Meetings in Georgia, Caucasus
Creation and development together with the members and users of Wiser Earth a centre, “Base Camp” for permanent meetings, seminars, trainings and active recreation in Georgia (Caucasus), where the users of WiserEarth and other activists would always be able to visit and communicate directly.It will be good if the members and users of “WiserEarth” will have ...learn more
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Created: Feb 18, 2008
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I am from the state of Georgia in the United States and became really excited then realized how easy it is to think I am the center of the world, however I still very much support the idea that virtual meetings cannot do what face to face and place based meetings can. For example, you would never make the mistake I just made in the "real world". But perhaps it was meant to be because I am very passionate about place and face to face community. There are three types of community: 1. Consciousness based like wiserearth, 2. space based like an actual town. and 3.time based like a concert or conference. For me it is not real community unless all three elements are present space, time, and consciousness. Two out of three or one out of three or none out of three creates alienation. What I am envisioning and would like to co-create could include a center in your Georgia for meetings, seminars, trainings, and recreation, but as a peice of a larger puzzle. (By the way the pictures in the Gallery are beautiful, what a great site for meetings of concern to wiser earth orgnaizations.) We have a community in my Georgia of 71 people who share a similar consciousness and who are involved in the issues addressed by wiserearth. What we are always in need of is local meeting space for seminars, conferences, and other events. What if we work with wiserearth to create a network of base camps and facilities. There is a need for meeting space within thirty minutes travel of everyone for local, frequent meetings. There is also a need for state, regional, and even global meetings accomodating different size groups and needs. What if this was organized through wiser earth, so that, as a wiser earth organization, if you needed a meeting space or facility you could search for ones that met your needs. There would also be the need to develop meeting places, perhaps one in Georgia as the first official wiser earth base camp. I would like to think as our community as a different kind of base camp. Some base camps are actual facilities, others are local communities, so if someone in wiser earth want to conduct a meeting, event, or conference there is someone locally to contact and an infrastructure of marketing in place. It could be as simple as setting it up in a local coffee shop. I am dreaming of a both/and sollution not either/or to our need to meet face to face.
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Hi Ric,
“In abstracto” anyone is the center of the world. Yes our community (wiserearth) as a different kind of base camp. In your Georgia can not arrive all users WiserEarth. Moving of foreigners is unlimited in my country (Caucasus Georgia) and this is very important. In addition Georgia is compact and comfort country by many parameters. On Earth are 17 climatic-geographic zones. In USA are-7. While in Georgia are-13. I agree we will work with wiserearth to create a network of base camps and facilities. Of course “Base Camp (in Georgia-Caucasus)” will be organized through wiserearth. Temur. |
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The opportunity of virtual meetings gives the users of WiserEarth opportunity to orientate in the information sea of the World, to acquaint with people by interests, to acquaint with ideas and thoughts, to acquaint projects, present oneself and one’s thoughts.
The man has the five feelings, and mind and love (God). Relying on them he makes a decision. Undoubtedly he/she feels more comfortably when he/she feels the environment fully.
Virtual- imaginary exchange of verbal information urges will of qualitative leap of information content to estimate overall environment and to make decision. Human (euhominid) is not only a Homo Sapiens, he/she is Homo Action too!
Homo Action wants to take action and cognize the World.
Eventually necessity for action urges people direct meetings, which already is an action.
“In medias res” the history of mankind is the history of meetings and next active actions.
If we aspire to more perceptible results, we come to direct meetings, face to face contacts.
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If we create together with the members-users of WiserEarth base camp, centre for permanent meetings, seminars and active recreation in Georgia, than we can begin more active actions.
In base camp there will be permanent meetings of users of WiserEarth, will be organized seminars, trainings, will be discussed and prepared projects, will be planned and prepared expeditions, will be active recreation and etc.
Why in Georgia?
Georgia, figuratively, is micromodel of the Earth with its own rich eco, landscape and bio diversity.
Georgia has three-thousand year history and it has always been on the crossroads of civilizations and cultures.
Here multitude ethnics and civilizations have traced their own perceptible cultural and material traces.
In Georgia are communicative, tolerant, hospitable people.
Here are excellent (favourable) conditions to carry out (realize) such project.
-first of all there are 13 climate-geographical zone on the compact territory; there is stable, mild, temperate climate;
-second: enough quantity of isolated, almost wild territories are yet existing, what is supported by relief and rich, diversity nature;
-third: there is rich ethno cultural and diversity social solidarity;
-fourth: in all territory of Georgia the developed settlements, well-developed infrastructure and communications are easily accessible.
-fifth: there are well developed international transport communications entrance and moving of foreigners are unlimited.
-sixth: all means of modern telecommunications network are well developed and accessible (internet, telephone connection, mobile phone).
-seventh: foodstuff is various, accessible and not expensive; life is cheap.
We can’t wait when the World revolts and crashes down on us! We must take action to reconcile the World with us!
We can change the World together!
Temur Lursmanashvili