Eco April Alignment
Uniting Community Honoring Life
The Eco April Alignment is a network of intergenerational and cross-cultural organizations, groups, and individuals. We are interconnected and focused on honoring all living things and uniting our community by aligning with extraordinary events in April 2008 in the Seattle area. The principles that guide our participation and partnership are as follows ...learn more
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Created: Dec 24, 2007
Updated: Nov 10, 2009
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Eva Schiffer
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Areas of Focus
Agricultural Policy
(1259 people) | Agricultural Water Conservation and Management
(1195 people) | Rural Farming Communities
(1544 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(4008 people) | Wildlife Law and Policy
(686 people) | Biodiversity Conservation
(3175 people) | Communication Training
(1733 people) | Organizational Governance
(1044 people) | Organizational Support and Management
(1536 people) | Training for Nonprofits
(2005 people) | Community Enterprise
(1846 people) | Community Participation
(3628 people) | Community Resources
(1762 people) | Community Training
(1716 people) | Dialogue, Deliberation and Consensus-Building
(1937 people) | Leadership Training
(2492 people) | Conservation and the Commons
(889 people) | Culture and Sustainability
(2702 people) | Democracy and Civil Society
(1959 people) | Democracy Education
(932 people) | Democratic Participation
(1436 people) | Global Governance
(1135 people) | Good Governance
(1194 people) | Government Oversight and Reform
(630 people) | Institutional Accountability
(972 people) | Natural Resource Management
(1319 people) | Rural Development
(1491 people) | Appropriate Technology
(1550 people) | Watershed Management
(1247 people) | Women's Civic Participation
(633 people)
About
I am a free-lance facilitator, evaluator, researcher in the field of international development. I focus on the development and use of participatory, low-tech, low-cost methods, that facilitate learning about complex governane processes. More about my current work on Net-Map (Influence Network Mapping) can be found here: http://netmap.wordpress.com. I'm interested in inspiring debate about development, governance and methodological issues and in increasing my professional network.
Taken from Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
A man was sitting on his roof because a tidal wave was sweeping through his village. The water was well up to the roof when along came a rescue team in a boat. They tried hard to reach him and finally when they did, they shouted, "Well, come on! Get into the boat!" And he said, "No, no. God will save me." So the water rose higher and higher and he climbed higher and higher on the roof.
The water was very turbulent, but still another boat managed to makes its way to him. Again they begged him to get into the boat and to save himself. And again he said, "No, no, no. God will save me! I'm praying. God will save me!"
Finally the water was almost over him, just his head was sticking out. Then along came a helicopter. It came down right over him and they called, "Come on. This is your last chance! Get in here!"
Still he said, "No, no, no. God will save me!" Finally his head went under the water and he drowned.
When he got to heaven, he complained to God, "God, why didn't you try and save me?" And God said, "I did. I sent you two boats and a helicopter".