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What is XC ?

• The convergence of local needs with global media
• The next necessary stage of local collaboration
• Proactive and urgent local engagement to build resilience in a fast-changing world
• Awareness that all local communities can and should share new knowledge

Extreme Community is going beyond simply living in proximity; it is a consciousness of local interdependence and shared fortunes.

Extreme Community is self-aware, not taken for granted. It asks its members to participate in influencing the collective destiny.

What is “3.0″ ?

XC Version 1.0 – people settle in villages and towns, fill complementary roles, build physical and social infrastructure, collaborate for survival an sustainability. Communities focus on what happens in their geographic sphere of influence.

XC Version 2.0 – people gather in virtual meeting places. They transcend their physical distance and isolation by forming “mind communities” through electronic connections and computers. They explore common interests and form relationships that bring real value and a sense of community lacking in their lives.

XC Version 3.0 – people living in proximity and facing threatening change meet and collaborate in both physical and virtual environments. They share knowledge and coordinate activities, build online tools and workspaces to extend their collaborative powers. They share and learn with other local communities facing similar challenges.

Where am I going with this?

Think locally, act locally. Then go regional, then global.

I’m beginning with where I live and building out from there.

I’ll report here. Once we achieve escape velocity, we open the x-community.org site.