[Pil-pc-oceania] An 2020 idea

[RussGrayson]

Missing a permaculture person at the 2020 conference? Yes? Now here's idea
from the Sydney Faciltators Network.

The Network has no one going to the conference but, being facilitators with
more than the common amount of nous for advocacy, they plan to make a
submission. 

To meet the deadline for submisions to 2020, the Network is to hold a
special meeting next week to nut out a group submission on each of the ten
2020 topics. These are:

1.     Future directions for the Australian economy - including
education, skills, training, science and innovation as part of the
nation's productivity agenda

2.     Economic infrastructure, the digital economy and the future of
our cities 

3.     Population, sustainability, climate change, and water

4.     Future directions for rural industries and rural communities

5.     A long-term national health strategy - including the challenges
of preventative health, workforce planning and the ageing population

6.     Strengthening communities, supporting families and social
inclusion 

7.     Options for the future of indigenous Australia

8.     Towards a creative Australia: the future of the arts, film and
design 

9.     The future of Australian governance: renewed democracy, a more
open government (including the role of the media), the structure of the
Federation and the rights and responsibilities of citizens

10.  Australia's future security and prosperity in a rapidly changing
region and world.

"We are well placed to influence those who have been invited and
therefore contribute to the future of our nation", said a Network
communique.

"Anyone can do an individual submission. However, as facilitators we
have the processes to ensure that our submission emerges from the
collective wisdom of our group.

"Please come, bring friends and associates and be part of this once in a
generation opportunity."

The thing that strikes me as remarkable is the speed of the Network's taking
action, their calling of a special meeting on Monday week. In a hypothetical
situation, perhaps a local permaculture group could respond with similar
raidity but, being the decentralsied creature that it is, I doubt that
permaculturists as a whole could do so.

This is simple pondering, not criticism.

APC9 brought forth renewed interest in Permacultre International and I
wonder whether, in future, PI would develop the capability of rapid response
such as that demonstrated by the Sydney Facilitators Network? Perhaps,
though, the question that comes first is whether permaculture in Australia
needs that sort of response.

Just thought I'd pass on the Facilitators Network news. Didn't inend to
broaden the discussion.

...Russ Grayson