I know many of us are listening to Nate Hagen's podcast 'The Great Simplification' I really liked his latest episode with 15 unordinary things we can do now to prepare for a Better future! If you listen to it, I'd love to hear your thoughts on his ideas. My personal favorites are 4, 11 and 12. And joining the local Repair Café is not only helping me learning that pre-industrial skill, but also gives me a sense of belonging. Number 7 also made me think of our gathering at @Maria do Céu Bastos s farm and harvesting together! You can still join us in September!!

Food systems globally won’t change because of another panel on “sustainability.” They’ll change when the world stops treating farmers, land and community as mere line items. That’s the premise behind the Global Conscious Food Systems Summit, organised by Conscious Food Systems Alliance, happening in Bhutan from 1–4 September. And you don’t need a plane ticket to be part of it! Alongside the livestream, five regional online gatherings will run daily during the summit, in partnership with Alef Trust : Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America. Real conversations, in your own time zone, in English, French or Spanish. I’ll be holding space as Sense Maker for the Africa gathering. This means my job is to actually listen, not perform listening, and carry what’s real in our region back into the room in Bhutan and into the Conscious Food Systems Alliance. If you work in food, farming, policy or business anywhere in Africa and you’re tired of talking about change without making any, this is your chance to say what you’re seeing, name what your region actually needs, and have it land somewhere real. Register here: https://consciousfoodsystems.org/online-participation/

Thought I'd share for visibility. AT ONE IMPACT WEEK is a collaborative global forum launched as a recurring flagship initiative to gather business, policy, and philanthropic leaders to transition toward a cooperative, life-serving well-being economy. It was initiated by Tsao Pao Chee (TPC) Group, a Singapore-headquartered, fourth-generation family business with over 120 years of maritime and industrial history. Driven by its fourth-generation steward, Chavalit Frederick Tsao, TPC operates with the core mission to "serve the well-being of Life and create wealth at the same time," rejecting extractive corporate models in favor of values like harmony, happiness, systemic regeneration, and quantum leadership. Very much aligned with IDG and SDG mission. Would love to meet you in person if anyone is interested in attending!

Perhaps in the midst of vacation time (long for Europeans, short for us Americans) you may not have seen the invitation from Philip Jonzon Jari for a gathering of Ambassadors on the wonderful Ekskäret Island on October 1st through the 4th to help shape the growth of the IDG movement. I'll be there, and hope you will be too! Here's the link: https://track.broadcast.sutra.co/CL0/https:%2F%2Fidgambassador.org/1/0100019fd6323178-2e663ee6-120f-445c-a13f-4869457a5e3f-000000/9v1AcjUVAt4ZFbU9g2ELR9RiH9Vgcva6Tv7-yncOk0k=452

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