Creating the world we want with imperfect action

On this episode, I am talking about creating the world we want, with imperfect action. 
We are going to talk about my own process to create this as well as common challenges and mistakes we make. 
 
 It is no secret that my own vision, is to create a world, where we all have the capacity to thrive, flourish, to be and feel healthy, and have the capacity to live to our full potential, on a planet with abundant, thriving living systems. This vision is summarized by the phrase flourishing within planetary boundaries. 

But how to create this? Because it is clear to me, that we cannot rely on governments and large corporations, to create this for us.  

So where do we start? I have my own four-part process to do this, with my steps being:

1.  Imagining and visioning the “world” we want
2. Grounding our vision to reality, this is the limits and constraints
3. Learning from the wisdom around us 
4. Creating and living the transformation

I have talked a bit about the first three parts in other episodes, but today, we are focusing on creating, and living the transformation, and that, is where imperfect action come in. 

Now if you are anything like me, I have a challenge with the imperfect part of action. I always have this clear vision of how I want things to be, what the end result will be like. I want my action, my plans to be perfect. But I have come to learn that life, is not always as we imagine it will be. I have also learned, that this is often a good thing, because it allows for wonderful surprises, and outcomes to happen, that we could not even imagine. This is the challenge, and also the exciting part, of creating the world we want. This is also the challenge of taking any form of health or environmental action, there is no such thing as a one size fits all product or solution. 

One of the biggest challenges, when it comes to creating this world where we can all flourish on this finite planet, is that there is no, one size fits all approach. There might be certain elements or attributes we need, but how our models and systems perform is dependent on the place, people, events and circumstances involved. We cannot easily predict the outcome until we try and do something, there are just too many variables to consider.  Especially when it comes to the complex, self-organizing systems we encounter as humans and in nature.