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News from Pioneers of Change - March 2006

If it [the law, the government, the social order, the school system, etc.] be of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. - H.D. Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

News from Pioneers of Change - January, 2006

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.” - E. B. White

News from Pioneers of Change - November, 2005

"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine." - Robert C. Gallagher

News from Pioneers of Change - September 2005

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. - Henry David Thoreau

News from Pioneers of Change - August, 2005

Fairy tales and myth move towards the soul in the same way that philosophy moves towards the brain - Roselle Angwin

News from Pioneers of Change - July, 2005

"If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence." Mahatma Ghandi, March 18, 1922, during his trial for "exciting disaffection toward His Majesty's Government as established by law in India"

News from Pioneers of Change - June, 2005

“On the train from Delhi to Jaipur, we were served bottled water, where Pepsi's water line Aquafina was the brand of choice. On the streets of Jaipur, there was another culture of water. At the peak of drought, small thatched huts called Jal Mandirs (water temples) were put up to give water from earthen water pots as a free gift to the thirsty. Jal Mandirs are a part of an ancient tradition of setting up Piyaos, free water stands in public areas. This was a clash between two cultures: a culture that sees water as sacred and treats its provision as a duty for the preservation of life and another that sees water as a commodity, and its ownership and trade as a fundamental corporate right” - Vandana Shiva

News from Pioneers of Change - May, 2005

”We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” – Aldo Leopold

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News from Pioneers of Change - October, 2004

"Often times we forget how much of a difference we can make in this world. We forget just how much we are empowered, how much our voices and our ideas matter. We neglect our responsibility to be the change we want to see in this world. But once in a while, when we gather with others who hunger for a different, more just world, people with whom we may disagree passionately on certain issue, yet agree on the need for a more sustainable human existence, we are reminded of the immense power that lies in our own hands. We once again can see what a difference a small group of people can make once they decide to stand up and be counted, and to make every moment count. Summer school 2004 helped me to remember these truths that I knew so well." - Dumisani Nyoni (New Cultivation Unit Member)

News from Pioneers of Change - November, 2004

“There is a story about a man who wanted to change the world. He tried as hard as he could, but really did not accomplish anything. So he thought that instead he should just try to change his country, but he had no success with that either. Then he tried to change his city and then his neighborhood, still unsuccessfully. Then he thought that he could at least change his family, but failed again. So he decided to change himself. Then a surprising thing happened. As he changed himself, his family changed too. And as his family changed, his neighborhood changed. As his neighborhood changed, his city changed. As his city changed, his country changed, and as his country changed the world changed."(Adam Kahane)

News from Pioneers of Change - December, 2004

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. - Margaret Mead

NOTICIAS DE PIONEERS OF CHANGE - Marzo 2006

Si [la ley, el gobierno, el orden social, el sistema educativo, etc.] es de una naturaleza tal que te reclama que seas agente de injusticia hacia otro, entonces digo, incumple la ley. Haz que tu vida sea una contracorriente que pare la máquina. Lo que tengo que hacer es ver, en cualquier caso, que no me presto al mal que condeno. - H.D. Thoreau, Desobediencia Civil

News from Pioneers of Change - June 2006

“An answer is always the part of the road that is behind you. Only questions point to the future.” - Jostein Gaarder

Noticias de Pioneers of Change - junio 2006

"Una respuesta siempre es parte de un camino detrás de ti. Solo las preguntas señalan hacia el futuro." - Jostein Gaarder

News from Pioneers of Change - OCTOBER 2006

"What we are trying to do by using art as the anchor of our project is just to start allowing freedom of the mind, freedom of the hand, freedom of speech and freedom of everything" - Mandla Mentoor, founder of the Sowetan Mountain Of Hope

Noticias de Pioneers of Change - Octubre 2006

"Lo que tratamos de hacer ayudándonos del arte como ancla de nuestro proyecto es simplemente empezar a permitir libertad mental, libertad de la mano, libertad de expresión y libertad en general" - Mandla Mentoor, fundador de la Sowetan Mountain Of Hope

News from Pioneers of Change - DECEMBER 2006

"Our humanity depends on our ability to bring together any number of apparently unrelated facts and make a human decision about their significance." Chris Wright

News from Pioneers of Change - March 2007

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News from Pioneers of Change - JUNE 2007

"I don't have any place where I have to get. I feel privileged just to go on working." - Barry Lopez