MICRO MACRO MONDE France

Micro Macro Monde - a micro world with macro perspectives

Introduction

We as humans are always looking for innovative new and exiting ideas to stimulate our ever more demanding lifestyles on planet Earth. However now time is ripe for big changes and challenges in order to get our world into some kind of balance OR “sustainable-out-of-balance” where we the homo sapiens, the animals, the plants and the earth in general can prosper in a ways that makes sense to everything. There are amazing possibilities which have never been explored and there are colossal amounts of creative energy out there which is only to be inspired, ignited and maybe directed in order to go new ways.

Business of tomorrow is not just about making more profits for shareholders – its about making qualitative life enhancing and sustainably responsible profits which will evidently look and feel different.

Our modern especially western developed societies will have to change dramatically, but only for the better if we do it right. We have all the possibilities to design a new and sustainable world, which in fusions of old and new technologies, old and new philosophies will no doubt look very different in certain areas and in others maybe almost ancient.

Humans are generally very curious but also often very conservative, but what todays world needs is ignition of really new and RADICALLY RETHOUGHT VISIONS and input in order to come with solutions to the many challenges we are facing on the planet. The creative possibilities are enormous. They need to be explored – the platforms for the explorations is what MMM is about.

The MMM centers will be a new kind of fusion-platform of a developing knowledge, leisure, learning and doing centers…

The first MMM center will be placed in France on a beautiful piece of land with an old water mill and 1,5 hours south west of Paris (not on a horse) and by airship app. 30 min. - the next MMM center might be very close to you.

Moulin De La Plancette, is 1,5 hours south west of Paris, Cormes, France

What is MMM? - the vision…

THE MMM centers will become places where you can come and get inspiration by living and working for shorter or longer periods. Its not a regular hotel nor a retreat - its for people who can see and feel the big perspectives in life and in the universe but who maybe needs grounding and seeing how things could work in real life – the MMMs are real-life laboratories or platforms for creative experimental exploration of new sustainable lifestyle concepts.

The MMM centers will become places where business people or the industry will meet art, design, architecture and the more immaterial dimensions of life – but in the ultimate sustainable setting.

The MMM centers will be a new kind of fusion-platform of a developing knowledge, leisure, learning and doing centers – with a kind of touch or slightly inspired by for example some of the following projects:

-the Danish Højskole, HYPERLINK “” http://www.folkehojskoler.dk/the-danish-folk-high-school

-the italian La Fabrica, HYPERLINK “http://www.fabrica.it/” http://www.fabrica.it/

-the Egyptian Siwa ecolodge, HYPERLINK “http://www.arabworldbooks.com/new/ecolodge.html” http://www.arabworldbooks.com/new/ecolodge.html

-the Italian Damanhur society, http://www.damanhur.info/en/html/home.asp

-the Indian Auroville society, http://www.auroville.org/

-the English Center for Alternative Technology, HYPERLINK “http://www.cat.org.uk/index.tmpl?refer=index&init=1″ http://www.cat.org.uk/index.tmpl?refer=index&init=1

-the American The Rocky Mountain Institute - http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid232.php

-the english The HUB London – HYPERLINK “http://www.hubnet.co.uk” http://www.the-hub.net/

-and many other ”innovation or experimentation places” on the planet where experiments are being carried out in order to investigate how we can develop new and innovative solutions to the great challenges on the planet.

The MMM Vision (continued):

The intention is to build not only one but many MMM´s all over the world where its possible to come and learn, be inspired, sense and feel how we through innovative thinking and doing can create or design RADICALLY NEW (sustainable) CONCEPTS for a curious and maybe a bit infantile homo sapiens living on a planet slightly in crisis - caused by?.

The MMM centers are to be micro centers with a macro impact. They will be small heavens on earth designed in order to demonstrate how functional, efficient and not least beautiful a sustainable universe or lifestyle can be. Its a place to come and see, feel and not the least WORK or DO in. Its not a passive place where you come and just relax and absorb from, you contribute one way or another – maybe not in or on the exact center, but then in the network through the projects which the center will initiate or be part of.

The first MMM-center is being established on a 7 hectares piece of land in an old watermill 165 kilometers south west of Paris.

The second MMM center will happen in India opening probably in 2009.

What is a real MMM?

MMM´s will be physical platforms however immaterial as well - a kind of “experimental experience performance lab spaces” for “eternity recognizing activities” – which will facilitate projects with whatever format is needed. Collaborations will happen with people, projects, companies etc. worldwide.

MMM is NOT only physical structures with no content. The entire concept is based on learning by doing and establishing projects with a firm foundation and understanding of the microscopic as well as the macroscopic issues in life.

MMM is a mix between the following on on a micro-scale:

-An danish folk high school / ecolodge / resort / refugium / retreat – but yet a place where you DO – its NOT a passive place where you come to just relax. Its a place where new thoughts, ideas and concepts are developed hand in hand in with building up the actual places OR maintaining them…

MMM is a will contain the following :

-DIY Grillo-eatery and MMMafe & MMMaison Manche – places to prepare and eat divine food…

-Gallery / showroom / shop – places to show the best in new exiting products from primarily small and medium size businesses from all over the world…

-Event place – parties, events, exhibitions – outdoor as indoor..

-Amphi theatre – a small theatre will be established..

-Ateliers / studios for art, film, - temporary structures where artist or rather anyone professional can work…

-TV station – internet based on ”new lifestyles”, innovation, design and architecture…

-Amazing gardens and modern yet esthetic MICRO farming which work closely with the MMM-eatery and the MMMMaison Manche
-studio gardens / cottages / tents where you can live for some days experiencing MMM – build by interesting artist, designers and architects – and the users together as experiments in simple temporary structures.
-fishing ponds from where fishes are taken to be eaten on the various outdoor DIY Grillo-eateries.
-natural swimming pools
-animals – for wool, milk, fur, meat etc…

-workshops and Labs in for various purposes – small scale investigations of vex. natural fibers and their abilities..

-alternative energy on MICRO scale but with MACRO impact – such as hydro power, hydrogen, wind energy, solar cells, biogas, fuel-cells etc…

-vehicles such as DIESTER and totally biofuel or hybrid run cars, an airship, solar cell ships, wind-ships etc.-..

-mental resting spaces and places – maybe small temples….who knows ??

-movement spaces and places…

-outdoor activities in general…

The MMM network

MMM is NOT only physical structures with no content. The entire concept is based on learning by doing and establishing projects with a firm foundation and understanding of the microscopic as well as the macroscopic issues in life. To say it other words – MMM is a place or platforms where knowledge is available in a kind of ”learning by doing” and working with other beings who are resourceful and therefore can inspire and teach the ”apprentices” - but the teachers, visionaries, master to come and to learn too.

“OPEN SOURCE DESIGN intention”

Another principle is the “OPEN SOURCE DESIGN intention”. Probably all work developed at an MMM center will posted on the net in various forums. One will be THE COMMITMENTS PLATFORM developed by Niels Peter Flint for Actics - see please www.actics.com.
“OPEN SOURCE DESIGN intention” is about sharing ideas, knowledge, visions and a lot more. Its about helping each other in a caring, understanding and “common sense” way. If we want Homo Sapiens to survive as a race we have some real big challenges to play around with. One is that we dont like to share - in tomorrows world we will have to - therefore “OPEN SOURCE DESIGN intention”

The MMM network

The network will be described later but will contain a kind of banking system too where members can exchange services when needed in order to develop their projects.

MMM as a venue for events

The MMM centers will host events, seminars, work and do-shops and ”master-class-like” projects every year called RADICALLY REDESIGNING THE WORLD – RRDW but also many other courses or projects could be established – one of the important features would be that people who contribute in various ways to the growth of the center will get a possibility to use it for their own courses or whatever they want to do - as long as it makes sustainable sense - and especially Conscious Holistic Hedonists (read article on CHH elsewhere here on this site) are more than welcome and also people who work with “paradise projects” or other positive, innovative, experimental etc. projects should come and really help others kick-starting a new era on this planet.

The MMM projects will be developed by partners in the network and will gradually happen worldwide. Initially the projects are developed by individuals and professional agencies. At later points the projects might develop from the new networks being established through the work developed in relation to MMM. Also the MMM will work closely with the Actics COMMITMENT program, which you can read more at www.actics.com.

NPF april 15th 2008

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