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      • Preparedness and Permaculture
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      • East Blair Housing Co-op
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      • Square 1
      • Maitreya Eco Village
      • Block Planning
      • Eco Thrive
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      • Permaculture In MIddle School
      • Onondaga Earth Corps
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from aspects, up lift and positive human potential

The Primer calls attention to ideals and values that fit the movement of individuals and society towards sustainability.


These ideals and actions can replace the shallow and limiting condition of the consumer culture.

A person can purposefully choose to uplift their own condition and a society can help create conditions that encourage its members to uplift
themselves.


The common denominator to virtually every downward environmental, social, economic trends we all too familiar with are largely is capitalism and its consumer culture. We are purposefully taught buying and consuming more stuff than we need is a primary purpose of life. That teaching can also be referred to as social engineering. In other parts of the Primer we learn about the why and how sWe can call that teaching soconsumption is a corebecause the consumer culture is so adept at creating distractions to the cause of personal and social uplift. 

Paradigm shift is the act of reconnecting with our personal and cooperative potentials to repair generations of social and environmental damage caused by over consumption of resources and under performing what we are capable of. The Primer adds its voice to many others to help. 

From the Primer perspective, everyone has the capacity to contribute in a meaningful way to the overall uplift and improvement of the human condition. There are many ways to manifest our own unique capacity but they all point to care for others and care for the natural world. The Primer encourages people to Be The Change and advocate paradigm shift as they can from their own life's experience.

This section overlaps with all the other content such as Be The Change.

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2 An individual life and society not distracted or driven by vanity and excess, is a core ideal for paradigm shift. 
Prioritize time and money - redirect wasteful spending to paradigm shift.  Home, support others doing 
important work for sustainability and uplift. A modest lifestyle frees up time and money for positive use. Modest lifestyles also reduce participation with the un healthy economic system.

is fundamental to a healthy person and society. Volunteer with and support others doing positive work for people and planet.


is fundamental to a healthy person and society. Volunteer with and support others doing positive work for people and planet.Our own lives impact the world around use. Paradigm shift calls on people to take responsibility for how they behave towards each other and the natural world. Persons and entities degrading social and environmental well being should be called out in a constructive way.

A primary goal in life as individuals and society is to purposefully expand our awareness and capacity to become more compassionate and caring to others and the planet.