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Items of Interest
- A small group of us are currently using values-based process
to establish a Think Tank which will specialize in designing
highly innovative and effective programs for building community
capacity to implement changes needed for living lightly on the
Earth. If you are interested in being involved, you will find
contact details in the Think
Tank's Prospectus.
- The first stage of the Minessence Learning Centre opened this
year. Below are a couple of photos from the event.
The "Barn" - Lower floor is workshop space -
Upper floor is office space
Inside the "Barn" - the Workers: from
left to right Paul Chippendale (planning, carpentry &
painting), John Tangney from Atlanta USA (painting), Josh
Nye (floor tiling), Susan Chippendale (floor tiling), Jason
Chippendale (floor tiling and property clearing), Jeremy
Rasmussen (property
clearing)
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We are proposing to set up a website, similar New
Harbinger's (http://www.newharbinger.com),
to specialize in marketing values' related books. The books will
be published by our publishing arm, Acorn Publications, and
printed and distributed by Lulu (http://www.lulu.com). If you are
interested in having a values' related book published by us,
please call.
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The first ever Minessence Foundation Conference, "a
get-together of people using the AVI & their clients/potential
clients", is scheduled for 28 May 2008. Details will be posted at
http://www.minessence.net/courses/coursesandevents.aspx
as they become available.
World-View Shifts in the Australian & New
Zealand's Workforces
Analysis of the shifts in priorities, of people in the
Australasian workforce, in relation to the Self-Preservation,
Security and Family/Belonging value clusters, see below, shows an
interesting change since September 11. 
As you can see in the chart, after September 11 people
placed significantly higher priority on Self-Preservation and
Security than anytime in the ten years before the event. A shift in
people's world-view to one of fear and uncertainty would explain the
increased priority on Self-Preservation and Security. Interestingly,
in 2006, people's Self-Preservation and Security priorities returned
to their pre-September 11 levels suggesting people are no longer
"buying" the politically driven world-view of fear.
A permanent world-view change seems to have occurred
as a result of September 11. The priority people are currently
placing on Family/Belonging values is significantly higher
than anytime before September 11. This suggests people are turning
to family, and relationships with others, to give them the security
and certainty in life which September 11 temporarily took away from
them.
This is just a my interpretation, what do you
think?
Regards, Paul Chippendale, Co-ordinator, Minessence
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