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Cascadia Renaissance and Living Room Democracy

Host: WillemLarsen

Notetaker: DianaLarsen

Participants: Ron Ellis Gaut, ?, ?

Willem defines Living Room Democracy this way: An apolitcal, non-hierarchical, self-organizing, non-competitive system & network to address fundamental human needs not addressed by governmental systems.

Discussion- Living Room Democracy in no way is intended to replace existing governmental entities or agencies or political parties or systems, but to supplement them by focusing closer to home on those needs that "fall through the cracks" or go un-addressed.

Fundamental needs include:

  • Functional identity (more on this below)
  • Food
  • Shelter
  • Human Support (community, extended family)

Functional Identity - identifying with a tangible landbase (e.g., bioregionalism, Cascadia, or Tirol) instead of an abstract nation or state (USA, Oregon, Austria, Italy, etc.)

Cascadia Bioregion - The larger watershed of rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean from Northern California to southern Alaska. http://www.cascwild.org/cascadia.html

People who live in a bioregion tend to similar expressions of identity.

Living Room Democracy stems from relational principles that start within a household and spread outward from there.

Functional Identity can be expressed in many ways.

  • Identity Art (Flags, non-binding passports, trading stamps, etc.)
  • Traditions (Open Space, Songs, Celebrations, regular community conversations and potlucks, etc.)
  • Trade Languages (Chinook Wa-Wa)

Reference: "Nine Nations of North America" by Joel Garreau

For Websites and Resources, search on keywords "Cascadia bioregionalism", "Cascadia Flag", "Iroquois Peace Principles"

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