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Events
June, 2009 Event
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Navigating
the Great River of Change
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Presentation
& Discussion
with
Kathryn Fentress, Ph.D.
June 11, 2009, 7
- 9 PM - Social at 6.30
Wise Awakening -
Orca Room
314 East Holly Street,
Bellingham
Suggested donation
$5
Cosponsored by
Sustainable Bellingham and
Transition Whatcom
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While the modern
world is unraveling, there is another force moving through us
and through the planet that Joanna Macy has called the Great
Turning. Our consciousness is awakening to new levels of personal
responsibility for ourselves and our world. This is our opportunity
to deepen our connection with our own wisdom and with each other.
This great river of change
is at times daunting in its challenges. How do we navigate this
new territory? How to we keep our faces to the sun and avoid
the eddies of fear and despair? What is our role to play? How
can we help determine our ultimate destination? What are the
new possibilities? Even though this territory is uncharted,
there are perspectives and strategies helpful in navigating.
In this presentation we will explore the wisdom offered by transpersonal
psychology. We will also discuss and experience some of the
tools that support this adventure in personal and global transformation.
Kathryn Fentress, Ph.D.
is a transpersonal psychologist who has been assisting others
in their healing and spiritual journeys for almost 40 years.
She has taught at the University of Montana, The University
of Colorado, Boulder Graduate School, and Naropa University.
She is in private practice in Bellingham and is a trained facilitator
for the Awakening the Dreamer Symposiums of the Pachamama Alliance.
For more information, her website is www.kathrynfentress.com.
Please join us for an evening of vision, hope and inspiration.
For questions, contact
Cyndy Sheldon, cyndy.sheldon@comcast.netPlease
remember to take a look at our website, www.bions.net
for more information about BIONS, IONS and archived announcements
of past events. Mark your
calendar: After the
July and August break, BIONS programs starts off with a presentation
by Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., specialist in Personal Mythology
and Dreamwork, on Friday, September 18.
May, 2009 Event
Bellingham IONS presents
The
Art and Science of Peacemaking
with
Sarah van Gelder,
Executive Editor of YES! Magazine
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May 21, 2009
7.00 - 9.00 PM
Doors open at 6.30 PM
Orca Room, Wise Awakening
314, East Holly Street, Bellingham
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The art and science
of war are well developed. But there is an art and science of
peace that is just as sophisticated, and requires skill, maturity,
and understanding of human capacities and history. Peacemaking
is far more than the absence of violence - it is the presence
of compassion and justice.
Sarah van Gelder is
co-founder and executive editor of YES! Magazine, based on
Bainbridge Island. YES! is an award-winning, ad-free, nonprofit
publication and website that supports people's active engagement
in building a just and sustainable world.
The heart of our work
is to spotlight practical possibilities for deep shifts in our
society.
We inspire people to say YES!
We support and connect individuals and communities working for
a just and sustainable world.
We reframe issues, reflect diverse human-scale stories, and offer
tools for people to use and to pass along.
Suggested donation $5.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
For questions, contact
Cyndy Sheldon, cyndy.sheldon@comcast.net
Details: www.bions.net, www.yesmagazine.org
Please remember to take a look at our website, for more information
about IONS.
Mark your calendars
for our June event:
June 11: "Navigating the Great River of Change",
an exploration of The Great Turning. What tools can we use when
meeting the current challenges of personal and global transformation?
Presenter: Kathryn Fentress, Ph.D., transpersonal psychologist.
For details, see www.kathrynfentress.com
April, 2009 Event
Organizing Community
Resources in Crisis Times
Information and discussion with
Bellingham's
Emergency Management Coordinator Andy Day
April 16, 2009, 7.00 – 9.00
p.m.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Orca Room, Wise Awakening
314 East Holly Street, Bellingham
We may find it difficult to consider
the possibility of a cataclysmic event occurring in our
seemingly safe corner of the world, yet we know that Mount Baker
could erupt within our lifetime; that tectonic plates off our
shores may cause a major earthquake and indicate the eventuality
of a tsunami; that a major flood can destroy bridges and inundate
large areas of land.
As city and country officials
contemplate the need to prepare for major disasters, what is
actually being done? What steps can be taken now to forestall
major disruption of communication, maintain a transportation
system and ensure access to food and needed services? How can
we as citizens prepare?
Andy Day, Assistant Fire Chief
for the Bellingham Fire Department, serves as the Emergency
Management Coordinator for Bellingham, organizing community
resources to better prepare the city to respond to and recover
from disasters. Day has 26 years' experience of emergency management
in our community. Expect a lively discussion about individual,
family, neighborhood and community involvement. Come away
informed!
Contact: Wise Awakening Bookstore, 360 756-8075
Cyndy Sheldon, cyndy.sheldon@comcast.net
http://bions.net
Also, mark your calendars for our May event:
May 21: Sarah Van Gelder, Editor of Yes! Magazine, will
talk about positive actions we can take in our communities.
The Yes! Magazine is a nonprofit publication that supports people's
active engagement in building a just and sustainable world.
Details: www.yesmagazine.org
Bellingham IONS presents
What Is Transition Whatcom?
with Cindi Landreth and Rick Dubrow
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Thursday, March
19, 2009
7-9 PM, doors open at 6:30
Wise Awakening, Orca Room
314 E. Holly St. - Bellingham
$5 Suggested Donation
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Transition Whatcom
(TW) is a group in Whatcom County developing a 20-year local "Energy
Descent Action Plan."
TW promotes greater community resilience in the face of climate
change and economic instability, "reskilling" residents
to learn practical skills that will be useful in a powered-down,
less energy-intensive future.
Cindi and Rick invite us to discuss how we as a local community
can define and meet most of our essential needs, to be better
prepared to withstand economic shocks. Transition Whatcom outlines
how Whatcom County can meet the basic needs of all its residents
in terms of food, housing, transportation and security. TW engages
residents from all walks of life; honors the wisdom and experience
of the elders who have much to teach about self-reliance and living
simply; and honors and learns from the First Nation peoples who
hold in their hearts the value of, and reverence for, the gifts
of the earth.
Transition Whatcom is driven by great affection for this place
we call "home", and by our concern for future generations.
Rob Hopkins, who helped launch the Transition Town movement
in the U.K., says "The Transition Towns movement has grown
so fast because it is positive in a time where it is hard to find
positivity, solutions-based in a time when the problems are so
glaringly obvious, and fun, in a time where we're not supposed
to have time for that any more."
We used immense amounts of creativity, ingenuity and adaptability
on the way up the energy upslope, and that there's no reason for
us not to do the same on the downslope.
If we collectively plan and act early enough, there's every likelihood
that we can create a way of living that's significantly more connected,
more vibrant and more in touch with our environment than the oil-addicted
treadmill that we found ourselves on today.
Cindi Landreth grew up in Whatcom County. She is Vice President
of A-1 Builders, Adaptations' Manager and Designer, a green building
consultant and a founding member of Sustainable Connections, Bellingham.
Rick Dubrow, an M.I.T. graduate, Owner and President of
A-1 Builders, is a board member of RE Sources,
www.re-sources.org, a local environmental education nonprofit
organization that manages the RE Store in Bellingham.
Come and contribute your ideas about creating the future that
we want! Hope to see you there!
Please pass this note to friends who may be interested - thank
you!
On the web: http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com
Contact: Wise Awakening, 360 756-8075, www.wiseawakening.com
Cindi Landreth, cl@adaptations.wsComing
EventMay 21: Yes! Magazine
Editor Sarah Van Gelder will report from the work of the Yes!
magazine in promoting economic change, and share about positive
action we can take in our communities. See www.yesmagazine.org
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May 21: Yes! Magazine
Editor Sarah Van Gelder will report from the work of the Yes!
magazine in promoting economic change, and share about positive
action we can take in our communities. See www.yesmagazine.org
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