resilience & the commons

Neal Gorenflo, Publisher, Shareable.net; D4R Cohost

resilience& the commons

one king, one nation, & one church  King Louis XIV revoked the Treaty of Nantes and made Catholicism the religion of France in 1629. The protestant Gorenflos left for Germany sometime after that. Louis XIV believed in one king, one nation, one church.

one Germany Gorenflos probably left Germany during the 1830s after a horrible drought amidst the political turbulence related to German unification and the inability of rulers to help ordinary people.

one nation indivisible

William Gorenflo defected from the Confederate Army during the Siege of Vicksburg when he realized the war was lost. He walked to New Orleans and joined the Union Army. A brother tried to kill him with an ax for changing sides when they were reunited near Biloxi, Mississippi.

same as the old bossI'll tip my hat to the new constitutionTake a bow for the new revolutionSmile and grin at the change all around mePick up my guitar and playJust like yesterdayThen I'll get on my knees and prayWe don't get fooled again

-The Who

equitydemocracydiversityAre not only moral imperatives, they’re survival imperatives, part of a resilience design language.

nowhere left to run

exodus to the commons

qualitiesCommons embody ancient wisdom.

design principlesCommons: People & nature in harmony.

open is the brightest greenCall to action: Distribute power & wealth. Commons at every scale.