We require concerted actions through a groundswell of initiatives by concerned citizens the world over, to restrain our worst tendencies while encouraging our best.
“What can I do?” There are many answers to this question, and more to “What can we do?” The table below brings together an abundance of possibilities, that we can do by ourselves and together in our communities and institutions, to (a) reframe our beliefs, (b) reverse what is wrong, and (c) renew what can be made right.
We need not be passive human resources in the service of imbalance; we can be resourceful human beings in the service of our progeny and our planet.
TRY IT. Click on any dot in the table and see what you get. (Clicking outside the box brings you back.)
After you finish reading this site, JUST DO SOMETHING, no matter how small.
WHAT CAN I DO TO REFRAME MY BELIEFS?
View myself as a resourceful human being, not a human resource
Ditch the economic dogma (that greed is good and markets are sacred, etc.)
Consider “Why not?” before asking “Why?”
WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR GOVERNMENTS TO REVERSE WHAT’S WRONG?
Get the big money out of politics, namely large political donations manifested in lobbying
Terminate the legal fiction that corporations are persons (they don't go to prison like persons)
At the tables of public policy, seat common interest over special interests
Stop the lop-sided use of law (LAWFARE, SLAPPs)
Internalize the corporate externalities (to ensure the full cost of doing business)
Prosecute the corporate criminals: people commit crimes, not companies
Disperse ownership of the major media
WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS TO REFRAME BELIEFS?
Think “we” beyond “me”
Open the NGO silos, to each other: recognize imbalance as the common cause of our concerns
WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR COMPANIES TO REFRAME BELIEFS?
Privilege quality over quantity
Open governance to stakeholders beyond shareholders
WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR GOVERNMENTS TO REFRAME BELIEFS?
Recognize three three-sector balance beyond two-sector politics (enough of left, right, and center), especially community and the plural sector
Favor Dynamic Global Balance beyond Gross Domestic Product
WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER TO REFRAME OUR BELIEFS?
Recognize the commons beyond private and public property
Spotlight communityship beyond leadership and ownership
Seek playful solutions beyond all the pat answers
WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS TO REVERSE WHAT’S WRONG?
Target the low-hanging outrages, especially the legal corruption (intrusive advertising, toxins in foods, pharmaceutical pricing, etc.)
Vote with our feet in progressive protests (one hour longer each day)
WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER TO REVERSE WHAT’S WRONG?
Challenge the bogus trade tribunals in our national courts
Put economic globalization in its place—the marketplace
Create a countervailing power to the superpowers
WHAT CAN I DO TO RENEW WHAT’S RIGHT?
Rebalance myself, then help others do so
Sign the Declaration of our Interdependence
Try something, anything, to get started
Vote for political parties that restore and maintain balance, not exacerbate the imbalances
Create or join a social initiative
Support the circular economy and the local economy as well as social enterprises
Read the local, balanced newspapers and media
WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS TO RENEW WHAT’S RIGHT?
Create a social enterprise
Grow the social economy
WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR GOVERNMENTS TO RENEW WHAT’S RIGHT?
Consider pluralizing beyond nationalizing and privatizing
Restore progressive taxation
Enhancing infrastructure to rebuild communities
Localize democracy to the extent possible, to empower communities
WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER TO RENEW WHAT’S RIGHT?
Support PPPPs (Public-Private-Plural-Partnerships) for greater collaboration across the three sectors
Encourage Indigenous development
Build our organizations with engaging management, not lofty leadership
Disempower the superpowers to empower the peaceful powers (with an assembly of Balanced Democracies to start?)
WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR COMPANIES TO REVERSE WHAT’S WRONG?
Get off, or stay off, the stock market: find responsible capital
For small companies, consider alternate forms of financing (for example, micro financing, crowd funding, and shareholding foundations)
Welcome CSR 2.0 (i.e., address the cause of problems)