A forming community in New Mexico (USA). Note the outside consultants/stakeholders connection.

(By Simona Zäh, Switzerland. Translated from German original) In my last blog entry, I pleaded for more self-determination in schools – and only in passing did I mention that one of the basic conditions for self-determined learning is participation. In the following, I would like to explain why self-determination and participation go hand in hand,…


What are nonviolent communication’s universal feelings and needs? Everyone experiences similar basic human feelings and needs. Nonviolent Communication (also known as NVC or compassionate communication) centers around identifying our feelings and needs. In NVC, it is thought that feelings arise from met or unmet basic universal needs. Marshall Rosenberg, the originator of Nonviolent Communication, asserts…
An infography on preferences, range of tolerance and objections based on the aim – Sociocracy For All