About my intentions: Developing a model for holistic-green-economy in global Palestine

[Wael Al Saad]

I am "Palestinian" by origin working on holistic-green-business concept should counter psycho-social-political collapse in my homelands.
The concept propose
Foundation of broad Cooperative Association as Integrated modular Ecosystems for green Production and green soft-industry. Modular network of Green-Production-Cells spread in Palestinian rural areas with centralized Research-Innovation-Development & Communication Infrastructure under nexus hybrid global trade mark; prop. “THE EARTH”
You can read more here
and attach presentation under constructing.
The political situation in the middle east is moving in impasse driven by the dominating culture of traditional world/politics. Palestinians with their post-territorial entity are the most convenient candidate for building a post-national nation in an amazing period in our human history in which we can predict the future we want to have precisely.
The economic model above should build practical transformation process including an application of collective intelligence within organic economic living structure based on known indigenous "social unity" and ecological sophistication, which should become a functional alternative.

To deal with Building Palestine as global entity will allow us to extract collective intelligence into local activities. This way Building Palestine will make use of all concepts dealing building the global community.

The nexus-hybrid-trademark which will carry all activities in Palestine can also be stretchered to cover other regions in the middle east. Even to Europe and then world-wide may be when the source of solutions and intelligence is well organized.
In such a holistic-green-business model key-words like meta-currency, meta-governance (gov2.0), open economy, green-movement, equity, .. and many more are corresponding.

Thats why I think this kind of economic thinking is the best spot to practice TRANSITION/Transformation of reality.

Do you know ripe concepts covers the construction of these modular Green-Production-Cells?

Would be great if we could brainstorm the topic above.
Looking forward for your reflection. I am already glad to be in contact and discussion with you :)

PS: I am going to run same topic discussion on
http://people.thetransitioner.org/forum/topics/about-my-intentions-...
http://scienceforhumanity.ning.com/
http://www.globalswadeshi.net

[Jerry Marshall]

Nobody could really argue with the vision, but how do you get rich aggressive companies like Paltel, and the Palestinian business elite, to be part of this kind of vision?
Surely competition for not co-operation with (for example) Paltel is part of the way forward, in order to reduce their extremely high broadband charges which is currently stiffling robust employment and services exports in a Business Process Offshoring sector? [There is of course a political dimension to the this because of the need for Israel to release bandwidth to Watiniya].
The fundamental difficulty for the vision is human nature; Marcuse conclused there needed to be a 'biological change' in mankind for socialist ideals to be realised. Christians like me would label the problem 'sin' and change this to change through spiritual rebirth.
Could you realistically get sufficient following to influence those in power?
Anyway, I wish you well!

[Wael Al Saad]

Hi Jerry,
thanks for paying attention and reflection..
It he vision has to be designed in a way to be an additional functional alternative which should not confront or attack any existing practice. It should show the advantages and opportionites based on the existing potential and resources. So it will take nothing from any one.
I know how difficult to set up the proper language for this philosophy, not to be aggressive in business and social-change. But at the end this is the hard, right process should be taken in current very sensitive collapsing environment.

For sure, the human nature is standing in the focus: But here it should be addressed with functional alternatives and I believe economy is the real key-spot for positive change.

[Wael Al Saad]

I have added this note WiserEarth article

Global Palestine as pioneer for Healing Humanity with Global Healing Biotopical Economy

Technology is the most easy to change, followed by individuals. Change get more difficult when it comes to "partner" and more difficult when Community is concerned. Social change is the highest complex mission.
Economy is a technical set-up of human activities and value-flow. This is the clue of the idea: Instead of to focus on theoretical academic efforts to change the world we go over new praxis and learning process. We build smart economy, which should help us to set-up a positive-change-process.

The cell I have in my design draft can be a key element in re-mapping the world into global holistic-green-productive communities, which suppose to be a biotopical economic healing cell for human, community, society and ecology.
Local/Regional/National/International Networking of modular cells with central infrastructures (R&D, CI, Exchange (sales) ) is a concept for healing the world (Earth and humanity). Global Biotope-Economy based on Permaculture Design Principles should create a global nexus hybrid trademark we identify our self with.
I hope the pilot will start in global Palestine.

Wael

[Kendra Ott]

Hey - I think you might be interested in an interesting article we have posted on the Microfinance Gateway that delves into issues around microfinance the environmental bottom line - many of the issues that pop up in microfinance to do with the environment easily translate to all types and sizes of business.

Check it out and let me know if you have any questions:

http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.26.10601/

Kendra ([e-mail])
Microfinance Gateway

[Wael Al Saad]

This is great work Kendra! Especially as you provide community based technical support as well. Thanks for the link.
I found a partner to cooperate with in order to develop the green-production-site : http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i4at/marda/
We need funds to build Permacultre Education Center together with a work-shop to produce appropriate equipment to be used for production, like solar cooker/dryer/heater.
We need support with the planing in order to calculate the needed funds.
I started this thread to do that, but it ends with intellectual discussion instead of providing practical aspects.
http://www.ned.com/group/community-general/news/345/

Where do you want us to continue discussion? Here, or at GMF forum or at http://globalswadeshi.ning.com/ , or ..

best,