TranZactivism Staff asked 7 years ago
- Here are a few ideas for Sparks that we would love to see.
- Feel free to pick and choose from this list if you would like to research and create a Spark on any of these subjects.
- Find out if there are already articles on this subject, link them in then make it your own- why were you attracted to this subject, how does it resonate?
- We will only remove a subject from the list once we have received your contribution and it meets the guidelines. Enjoy the exploration!
- PERSONAL – AutoActivism.
- The Four Agreements.
- Hack your life. Be an activist in your own life. See Jodorowsky
- Practice anti-trizofrenia. Triintegrity. Live in coherence with your cause.
- List of harmony practices.
- Keep things fresh. Surprise yourself, ie. Gurdjieff.
- Study your own reactions.
- Practice being in the other´s shoes + imagining why they think that way + what could affect that thought process. Trading places.
- Create an alter ego, no to hide, but to protect/empower (go above and beyond limits of birth.)Make sure it has origin in a personal power.
- Write down yr story / values.
- Free yr unused ideas. Practice letting go.
- When two ideas clash, violence begins where imagination ends. – Mati Abdul Klarwein.
- Exercising the imagination.
- Is it ok to just want to be mediocre? see: TS Spivet.
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- EVERYDAY – Problem-Solving.
- Practice creative interaction. In everyday life, write letters. Practice seeing: are you really seeing? Are you really caring?
- See angry people. Practice NVC.
- See people in righteous power, letting them know they can use their power to lift/help others, and so help themselves.
- See people in pain, acting out (love).
- Pay forward. Invite homeless to a meal and/or chat. Leave easter eggs. Gifts for those in service (not just tips, make their day smile).
- Practice altruism. Practice inclusion, even w enemies. Games people play.
- Replace newspapers w your own version.
- Family activism: deface magazines. Make little public sculptures.
- Water Baskets.
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- GROUP – Community
- Professional / Group responsibility.
- Identify yr group of TAOs + protection. Review legality and recourse. What are the skills/talents/ willingness to act in yr community. Don´t assume just because a cause is important that everyone will jump on board.
- Be clear of what the role of each is.
- Think global, act local. What transformation does yr community need?
- Thinking outside the box.
- Counter-counter-activism. ie. Teabaggers. Monty Python (we are the untied front, etc.)
- Practice connection. Not feeling so alone.
- How to organize privacy + public phone trees.
- Sidewalk Parade in Newport.
- Corporate Insects (re: bike tours, Sweat´n´Sell).
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- CULTURAL – Large-Scale.
- Mobbing: how to organize.
- Funding.
- Culture Jamming / Adbusters.
- Anonymous.
- AVAAZ.
- Banksy.
- ¨Be A Light¨ Theater activism. #allarewelcome #ghostlightproject
Organizing with groups of groups. - Creative rebellion against the status quo. – Jessie Burton.
- Buy Nothing Day.
- Chant des Colibris.
- Community Gardens + Urban Gardens.
- Birth of Suburbia.
- Going Off the Grid.
- Détournement.
- Get-Downs.
- Hidden Messages.
- Human Library.
- Imagine Peace Towers.
- Mathieu Tremblin (on DesignYouTrust.com).
- Pranks.
- Public Art.
- Protest Art.
- SilvesterClaus.
- Slacktivism.
- T.A.Z.
- Yes Men.
- http://fashionrevolution.org/ via BAZ
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- REFLECTIVE – Universal – Greater Than Us.
- Being a part of something greater than us.
- Acceptance.
- There is a time when it´s ok to let others carry the torch and do the work. ie. ¨I can´t believe I still have to protest this shit.¨
- Spiritual activism. Check out: popularresistance.org.
- Decomposition.
- The Glass is Always Full, The 100%.
- Nature Conquers All.
- Animals are also Activists.