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Agenda: Tues. morning 9:00 Maryknoll Welcome: Joy Esmenda 9:10 Pandotopia Welcome: Jerry Gumbleton and Erin George 9:20 Self-introductions 10:20 Framing : Eugene Shirley 10:35 Vision: A Unique Historical Opportunity: John B.


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Agenda: Tues. morning

9:00 Maryknoll Welcome: Joy Esmenda 9:10 Pandotopia Welcome: Jerry Gumbleton and Erin George 9:20 Self-introductions 10:20 Framing: Eugene Shirley 10:35 Vision: “A Unique Historical Opportunity:” John B. Cobb, Jr. 11:25 Think Wrong: John Bielenberg 12:00 Break; optional eucharistic liturgy 12:30 Lunch 1:15 Blitz

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We’re creating a more just and ecologically balanced future.

We produce strategically-chosen, hyper-local initiatives and events. Focused on ecology, society, and the big picture.

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We bring diverse partners together across disciplinary

  • silos. Create capacity for

high-impact initiatives. Help them accomplish work together that is difficult to pull off alone. Think old-fashioned barn raisings with an eco and social justice twist.

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“To see the world with ecological relations at its core means never to see it in the same way again.”

– John B. Cobb, Jr.

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This Pope Is Pando!

“…hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.” --Laudato Si’

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Sizzler

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CSO

TASKFORCE

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Pando at Maryknoll: A residential research park for integral ecology

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MODEL: Pando at Maryknoll incarnates the vision of integral ecology as expressed in Laudato Si’. EXPERIMENT: Provides maker- space for eco and social justice

  • innovations. Small-bet lab and

exhibition grounds. LEARN: Transdisciplinary education ignites a different way of thinking and acting in the world.

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Extending the Pando Rootball

  • Design for social impact
  • Social entrepreneurs
  • Thought and interfaith networks
  • CSOs – academic, business,

and government

  • NGOs
  • Local Community
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Creating a Pando Ontology for Integral Ecology

  • Built environment

Architecture, urban planning, energy, transportation, etc.

  • Social environment

Spirituality, community, justice, immigration, health, education, communication, small business incubation, etc.

  • Natural environment

Water, carbon, soil, food, waste, biodiversity, etc.

  • Management

Financial sustainability, admin., etc.

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  • Focusing first on Annex,

apartment, and surrounding land

  • Residency program
  • Education, conferences

Small Bets

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Small Bets: Annex

  • Water
  • Power
  • Carbon
  • Waste
  • Beauty and design
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Small Bets: Urban farming

  • Organic
  • Resilient
  • Water, power, carbon
  • Biodiversity
  • Neighborhood relations
  • Health and spirit
  • Skills, small business, co-op
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Small Bets: Urban farming

  • Organic
  • Resilient
  • Water, power, carbon
  • Biodiversity
  • Neighborhood relations
  • Health and spirit
  • Skills, small business, co-op
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Small Bets: Residency

  • Residential makerspace
  • Small bet factory
  • Incubation fellowships
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Small Bets: Education

  • Storytelling
  • Local education
  • Conferences
  • County HQ for integral ecology
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Tracking and Assessment

  • Against Pando ontology
  • Nesting Pando assessment

within other sustainability indices

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Past and Future: Side-by-side What Maryknoll Monrovia is now | What Pando at Maryknoll will be:

  • Mission driven | Mission driven
  • Society, earth, big ideas | Society, earth, big ideas
  • Catholic-centered | Integral ecology-centered
  • Silos | Holism
  • Sisters | Sisters + diverse collaborators
  • Longer- and shorter-term residency | Shorter- and longer-term residency
  • Place to implement and house mission | Place to model, research and

educate on mission

  • Conferences and meetings | Conferences and meetings
  • Historically important | Honor and preserve the historical legacy
  • Strong community relations | Strong community relations
  • Site of resiliency (e.g., disaster prepardedness) | Site of deep resiliency
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SLIDE 35 Anchor Institutions: Secured over the development period, we expect to include
  • rganizations aiming for a more
sustainable LA County. We will work in consultation with religious organizations (e.g., Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University), urban farming initiatives focused on community gardens and similar, selected members of the CSO (Chief Sustainability Officer) Strategic Taskforce – which unites the CSOs
  • f academia, business, and
  • government. for a more sustainable
LA County – and more. Supporting Institutions: We anticipate the involvement of institutions from such areas as: urban forestry and watershed support (e.g., Amigos de los Rios); environmental education (e.g., LeapLab); social impact design (e.g., the university-based Think Wrong community of social impact innovators), and others.

Operating structure includes the Managing Partner, Owner, and Anchor and Supporting Institutions.

Owner: Maryknoll Sisters. Founders and owners. Lead/Managing Partner: Pando Populus (a 501(c)3
  • rganization). Manages new
  • relationships. Brings in anchor
institutions and other partners aiming for long-term, collaborative, mission-driven commitment.
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