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Democracy, by strenuously denying the fact of inequality, does enable us, to a surprising extent, to act as if it didn’t exist; but it does exist, and we know it. So our job is to keep the inequity of power as small as possible, and refuse to let our common humanity be reduced, however slightly, even by a careless word, by an assertion of unequal worth.
No Time to Spare
Ursula K. Le Guin, Karen Joy Fowler (Introduction)
**30 questions to elevate your awareness (and literacy) of the greater place in which you live:**
1) Point north.
2) What time is sunset today?
3) Trace the water you drink from rainfall to your tap.
4) When you flush, where do the solids go? What happens to the waste water?
5) How many feet above sea level are you?
6) What spring wildflower is consistently among the first to bloom here?
7) How far do you have to travel before you reach a different watershed? Can you draw the boundaries of yours?
8) Is the soil under your feet, more clay, sand, rock or silt?
9) Before your tribe lived here, what did the previous inhabitants eat and how did they sustain themselves?
10) Name five native edible plants in your neighborhood and the season(s) they are available.
11) From what direction do storms generally come?
12) Where does your garbage go?
13) How many people live in your watershed?
14) Who uses the paper/plastic you recycle from your neighborhood?
15) Point to where the sun sets on the equinox. How about sunrise on the summer solstice?
16) Where is the nearest earthquake fault? When did it last move?
17) Right here, how deep do you have to drill before you reach water?
18) Which (if any) geological features in your watershed are, or were, especially respected by your community, or considered sacred, now or in the past?
19) How many days is the growing season here (from frost to frost)?
20) Name five birds that live here. Which are migratory and which stay put?
21) What was the total rainfall here last year?
22) Where does the pollution in your air come from?
23) If you live near the ocean, when is high tide today?
24) What primary geological processes or events shaped the land here?
25) Name three wild species that were not found here 500 years ago. Name one exotic species that has appeared in the last 5 years.
26) What minerals are found in the ground here that are (or were) economically valuable?
27) Where does your electric power come from and how is it generated?
28) After the rain runs off your roof, where does it go?
29) Where is the nearest wilderness? When was the last time a fire burned through it?
30) How many days till the moon is full?
**The Bigger Here Bonus Questions:**
31. What species once found here are known to have gone extinct?
32. What other cities or landscape features on the planet share your latitude?
33. What was the dominant land cover plant here 10,000 years ago?
34. Name two places on different continents that have similar sunshine/rainfall/wind and temperature patterns to here.
• What are the things you are hoping I don't change?
• What are the things you secretly hope I do change?
• What are the good things about this organization we should build on?
• If you were me, what would you do first?
• Why isn't the organization doing better?
• What are your personal goals for your time here?
• What impediments do you have to doing your job?
• What will be our biggest challenge?
• What are your biggest frustrations about how the organization is currently run?
• What is the best thing I can do for you?
Questions for a New Leader
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