Hi Trish,
I googled Meg Wheatley. Her concept of looking to nature for hints reminded me of the icon of grassroots organizing that I like to pay homage to: slime molds. They transcend boundaries and their lifestyle is quite curious. I’ve attached a ‘poem’ I wrote some time ago praising slime molds. I think the Wilderness movement has been going through the spore stage and is about to spring forth, having disseminated across the landscape. At least I hope so…
be well,
Larry
ps: slime molds have their own website and organization of admirers
Slime Mold Totem
icon for organizing
bridging boundaries
plant and animal
individual and community
fungible amoebas
identical yet individual
sliding together on charismatic clue
to differentiate in form and function
transform into highly organized slime
efficiently networking by design
humbly on a mission
to replicate itself
a thousand fold
with pollen on the wind
spreading into fertile ground