Last night, after holding my workshop on how to choose cleaner, greener household products, I learned about The Pachamama Alliance. On their website, it states, “The Pachamama Alliance is a U.S. based not-for-profit organization that was born out of a relationship developed between a group of people from the modern world and the leaders of remote indigenous groups in the Amazon region of Ecuador. This relationship was actually initiated by the indigenous elders and shamans themselves who, out of their deep concern for the growing threat to their ancient way of life, and their recognition that the roots of this threat lay far beyond their rainforest home, actively sought the partnership of committed individuals living in the modern world.”
As stated at Awakening the Dreamer, The Pachamama Alliance’s two-fold mission is:
*To preserve the Earth’s tropical rainforests by empowering the indigenous people who are its natural custodians.
*To contribute to the creation of a new global vision of equity and sustainability for all.
The website further states: “The Pachamama Alliance is committed to finding ways to support a growing effort to help us awaken from the seductive trance of unlimited progress, unrestrained private interest and material accumulation. We are clear that there is now an unprecedented opportunity to live from a new vision, one made possible by the merging of two ways of seeing the world that until now have seemed to be totally distinct—a marriage of the technological skill of the modern world with the earth-honoring wisdom of indigenous cultures.
Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream is a program of The Pachamama Alliance that serves as a galvanizing space for individuals to deeply explore the extraordinary possibilities inherent in a communion of technology with spirit. Through participation in this program, people are offered a new place to stand in looking at their world and their lives, and are empowered to formulate their own personal daily practices that contribute to the creation of a new dream for themselves as well as for our world.”
Awakening the Dreamer Symposium Trailer from Pachamama Alliance on Vimeo.
We, in Colorado, are fortunate to have a symposium being held in Boulder tomorrow, February 21st, from 1:00-4:30 P.M. There are 38 symposiums set so far in North America for this year. You can find out where the nearest symposium will be held by going to this link.
At the symposium, you will participate in dynamic group interactions, receive leading edge information, and be inspired by multimedia presentations. There are four primary questions that are explored during the half-day event: (1) Where are we? (2) How did we get here (3) What’s possible for the future and (4) Where do we go from here?
I am planning to attend tomorrow’s event in Boulder and am looking forward to the experience and being able to share what I’ve learned on my blog and in my workshops. What I love most about what I’ve learned from these sites is the message of hope and our call to action–every individual is significant in making a difference!
DID YOU KNOW…There is plenty of evidence pointing to what is already changing. Listed below are just a few of the many listed on the Awakening the Dreamer website. They demonstrate that something new is emerging already, consistent with their vision–their dream–of a sustainable, peaceful and just human presence.
* “The Earth Charter Initiative” is a global network of “people, organizations, and institutions that participate in promoting and implementing the values and principles of the Earth Charter. The Initiative is a broad-based, voluntary, civil society effort. Participants include leading international institutions, national governments and their agencies, university associations, non-government organizations and community-based groups, city governments, faith groups, schools and businesses and thousands of individuals. The Earth Charter began in 2000.
*Sweden Goes Green–Sweden has declared its ambition to be free of fossil fuels by 2020 when it also wants greenhouse gas emissions, blamed by many for global warming, cut by 25 percent against 1990 levels.
*Bhutan Gross National Happiness–The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is determined to adopt positive aspects of development but avoid the pitfalls that have plagued other small countries. It has rejected the mad rush for an increase in gross domestic product (GDP) and instead has built the goal of maximizing GDH into its next five-year plan–gross domestic happiness! ”
FOR TODAY…I will attend the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium in Boulder, Colorado tomorrow and become part of the growing movement towards a holistic approach to healing our planet.
