To complement this conversation, in this session we will hear from guest faculty Andrew Harvey, an internationally acclaimed poet, novelist, translator and mystical scholar.
You’re doing your part: Reducing your carbon footprint; always on the lookout for ways to lighten the load on the planet; talking about the big issues with friends and family – even when they don’t seem to want to hear it!
And yet, you may have this nagging feeling that you could – and should – be doing more for our precious and threatened planet, and that it really could be enjoyable, inspiring, even exciting.
Are you really making a difference? Or are the problems just too big?
Or do you simply need a comprehensive toolkit, guidance and a community of support to discover and make your unique contribution?
It’s true. The problems we’re facing are complex. Systemic. And interconnected. Every action counts.
While the solutions may seem just as daunting, it is possible for you to affect, profound positive change.
Sometimes “doing enough” doesn’t mean doing more; but rather doing the thing you feel most called to do, within a community of supportive and like-minded souls.
In community, solutions you may have never considered can emerge, propelling you and others into action in new and deeply satisfying ways that benefit yourself, your family, your community and our planet.
Each one of us has a unique contribution to make to our world.
In this course, with the support of like-minded others and top sustainability leaders, you’ll have an opportunity to focus on what is YOURS to do in creating a sustainable future-through deepening your current efforts or realigning your actions with your authentic concerns for our future.
You’ll learn about clean energy, economics, social justice, and the vital role of community in conceiving new solutions and systems rooted in sustainability principles. You’ll explore enlightening views of how we got into this planet-wide mess, how we can get out of it, and
what your role might be.
In doing so, you’ll experience new levels of hope and optimism that are as essential to the future of the planet as your actions are.
During this 7-week course you will:
This beginning week we will spend time getting to know one another as we set our intentions as a transformational learning community and begin our co-creative process with one another. You’ll have the chance to share personally.
In our first week together, we will clarify the guiding inquiries for the course, which will lay the groundwork for all the future classes.
In addition, there will be a guest appearance by poet, teacher, writer and speaker, Drew Dellinger. Drew has inspired hearts and minds around the world through his poetry and keynotes on justice, ecology, cosmology, activism, democracy and compassion.
In Week 1, you’ll explore:
In our second week together, we will take the time to survey the state of our world-its climate, oceans, rivers, forests, and animal communities. We will feel into each one, like we would touch and feel our body after an accident. It can be scary, but we need to know how we are doing so we know what needs to be done. Special guest Brock Dolman, founding member and resident of a thriving intentional community, Sowing Circle LLC, will be joining us.
In Week 2, you’ll explore:
Energy! How we harness energy is the source of great promise and potential or destruction and demise. What exactly is our “energy crisis?” In many ways, it’s a crisis of imagination and will-power. Can we move toward clean and sustainable ways of powering our civilization and our lives? How?
This week we will explore what doesn’t work as well as renewable energy solutions, localization, and conservation efforts.
In Week 3, you’ll explore:
You are one of Earth’s 7 billion people. As a member of the human race, discovering the immense challenges – like overpopulation, hunger, global migration, extreme poverty, and human rights violations of women, children, immigrants and indigenous people – can be disturbing.
One way of holding and finding solutions to these difficult issues is to envision what a truly just society might look like. Consider this definition: A just society would share resources to meet every person’s basic needs, so that everyone in the world has access to adequate food, water, shelter, clothing and meaningful work.
To complement this conversation, in this session we will hear from guest faculty Andrew Harvey, an internationally acclaimed poet, novelist, translator and mystical scholar.
In Week 4, you’ll explore:
Oikos (meaning “home”) is the root of both ECO-logy and ECO-nomy. This session involves re-connecting eco-logy and eco-nomy in ways that matter personally and globally. Rinaldo Brutoco, founding president of the World Business Academy, will join us for this session.
In Week 5, you’ll explore:
This week we will consider the “how to.” Communities can be designed and built with environmental sustainability, spiritual fulfillment and social justice as guiding and foundational principles. We will study emerging models that engage the imagination, skills, resources and sponsorship necessary for large-scale community change.
What does it mean for a community to support and embody the movement toward sustainable living? What, in all honesty, is the alternative?
During this session, we will have a special guest appearance by author, proponent and catalyst for inclusivity and spiritual transformation, Sharif Abdullah, whose work on inclusivity has taken him to more than two dozen countries playing a key role in several international forums.
In Week 6, you’ll explore:
This week we embark upon a “no-impact” journey, where we experiment with daily actions that are respectful of “all our relations.” During the past seven weeks, we have explored myriad ways all of us- all human societies, ecological systems and every living being – are intricately connected.
We honor this wondrous interweaving by adopting, and adapting to, mutually beneficial (low-impact) lifestyles. Thus we co-create a thriving world, moment by moment and action by action-every day!
In Week 7, you’ll explore:
During this live bonus session, Spring of Sustainability co-producers Vinit Allen and Steve Motenko will coach you on how you can bring to life your ecological values and truly implement them on a daily basis as well as answer your questions on how to live a life of engaged environmental activism.
Vinit will bring a fresh perspective as a recent delegate to the UN World Summit that just took place in Rio de Janeiro.
Vinit Allen is an educator and event producer, and has been an activist in environmental, peace and human rights arenas for about 30 years. He produced the Sustainable World Symposium twice in San Francisco and is a facilitator trainer for the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium. He was a delegate at the UN World Summit In Johannesburg, South Africa in 2002, where the Sustainable World Symposium and Sourcebook were conceived, and he also served as a delegate to the UN World Summit that just took place in Rio de Janeiro.
Steve Motenko is a certified personal coach and leadership trainer, and formerly an award-winning journalist, music teacher and advocate for educational reform. Steve’s passion for sustainability, for transformative education, and for an integral approach to the interdependence of all life led him to a leadership role in the Awakening the Dreamer facilitator community, and in 2011 to the Sustainable World Coalition.
With Vicki Robin, coauthor of Your Money or Your Life, and Alisa Gravitz, Executive Director of Green America
In this Bonus Audio, you’ll learn how to bring your lifestyle choices into complete alignment with your values. You’ll learn remarkable tips and strategies that can save you money, streamline your life, and open up new possibilities. Benefits include:
Vicki Robin is the coauthor of the international bestseller, Your Money or Your Life (5 years on the Business Week list) and is a leading voice for sustainable consumption. She was featured as one of 61 Visionaries by Utne Magazine, named the “prophet of consumption downsizers” by the NY Times, has received awards from Sustainable Northwest and Green America, and has appeared regularly for 20 years in the media including Oprah Winfrey show, NPR and PBS specials as well as over 1,000 other media stories. She is a member of a community choir and an improvisational theater troupe on Whidbey Island, Washington.
Alisa Gravitz has led Green America, the national green economy organization for more than 27 years. Green America (formerly Co-op America) develops marketplace solutions to social and environmental problems with a key focus on tackling climate change, building fair trading systems, stopping corporate abuse and growing the green economy. Alisa is a leading expert on how families and businesses can “go green,” saving money and resources. She is also a nationally recognized leader in the social investment industry. She authored Green America’s acclaimed Guide to Social Investing, with over a million copies in print and the popular Guide to Community Investing. She earned her MBA from Harvard University and her BA in economics and environmental sciences from Brandeis University.
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