Awakening the Dreamer

Biophile — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:00:25 +0000

The folks from the Pachamama Alliance are offering these low cost symposiums to help further along the transition from exploitative culture to a nourishing and truly sustainable one. This is a wondrously beautiful example of tell a different story, bring about a different reality. And I adore the fact that they are ensuring it is accessible to everyone. If you can find one anywhere near you, I would whole heartedly recommend attending. Their stated goal is bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on Planet Earth, and I can’t think of anything more worthwhile.

Awakening the Dreamer Symposium Trailer from Pachamama Alliance on Vimeo.

At it’s heart are four questions ~ Where are we? How did we get here? What’s possible for the future? And Where do we go from here? Affirming our connectedness throughout, and stimulating active community are just some of the results from this event.

Joanna Macy says “The Symposium is designed to accelerate the Great Turning to a just and sustainable world. It awakens us and reconnects us with our place in the web of life . . . I’m very impressed with the approach and the quality of the program.” And that alone makes me want to go…

Peace,
Eric

The Great Turning Film

Aether — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:45:05 +0000

I have long been a tremendous and grateful appreciator of everything Joanna Macy, and so it was a wondrous surprise to recently find out that an acquaintance of mine is co-directing a documentary about Joanna and her profound and empowering perspectives on the times we live in. Called The Great Turning, this documentary promises to be an excellent introduction to the work of Joanna Macy and her colleagues as our planetary culture negotiates the turn from peak oil to ??? Hopefully a mutually enhancing relationship with the earth and each other as Thomas Berry would say.

Joanna Macy on Uncertainty from Chris Landry on Vimeo.

If you like this project and want to find out more, visit The Great Turning Film’s website. And if you are truly moved, the producers of the film are entered to receive some significant funding if they get enough votes, so please please please visit THIS SITE and VOTE for The Great Turning Film and hopefully this will help them along their most worthwhile way.

Peace and greenery!
Eric

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Awakening the Dreamer

The Great Turning Film