Emily Peel Yates / hunger for change

One of the many things I have enjoyed about this project has been sharing it with people. Some people I know really well and some people who would never have crossed my radar if I had not had this opportunity. I find it really affirming and encouraging when people comment on the blogs on this site but actually the real feed back has been that deeper conversation round the water cooler at work, that email from far flung outposts of our organisation or that ubiquitous cabbie conversation.  Colleagues and friends who I see and speak to every day but instead of whingeing about work deadlines or the road works etc they tell me about some of their favourite places, what moves and motivates them. There is a tangible hunger out there for opportunities to talk about what really drives us.

This is an extract from an email I got from Buenos Aires

“Thank you for sharing this. As I sit in my office in Buenos Aires, seeing your images and reading your thoughts on solitude and nature gave me the strength I needed to remember what’s important today….. I, myself, would like to get involved from here and if you have any ideas I would certainly be open to them. “

So what next? This first phase is drawing to a close but its really just the start for the project. The group that I have been a part of is a unique cross sector snapshot of Scotland today. Personally  I would very much like to see Natural Change taken into inner city regeneration areas. I am putting out the feelers and waiting to see what builds.

How do you think we can roll this out and effect real change? Have you got ideas of how this project could be incorporated into your professional or personal life. Do you want ot become involved?

The wheels of change are rusty