Transition US, Ecology of Leadership/Regenerative Institute, and Daily Acts Organization - Trathen Heckman
Seven members from Transition US, Ecology of Leadership/Regenerative Institute, and Daily Acts Organization, will be ‘Invoking a Pause’ to create a ‘tool box’ of resources containing a book entitled “Reverence and Resilienceâ€, a series of downloadable PDF’s focusing on ecology leadership qualities, webinar presentations to inspire engagement and create “on the ground community organizingâ€, workshops, and videos as resources for environmental social activists.
By Trathen Heckman, Founder and Executive Director of Daily Acts2012 "Seeding Possibilities" grant
As I was bundling up some of the season's highlights of our ITP collaboration yesterday, I came across a resonant article titled "Are You Humbitious Enough To Lead?" Humbitious being defined as an approach to leadership with equal parts humility and ambition. Sitting
at 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide emissions in our air for the
first time in human history, we need both great gads of ambition and a
large dose of humility to address our climate crisis. 
Invoking the Pause recently had the chance to talk with 2012 ITP Grant Partner and "Seeding Possibilities" grant recipient, Trathen Heckman. Trathen is the founder and Executive Director of Daily Acts, the Board President of Transition U.S., and a backyard farmer.» Read More
Inner Transition - In their "Pause", Trathen Heckman, Board President, Transition US - and co-collaborators from Transition US, Ecology of Leadership/Regenerative Institute, and Daily Acts Organization, together with an independent filmmaker, spent a week together to build relationships and envision the possibilities of collaboration among these three organizations. They began to elaborate a plan of action to create a 'tool box' of resources containing a book, a series of downloadable PDF's, webinar presentations, workshops, and videos as resources for environmental social activists.
Awarded with a "Seeding Possibilites" grant, these collaborators plan for several smaller working group sessions to move forward with creation of the deliverables envisioned in their "Pause"—downloadable PDF's of case studies, DIY guides on various topic areas, webinar series, video project to weave stories and models, and plan another collective pause and visioning retreat in the fall to chart their next steps.
Last week members of Daily Acts Organization (DAO), Ecology of Leadership (EOL), Transition US (TUS) and an independent filmmaker took a pause from busy lives. In a beautiful setting in rural California we reviewed our programs, skills, audiences and interests in the light of synergies, leverage and potential. We surprised ourselves with the richness of the possibilities and the natural fit of many seemingly different pieces. Ordering and reordering, prioritizing and rolling out timelines - in effect, we sizzled. Excitement grew, respect landed and new programs came to light. In five days we were able to achieve a year's worth of meetings. » Read More
In preparation for our September ITP ‘pause’, the seven collaborators for “Inner Transition†have been heartily engaged in conference calls, individual check-ins and a ½ day meeting to deepen existing relationships and establish new ones. Given the size of our collaboration, at our recent half-day planning meeting we honed in on the vision for our retreat and thought through best strategies for our Retreat time together. One theme that emerged was in engaging the creative tension between both taking time to pause and see what emerges, while also honoring our desire to fulfill our near term objectives.
