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Hardware Support for Distributed Simulation Using Time Warp Q u a k e r E c o -B u l l e t i n Information and Action Addressing Public Policy for an Ecologically Sustainable World Volume 11, Number 3 May-June 2011 Social Fairness and Ecological Integrity: Strategy and Action for a M oral Econom y Sandra Lewis, Keith Helmuth, Phil Emmi, Shelley Tanenbaum, and Ju d y Lumb “ True religion does not draw m en out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to m end it." —William Penn (1682) No Cross No Crown / ^ \ n March 4th, 2011, 44 participants gathered at the Quaker W e believe the Quaker values of peace, integrity, equality and V _ y Center at Ben Lomond, California, for a weekend workshop, community can help us work toward the dramatic changes that “ Social Fairness and Ecological Integrity: Strategy and Action for are necessary. a Moral Economy.” This workshop was organized to launch the second phase of the Moral Economy Project of Quaker Institute for Empowering and Inspiring the Future. The first phase produced the book Right Relationship: Participants for Action Building a Whole Earth Economy. The workshop was co-sponsored George Lakey skillfully led the 44 participants through a series by the Ecoberries affinity group of Strawberry Creek Monthly Meet­ of activities designed to inspire and facilitate spirit-led action di­ ing (Berkeley CA). George Lakey served as facilitator with Keith rected toward the ecological and fairness issues of our time. W e were Helmuth, Phil Emmi, and Sandra Lewis as resource people and each randomly assigned a buddy for the weekend for support and Shelley Tanenbaum as workshop coordinator. Advance materials processing of the work. The workshop format alternated between sent to the registered participants— three background papers by large group and small group experiences followed by discussion and Sandra Lewis, Phil Emmi, and Keith Helmuth— are included in posting the highlights of our sharing for participants to consider this expanded version of this QEB. throughout the weekend. The idea for a workshop with a dual focus of social fairness W e opened on Friday evening with each of us participating and ecological integrity grew out of a deep concern that growing in a small group of folks we didn’t know where we shared stories societal inequities and deepening environmental crises are desta­ of when we first recognized that nature and environmental issues bilizing societies, undermining democracy, and threatening the mattered to us. This helped us to get in touch with what brought capacity of Earth to support life as we know it now and in the us to the workshop and to begin learning what motivated other future. These problems are intertwined and can only be effectively participants. addressed together. Keith Helmuth, Sandra Lewis and Phil Emmi briefly shared some of their concerns and motivations for participating in this Our political, economic, and financial systems fail to provide workshop. Then we moved into a discussion in the whole group equitable access to the means of life for all people or to sustain where we explored the question: the long-term health of Earth’s life support systems. The same political and economic systems that institutionalize inequality also W hat ways have you found in your own life to maximize your institutionalize ecological destruction by insisting on unlimited chances to meet a challenge? and inequitable economic growth on a finite Earth {See background The attitudes and behaviors we found helpful were posted papers by Sandra Lewis and P h il Em m i starting on p. 4). for reference throughout the weekend. W e then turned to the question of ways we have undermined our chances to meet chal­ There is an increasing body of research showing that more lenges successfully. Our responses to these two questions helped equal societies do better by every measure: longevity, health, hap­ us recognize some individual and collective capacities, brought piness, and economic gain. We cannot achieve equitable societ­ personal accountability into the room, and invited us to consider ies and maintain the ecological integrity of our planet without new behaviors during the weekend that could increase our power transforming the political and economic institutions that support to bring about change. business as usual. W e began Saturday morning with a revealing exercise where Some of the questions that informed the content and format everyone was asked to stand in a line on a continuum at a point of the workshop included: where they see themselves now between two poles that defined each of these dichotomies: • W hat are the common roots of the environmental and socio­ • “ Current political and economic institutions can effectively economic crises? address climate change.” versus “ Fundamentally different • W hat kind of strategic changes should we advocate? institutions are needed.” • How can Quaker witness and action become more effective in • “ Micro-level behavior changes will add up to the change addressing these challenges? required.” versus “ Macro-level policy changes are needed.” • “ Powerholders will respond to persuasion.” versus “ Coercion will be required to bring about change.” Quaker Eco-Bulletin (QEB) is pub­ lished bi-monthly by Quaker Earthcare • “ I ’m doing what I can to bring about change.” versus “ I ’d like to do more or be Witness (formerly FCUN) as an insert more effective in bringing about change.” in BeFriending Creation. This exercise asked participants to “take a stand” (an empowerment tool), honored The vision of Quaker Earthcare W it­ differences among us and showed the possibility of changing our stance in the light ness (Q EW ) includes integrating into of the discussion that followed the exercise. Having four dichotomies highlighted the the beliefs and practices of the Society complexities of thinking about the issues and working with others to develop strategies of Friends the Truths that God’s Cre­ and actions on these issues. ation is to be held in reverence in its own right, and that human aspirations for Small groups then sought consensus on a vision of what attitudes, actions and peace and justice depend upon restor­ institutions are needed to support the emergence of Right Relationship as a guiding ing the Earth’s ecological integrity. As a principle within societies. Some of these visions included: member organization of Friends Com­ • Shift from “ I-focus” to “We-focus” mittee on National Legislation, Q E W seeks to strengthen Friends’ support for • Reform corporate charters and financial structures to cooperatives FCNL’s witness in Washington DC for • Focus on education putting families and children at the center peace, justice, and an Earth restored. • Identify Right Relationship Value Queries to guide all actions and institutions QEB’s purpose is to advance Friends’ witness on public and institutional poli­ • Minimum-maximum income guidelines cies that affect the Earth’s capacity to • Local community decisions that by-pass power structures support life. Q EB articles aim to inform • Eliminate wars Friends about public and corporate poli­ cies that have an impact on society’s • Develop systems that devalue competition and promote cooperation and com­ relationship to Earth, and to provide munity analysis and critique of societal trends • Love and care for all life and institutions that threaten the health of the planet. • Change the economy so that basic needs are met: income, health, shelter, education • Redesign the monetary system as a public service institution Friends are invited to contact us about writing an article for QEB. Submissions • Goal-based action from the community level instead of top-down are subject to editing and should: On Saturday afternoon a realistic scenario of an environmental conflict was used • Explain why the issue is a as the basis for a strategy game in which participants were divided into various inter­ Friends’ concern. • Provide accurate, documented est groups (corporations,, environmentalists, labor unions, unemployed, commuters, background information that re­ faith groups, minorities, etc.) for a role play. In a succession of “rounds,” the groups flects the complexity of the issue announced strategy “moves” to achieve the outcome they hoped for in the conflict and is respectful toward other and sought alliances with other groups to gain support for this outcome. The exercise points of view. allowed participants to explore the elements and dynamics of a campaign that are af­ • Relate the issue to legislation or fected by actions and interactions of multiple stakeholders. corporate policy. The debriefing of this exercise by the whole group led to a rich and lively discus­ • List what Friends can do. sion of the importance of forming coalitions across class lines if we want to be effective • Provide references and sources in bringing about deep structural changes in our political and economic institutions. for additional information. On Saturday evening the whole group explored how to build a sequence of tactics QEB Coordinator: Keith Helmuth into a movement that offers a promise of social change. Participants wrote one change QEB Editorial Team: Judy Lumb, tactic they personally enjoyed engaging in on each of two pieces of paper and then Sandra Lewis, Barbara Day placed each of the papers on the floor in the appropriate chronological order between: Point A — identifying a goal for change and To receive QEB: Point B — successfully bringing about that change. Email: [email protected] This enabled us to see the logic of how successful movements go from stage to stage Website: <QuakerEarthcare.org> and develop an overall strategy. W e were surprised to see the similarity of sequencing Mail: write to address below we had done for our own tactics and the general pattern Lakey describes in a handout Projects of Quaker Earthcare Witness, he gave to participants after the exercise.
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