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