At the Global SoL meetings held in Amsterdam we had a very interesting and important discussion about what we might look like as a Living System’.
The diagram we developed has a central ‘core’ which is meant to represent the interaction of the SoL communities based on our collective DNA, supported by a combination of actual and virtual ‘spaces’ for interaction. For example, this includes shared guidelines, rules & ways of belonging, face to face forums, and so on.
The individual SoL communities themselves are represented by green ‘planets’ orbiting the core. These are different shapes to reflect the fact that each community might be quite unique in how it organises based on the local needs.
There are words surrounding the outside (such as Glocal Projects, Subsidiarity Social Good, and Professional Pool with assured credibility) representing some aspects of the whole, but are not ‘mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive’.
While there is a great deal of work to be done to clarify the concepts on the diagram, I believe that this is a significant step forward in the development of what we as a group stand for and how we can move forward.
What better way to start that creating a vision of Global SoL as a Living System.
