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SUMMARY:A Panel Inquiry into Initiating Community Action
DESCRIPTION:Many people are coming to understand that the situation fo
 r humans is pretty urgent right now. If we continue our current path, 
 we will be in for a very bumpy ride sometime in the foreseeable future
 . The threats are global, and they are also very local. Most of us in 
 Whatcom County are vulnerable to rising energy prices and many aspects
  of our lives would be effected by a spike: our food systems, housing 
 systems, and transportation systems are very energy dependent, and the
  precarious global economic system could easily go off the deep end. F
 or those who do recognize the issues it can be a little scary living i
 n a society where many people don't see the problem, are in denial, ar
 e distracted, or are simply overbooked, especially when we are prone t
 o fall into those same old traps too! However, many people are also co
 ming to glimpse the possibility of more connected, conscious, generous
 , healthy communities even in the midst of and post energy crisis and 
 climate change. So, knowing that we're all very much in this together 
 how do we initiate action in our communities to take steps toward ensu
 ring a vibrant future for people in Whatcom County and beyond? This is
  the question that we will explore together.\n\nInitiating Community A
 ction\nGuest Panelists: Stephen Trinkaus – Fertile Ground; Rhys Fale
 r – WWU Neotribalism Club and Community Living Workgroup; Colleen Bu
 rrows – WSU Extension Branch Sustainable Agriculture Professor\nOcto
 ber 26, 2010\n2:00 pm – 3:50 pm\n\nAs a part of the curriculum for t
 he course on Applied Human Ecology at Fairhaven College the student fa
 cilitators have organized two panel discussions that visitors from the
  community are encouraged to attend. This will be the first of the two
  events, each emphasizing a different theme related to the values in t
 he class: encouraging sustainable and regenerative human activities on
  various levels - social, environmental, economic, and political. The 
 format for the discussions is based on a structure used at Oxford and 
 Cambridge that allows for panelists first to on their work and their e
 xperience related to the theme, then to engage in a glass-housed discu
 ssion, and to take part in a unique extended question and answer perio
 d. Our vision is to invite panelists who have varied vocations and are
 as of expertise and who share common hopes and aims with those involve
 d in the class, and to combine them with the Applied Human Ecologists 
 alike in the class and in the community. By bringing all of these acti
 ve minds together we will look deeply at challenges and how they can b
 e overcome, and glimpse some of the many different roles and vocations
  that are important within a larger sustainability “movement.”\n\n
 For more information visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/a
 -panel-inquiry-into
DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20101026T140000
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CATEGORIES:public, open-circle, panel, discussion
LOCATION:Western Washington University
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CONTACT:
ORGANIZER:Eric Jensen, Sara Digby
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 er":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/Rhys
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Eric Jen
 sen":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/Eric
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Heather
  K":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/HeatherK
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