From: Stephen Clapp <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [rsc] Re: Principles
To: rsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 1:04 PM
Hello RSC,
Thanks Hope for your emails. I wanted to also send to the
group the
Principles as were posted at the Gathering in MD. From the
conversation
about the principles not being quite principles, the
following were
articulated as ³principles² of working in community
defining principles as
³rules of conduct; laws, basic truths²
Power Power is shared among all (willing) members of a
group.
Partnership True partnership must be equitable;
Equitable partnership can
exist when all entities involved treat each other as
peers/equals.
Dialogue Open dialogue is essential; Active listening
and honest response
is imperative for open dialogue.
Transformation Individual/personal transformation can
lead to community
transformation and social change.
Aesthetics We recognize and acknowledge the aesthetics
of beauty, truth
and justice in our work.
Bob also articulated a definition of organizational
principles (sorry I
don¹t have in my notes) Bob...can you recall this?
Peace.
Stephen
On 7/25/08 11:09 AM, "Hope Clark"
<hopeclark@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear RSC,
I came across the principles below today and I
thought of you, while I was
working to create a "green" brochure about
our work on a truck bed exhibit for
SunEdison.
The Hannover Principles are on sustainability.
One of the things that came up in the MD Gathering was
to look closer at the
RSC principles and determine whether they are
principles or not.
I thought some of these might create a good model.
Let me know what you think.
Hope
Hannover Principles
1. Insist on the rights of humanity and nature to
co-exist in a healthy,
supportive, diverse and sustainable condition.
2. Recognize interdependence. The elements of human
design interact with and
depend upon the natural world, with broad and diverse
implications at every
scale. Expand design considerations to recognize even
distant effects.
3. Respect relationships between spirit and matter.
Consider all aspects of
human settlement including community, dwelling,
industry and trade in terms of
existing and evolving connections between spiritual
and material
consciousness.
4. Accept responsibility for the consequences of
design decisions upon human
well-being, the viability of natural systems and their
right to co-exist.
5. Create safe objects of long-term value. Do not
burden future generations
with requirements for maintenance or vigilant
administration of potential
danger due to careless creation of products, processes
or standards.
6. Eliminate the concept of waste. Evaluate and
optimize the full life-cycle
of products and processes, to approach the state of
natural systems, in which
there is no waste.
7. Rely on natural energy flows. Human design should,
like the living world,
derive their creative forces from perpetual solar
income. Incorporate this
energy efficiently and safely for responsible use.
8. Understand the limitations of design. No human
creation lasts forever and
design does not solve all problems. Those who create
and plan should practice
humility in the face of nature. Treat nature as a
model and mentor, not as an
inconvenience to be evaded or controlled.
9. Seek constant improvement by sharing of knowledge.
Encourage direct and
open communication between colleagues, patrons,
manufacturers and users to
link long-term sustainable considerations with ethical
responsibility, and
re-establish the integral relationship between natural
processes and human
activity.
The Hannover Principles should be seen as a living
document committed to the
transformation and growth in the understanding of our
interdependence with
nature, so that they may adapt as our knowledge of the
world evolves.
Hope Clark
Interpret Green
Dynamic media for built environments and landscapes
Project Coordinator
office: 215 482 6600 ext 233
fax: 215 482 0600
mobile: 917 442 9424
http://homepage.mac.com/hopeclark/iMovieTheater11.html
Intercultural Service, Leadership and Management
Masters Candidate
The School for International Training
