Summary of New Website for The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative

The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative now has a new website (www.cpcs.co ).

Here is a summary of the projects, documents and resources which can be accessed at The CPCS Initiative website:

1) The Tipping Point Action Campaign (“Tipping Point Action: Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges”) advocates for creating 1000 Community Visioning Initiatives as a way of maximizing citizen participation and accelerating solution-oriented activity at this critical time. Key documents and resources associated with The Tipping Point Action Campaign include:

a) A proposal summarizing The Tipping Point Action Campaign --which was a part of the “Shifting Behavior in a Changing Climate” crowdsourcing/crowdfunding contest at the MIT Climate CoLab Crowdsourcing Platform.
b) “Press Kit for The Tipping Point Action Campaign”

2) The CPCS Initiative believes that we—collectively—are at a critical point in the evolution of life on Planet Earth. As a way of helping the evidence “come through the mist”, this writer (founder and resource coordinator of the CPCS Initiative) created the document “Invitation Package for Possible Board of Advisors ” (589 p.; 3.65 MB). Many of the sections in the “Invitation Package” document are in a compilation of excerpts format—excerpts from articles, documents and websites—to help readers with “connecting the dots”, on both challenges and solution options. For example, Section II. “Solution Oriented Pathways— A List (with descriptions) of 29 Organizations, Businesses, and Initiatives working towards resolving many of the challenges of our times”, and Section III. “Descriptions of People Being Formally Invited to Join CPCS Initiative Board of Advisors (272)” make up 189 pages of the “Invitation Package…” document, and are provided as a way of illustrating that we have the resources necessary to make the transition from megacities to more ecologically sustainable and villages, towns, and small cities (with much more potential to achieve carbon neutral economies. The “Invitation Package” also includes a 28 point timeline of warnings about global warming (from 1988—2013), and a 78 page section describing in detail the CPCS Initiative’s constellation of initiatives approach to collaborative problem solving and citizen peacebuilding. Supporting documents for the “Invitation Package” (most of which are also in the “Invitation Package” document) include:

a) 1 page introduction
b) 5 page introduction
c) 20 page Introduction
d) 1 page short version Table of Contents
e) 27 page long version Table of Contents
f) "The Potential of Community Visioning Initiatives (in 500 words)"

3) The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative represents further exploration along the lines of The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative, which this writer built up from 2001—2013. Key documents from the work building up The IPCR Initiative include:

a) "A List of Ten Critical Challenges" (1 page) (2014)
b) “IPCR Critical Challenges Assessment 2011-2012: Summary Report” (444 pages) (5 page Table of Contents)
c) "A Four Page Summary of The IPCR Initiative" (2011)
d) ”The Potential of Community Visioning Initiatives (in 500 words)” (2012)
e) “A 15 Step Outline for a Community Visioning Initiative” (28 pages) (2008)
f) "15 Sample Preliminary Survey Questions" (12 pages) (2009)
g) “125 Related Fields of Activity” (2 pages) (2009)
h) “17 Propositions and Premises which are part of the Foundation of The IPCR Initiative” (2 pages) (2012)

4) The CPCS Initiative also includes some of the Collected Writings of this writer (Stefan Pasti), which may help readers see a progression (if a somewhat zig-zag one) of themes and content, and thus may help readers understand how this writer has arrived at believing there is a need for problem solving on a scale most of us have never known before. Some of the Collected Writings included at the CPCS Initiative website are:

a) “The Spirit of the Sacred Hoop” (short story)(11 pages) (First version Fall, 1984; First revision Spring, 2004; Minor modifications Summer, 2006; Winter 2013-14)
b) "Notes on the I Ching" (5 pages) (March, 2009)
c) “An Autobiographical Sketch” (11 pages) (August, 2009 and March, 2012)
d) “An Introduction to Kuan Yin: Goddess of Mercy and Compassion” (8 Pages) (September, 2009)
e) "The Twilight of One Era, and the Dawning of Another" (35 pages) (Sept.--Oct., 2009)
f) "Ten Steps for Long Term Culture Change" (30 pages) (2009, 2014)
g) “Much Unrealized Potential for Community Service” (2 pages) (March, 2012)
h) “Four Positive Effects from the Teachings of Sri Sathya Sai Baba” (13 pages)(April, 2012)
i) “24/7 Peace Vigils” (2 pages) (March, 2013)
j) "General Outreach Letter to Organizations Working in Related Fields of Activity" (4 pages) (April, 2014)

A 9 page post titled “The Tipping Point Action Campaign and Ten Steps for Long Term Culture Change” (September, 2014) provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative.

This writer acknowledges that the new CPCS Initiative website is basic in its design. However, the website provides well-organized access to many carefully researched and carefully curated resources. I believe readers of this post will find something useful to their work in the above documents, and in other documents accessible at The CPCS Initiative website. I invite comments, questions, suggestions, recommendations, etc. There is much that can be done that has not yet been done to generate goodwill and promote peace at this critical time.

For a Peaceful and Sustainable Future,

Stefan Pasti, Founder and Resource Coordinator
The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative
www.cpcs.co
stefanpasti@gmx.com