Survival of the fearless.

 

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These documents of the Opus Pax community best practices catalog are available by clicking on them and downloading (instructions here). The list has just begun and it grows constantly, so check back.

CEREMONIAL

Talking Stick Circle

COUNSELING

Emergency Crisis Counseling for Non-Psychotherapists
Codependency Checklist
Family Systems: 12 Characteristics
A.N.G.E.R. Workout: understanding and moving beyond anger
The Famous Foursome: Minimizing, Justifying, Denying, Blaming
The Four Pillars of Evil: A Depth-Informed Model
On the Face of the Tiger: beyond domestic violence
Victim to Victor: quotations for overcoming
Crisis Intervention checklist (children, adolescents)

DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES

Utopic Imagining Exercise
Prophetic Memory and Imagination Exercise
Constitution of the Iroquois Nations
Constitution of the Miccosukee
Constitution of the Seminole
The Demagogy Checklist
Town Hall Meeting - Student Exercise

EMERGENCY PREPARATION

Earthquake: Before, During, and After
Handbook on Living Safely in Earthquake Territory
Pocket Emergency Kit
Camera Bag Emergency Kit
Survival Vest

ENERGY

Designing Energy Descent Pathways: one community's attempt to power down while prospering
Local Preparations for Oil Decline

FOOD

Creating Paradise: what is permaculture?
Food Storage
Permaculture Design
Water Storage

GATHERINGS

Wisdom Circle Guidelines

HEALTH/MEDICAL

CPR and Breathing Emergencies
First Aid
Herbel Remedies

HOUSING

The Hollies Sustainable Village
The Mallow Strawbale House

INDIGENOUS

An Apology to the Aboriginal People of Canada from the Presbyterian Church of Canada

LEADERSHIP

Narcissism: detecting a fatal weakness of incompetent leaders

MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE

Mythic Figures Among Us: a syllabus for a course on the meaning of myth

PEACE STUDIES

The Persistent Lie about All Against All: War is a Cultural Institution

TOXINS AND WASTE

Toxics in the Home

 

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