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DREAMCATCHER WORKSHOPS >> AWAKENING THE DREAMER >> SYMPOSIUM INFO

Connect with people who care about sustainability, spirituality and social justice, the biggest challenges and opportunities of our time. (click for TOUR info)
Our mission is bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on Planet Earth.
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There’s a Movement emerging on Planet Earth, new ways of living which will take us beyond the crises of our age into a world that works for all. |
| Our work is helping to build the movement of awake, committed, engaged people, an invitation we extend to everyone. |
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Who we can be, and what we can do at this point in history has never been so significant, or so much fun. |
The Old Dream is dying. Its demise becomes inevitable as we discover the devastation we've caused to our own planet home, as we count the rising cost of our inhumanity to each other and as we see how our current way of living fails to deliver lasting happiness. All of these are the inevitable conclusions of an old dream rooted in acquisition, consumption and putting personal gain above communal good.
The New Dream is emerging! It's community, collaboration; it's life-enhancing and earth-honoring; it's together and for our grand-children, rather than Supersize me Now! So we're seeing the largest social movement of all time, millions of people and organizations working for environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment, three facets of a new dream for humanity and planet Earth.
| "With public sentiment nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. Consequently he who molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions."
~Abraham Lincoln |
The future does not need to be an extension of the present; history tells us this. There have been countless times when whole new social orders were brought forth in completely unexpected, unpredictable and positive ways.
| "We have been astonished by the sudden crumbling of institutions, by extraordinary changes in people's thoughts, by unexpected eruptions of rebellion against tyrannies, by the quick collapse of systems of power that seemed invincible. What leaps out from the history of the past hundred years is its utter unpredictability."
~Howard Zinn |
Solutions Exist
Experts and laypeople around the globe have been working on creative, innovative, remarkable solutions for the problems we're facing. There are numerous viable solutions addressing key elements in virtually every one of the issues, and momentum is growing in the work to link these into a comprehensive new approach.
Things are Changing
There is abundant evidence that something new is emerging already, consistent with our vision of a sustainable, peaceful and just human presence.
At the heart of the initiative is the Awakening the Dreamer Changing the Dream Symposium.
Through dynamic group interactions, leading edge information, and inspiring multimedia, participants of this half-day event are inspired to reconnect with their deep concern for our world, and are empowered to make a difference.
Designed with the collaboration of some of the finest scientific, indigenous and activist minds in the world, the Symposium explores the current state of our planet from a new perspective, and connects participants with a powerful global movement to reclaim our future.
It is an exploration of four questions:
| Where Are We? - an examination of the state of environmental, social and personal well-being. |
| How did We Get Here? - tracing the root causes that lead to our current imbalance. |
| What's Possible for the Future? - discovering new ways of relating with each other, with the Earth and looking at the emerging Movement for change. |
| Where Do We Go from Here? - considering the stand we want to be in the world and our personal and collective impact. |
If you are ready to be disturbed, inspired and moved to action, and to be introduced to a thriving community of committed cohorts, then join us in exploring the most critical concerns of our times, and discover new opportunities to make a real difference in accelerating the emergence of an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just human presence on this planet!
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