Earth As Elder and its ally, Weather, as Initiators©

Posted on November 14, 2012 by David Blumenkrantz

By David G. Blumenkrantz♥ & the ROPE® Community

What if these weather events are the Earth’s way of initiating humans? A curious possibility.

Earth is a living, sentient organism in an intimate interactive and interdependent relationship with all living species, including human beings - a truly symbiotic association. This is a constantly evolving and adapting ecosystem where Earth and its ally, weather, when needed, serve as an initiator of humans in order to transmit essential lessons necessary for whole planet survival. (more…)

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Shift Is Happening- 4 Arguments For The Initiation Of Youth

Posted on June 21, 2012 by David Blumenkrantz

 M. Kalani Souza, outgoing IKE Hui Steersperson, officiates the appointment of new co-steerspersons Kesner Flores, Jean Tanimoto, David Blumenkrantz, M. Kalani Souza (left to right), Penny Larin, PRiMO and NOAA Pacific Services Center administrative support is in the foreground.

In the March blog I discussed our work with PRiMO - the Pacific Risk Management Ohana, which is a collaboration of local, national and regional agencies, institutions, organizations and academia. Over the past several years a growing number of federal agencies have begun to recognize the essential value of youth engagement and the role of rites of passage. At the March PRiMO meeting a major shift occurred. The Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment Hui (IKE Hui) chose "youth integration" through the youth and community development through rites of passage framework as its project for 2012-13. It was a great honor to be appointed "Co-steersperson" (chairman) of this distinguished group, along with Kesner Flores, Kapay Allaince and Jean Tanimoto, Pacific Services Center. (more…)

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The Fish in All of Us

Posted on April 27, 2012 by David Blumenkrantz

If we save the children we save the fish, the waters and the planet.

The only approach that makes sense to me is an ecological one. In this we see what our ancestors saw, “that all things are related.” Mitakuye Oyasin… all things are connected - Schema, the primary prayer in Judaism, we are one with God and all that there is.

In almost all traditional cultures there are similar concepts of “oneness” and the interrelatedness of all things. (more…)

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Pacific Risk Management ‘Ohana (Primo) Annual Meeting

Posted on March 30, 2012 by David Blumenkrantz

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 David Blumenkrantz and Kalani Souza welcomes the PRIMO group to song at the 2010 Pacific Partners Meeting

David Blumenkrantz and Kalani Souza welcomes the PRIMO group to song at the 2010 Pacific Partners MeetingNational security is dependent upon our education and youth development policy and practices. Youth & community development through rites of passage is one focus of the March annual meeting of PRIMO.

The Center’s Founder and Executive Director and member of the Traditional Knowledge and the Environment Hui, David Blumenkrantz along with the Olohana Foundation’s founder an IKE Hui Steersperson M. Kalani Souza serve as host & convener of conversations at the PRIMO’s annual meeting in Hawaii, March 13-15, 2012. (more…)

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Paradigm Shift Blog

Posted on February 12, 2012 by David Blumenkrantz
[fbls] The PARADIGM SHIFT Blog will be launched in Spring 2012. Meanwhile, we invite you to read David's initial blog posts on this website page below. If you would like to be notified when the blog goes live and about new blog posts, please contact us. February 2012 David G. Blumenkrantz, Ph.D. M.Ed. Paradigm Shift © ¹ A knight returned from battle and went directly to the nursery to see his infant son. Upon entering the nursery he found blood all over. The walls and floor were covered. He ran to the bassinet. A quick look revealed a mass of blood. He looked over at his dog lying in a corner. Over come with grief and anger he took out his sword and slay his dog, figuring it killed his baby. He returned to the bassinet and upon closer inspection saw a wolf lying on top of his infant son. When he lifted the wolf from his son he realized his son was alive. It then came to him that his dog had killed the wolf and saved his son. He had killed the dog that saved his son. (more…) Posted in ROPE