The mission of Be the Change is to bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on Planet Earth.
The "Dream of the North," or, the Dream of the Modern World, is our culture of consumption and acquisition, where our latest purchases devastate the land and exploit the less-privileged, where our waste poisons the rivers and skies, where injustice, warfare and terror are systematized by corporations, sanctioned by our elected officials and then taken by us to be normal.
The invitation to The Pachamama Alliance from our South American allies was clear: if we really want to help them, we needed to go to work in our part of the world. But how do we change the Dream of the Modern World? How do we shift an entire worldview?
Big questions for sure... It will be accomplished by committed individuals working in concert with one another, tens of millions of us, each willing to think and act in a whole new way.
The Pachamama Alliance's response to the request from the Achuar is the Awakening the Dreamer Initiative, which aims to wake people up from the destructive dream in which we are currently devouring the planet, and to inspire us then to step consciously into a new dream, the pursuit of an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on this Earth.
In the UK this work is developed through the "Be the Change" Symposia
Be the Change Symposia
The Symposium takes a fresh look at our most critical current concerns - environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfilment - and explores and exposes what connects them.
A unique, one-day workshop experience, it offers insight into the nature of our world, with leading-edge information, dynamic group interaction and inspiring video clips from some of the world's most respected thinkers and doers, including Paul Hawken, Desmond Tutu, Julia Butterfly Hill, Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry.
The aim of the Symposium is to explore how, by pulling together on an unprecedented scale, we can move in a new direction, towards an era of interconnected action and collective wellbeing.
If you are ready to be disturbed, inspired and moved to action - if you are ready to be introduced to a thriving community of like-hearted, deeply committed people - we invite you to come to a Be the Change Symposium.
The Symposium was created in the United States by The Pachamama Alliance, who generously gifted it to Be The Change. To date, we have presented over 80 symposiums around the country. We have completed five trainings for UK facilitators, the most recent one in March, 2009.
Meanwhile, events continue to take place across the country, from Brighton to Edinburgh, from London to Bristol, as well as in Holland, Belgium, Sweden and Australia!
Click on the logo to go to the Be the Change website to find out more or go to http://bethechange.org.uk/symposium.cfm
To find out more about the Pachamama Allaince and the Awakening the Dreamer Initiative go to: http://awakeningthedreamer.org/ |
