Emily Cunningham

Individual or collective action? Part 2 from @bethsawin. I *love* her discussion of fractals and simple rules. "I believe that systems shift most effectively when change is happening at multiple levels with some sort of loose congruence." 5/https://twitter.com/bethsawin/status/1100084168120242177 …

Here's another gem that I *love.* 6/https://twitter.com/bethsawin/status/1135633563553009664 …

"The more we align our individual choices with the world we want — it doesn’t change the world, but it changes us. We become more convincing to ourselves. We feel less a victim." ~@fmlappe Such an important point that is worth underscoring: "it changes *us*." 8/

"The solar panels on my house, the clothes out on the line instead of in the dryer, eating low on the food chain, taking the bus to work — it makes me feel less powerless and more energized." ~@fmlappe 9/

"Individually, of course we can’t make large-scale changes. But our individual choices are helpful to the extent that we can show possibilities and feel more committed. But, really, the core question here is democracy." ~@fmlappe YES! A functioning democracy is everything. 10/

.@fmlappe on democracy: "Democracy stands for a set of three conditions that are necessary to bring forth the best in our nature and keep the worst in check." 11/

According to @fmlappe, these 3 conditions for democracy are: 1) "the continuous and wide dispersion of economic and political power" 2) "transparency" 3) "cultivating a culture of mutual accountability" 12/