The transformation to personal, social, and ecological sustainability begins when we slow down and reflect, when we speak and listen mindfully, when we act as if urgent dialogues really mattered.
We begin every day, week, or month with a conversation. We ask ourselves and others how we can live more sustainably, what we can do to help suffering people and animals, how we can become friends instead of enemies, avoiding wars over resources.
A number of questions inspire us to dialogues for change: What does slowness mean to us? What constitutes a sustainable society? Why do we need time and space for reflection? How do we work slowly? How do we live slowly? What do we mean by reflective communities? What is a slow laboratory? Why do we need slow organizations and slow technology? What characterizes a slow place? How can we reduce our energy use and environmental impact?
Sustainability forced upon us from above is not long-term sustainable. A slow society can only emerge from open, nonviolent grassroots conversations.
