Guiding Principals

Guiding Principles:

• Trust - Start from a position of trust

  • “Give community the benefit of the doubt” (Chuck Durrett)

• Stewardship - Care for land / environment / people / social processes

  • “Kin and country” 

• Relationality - Community connectedness / nature connection / civic society

  • “Warm connection” 

• Courage - Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart."

  • “Courage means the rage of the heart” (Gilbert Rochecouste)

• Generosity - Spirit / space / resources / trust

  • “Reciprocity comes where generosity is present” - Tyson Yunkaporta (paraphrased)

• Authenticity - From me to we / us two / the individual in the group

  • “Authenticity requires a certain measure of vulnerability, transparency, and integrity.” (Janet Louise Stephenson)  

• Delight - Joy / happiness / fun / play

  • “When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do” (Walt Disney)