http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/if-detroit-can-do-it-2/ Planting the Seeds for Cooperative Living Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:57:23 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/if-detroit-can-do-it-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1585 Bert Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:47:45 +0000 http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/?p=1712#comment-1585 God, I feel like I sohlud be takin notes! Great work God, I feel like I sohlud be takin notes! Great work

]]> http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/if-detroit-can-do-it-2/comment-page-1/#comment-694 The education problem is not what you think, neither is the solution | New Community Vision Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:14:22 +0000 http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/?p=1712#comment-694 [...] It is painfully obvious that no government program is about to be hatched that can solve our problems. Therefore, the solution has to come from within our communities. When the Supreme Court reduced Exxon’s penalty for the Valdez oil spill from $5 billion to $507 million, Cordova, Alaska residents, turned to each other. Rikk Ott, PhD said “After our fish runs collapsed, we had nothing more to lose. When you reach that point, it’s very freeing … you have only each other.” When they accepted that help was not coming from the outside, they turned to their community to heal from within, achieving impressive results. [...] [...] It is painfully obvious that no government program is about to be hatched that can solve our problems. Therefore, the solution has to come from within our communities. When the Supreme Court reduced Exxon’s penalty for the Valdez oil spill from $5 billion to $507 million, Cordova, Alaska residents, turned to each other. Rikk Ott, PhD said “After our fish runs collapsed, we had nothing more to lose. When you reach that point, it’s very freeing … you have only each other.” When they accepted that help was not coming from the outside, they turned to their community to heal from within, achieving impressive results. [...]

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