Getting Started

Eldering is a way of being and relating to the world. It is about being engaged in life, sharing who you are and contributing to the future. We offer you the following information with the understanding that there’s no formula or ‘magic recipe’ for Eldering.

You can start by signing the Eldering Manifesto.

To begin practicing Eldering, download Toward Wisdom in Action (PDF, 200kb), our suggestions on how to take those first steps in the context of your existing relationships.

More structured opportunities for Eldering may be available through:

• Intergenerational programs and organizations
• Job opportunities
• Volunteer opportunities, organizations and networks

If Eldering means belonging to a membership organization dedicated to people 50 and over to you, consider joining AARP (The American Association of Retired Persons) or CARP (The Canadian Association of Retired Persons).

ELDERING is about challenging the conventional wisdom and prevailing paradigms that have thwarted our best intentions and collaborating with people from younger generations to create unprecedented ways of responding to our ever-changing world.

“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make BIG plans: aim high in hope and work…. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be ORDER and your beacon BEAUTY.”
—Daniel H. Burnham
American Architect
Union Station (1907)