SAIIER 2018:Stewardship for New Emergence

My Creative Satsang		The Unicorn Collective – Season 2
Stewardship for New Emergence

Entity::Stewardship for New Emergence is a leadership workshop designed to empower individuals and transform organizations through a holistic methodology and integrated design principles. It offers opportunities to all Aurovilians and paid employees working in commercial or service units to build alliances and create paradigmatic shifts.

Description of project:

Three distinct programs were held in the last year (2017-18). These are: i) Stewardship for New Emergence Stage 1, ii) Amma-Appa Program, iii) Practitioner Coach Training. The Stage 1 program consists of a series of 3 workshops, spaced apart by 1-2 months each. The Amma-Appa program, a four day program in two parts, is for Auroville employees from the bioregion. Its aim is to nurture change-makers from the rural areas surrounding Auroville. The 5-day Practitioner Coach training program was held in order to support individuals that are interested in serving as Practitioner Coaches in the near future.

Some outcomes / break-through initiatives by participants:

Stewardship for New Emergence 1:

Manifestation of Line of Goodwill
“Let's Talk Trash”
To promote disaster-resilient housing using locally available natural materials like bamboo, mud, etc.
To make local agriculture in Sunderbans more resilient to floods and natural disasters
Course on 'stewardship for sustainable business' as part of the MBA program in my institute
Setting up a non-profit organization to promote the cause of child-centric systems design in society
Giving communications workshops, working to empower teaching team in school
Creating “Name and Symbol of Auroville” protection group
“Dancing as Love”
Not really a project, but put elements in my daily life.
STEM Land, iSMART classroom, teacher training (upcoming)
Neem Tree restaurant
Auroville Library of Things
Shared Transport Service
Trying to get a gallery NOW for Auroville artists
Building a learning center for co-creative cross community initiatives that will support unity, wellbeing and full potential of Anna Nagar and surrounding villages and relationship with Auroville
Solar Village aiming at providing reliable, quality, clean power supply to local villages
Creating Healthy life styles through awareness of health consciousness and natural healing

Amma Appa Program:

Beautification improvement of village and work places
Increase efficiency in housekeeping and materials at my workplace
Improve production schedule (multiple participants)
Development of clear accountability, responsibilities & creating cleanliness and beauty in workplace
Development of the garden and water system in workplace
Inter-village student exchange program
Peace project – improve communications at work between departments (multiple participants)
Overcoming difficulties and developing Unity in work (multiple participants)
Street light project at village
Team capacity and self awareness (multiple participants)
Reducing partiality and improving communications between all workers and management

Some feedback from participants:

Stewardship for New Emergence (“What can you do now that you were not able to do before?”):

“I have courage to co-create, I can see large picture and act small, I judge much less, I trust emergence, and anger is something that I've left behind for good!”
“Being able see the invisible systems; being able to name my fears and transcend them by standing on my wisdom profile; deep listening; enroll others.”
“Feel empowered and take responsibility for my action.”
“I can see myself in others therefore stopped judging others, see my capacities so learnt to become myself.”
“Embody changes, see other's needs.”
“Able to break the ice partly and work together.”

Amma Appa program:

“I stand for love for myself and others. I never talked on stage like this, now I have the courage. *In my work also I have learned to adjust, my fears have reduced, I listen from my inner values with an open heart. And I am doing my work well.”
“Courageous actions can be done when I'm assertive.”
“I learned there can be lots of ways to achieve my goal, I need to know where I am aiming for and there are multiple ways of getting there. I learned about unaccountable costs and power to the people and the importance to inspire others.”
“Usually I do incomplete work, so I have seen from these tools how to see my gaps, be in integrity and complete my work.”

Future direction:

We are committed to continue the work in anchoring Stewardship for New Emergence in Auroville and around India. For the coming year the following activities are being planned: Alumni program, learning programs in Education, Stage 2 workshops, workshops for specialized groups, and assessment/evaluation of the team and program toward envisioning the future.