MAPPING ASSETS AND CONCERNS FOR THE AREA
As you can see from the photo, people coming from outside (yellow notes) saw the assets and concerns of the area similarly. It was encouraging to see such engagement in the exercise as the map quickly filled with impressions. It is also encouraging to see the number of assets is slightly more than the concerns.
What were seen as assets
- Transport: trams, airport close
- Tourism
- The international community, celebrities and some high powered people have the valley as their second home
- The vibrant local culture.
- Mallorca as a brand that can attract residents and visitors
- The wonderful environment
- Capacity: cheap flights, spare rooms
- The history of the place, with its biomass generator and history of being self sufficient until the railway tunnel was built in the early 1900s
- Nature strong asset
- sea and mountain
- agriculture, friendliness, sense of community
- micro climate
- hiking as assets
The concerns:
- deteriorating drinking water quality
- degradation of nature
- prices of properties
- dependency on tourism – valuation disparity
- air pollution
- youth without work
- wild goats and sheep – eco balance
- motorcycling on weekends
Unique assets:
- Lot of potential to build on for surroundings and people
- thriving local entrepreneurship
- unique climate, environment
Unique concerns:
- Fragile eco-system
- being an Island
HARVESTING THE RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE
What was the Deeper Quest experienced by the delegates?
Many have in themselves the need to change. Collective narrative comes down to love, respect and humility. Quest to change society. Balance between changing self and changing society
Emerging themes
Attracting and connecting, the power of the few, cooperation not competition – we are seeing and evolution (Time banks, cooperatives, resilence, sense of community, networking, supporting local enterprises, etc.)
What is a Sacred Valley Dialogue?
- Holding the space
- Connecting the dots: energy, economy, environment, and emotions
- space for curious people
- real transition practice
- Reunion of awakening concerned people looking for action
- Concern for the future
- realism
- Open space to dialogue, hang about, how to act, change that is destroying whole planet
- the real human being and the people
- active dialogue in respect of people history and culture
- Explore conversation between heaven and earth all life.
- Forum for collective healing
Still missing
- Sacred Valley to be an example …. currency to pay for the events
- Local community
- Gather more frequently
- Physical space
Session themes:
- How to stop the burning in Sóller Valley and polluting the air
- How to work for transition on a spiritual and quantum level
- Mutual aid netwroks applying cooperative tools time bank to redesign work
- Post petroleum living
- Quitting the tax system
- Developing a local currency
- Present a new candiate to next election
- How to reach masses
- Leadership for the project
- Keys to cooperate
- Social media
- What is next for Sacred Valley Dialogues?