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SUMMARY:Facing Life's Challenges within the Sustainability Movement
DESCRIPTION:As a part of the curriculum for the course on Applied Huma
 n Ecology at Fairhaven College the student facilitators have organized
  two panel discussions that visitors from the community are encouraged
  to attend. The first explored the idea of initiating community action
 , and this next one will be on challenges we face on our path to a mor
 e sustainable future. The format for the discussions is based on a str
 ucture used at Oxford an...d Cambridge that allows for panelists first
  to on their work and their experience related to the theme, then to e
 ngage in a glass-housed discussion, and to take part in a unique exten
 ded question and answer period. Our vision is to invite panelists who 
 have varied vocations and areas of expertise and who share common hope
 s and aims with those involved 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 active minds together we will look deeply at 
 challenges and how they can be overcome, and glimpse some of the many 
 different roles and vocations that are important within a larger susta
 inability “movement.”\n\n\n\nFacing Life’s challenges within the
  Sustainability Movement\n\nGuest Panelists: Francis Ayley– Founder 
 of Fourth Corner Exchange, Cindi Landreth - TWIG for Transition Whatco
 m and partner in the company Adaptations, Fred Bernal - Small Farm Pro
 gram Coordinator at the WA state Agriculture Department\n\nNovember 9t
 h, 2010\n\n2:00 pm – 3:50 pm\n\nViking Union Room 567\n\nThe last pa
 nel discussion focused on the ways in which we can initiate action wit
 hin our community. Many people do not have the time, will, knowledge o
 r opportunity to research and analyze how we as a whole can become a m
 ore resilient species that not only takes but gives back to humanity a
 nd our world. It is important to have those who are excited and willin
 g to bring forth a spark in the sustainable movement to motivate and i
 nspire others to join. Nevertheless, being such a person can be diffic
 ult, as life’s distractions can stray us from our intended path. We 
 all have experiences that test our character when journeying into any 
 abyss of uncertainty and moving towards an unfamiliar place can be dau
 nting. Some of us hold a fear of failure, or apathy. Some are overwhel
 med at the complexities of life, which twist and mingle making it diff
 icult to find direction. Some of us feel that we just don’t have eno
 ugh time, or that the friction of outside forces is too strong. Each o
 ne of us reacts differently to the challenges life presents to us. The
  hope we hold with the second panel discussion is ease apprehension by
  hearing others’ stories of how they have dealt with challenges in t
 heir life specific to the sustainability movement involving community,
  personal work, and the ways in which you have dealt with the rigidity
  of laws and governance, or skepticism from the outside public. We enc
 ourage speakers to approach this in any way they see fit; talking abou
 t his or her triumphs and failures,comically or seriously, being refle
 ctive and above all open. The space is intended to build stronger comm
 unities within ourselves and to show others that we can support one an
 other in times of discomfort as we are not alone in this journey but t
 ogether moving in the same direction, each in our own personal creativ
 e way.\n\nFor more information visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning.co
 m/events/facing-lifes-challenges-within
DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20101109T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20101109T160000
CATEGORIES:panel, discussion
LOCATION:Viking Union (Western) Room 567
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 redith Ann Murray":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/Meredith
 Murray
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