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A rundown of the Assembly results

November 15, 2009

I’ve been going through the results from yesterday’s National Assembly and am well and truly inspired by what I see. Granted, all the work needed to implement these things still remains, and there are not many concrete suggestions — but the vision is there, and there are many of us who consider that vitally important. [...]

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Great National Assembly, flawlessly organized

November 14, 2009

Back home now from a great day at the National Assembly. Everything ran like clockwork – amazing considering the extent and intricacies of the logistics involved, from sending out those invitations, to organizing the food for 1,500 participants, to assigning every person a place and table, to the methodology, to training the table facilitators, and [...]

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Update!

November 14, 2009

Short status update from the media ants: Intense energy, sincerity and positive attitude characterize the National Assembly at Laugardalsholl today. After lunch the participants concentrated on creating a vision for the future of our nation and this work is still going on. About 1,500 people are participating in the meeting. Before lunch the participants discussed [...]

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Values: First results from the National Assembly

November 14, 2009

This just in from the press centre here: Honesty is the value the representatives of the National Assembly considered most important for society. Equal rights, respect and justice follow. Next are love, responsibility, freedom, sustainability and democracy. The family, equality and trust are also high priorities. This is the conclusion of the first discussion which [...]

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Power to the ants!

October 30, 2009

With all the negative news coming out of Iceland, it’s important to keep in mind that there are loads of positive and inspiring things happening on a daily basis that tend to get shoved aside by the REALLY SERIOUS ISSUES like, say, the closing of the Icelandic McDonald’s franchise. One such initiative is an upcoming [...]

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