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Stillness in Action

A Sustainable World That Works For All Awakening the Dreamer

I'm a change agent.

I have known from a young age that i am here to be part of a great change. I learned about what is known as the Great Turning, a shift from our current path of destruction toward a life sustaining society. Last year i attened a month long workshop called Seeds for the Future2 with Joanna Macy . This gave me a profound sense of 'eco-self' and has lead me to a concept i call "the personal is planetary". It espouses the idea that transforming the planet means transforming ourselves, as we are expressions of earth.

symposium facilitator

I am also a trained facilitator for the The Pachamama Alliance 's Awakening the Dreamer symposium, known as Changing the Dream here in Australia. This global initiative aims to bring forth a socially just, spiritually fulfilling and environmentally sustainable human presence on earth. Who doesn't want that!??! It's the most inspiring and empowering one day workshop i've experienced. It's a unique approach, positive, creative, reflective, interactive, evocative, and just really beautiful. I belive it has the potential to accelerate the Great Turning and mobilise the people of this planet to work together to reclaim our future, create something we're proud to pass on to the next generations!

employment

I am currently working as an environmental consultant with a small company making a big impact. Great Forest Australia works primarily with the property management industry implementing recycling programs and is starting to incorporate an integrated sustainability approach to support companies to meet thier sustainability goals.

 

In 2006 i worked in the Oceania office of ICLEI. I organised an international conference that brought together local government leaders in sustainability. ACCELERATE NOW! happened in early May 2007 with nearly 470 people in attendance including 66 New Zealand leaders, and 40 ICLEI staff. This was a major achievement for all involved. Councils recognized the need for rapid action, not to wait until something is perfect to try it out and saw the need to integrate sustainability throughout their organisations instead of being isolated in the Environment Department.

what next?

I will continue focusing my energy on the Symposium Initiative in Australia, auspiced by Be the Change Australia . And i'm writing a book about the paradigm shift, great turning... and what it's like to be alive at this time of global crisis & opportunity.

all change agents

I believe that a great change is possible, i became present to the fact that it is already happening in a big way, globally in every local community.  When i saw the list presented in the symposium, presented by Paul Hawken, creator of this website, it crystalized in my mind. We are all responsible for creating the future, and the earth's immune response system is waking up, we're the people we've been waiting for!