Revolution is Where You Find It
by Tony Lamport
As we drive, the full generous sun of late morning lights the mass of golden leaves of autumn in Nova Scotia from the inside, in a way that uplifts and overwhelms the eye. Beside me is my son – rock drummer, video gamer, lifeguard, ecological trainer and generally funny guy – who, for every one of his four years at university has placed near the top of the Dean’s list in spite of reading virtually nothing, much to my frustration, but course-assigned texts.
As we drive happily and silently together into the richly textured day, I am struggling for a way to begin my promised review of Peter Senge’s new book The Necessary Revolution. My son turns to me, out of the blue, and says with uncanny timing, “I’m reading a new book by Peter Senge and enjoying it a lot.” He pauses for awhile and then goes on, “I like the way he thinks and writes, in a way that allows things to connect across disciplines.” Read the rest of this entry »
Peter Block’s new book asks the question, How do people in communities come together to produce something new for themselves? “We know a good deal about individual transformation,” he says, “but our understanding about the transformation of human systems…is primitive at best.” Read this excerpt and use the comments field to tell your own story of community transformation. And if you have read the book, leave notes of critique or recommendation for others.