Miriam Martineau - Building an Intentional Community

Find out more about the Smart Village project: futurethinkers.org/village Participate in our very first NFT drop: futurethinkers.org/nft We're very excited to announce that on June 1 2021 we're dropping our first Smart Village NFT! If you are not familiar, NFTs stands for Non Fungible Tokens - it's a type of crypto token that is verifiably unique or rare, instead of being interchangeable in the way that dollars or Bitcoins are. They are a type of crypto token that has become popular with creators for releasing limited edition art or collectibles. But there is much more to NFTs than art (we actually think they will be revolutionary for creators of all kinds!). NFTs can represent any other type of unique item - a ticket, an access key, membership, a recognition badge, an IOU for a service, and much more. We will be releasing several different kinds of NFTs for the Smart Village in the near future. By purchasing our NFTs, you are directly contributing to bringing the village into reality. The first NFT we are dropping will be: a limited edition, collectible, evolving art piece and a badge to show to show off your controbution to the first smart village an access key to our private online learning portal, where you will be the first to get access to our village experimenmts and learnings and be able to collaborate on them before we open-source them and release them into the worl for every NFT sold, we will plant 1 tree or another type of plant to regenerate the land at the village and the forest around it We've been working with the folks from Commons Stack and Longtail Financial to do token engineering and validate our token ecosystem that the NFTs will be part of. This is just the beginning! In This Episode of Future Thinkers: Why we're releasing an NFT What are NFTs and what can they do? How artists, smart villages, and social good projects can use NFTs to raise funding Our first NFT to plant trees and do regenerative and permaculture work at the village How the NFTs will evolve in the future Ove of our first events: a psychedelic geocache adventure Pre-selling accommodations through NFTs Event and workshop tickets at the village as NFTs Crowdfunding future buildings at the village with NFTs Why we're using Polygon blockchain Setting up your wallet through Metamask

Future Thinkers Smart Village is becoming a reality! We have found a new, large 400 acre property with the right zoning, infrastructure and everything else we could need to make the village happen. The property has a RV camp with 80 accommodation spots, a private lake, two creeks, large forest, even a golf course, and the closest airport is just a two hour drive from there. In this episode we want to share with you where we are right now with this project, as well as our plans and visions for how the smart village would look like on this new location. In This Episode of Future Thinkers: - Why we are creating the Smart Village and what problems we are solving with it - How converging technologies can make rural living enjoyable and practical - The benefits of a regenerative village for health, family and community life - The opportunity for sustainable, affordable and innovative housing - Whole systems design and its connection with biomimicry, permaculture and indigenous thinking - The eight pillars of whole systems design - The opportunity for experimenting with social organization, business structures, economy and investing - What kind of mentality it takes to live in a smart village - The three things that make intentional communities fail - Why we need a network of regenerative villages all over the world Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: - How to invest in Future Thinkers Smart Village https://www.futurethinkers.org/invest  - Check out the Future Thinkers Smart Village new location https://www.futurethinkers.org/photos  - Join Re:Build - Online festival of regenerative village builders, April 30th-May 2nd 2021 https://www.futurethinkers.org/rebuild  - Complete show notes https://www.futurethinkers.org/137 

Our guest in this Q+A session on self-organizing governance is Richard D. Bartlett. This session was originally live-streamed on December 4th 2020.  Richard is a co-founder of a digital tool called Loomio, and of a decentralized consulting company The Hum. He is also the Director at the Enspiral Foundation, a collective of people working on meaningful projects around the world. As an open source enthusiast, he writes about how we work together at any scale, from our relationships to organizations to social change. He is a contributing author of the book Better Work Together, and he is writing his first book called Patterns for Decentralized Organizing. Complete show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/136  To join future Q&As with thinkers & visionaries, become a Future Thinkers member at http://www.futurethinkers.org/members ​ Members get access to courses, workshops, and private group calls for a deep dive into practicing sovereignty, resilience, and shadow work. To help us with the property search for the Future Thinkers Smart Village go to http://www.futurethinkers.org/landsearch  SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide: http://www.futurethinkers.org/signup 

What rites of passage do we need in today's world? Are we  going through collective rites of passage at the moment? What is the role of mentors in today's society?  In this Q&A Michael Meade answers questions from the Future Thinkers Members.  Michael Meade is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He is also the founder of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a nonprofit network of artists, activists, and community builders that encourages greater understanding between diverse peoples. His podcast Living Myth looks at our changing world from a mythic perspective. Complete show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/135  To join future Q&As with thinkers & visionaries, become a Future Thinkers member at http://www.futurethinkers.org/members  Members get access to courses, workshops, and private group calls for a deep dive into practicing sovereignty, resilience, and shadow work. To help us with the property search for the Future Thinkers Smart Village go to http://www.futurethinkers.org/landsearch  SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide: http://www.futurethinkers.org/signup 

Our guest in this episode is Miriam Martineau, who is a counselor, teacher, and Founder of Next Step Integral. For the last 15 years she has studied and researched parenting as a spiritual practice. Miriam and her husband Stefan also lived in an intentional community called Morning Star for 10 years from 1992 to 2002, which they founded in rural BC, Canada. We discuss the practical aspects of running an intentional community, attracting the right people in the early stages, dealing with bad actors, as well as raising children to adopt the values of community. Complete show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/134  To access to the full interview with Miriam Martineau, become a Future Thinkers Member at http://www.futurethinkers.org/members To help us with the property search for the Future Thinkers Smart Village go to http://www.futurethinkers.org/landsearch SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide: http://www.futurethinkers.org/signup

Our guest in this episode is Jim Rutt, a systems thinker, host of the Jim Rutt Show podcast, and former key player in several technology companies. He was also the Chairman of Santa Fe Institute, where he was working in the scientific study of consciousness and evolutionary artificial intelligence. We had Jim as a guest on the show a year ago, where he did an introduction to the concept of GameB and talked about the history of the movement. Today we want to catch up with Jim about some of the ways that the concepts of GameB are being applied in practice. Earlier this year, he published a Medium article called A Journey to GameB, which lists lots of practical steps for transitioning into this new social operating system. Complete show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/133  To access to the full interview with Jim Rutt, become a Future Thinkers Member at http://www.futurethinkers.org/friend Learn more and contribute to Future Thinkers Smart Village at http://www.futurethinkers.org/village SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide: http://www.futurethinkers.org/signup

Our guests in this episode are Tyson Yunkaporta and his wife Megan Kelleher. Tyson is the author of 'Sand Talk,' and indigenous thinker from the Apalech clan from the West Cape of Queensland, Australia. Megan is a scholar at RMIT in Melbourne, who is currently researching the connection between blockchain and indigenous knowledge systems. She is of Barada and Gabalbara heritage of Northeast Queensland, Australia. We talk about integrating indigenous wisdom with contemporary life, whether technology is adaptive or destructive for humanity, growth and scaling in human systems, and transitional cultures on the way to a healthier way of being in this world. Complete show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/132  To access to the full interview with Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kelleher, become a Future Thinkers Member at http://www.futurethinkers.org/friend Learn more and contribute to Future Thinkers Smart Village at http://www.futurethinkers.org/village SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide: http://www.futurethinkers.org/signup

Daniel Christian Wahl on regenerative cultures, the role of humans on planet Earth, and the importance of being in right relationship with technology, nature, and the process of life as a whole. To access to the full 2-hour interview with Daniel Christian Wahl, become a Future Thinkers Member at http://www.futurethinkers.org/members Join the Q&A with Daniel Christian Wahl on October 29th at 11am PST: http://www.futurethinkers.org/wahl Show notes for this episode: http://www.futurethinkers.org/131 Join the Future Thinkers Smart Village Summit on October 28th at 4pm PST. Featuring James Ehrlich from ReGen Villages and surprise guests! RSVP at http://www.futurethinkers.org/summit Learn more and contribute to Future Thinkers Smart Village at http://www.futurethinkers.org/village SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide: http://www.futurethinkers.org/signup

Discussion and Q&A about Earth Regeneration and Smart Villages with Nora Bateson, author and founder of the International Bateson Institute, Joe Brewer, founder of the Earth Regenerators Study Group, and Future Thinkers Community members. Show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/130  Learn more about Future Thinkers Smart Village at http://www.futurethinkers.org/village SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide: http://www.futurethinkers.org/signup 

This is a replay of the Future Thinkers interview and Q&A on The Stoa hosted by Peter N Limberg. Future Thinkers Smart Village is a place that combines technological innovation, creativity, personal development, education, regenerative agriculture, and community – located in a beautiful mountain valley the heart of the Kootenays, BC, Canada. Learn more about the Future Thinkers Smart Village at http://www.futurethinkers.org/village  Future Thinkers original interview on The Stoa: https://youtu.be/_xdbuG49yfg  Check out The Stoa: http://www.thestoa.ca  SIGN UP for our mailing list and get a FREE 50+ Page Adapt to the Future Guide: http://www.futurethinkers.org/signup