Empowerment is the only method that our Society should be utilizing to nurture us today. We currently live in a Society where we are dependent upon a Capitalistic System to fulfill our Dreams. Dreams are different for everyone and when we dream, we should consider others achieving the same regardless of Gender and Economic ability.
I am going to share with you the benefits of a Community Based Grassroots Education and Governmental Diplomatic relationship with the World Economy; which are 1) Relevant Neurological Development, 2) Communities taking action to solve problems & 3) Diplomacy. I would also like to share with you the Self Actualization theory of Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Finally I would like to tell you about the outside influence that determines the use of Mountains like Mauna Kea and the struggle of Native People to keep their Mountains Sustainable.
According to Dictionary.com, Self Actualization is the achievement of one’s full potential through creativity, independence, spontaneity and a grasp of the real World.
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They are;
Physiological; Food, Air, Water, Sleep, Ecosystem, Sex and Excretion.
Aside from the obvious, I would like to add that Sex includes our own Sexual Identity. Excretion of course is our biological requirement to relieve ourselves of urine and feces.
Next, according to Maslow, we require Safety. This seems like such a rational demand but I want to bring attention to the various atrocities which have been reported like Babies being thrown away in garbage cans. This is a Child born without that Safety. If a Child is born into poverty or becomes Homeless, the need of Safety is not fulfilled.
We require Love and Belonging, again something so logical yet still through atrocity, not guaranteed for some. For example, in Utah, there is a high rate of Homeless LGBT Youth due to alienation from family. We require Esteem from our Family, Colleagues and Community however, Competition, damaged relationship and Capitalism have caused this to be something hard to come by.
Without these graduations in our care and development, it would be impossible for us to gain Self Actualization without regression to the lower categories. Causing some to struggle through and even have an imbalanced mentality. I have experience in creating Therapy for Individuals and Youth who have not had all these needs satisfied. The first step we would take was to fulfill these needs in order to encourage their creativity, increase their self worth and develop their life skills to empower Self Actualization.
We are Mauna Kea ~ The Ecosystem around Us
In our Native Hawaiian Culture we are taught that Mauna Kea is sacred and a bringer of Life. Science proves that each level of the mountain correlates with the balance of our ecosystem. Lands in Hawaii are leased and there are little Community and mixed use spaces. If Mauna Kea were to sustain life as it should, the telescope would be the visitor not its own Native People.
People interested in raising awareness about the Ecosystem on Mauna Kea are demonstrating against a 30-meter Telescope, which they believe is a threat to it. This Fourth Annual Women of the Mountains Conference has been organized to inform the World that, Yes! Mountains are worth treating with specific obligation to the Ecosystem created for Life to continue on Earth.
Use of such Ecosystem should consider the Community use and encourage development of the shared space. It is just like living in a building that you own. If you lived there, you would not forget to keep water running, provide electricity and keep your tenants happy. Mountains make up one fifth of the Earth’s Land, so are worth protecting.
Here is a short video and sample of the efforts of the People in Hawaii to keep Mauna Kea sustainable;
Through these demonstrations, People have been arrested and their issues have fallen upon deaf ears. It is going to take our development of Education, teaching about Ecosystems and our taking responsibility to ensure its perpetuation.
To remedy this disagreement over Mountain Regions and the fight to keep them sustainable, it is going to require Grassroots Diplomacy.
Grassroots Diplomacy, a Nonprofit created by Talyn Rahman-Figueroa, was formed in order to use practical consultancy that facilitates trust and better communication between governments and civil society.
We can not allow these issues to be treated by a Hierarchy of Bureaucracy, no we must study the truth and ensure that it is accepted Worldwide.
Every Economic Issue has remedy born within itself as an anomaly. Grassroots will empower the Community to gain a perspective of Self Actualization. It will harvest the economic solutions already in place and build mutually beneficial relationships. Therefore we can use our resources wisely by gathering and sharing as a World Community; Education, Resources & Technology. Consequently creating Diplomacy.
A Movement begins within the Community of its origin, we need merely strengthen their reach and open these veins. Empowering each individual to reach his or her full potential requires certain things. All of these are the Human needs that make us one in the same ~ Mahalo
