Planetary Creativity Ethic
Planetary Creativity Ethic, the flagship program of the Global Creativity Network, is an effort to establish human fulfillment and actualization of human potential as the cornerstone of the global development agenda -- a core value and the overriding consideration in all social, economic, and political decisions and actions. The two-part program consists of advocacy and practical actions.
The advocacy part of the Planetary Creativity Ethic is a series of consciousness-raising initiatives, including publications, newsletters, seminars, workshops, conferences, forums, and other public information programs designed to underscore the natural, universal, and ceaseless human urge to make significant and meaningful contribution to life and, correspondingly, the obligation of society to arrange things in such a way that practically every person has the opportunity to do so. Our objective, specifically, is to convince mankind that:
- Human beings -- without exception -- are inherently creative and naturally, even compellingly, driven to realize their unique and individualized potential, i.e., to develop and to contribute one's particular set of abilities in significant, meaningful, and beneficial actions.
- Ability to develop and to contribute one's natural abilities is not only the healthiest possible state of existence but, also, the best guarantee of responsible personal, social, and ecological behavior.
- Inability to realize and to contribute one's potential is the underlying "cause" of the spreading epidemic of meaninglessness and the resultant psychological and social problems that are ruining the lives and destinies of countless millions of people around the world, traumatizing families and communities, and even threatening our collective survival and the future of Planet Earth.
The action component of the Planetary Creativity Ethic is a rallying call, inextricably joining all people in the all-important task of:
- Fostering and sustaining creativity-friendly, potential-actualizing families, classrooms, workplaces, institutions, organizations, communities, and national societies.
- Aligning everyday parental, educational, economic, business, social, political, and care-giving decisions and actions with the creative essence of the affected persons.
- Developing, testing, and continuously refining the tools for monitoring the creativity-compliance of our everyday decisions, actions, policies, and behaviors.
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