Think of no one as "them"
Don't confuse your comfort with safety
Talk to strangers!
Imagine other cultures
through their poetry and novels
Listen to music you don't understand
Dance to it.
Act locally
Notice the workings of power
and privilege in your culture
Question consumption
know how your lettuce and coffee are
grown;wake up and smell the exploitation
Look for fair trade labels
Acquire fewer needs
Learn a second (or third) language
Visit people, places and cultures
not tourist attractions
Learn peoples history
Re-define progress
Know physical and political geography
Play games from other cultures
Know your heritage
Look at the moon and imagine
someone else
somewhere else, looking up at it too
Understand the global community
in terms of people, land and water
Never believe you have the right
To anyone else's resources
Question corporate and military connections
Don't confuse money with wealth,
or time with money
Have a pen/email pal
Honor indigenous cultures
Be skeptical about what you read
Eat adventurously
Choose curiosity over certainty
Know where your water comes from
and where your wastes go
Pledge allegiance to the earth:
question nationalism
Think South, Central and North
there are many Americans!
Assume that many others share your dreams
Know that no one is silent
though many are not heard
work to change this.
Poet Unknown
Sent to me by Carolyn T., who believes these things and is learning how to live in Tennessee.
The Art for the Day is: Acquiring fewer needs
posted by the other Joan @ 11:31 AM
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