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SUMMARY: Collaborative Mapping\: using place-based storytelling to connect with our Great Lakes
LOCATION:Academy of the Impossible
URL:http://www.blogto.com/events/69271
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join Paul Baines (founder of the Great Lakes Commons Map) to see and hear h=
ow we can use maps, digital tools, and storytelling to shift into a new pos=
sibility for water stewardship. Open source technologies, collaborative pra=
ctices, and a commons ethic are the connecting elements of this work and it=
's time for this project to be shared and shaped by more people - like you.

Going far back enough in history, the impossible has already happened. The =
Great Lakes are the earth's largest surface fresh water body and are now to=
xic, invaded, dying, and dropping. The amount of water in this watershed is=
 so massive, it takes 350 years for water to fully flow through it's west-t=
o-east basin (Lake Superior to the St. Lawrence Seaway). On top of new and =
increasing impacts, most of the existing damage has happened in just 2 gene=
rations.

Is it possible to change this new norm? Are the existing values, policies, =
and actions part of the solution or part of the problem? A paradigm shift i=
s needed, but how do we name and built it? Maps tell stories and stories gi=
ve our lives meaning and direction. So how do we transform the maps?

The Great Lakes Commons Map was inspired by the work of many other water wa=
rriors who are re-imagining and re-indigenizing our relationship with the G=
reat Lakes. Join us at the Academy for an overview of this project and a co=
llaborative and curious discussion.
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