What's Next forYOU?* * So I went to BIONEERS and it wasawesome...NOW WHAT? a discussion and*celebration*
The Colorado BIONEERS SALON: An evening of discussion and visionary Bioneers video... A once-a-month oasis of hope, a commons for you to enjoy the nourishment of conversation, ideas and the glow of inspiration. Everyone is welcome.
THIS SALON will feature :
Discussion: facilitated by IAN SANDERSON
We went to BIONEERS and were amazed and inspired... so what, then, shall we do?This BIONEERS Salon is devoted to sharing our stories, ideas, thoughts and aspirations. You are invited to give voice to your awakened heart and mind as we consider how we will live and thrive and serve this beautiful and terrible world, knowing as we do, that as Bioneers, we could not ask for better company. We will entertain such questions as:
I feel it's about what do we do with ourselves with inspiration? How do we maintain it on a day-to-day? How do we integrate? What fires you up? Keeps you going?
Ian Sanderson is a member of the Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan, Ian hails from the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Native Studies from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. Ian has been involved in Outdoor and Experiential Education for 15 years, working for various organizations including the Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School and the Santa Fe Mountain Center's Native American Emergence Program. Currently, Ian is devoted to providing facilitation, education, and training through custom programs that inspire reconnection to self, community, and nature by exploring the philosophies and skills found in Indigenous and Eastern traditions as a means to realize empowered personal development and socio-ecological change.
Video Joanna Macy: The GIFTS OF UNCERTAINTY(2009 Bioneers Conference plenary)
Joanna Macy, a renowned Buddhist teacher, eco-philosopher, systems theorist, and scholar, is a longtime activist in the peace, justice, and ecology movements. Her wide-ranging work spans Eastern and Western thought and seeks to bring to human consciousness the perspectives of other life forms, as well as those of past and future generations. Joanna's experiential group work, known to activists around the world as The Work That Reconnects, seeks to convey the extraordinary opportunity of being alive now to serve the survival of life on Earth. Joanna’s many seminal books include: Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age; Dharma and Development; Thinking Like a Mountain; Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World; Widening Circles; and, most recently, World as Lover, World as Self.
The evening's offerings will also include: P O T L U C K D I N N E R & C O N V E R S A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOSTS: Phil Dougan and Greg Varhola
Full Schedule - 6:00pm - 6:30pm: food, conversation, announcement (share yours with the group) - 6:30pm - 7:00pm: speaker - VIDEO: Joanna Macy: The Gifts of Uncertainty - 7:15pm - 9:30pm: speaker - DISCUSSION facilitated by IAN SANDERSON
Contact Greg Varhola,
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, 720-317-1107 OR Visit http://ecenter.colorado.edu/bioneers
