wow-non IN COMMUNITY No group an aehiere financial iellerelianre oveinighi, bui wirrnn 54 years or a deiermined siari. a rooperaiwe group using iheir creariye ralenrs ean sureeed in making a living lor iliemselyes and building up a sirong buslmsi seeior in iheir eornrnuniry. Any peison ran reel a sense ol soeial cohesion and group splni in sueh a suuanon, The danger polni oi "going under" is pasr, and now ii is rune iu ihinlr ol diyersily g and di nyesimenr belore ihr group geis ioo amueni, or ioo big Al some poini, rherelore, a dzclsion musi be iaken lo lake some posirlye arr-ion land avoid iheiaie olalfluenrei. i To hand nvzr ro oiner some inmmHIming bur superfluous iln lhe exisiing groupl enierprise. and so reduce inrerne 2. To eriend aid and senrires in areas in desperare need. sueh as ihose eirperieneing real poyeny, naniral raiasirephe. ar medical insulnnenry Many groups piu oll sueh serious. bui ii is lseirer io slari ihem lai niodesi kveli) vary early in rhe whole proress There are many erhieal groups and indi- vidluls whoregularly riihe war ul iheir gross lneorne |o surh endeavours. Mosi ol us do noi have large appeiiies, we wish only io have a shelrer, enough lood, some small luxunzj, money io travel, and rnends Here are rnodesl needs in achieve, beyond ihem lies adrennire in helping orhers gei on a roan looong.1he only real securiry in me is a seeuie soeieiy a! .nier. dependeni people, ihus ihe only valid "deienre" is aid as orners Any village group ean help oihers beeorne rnore sellerelianr and sin sound nianagerneni adyiee io new groups Fiscal nunageraeni, like energy managemem, also needs social l'rllr'nonmmml, and rilrirol areounong. Money is ol no use us ends are disoueriye io soeieiy, lile lonns. or values Cooperadye groups, mmmun' es, Issocuhuns, and shared wmk groups rail in pan io loresee and is plan lor evoluhon. Am rnoie iragioally, io edurare «heir rhildren in ihe basies ol ylllage sysiemi. li any rnielligeni. hard-working and eshieal group pool some iesourees and like only a l r li ng wage, ihen ihey innsi amass spare capihl in nine. As and when independeni villages do aehieiie an ideniiiy, an eihie, ind urury, beneru-ial mmzdiuns can be made ranging lrom radio and land links ro bulh purehase, irade, and share ia ies, so ihai roasial, urban, and, ii-opieal, and primarily rural yulages ran across and share ihe resuurees or oihers on an agreedaipon lease, hire, or enehange basis Village eoaliiions ean lurid and aperaie larger sysiems such as murual rnveaimeni runds lor special purposes, engage in manuiariuring on a reasonable scale, and exchange skills and soaregies At preseni, lew villages have ihe inliial sound legal, hnannal, and renal seruenires ro ariueve ihis. There is no reason why a village eeuld nol own and operare a bear, lruzks. or park animals |o laeiliiaie 530 rrade, why a mounrain or urban village rould noi purehase and manage a lomhill larrn lor lurid produriion, and why an inland Village reuld noi Iii-am pan oi a eoasi deyeloprneni, as many Villages already do in lndia ialnng ihe Gangesl where iowns and regions own pilgrim houses lor yoyogers, All ihose sir-.iegirs enneh village or iegional lile, and give arress re a wider world, ihis is parrieularly imperiani luv ehlldren and young people 1410 EFFECTIVE WORKING GROUPS AND RIGHT LIVELIHOOD in any human group cndaavnur, iheio are prieiiral and eileeiiye, or impraeiieal and .nellnrrne, wars lo manage a complex sysiem lrnpraerieal, lnisirarrng, and rimHunsnmmg sysiems are ihose governed \w large boards, assemblies. or groups lseyen or more pvopm 1heae 'mtellngs': have a charrpersnn, agendas, proposals, voles, or use eonrensus, and ran go on ior hours Coneensus, in pariirular, is an endless and poiniless allair, wiih eoe n or ihe olien sileni in rnruhrreni abslainer by a Vurllt‘nms minuri Thus, decisions reaehed by boards. parliamenis, and eoneensus groups eiiner oppress some indnriduals ivoiesi or are veiped by disscnien ln eiiher ease, we have lyranny ola maiunry ur ryranny ol a nunnnry, and a greai deal or lrusirairon and wasied iirne The way io abolish sueh sysiems is m hnhr one rneeiing where ihe sole agenda is in vole ni abolish decision meningsilhls is usually earned unamr mously‘iand anorher where a rnneensus is rearhed io abolish roneensus-rhis loo shouldn‘i like lnne Whai do we pin in place olsueh impedimenis in drlmn’ in every group. rhere is worlr in da This wnyk needs in be sei our eleiarly, as ions or rarlo Tasks iall inlu iwn earegonesi ihoac w ich are ersniive, produeiive, or conarrueriye, hence pleasing, and ihnse whirh are basieally mainienanee ldornesiie, onire, and garden woriri. oi rhe rusi eaiegory. we seek volunireis lo rake up «he inks, and illhey eorne lrirward, we ALLOI‘ ihar lash io rhom, agreeing on a iirneiable and siages or eooipleiion. of me serond eaiegory, we ROSTER people io do the work. laying oui a worhsluei and a iusnally weekly or rnonrhlyi mien wherever no volunieeis appear lor any lask. inen ihe groop as a whole erinorbuies a iirhe in pay lnr ihe rash io be carried our by . eonrrarior (as in many irade iashsi; ihus all wuxk gels done one way or anoiher An essenoal snaiegy lor rapid and flexible adion rs io limir rhe number ol people responsible lor any one area cl aerion or lask some ideal number is beiween one and ihree rndiiriduals, who inarirge lrldqlmdmfly. on who may worlr in a general plan and srhedule io or in wiih pine-s, Cornpleoon dares are ser and noiihed as all people, and some lonn ol repori, diary, or plan is made piiblie or rinnuied