Instructions for system changing activities Philosophy 2021 Starting something and stopping something is the root of change. And change is what The Nongrowhth Society is all about. We need it because we cannot continue the doing as we do (The problem), we need to change to be able to prosper in the future (The goal). The system shows you areas and ideas of where and how you can start something or stop something to create change (there also an The suggestions box where you can find not yet realized ideas). And if you do it good with the help of the instructions you can be a part of the painting a better world!

    At all times be kind!

    Ask if your activities are aligned with the world view and overarching goal of prospering within limits

    Ask of your activities are within the limits

    Continually try and adjust from the feedback from your activities and be open to information shared by others about your activities.

    Share information about your activities

    Share information about others activities

    If the activities are not working, break or freeze.

    Even if you actions/activities may be provocative, and there is nothing wrong with that, as long you show respect of other human beings feeling, remembering that new things can create fear. And fear is a powerful feeling. So aim for creating joy, you just have to be more creative!

    For you who are new to viewing us human beings as dissipative structures constrained by the laws of thermodynamics and the limits of the planet some of the activities (based on elements of the systems) can seem mind blowing and have therefore been given a symbol show indicate the imagination level needed to understand. For example as Georgescu-Roegen implies the prospering within limits might mean

“a great deal of recanting on the part of all those professions which have lured man into this empty infinite regress”

Advertisers for example can like many of us change.     Base your activities on the 6 Design principles in Ecological Economics

    Base you activities it on systems thinking and a great start is listening Donella Meadows lecture on Sustainable Systems.
    Use frame analysis as a tool. COMMON CAUSE – THE CASE FOR WORKING WITH OUR CULTURAL VALUES and FINDING FRAMES: NEW WAYS TO ENGAGE THE UK PUBLIC IN GLOBAL POVERTY

    Think of John Rawls veil of ignorance

    Be aware and critical of norms that hinder all to prosper within limits.

    Embrace uncertainty and our limited knowledge

    Be mindful of power in interconnections.

    Have patience but start moving now! Change takes time and it can’t happen overnight and we will have to move gradually towards our goal in mind but at the same we have to start moving now!

If you have updated your world view and your goal to prospering within limits you can follow these instructions and start creating change.

Good luck! References and quotes Start creating a new system!