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Crabgrass is a small Non-Governmental Organization based in San Francisco working globally and locally, on environmental, social justice and human rights issues.
In these days of constant change, and the need for even more change if we are to live peacefully in a healthy environment.
Communication of the second kind is focused on what could be, and upon the creation of active participation in present and future transactions.
Friends of Ganges.
This work has involved finding culturally consistent ways of talking about the river, reaching out to the citizens andlobbying officials in the bureaucracy. In our work we have moved from being critical of government action to proposing our own plans for sewage treatment and transport. Having surveyed many sewage treatment systems, we found one that works for the specific tropical climate and conditions in India.
Key elements of communication of the second kind which relate to strategic questioning are:
1. New information is synthesized from that which is already known.
2. Ownership of the new information is with the person who is answering the question.
3. Energy for change is generated in the communication process.
4. The answer to a powerful question is not always immediately known but will emerge over time.
5. Emotion sometimes accompanies the answering of a powerful question and this is part of releasing the blocks to new ideas.
6. Communication between members of a society in a dynamic and visionary sense releases forces into the human organism as a whole that are complex, consensual and co-creative.
In these days of constant change, and the need for even more change if we are to live peacefully in a healthy environment.
Communication of the second kind is focused on what could be, and upon the creation of active participation in present and future transactions.
Friends of Ganges.
This work has involved finding culturally consistent ways of talking about the river, reaching out to the citizens andlobbying officials in the bureaucracy. In our work we have moved from being critical of government action to proposing our own plans for sewage treatment and transport. Having surveyed many sewage treatment systems, we found one that works for the specific tropical climate and conditions in India.
Key elements of communication of the second kind which relate to strategic questioning are:
1. New information is synthesized from that which is already known.
2. Ownership of the new information is with the person who is answering the question.
3. Energy for change is generated in the communication process.
4. The answer to a powerful question is not always immediately known but will emerge over time.
5. Emotion sometimes accompanies the answering of a powerful question and this is part of releasing the blocks to new ideas.
6. Communication between members of a society in a dynamic and visionary sense releases forces into the human organism as a whole that are complex, consensual and co-creative.