It is always helpful to me to understand how natural to people OS is. Thanks for the sharing. Barbara Sliter
----- Original Message ----- From: Toke Paludan Møller - InterChange <t...@interchange.dk> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 2:54 AM Subject: Opening space for 24 Polish people - It worked magic. > Hi friends of Open Space > > I held one yesterday here in Denmark for a group of 24 Polish > environmentalits, farmers, scholl teachers and decesion makers from a rural > area west of Warsaw. It worked magic. > > Some of them had never been outside their area or worked in groups before. > > In 5 hours they had deceided to form action teams to transform their area > to work towards sustainable action in the area of education, farming and > tourism...... > > Translation: - only two understood English - so only the briefing and the > reflection in the end all the rest was in their language and on their > terms....... > > when they understood the law of two feet, the smiled and became part of the > process, that was so new to them to be conscoiusly given the choice to > follow their own feeling for freedom...... > > I am looking forward to see how Open Space can help the development in > Eastern Europe where I have done a lot of work already. > > Anybody else Opening space there ? > The baltics, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Hungary ? > > love to hear your learnings. > > - toke > > > Toke Paludan Møller > InterChange Aps - at the edge of nature > Stengaardsvej 5 A, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark > Ph +45 8684 6919 Fax +45 8684 6908 > Mobile +45 2616 6919 > email: t...@interchange.dk > NEW - URL: http://www.interchange.dk >