8. E.G., CIRCULATORY, DIGESTIVE, SKELETAL &
OTHER SYSTEMS & STRUCTURES
E.G.,THE HIVE STRUCTURE;THE DANCES BEES
USE TO COMMUNICATE
E.G., MYCELIAL NETWORKS TREES USE TO
DISTRIBUTE NUTRIENTS ACROSS THE FOREST
E.G., PATTERNS OF INFO-SHARING & DECISION-
MAKING; SPACES THAT CONNECT & SUPPORT
9. THE MORE OPEN AND FREE-FLOWING
THE RELATIONSHIPS,
THE MORE RESILIENT, ADAPTIVE AND
CREATIVE THE LIVING SYSTEM WILL BE.
10. YOUR BODY THE BEE COLONY
THE FOREST
3.THERE IS A WHOLE
AN EMERGENT LEVEL OF LIFE WITH CHARACTERISTICS & CAPABILITIES OF ITS OWN
THAT CAN’T BE UNDERSTOOD BY LOOKING ONLY AT THE PARTS
THE ORGANIZATION
11. THE MORE CONVERGENT THE WHOLE
(FOR EXAMPLE: THE MORE YOU REMAIN
RECOGNIZABLY YOU EVEN AS YOUR CELLS
ARE CONTINUOUSLY REPLACED)
THE MORE RESILIENT, ADAPTIVE AND CREATIVE
THE LIVING SYSTEM WILL BE.
13. 4.THERE IS A
“SELF-INTEGRATING
PROPERTY”
THIS IS HOW BIOLOGISTS DESCRIBE THE WAY THAT…BY ITSELF
THE LIVING SYSTEM INTEGRATES ALL THOSE DIVERGENT PARTS
INTO A CONVERGENT WHOLE
IN DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY
IN AN ONGOING, MOMENT-BY-MOMENT PROCESS
OF SELF CREATION AND SELF-REGENERATION.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT’S WHAT MAKES THE LIVING SYSTEM ALIVE.
15. THESE ARE LIFE’S UNIVERSAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES
DIVERGENT PARTS DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP
CONVERGENT WHOLENESS
SELF-INTEGRATING,
SELF-REGENERATING LIFE
16. WE CAN IMAGINE THIS SET OF
DESIGN PRINCIPLES AS A PRISM
CONTEXT*COMESIN
AND AS IT
PASSES
THROUGH
THE LIVING
SYSTEM
IT IS
TRANSFORMED
* PEOPLE, MATTER, ENERGY, INFORMATION…
32. FROM MACHINES TO LIVING SYSTEMS.
NOW WE’RE CHANGING HOW WE SEE OURSELVES AND OUR WORLD:
33. TO STEWARDS OR GARDENERS OF
SOMETHING PRECIOUS AND ALIVE.FROM DRIVERS OF A MACHINE...
WE’RE CHANGING HOW WE SEE OUR ROLE:
34. TO CULTIVATE THE FERTILE CONDITIONS
FOR LIFE TO THRIVE.
AND WE’RE (RE)DISCOVERING A MORE MEANINGFUL PURPOSE
FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EFFORTS:
35. NOW, WE CAN EACH STEP INTO
THE INFORMED INTENTION AND PRACTICE OF
CULTIVATING THE FERTILE CONDITIONS FOR LIFE TO THRIVE
WHEREVER WE FIND IT – AND WE FIND IT EVERYWHERE.
36. NOW, WE CAN CULTIVATE NOT ONLY
PROFITABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY BUT
THRIVABILITY
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