Walk out, walk on : a learning journey into communities daring to live the future now

In this era of increasingly complex problems and shrinking resources, can we find meaningful and enduring solutions to the challenges we face today as individuals, communities, and nations? In Walk Out Walk On, we invite you on a learning journey to seven communities around the world to meet people who have walked out of limiting beliefs and assumptions and walked on to create healthy and resilient communities. These Walk Outs who Walk On use their ingenuity and caring to figure out how to work with what they have to create what they need. From Mexico to India, from Columbus, Ohio to Johannesburg, South Africa, we discover that all communities have the intelligence and inventiveness to solve their seemingly insolvable problems. "We discovered a gift inside ourselves," one Brazilian said, "something that was already there." Read more... Abstract: Takes readers to seven communities around the world where the people have walked out of limiting beliefs and practices that precluded solutions to major social problems, and walked on to discover bold new ways to meet their needs. Read more... In This Era Of Increasingly Complex Problems And Shrinking Resources, Can We Find Meaningful And Enduring Solutions To The Challenges We Face Today As Individuals, Communities, And Nations? In Walk Out Walk On, We Invite You On A Learning Journey To Seven Communities Around The World To Meet People Who Have Walked Out Of Limiting Beliefs And Assumptions And Walked On To Create Healthy And Resilient Communities. These Walk Outs Who Walk On Use Their Ingenuity And Caring To Figure Out How To Work With What They Have To Create What They Need. From Mexico To India, From Columbus, Ohio To Johannesburg, South Africa, We Discover That All Communities Have The Intelligence And Inventiveness To Solve Their Seemingly Insolvable Problems. We Discovered A Gift Inside Ourselves, One Brazilian Said, Something That Was Already There. Walk Outs Who Walk On -- Why We Visit These Communities -- Your Hosts (the Authors) -- Seven Healthy And Resilient Communities -- The Role Walk Outs Play In Creating Change -- The Courage To Quest -- Packing For The Journey -- Mexico : From Scaling Up To Scaling Across -- Brazil : From Power To Play -- South Africa : From Problem To Place -- Zimbabwe : From Efficiency To Resilience -- India : From Transacting To Gifting -- Greece : From Intervention To Friendship -- United States : From Hero To Host -- The Patterns That Connect -- Will You Walk On? -- Stepping Onto The Invisible Path -- Choosing To Act -- We Never Know Who We Are. Margaret Wheatley, Deborah Frieze. A Berkana Publication. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. At a time when most communities'resources are stretched past the breaking point, how is it possible to deal with the enormous challenges that families, neighborhoods, cities, regions, and nations face today? This inspiring book takes readers to seven communities around the world where the people have walked out of limiting beliefs and practices that precluded solutions to major social problems, and walked on to discover bold new ways to meet their needs. This book is a true learning journey, filled with intimate stories and portraits of the people and places the authors came to know through years of working together to transform their communities. The journey begins in Mexico, then moves to Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India, Greece and the U.S. The authors'lives and ways of thinking have been transformed by these experiences and relationships – an experience they hope to recreate for the reader through vivid prose and photos. The reader will experience first hand how a change of beliefs about people results in new capacities and the possibility of a more healthy future. No One Is Coming to Help. Now What? In this era of increasingly complex problems and shrinking resources, can we find meaningful and enduring solutions to the challenges we face today as individuals, communities, and nations? In Walk Out Walk On , we invite you on a learning journey to seven communities around the world to meet people who have walked out of limiting beliefs and assumptions and walked on to create healthy and resilient communities. These Walk Outs who Walk On use their ingenuity and caring to figure out how to work with what they have to create what they need. From Mexico to India, from Columbus, Ohio to Johannesburg, South Africa, we discover that all communities have the intelligence and inventiveness to solve their seemingly insolvable problems. "We discovered a gift inside ourselves," one Brazilian said, "something that was already there." Content: Walk outs who walk on -- Why we visit these communities -- Your hosts (the authors) -- Seven healthy and resilient communities -- The role walk outs play in creating change -- Preparing to leave home -- The courage to quest -- Packing for the journey -- Mexico : from scaling up to scaling across -- Brazil : from power to play -- South Africa : from problem to place -- Zimbabwe : from efficiency to resilience -- India : from transacting to gifting -- Greece : from intervention to friendship -- United States : from hero to host -- The patterns that connect -- Will you walk on? -- Stepping onto the invisible path -- Choosing to act -- We never know who we are.