The Gaia Community College » planetary http://www.gaiacommunitycollege.com Reinventing humanity in order to establish a mutually enhancing relationship with the earth... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Playing for change – Peace through music http://www.gaiacommunitycollege.com/playing-for-change-peace-through-music http://www.gaiacommunitycollege.com/playing-for-change-peace-through-music#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:23:48 +0000 Biophile http://www.gaiacommunitycollege.com/?p=137 The folks at Playing for Change (.com) have most certainly hit upon a magical formula. This is a profound and beautiful example of heart wedded with technology with the intention of inspiring planetary community. Using music as the universal language, they are traveling the world recording familiar songs with contributing musicians from different cultures, with the result being such a powerful demonstration of unity. I get so thrilled to the core of my being whenever I encounter such a wonder, and I can only hope that activities and energies like this get spread far and wide. Raising awareness about our global community, celebrating the simple things that connect us all, nurturing sustainable joy, these are the energies that we are focused on here as our lives unfold in a planetary context. I believe that these are the very things that have the power to transcend and heal the horrors and malignancies plaguing our planet at present, and everything that can be done to share them is a form of purposeful activism. Peace be with you and yours also!

Gotta love it!! Deep gratitude is surging through me….
Eric

Facebook Digg Twitter Delicious Technorati Favorites MySpace Google Bookmarks Amazon Wish List Bebo StumbleUpon Linkatopia MindBodyGreen Shoutwire Gmail LinkedIn Slashdot WordPress Share/Bookmark]]> http://www.gaiacommunitycollege.com/playing-for-change-peace-through-music/feed 0 The Great Turning Film http://www.gaiacommunitycollege.com/the-great-turning-film http://www.gaiacommunitycollege.com/the-great-turning-film#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:45:05 +0000 Aether http://gaiacommunitycollege.com/?p=60 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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