What If the Purpose of the Global Market Economy Was Human Well-Being?
On November 10, 2016 I attended an event called The Marin Equity Summit here in Marin County, California. At the beginning of the afternoon breakout sessions, [...]
One Book to Save the World-Thinking In Systems by Donella Meadows
Introducing Thinking In Systems This blog title, "One Book to Save the World," is not meant as a pithy suggestion or a cute metaphor. Generally speaking, [...]
Operation Give A Damn – A Former Wrap-Around Organization in Marin City
A Very Brief History To the many people whose lives were positively impacted by Operation Give A Damn (OGAD), I want to acknowledge that this blog [...]
Wild West Housing – A Systems Thinking Perspective on the Housing Crisis
In Brief The focus of this blog is residential real estate in Marin County, and the Bay Area. I propose that the purpose of the residential real [...]
Youth Court in Marin County
"The weed that Don smoked at Woodstock was way less potent..." The Youth Court jury laughs. Don Carney, director of the Marin YMCA Youth Court, is [...]
AHO is an AH-HA
"In Marin, the youth are invisible." When I initially sat down to write this blog, I had a sinking feeling. I wasn't my usual, enthusiastic self. [...]