6/10/2008 - Lecture: Creating a Transition Initiative from Oil Dependency to Local Resilience by Shaktari Belew

Lecture: Creating a Transition Initiative from Oil Dependency to Local Resilience- Unleashing the Genius of Our Own Community
By Shaktari Belew, MSc

$5.00 - 20.00 Suggested donation, everyone welcome

Presentation Description:

NOTE: If you'd like a list of LINKS included in this presentation, follow this link to: "Transition Town" - Resilient Ashland http://honoringalllife.org/TransitionLINKS.php" Target="_blank">http://honoringalllife.org/TransitionLINKS.php

Rob Hopkins founded the Transition Initiatives Movement in the UK to explore and co-create a framework for developing resilience as we face the triple challenges of diminishing inexpensive petroleum, climate change, and exponential population growth. He writes, "Resilience refers to the ability of a system, from individual people to whole economies, to hold together and maintain their ability to function in the face of change and shocks from the outside."

What does resilience look like? It is unique to each bioregion, but he describes the Hunza society of the early1990's as an example. At that time, their society lived within its sustainable limits while developing highly creative responses to their local needs. Citizens experienced an abundant lifestyle with time to socialize and play even as everyone's needs were met. Hopkins realized that, unlike his own community, the Hunza community could most likely weather any adversity that came its way. What Hopkins is describing here could be termed "thrivability," a next step beyond mere sustainability.

This talk is an overview of Hopkins's Transition Initiative as well as other ideas people are implementing around the world as they localize their systems and develop greater resilience. Join us as we visualize a more resilient Rogue Valley together.

Presenter's Biography:

Exec. Director of the Thrivability Institute and the Honoring All Life Foundation. Shaktari has studied Developmental Psychology, Kinesiology, Fine Art, Communication, and Art History. She holds an MSc degree in Organizing Learning for EcoSocial Regeneration from Gaia University, where she offers her skills as a Process Advisor and Internal Reviewer. She is fascinated with HOW we perceive and the subsequent choices we make that determine our sense of reality.

Her book on the subject, exploring potent perceptual filters that offer new possibilities, Honoring All Life - A Practical Guide to Exploring a New Reality, was published in 2005. Her workshop, DEEP PERCEPTION, has been offered in the USA and Europe, and provides an in-depth exploration of personal perceptual filters and new ways of perceiving the possible. Locally, she is leading the effort to create a Gaia University regional center in Ashland, Oregon. Her greatest passion is to empower herself and others to experience their own core magnificence - and thus that of all life.

If you'd like a list of LINKS included in this presentation, follow this link to: "Transition Town" - Resilient Ashland http://honoringalllife.org/TransitionLINKS.php" Target="_blank">http://honoringalllife.org/TransitionLINKS.php

More information: (541) 488-2518 e-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://HonoringAllLife.org

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