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ECOoutpost has benefited immensely from the emerging collective superpower of YOU!
ECOoutpost is part of a new form of international player, constituted by the will of the people in a global social movement. The worldwide peace campaign is the beautiful but deeply agitated spirit of this collective superpower, but the body of the movement is made up of millions of people concerned with a broader agenda, including socially sustainable development, environmentalism, and health and human rights issues. This movement has proven to be a surprisingly flexible and strong group of citizen activists who identify their interests with the world society as a wholeand who recognize that at a fundamental level we are all one. These are people who take into consideration the needs and dreams of all 6.3 billion people in the worldand not just the members of one particular nation.
While some of the leaders have become highly visible, what is perhaps most interesting about this global movement is that it is not really directed by visible leaders, but by the collective, emergent actions of its millions of participants. Surveys suggest that at least 30 million people in the United States identify themselves this wayapproximately 10 percent of the US population. The percentage in Europe is undoubtedly higher. The global membership in Asia, South America, Africa and India, while much lower in percentage of the total population, is growing quickly with the spread of the Internet. What makes these numbers important is the new cyberspace-enabled interconnection among the members. Web connections enable a kind of near-instantaneous, mass improvisation of activist initiatives, a beautiful thing to witness.
New forms of communication and commentary are being invented continuously. The Internet and other interactive media continue to penetrate more and more deeply into our world society, and provide a means for instantaneous personal dialogue and communication across the globe. The collective power of texting, blogging, instant messaging, and emailing between millions of participants cannot be overestimated.
Like a mind comprised of millions of inter-networked neurons, the social movement is capable of astonishingly rapid and subtle community consciousness and action. Thank YOU!