning to reach beyond ourselves for mutual benefit of Earth and all life into a new and far-reaching paradigm.  As readers and followers of Tomorrow Makers, I am sure you will recognize many and, in fact, see yourselves here.