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Karl Linn's Life & Work
Whenever a member of our global family makes a contribution that has a positive impact on members of the community it is important to both document and make accessible this contribution so it can serve as a model or inspiration to other members of our human community
Karl Linn's central concern was for the "commons". His life choices consistently reflected this: from the time his family fled Nazi Germany when he was a young boy through the different paths he followed as a young man in Palestine,unitl he decided to leave and emigrated to Europe after World War II, and then to the United States as a humanistic psychologist. Here he met major intellectuals in the United States, worked as a psychologist and then moved back to the earth as a landscape architect. In this capacity he took his students from the University of Pennsylvania into the slums of Philadelphia to build community gardens in abandoned lots in slums. The innovative projects he developed inspired and supported the community garden movement throughout the United States, among other things.
. Throughout his life Karl Linn consistently held a positive view of the potential of women and men. His actions reflected his beliefs, always. He developed and shared his innate abilities generously, and always moved to a those around him toward more ethical practices because of the model he provided through his behavior. His pattern of behavior throughout his life reflected a profile of altruism, a concern for humanity backed by actions that supported his belief that we can work together to create a sustainable world for ourselves and future generatons. His optimism in the potential of humanity inspired those who worked with him. When discouraged by the reality of a particular situation Karl consistently moved through this disappointemt to a model that he believed was more caring. His time, energy was always focused on what would server humanity.
About: A Biographical SketchPublications by Karl LinnLinks to Karl LinnKarl Linn's Digital Media BiographyProjectsIn the future we look forward to highlighting growth of the Commons movement since Karl's death in 2005. |
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