As the events, projects and happenings that started with the Do Lectures take shape, the content of each piece becomes clearer. Change will happen, that’s for sure, but in the meantime, it helps to get things down on paper, a bit like the scrapbook. Have a look at these and help us build tools that turn dreams into done.
Do Magic - we’re writing a development programme that helps people who are stuck get back on track with their dreams, and those who need a push, get started. We’re going to get funding for 12 people to do this for free, and a bunch more at a low cost. We’re going to capture the essence of learning on film, audio and blog to share it with the world, for free. Let us know what magic you’d like to learn.
Do Design - putting the foundations of any design-based programme back where they should be - creating processes, products, structures, buildings that are fit for one planet living, inspired by nature, biomimicry, smart resources and zero waste. We’ll be share this to anyone who’ll listen. Tell us who we need to reach, with what message.
Do Escape - it’s important to stop sometimes and do something different, like Do Escape - holidays with purpose that stretch mind and body in the company of good people, strong community. Beach fires, fine wine and wild food too. Tell us what your escape would be.
Doversity
Reparum res venio velociter according to babelfish
Make good things happen quickly according to the art of do.
On Tuesday I spoke at a government funded community climate change event with Emma Louise Hardman and Emma Metcalf from the Do Programme.
We started to map out Do Connect, a time line of the real action that is needed to make an 80% reductions in CO2 emissions in 5000 days
Do Connect is about business, community and government learning to play together and put actions on paper, with dates and names. For real. Now.
It’s about the art of doversity
That’s why it feels so good.
Next month sees the second Tour of Pembrokeshire, a stunning cyclo sportive around the county; at 115 miles, the long route is a full day out, with 3000 metres+ of climbing. I took the road bike out today and rode to Fishguard and back on the coast road to St Davids for a 38 miler; the sea was a stunning emerald green and the air crisp and cool. If we get the same weather next month, the ride will still be tough, but the sun will make the hills easier. When there are challenges ahead and big climbs to scale, it’s important to get miles under the belt in time and get fit for the hills - it’s the same in any sport or walk of life; riding today was a good reminder that doing the miles is a pleasure not a chore. Join us in June if you fancy a spin.
http://www.tourofpembrokeshire.co.uk/downloads/maplandb.pdf
A lot of the problems that we’re facing have come about from our inability to make the connections between cause and effect, thought and action, heart and soul.We’ve got to learn to reconnect, and find the ‘us’ rather than ‘me’ in everything that we redesign, plan, make and move.
The crew on April’s intake of the Do Programme will be helping to shape the structure and stories of Sea Change - building a way of seing the world and working that brings together sustainability, enterprise and action. By fusing what it means to live on one planet (rather than the three we’d need if everyone lived like the UK), build enterprise and innovation into everything we do and learning by doing, we’ll build Doversity -making good things happen quickly. Yippee do.
Andy Kirkpatrick, Andy Cummins, Trevor Baylis and Tim Ferriss talked at the Do Lectures in 2008 about the importance of not being phased by big challenges, or the prospect of setting big goals.
From three generations and adventure, my DNA tells me that speed and commitmen are important in tough conditions. My grandparents didn’t hold back exploring caves in the 1930s, and I know that wavesailing in mast high waves is a zero sum game if you’re travelling slow. Drop-offs when riding hills are always worst when you’re rolling, not riding, and think about don’t rather than do.
I had a meeting yesterday with our Minister for the Environment & Sustainability to get support for A Million Minds, one TYF’s Do Adventure projects. We’re going to harness the creativity of students and young people for a 1,000,000 hour research project on how to Do - to solve the problems that will come back to haunt if they’re not solved now. She’s going to give us political support to help make change happen.
Game on. The power of Do.
Just had a couple of great meetings with Mark Earls, author of Herd (and how to change behaviour) and then with Alistair Gould of the Low Carbon Group who are imagining some amazing community scale projects to dramatically reduce carbon and improve quality of life.
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