The Story of Stuff, is Annie Leonard’s impassioned plea for people to understand that the Earth is a closed system. That the cycle of harvesting/pillaging natural resources; manufacuturing; distributing; using; trashing is an ignorant failure to understand the natural cycles of life on earth. That the trash is going nowhere, and it is time [...]
Thank goodness for youth and student activists. I had the pleasure of enjoying this week, the UFV Film Festival sponsored by the International Development Club and the Students for Sustainability Club. Here was their movie line up: The Story of Stuff The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Flow – the [...]
I've just listened to the Wisdom Radio interviews of Jim Garrison with Bill McKibben, (author of Deep Economy) and Lester Brown (author of Plan B 3.0). Both authors are talking about a decisive metric that has been scientifically confirmed (by IPCC and others) that creates a super-ordinate goal that cities need to subscribe to. It [...]
I see that Next Step Integral is running the Integral Education Seminar FROM CRADLE TO KOSMOS again on beautiful Whidbey Island August 2-7, 2009. Get the details at www.i-edu.org .
Integral health is emerging in Vancouver, BC in the Inspire Health Integrated Cancer Care clinic. Check it out at http://www.inspirehealth.ca/ . This service was started 11 years ago by Dr. Hal Gunn and co-founders. It has now served over 5000 patients directly and through the "prescriptions" by which every doctor in BC can refer their patients to Inspire [...]
To be confirmed - but mark your calendars: An Introduction to SDi at 7 pm on May 25 and/or June 17 at the Canadian Memorial United Church at 16th and Burrard in Vancouver. Pre-Registration required via email to marilyn@integralcity.com . Presented by Michael Keller and Dr. Marilyn Hamilton
Come to Dallas, Texas SDi Confab - May 25-27, 2009, join Dr. Don Beck for SDi Level One. Details are available here http://www.sdiregister.com/ May 28-May 31, 2008 join Dr. Don Beck Spiral Dynamics integral Level Two "Cultural Dynamics and Nation-Building and SDi Train-the-Trainer Training". Details are available here http://www.sdiregister.com/SDi-Level2-Confab.php Dr. Beck will be joined by Elza Maalouf LLD, Dr. Marilyn Hamilton, Dr. Bruce Gibb and the [...]
Join us for 2 learning events co-sponsored by BC Centre for Social Enterprise, & BC Healthy Communities. Details & Registration at 250-356-0892 or www.bchealthycommunities.ca May 12, 2009 Taking Stock: How Resilient is Your Community? Presenter: Michelle Colussi, Canadian Centre for Community Renewal Time: 9:30 am - 4:30 am (registration opens at 9:00 am) Location: Clayburn School, 4315 Wright Street, Abbotsford BC [...]
Join us May 12, 2009 for a lively dialogue on Integral City: The City Behind the Story . Details at http://www.integralcity.com/reg-forms/Current%20Trainings/current%20trainings.html Time: 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Location: Clayburn School, 4315 Wright Street, Abbotsford BC Free Event: Pre-Registration for refreshments please. Call 604-850-3755
Tom Brokaw's op ed on small town spending suggests that if the private sector organization GM is going to be reinvented , then what is sauce for the industrial goose is sauce for the government gander. He proposes that major savings can be achieved by reconfiguring and recombining multiple small town and county services. The interesting aspect of [...]