Comments on: The 100 Mile Diet: A story of collaboration?

By: benziegler

benziegler — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:08:51 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story Leah. Yes, the stars seemed to of aligned at Centrum!

By: Leah Hammer

Leah Hammer — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:09:35 +0000

Hi Ben,
Thanks so much for your comments about the wonders of the Centrum experience.
I moved to Port Townsend because of Centrum and the unique quality of the offerings here. Like you, I continually find joy in every aspect of what these collaborative efforts of the Fort, Centrum and all of our partners have done to create these special and life changing opportunities. Thanks for all of the positive feedback. Hope to see you back again next year.

By: benziegler

benziegler — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:19:04 +0000

Hi Katy,
You’re quite right. Thanks for catching my slip up! I’d forgotten when I wrote the blog post (and your comment prompted to look at the book again to confirm my suspicion…) that the book’s epilogue actually contains a couple of pages where the authors, in what they describe as a “mostly symbolic” journey, collect some ocean water from the west coast of Vancouver Island. They do this in order to (you guessed it!) boil off the water and collect the salt crystals left behind. And, they too make reference to Gandhi’s famous 1930 salt march. I’m glad you took the time to respond, and your critical eye on the content is most welcomed. Ben.

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:41:43 +0000

Ben,
Check again. You said SALT isn’t grown where you live. Ben you live in Victoria-you can MAKE SALT from the ocean. Think about that powerful action Ghandi took when flouting the law he marched his followers into the ocean and MADE their OWN SALT!

By: benziegler

benziegler — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:32:35 +0000

Thanks Naumi. I really appreciate the positive feedback – especially as its’ coming from someone who blogs on Wikinomics. I’m a big fan of the Wikinomics site. I’ve found it a great resource; am always referring people to it; and have yet to find a better site on the topic of collaboration! Regards, Ben

By: Naumi

Naumi — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:26:49 +0000

Hi Ben, thanks for the comment on Wikinomics. I really like your blog – great posts. I particularly enjoyed the food/collaboration metaphor in this one. I’ve added
Collaborative Journeys to my feed