Saturday, May 7, 2011

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Awakening the Dreamer Community Groups

Community Groups are an ever-expanding network of global citizens who are inspired, supported, and committed to environmental sustainability,social justice and spiritual fulfillment. These self-generating groups allow people to connect locally and expand each individual’s impact by getting into action with others, focusing primarily on bringing the Symposium to their locales.
The groups foster a place for new conversations and for groundbreaking ideas to germinate that not only empower us individually but also empower our communities. Community Groups cultivate a sense of joy and belonging that follows when we come into alignment with each other and the Earth.

Get Involved

Community Groups groups are available to anyone interested, whether or not you’ve attended anAwakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium. If you would like to participate in an existing Community Group and/or would like to find out more about hosting or presenting Symposiums, please see the list below for location and email contact information.
If you have attended an Awakening the Dreamer Symposium and do not see a Community Group listed in your area, we invite you to create one. Email Maggie Cheek at maggie@pachamama.org for information on getting started.  Please include your city and state, and which symposium you attended.
If you are interested in hosting a Symposium, please contact the Community Coordinator nearest you from the list below.

Community Group Coordinators

AFRICA

GHANA
Tamale Awal Yakubu diwurah@gmail.ca

SOUTH AFRICA
Plettenberg Bay Joy Harrow organic4nature@gmail.com
Plettenberg Bay Carol Surya carolsurya@gmail.com
Johannesburg John Dougan johnd@espt.co.za
Cape Town Ian Loots ianloots@gmail.com

AMERICA, NORTH

CANADA
EASTERN
Castleton, ON Janet Laughton-MacKay laughtonmackay@sympatico.ca
Ottawa, ON Rabia Wilcox rabiawilcox@hotmail.com

WEST COAST, BRITISH COLUMBIA
British Columbia Maureen Jack-LaCroix maureen@jackofhearts.ca
Kamloops Jim Adams jim.adams68@gmail.com

CENTRAL WEST
Calgary Cori Ellingson cori_ellingson@hotmail.com

UNITED STATES
ARIZONA SOUTHERN
Tucson Paul Conway paulconwaypc@aol.com
Tucson Michael Morse mlscmorse@juno.com

ARIZONA, NORTHERN & CENTRAL
Scottsdale Mary Elizabeth Lawrence melawren2004@yahoo.com

CALIFORNIA, ALAMEDA COUNTY
Richmond Trish Clifford trish0105@aol.com

CALIFORNIA, CENTRAL COAST
Paso Robles Jim Cole jim.cole@charter.net
Paso Robles Cindy Dixon Levine cindy.dixon@charter.net

CALIFORNIA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
Clayton Dave Buck dave@wealthinformationnetwork.org

CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES AREA
Los Angeles Alexandra Mason isart@verizon.net
Santa Barbara Gabrielle Sundra gabrielle@pessimistsbeware.com

CALIFORNIA, MARIN COUNTY
San Anselmo Gary Topper gbtopper@comcast.net
Larkspur Iris Gold irisomd@gmail.com
Mill Valley Barb Galyen bgalyen@yahoo.com

CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO
Sacramento Elaine Gale elainegale@gmail.com

CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY
San Francisco Anna McGrath anna@ywonderworks.com
San Francisco Charlene Wilson charlene@thewilliamsgroup.org

CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
Ben Lomond Cecily Cahill ceccahill@gmail.com

CALIFORNIA, SONOMA COUNTY
Santa Rosa Laura Baker wileypunk@comcast.net

COLORADO
Boulder Christine Gust clgust@christinegust.com
Boulder Mari Heart mariheart@aol.com
Colorado Springs Deborah Kaufman debk24@gmail.com

CONNECTICUT
Meriden Elaine Lengyel ATD@evolifecoach.com
Meriden Chris Robedee ATD@evolifecoach.com

FLORIDA
Lake Worth Cynthia Frisch ctfrisch@aol.com

HAWAII
Honokaa Jim Sugg jims@suggarts.com

ILLINOIS
Geneva Carol Cummins callifleur@aol.com

MAINE
Rockport Lucie Bauer lucie@midcoast.com

MARYLAND
Westminster Paul Kazyak PKAZYAK@dnr.state.md.us

MASSACHUSETTS
Salem Bill Grover wggrover@aol.com
Sterling Mary Anne Cleary macleary@aol.com

MINNESOTA
Minneapolis Thomas McSteen tmcsteen@comcast.net

NEBRASKA
Omaha Mary Hodapp stevehodapp@cox.net

NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK
Woodbury, NJ Lee Traband ltraband@igc.org
Berkeley Heights Geri Desapio geri116@comcast.net
Blairstown Judy Leaf jblaineleaf@gmail.com
Brooklyn Polly Howells phows@aol.com
Elmira Pat Ladley ladley@earthlink.net

NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque Carrie Janes laughingdogs@yahoo.com

NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte Steve English welldoc7@aol.com
Charlotte Steve Rundle steve.rundle@inartdesigns.com

PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia, PA Chuck Putnam chuckp@verizon.net

OHIO
Cleveland Carolyn Hart hartandspirit@yahoo.com
Columbus Barbara Davis barbdavis43@gmail.com
Columbus Lisa Bueche lisabueche@ymail.com

OREGON
Portland Nancy Panitch EarthWisdomAlliance@gmail.com
Lake Oswego Judith Crawley EarthWisdomAlliance@gmail.com

TEXAS
Houston Donna Mosher awakenhouston@me.com

WASHINGTON
Seattle Jane Calbreath jane.calbreath@gmail.com
Seattle Linda Secord lsecord@comcast.net
Bainbridge Island Peggi Erickson peggi.erickson@comcast.net

MEXICO
Cuernavaca Erik Friend friend.erik@gmail.com
Puebla Beatriz Pineda bmpineda@gmail.com

AMERICA, SOUTH

ARGENTINA
Traola, Pehuajo Juana Pereyra juanapereyra_50@hotmail.com

ECUADOR
Quito Victoria Chiriboga turismosostenible.ecuador@gmail.com

ASIA & PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA
Hobart Phil Everist phileverist@gmail.com
Macedon Barbara Crljen bcrljen@bigpond.net.au
Sydney Anne Curtis empowerbyanne@hotmail.com
Brisbane Fiona O’Sullivan peacetrainps@iinet.net.au
Perth Jaime Yallup jaime@rraft.com.au

CHINA
Hong Kong Jo Fok jo.fok@the-global-shift.org

INDIA
Mumbai Yogesh Mathuria yogi@worldschoolofhappiness.com
Pune Arun Wakhlu arun.wakhlu@pragatileadership.com
Auroville Bindu Mohanty aurobindu@hotmail.com

JAPAN
Tokorozawa, Saitama Hide Enomoto enomotoh@interlink.or.jp

LEBANON
Beirut Rony Mecattaf rony@echmoun.com

MALAYSIA
Kuala-Lumpur Matthias Gelber matthiasgelber@gmail.com

NEW ZEALAND
Auckland Damon Birchfiled damon.birchfield@gmail.com
Auckland Crea Land crea@crealand.co.nz

PHILIPPINES
Manila Uro Tahup uro.714@gmail.com

SOUTH KOREA
Seoul Ken Kyongsup Gimm kengimm@eklc.co.kr

EUROPE

AUSTRIA
Axams Ulrike Mayr ul.mayr@aon.at

BELGIUM
Brussels Gertrude Croé gercro73@gmail.com

DENMARK
Copenhagen Nina Paludan-MĂĽller ninapaludanmuller@gmail.com

GERMANY
Schweinfurt Peter Gundling info@peterguendling.de

HOLLAND
Woerden Leo Sonneveld lsonneveld@human-treasures.nl

ITALY
Capri Simona De Gregorio simonadegregorio@hotmail.it

IRELAND
Dublin Luarena McCormick emmetcres@yahoo.ie

RUSSIA
Moscow Aliya Kusepgalieva coachforchange@inbox.ru

SPAIN

Puri Ubric-Rabaneda puriubric@gmail.com
SWEDEN
Stockholm Niklas Högberg niklashogberg@swipnet.se

SWITZERLAND
ZĂĽrich Karen Behmer karen.purejoy@web.de

UNITED KINGDOM
London Diane Sharp dianesharp@bethechangeinitiative.org
Northern England Jan Taylor janninataylor@hotmail.com

070 Together, We are a Genius

By Awakening the Dreamer
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Calling all citizens of Planet Earth! Solving the current environmental, social, and spiritual crises requires the voice and action of us all, as active citizens not passive consumers. The good news is each of us is waking up, you wouldn’t be reading this Newsletter if you weren’t, and millions of people are stepping into action together. Even better news, we are not alone.

The Need for Awake and Active Citizens

Our world needs us to be awake and active now more than ever. With the old dream so entrenched, governments seemingly unable to move decisively to address the problems it creates, and business still mandated to put profit first, the world needs active citizens like ALL OF US.

Why We Have Hope

If you’re thinking, “How could I actually make a meaningful difference?” Then consider what happened on January 25.
Thousands of everyday citizens took the streets of Egypt in protest of poverty, unemployment, and government corruption. Less than three weeks later, the sitting President of forty years, Hosni Mubarak stepped down.
This was no easy task. It took patience, courage, perseverance, and a space for citizens to connect, collaborate and amplify their individual efforts.

The Most Meaningful Opportunity in History

Lynne Twist reminds us in the Awakening the Dreamer (ATD) Symposium that we all have a part to play, “You don’t have a big role and you don’t have a small role, you just have your role. And if you play it, then your life will really have a kind of meaning that you’ve dreamt of.”
The ATD Initiative provides a space for individuals to identify and express their role in changing the dream of the modern world. It is an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and work together to make the “impossible” changes we so greatly need become not only possible, but probable. And have fun while we do it!
The ATD Symposium is a tool designed to awaken individuals to the current state of our environment and our human family. But once awakened, we may find ourselves asking “now what?”

Together Anything is Possible

We propose that sustainable change is only achievable through community.
No matter how passionate we feel it sometimes seems we are alone in our efforts. Often even our own family members do not yet understand our concerns and efforts. Do not get discouraged.
Inspired by this program communities of like-minded citizens are popping up all over the world. Together, they lead Symposiums, organize special projects, and support each other in their personal expression for changing the dream of the modern world.
Find your local ATD community group. If there isn’t a community group near you, consider starting one! Gabrielle Sundra is the new Community Support & Expansion Manager. She is available to assist you in building and strengthening your local ATD community group so that your actions are united and your impact is maximized.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Wendy Effer's travels by boat documented

  • We have a flamingo fly past in V formation morning and evening - all long necks and dangly legs!
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      • Mark Ganzer What a glorious sight it must have been - bon voyage you boat-heads
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  • A day of celebration of Sardinian Saints. They know how to do gilt. rawatsea updated.
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      • Mark Ganzer Stunningly beautiful - you lucky travelers
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  • RECENT ACTIVITY
  • How do I not have the full offexploring link come up all the time when I refer to it? It's a nuisance...
    April 29 at 9:16am · ·

      • Mark Ganzer How do I get disconnected from the internet when I am signed into the internet and one window the internet is operating while the other two are hung up to dry? could be time for some routine maintenance, I suppose
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  • Link to blog and pics. http://www.offexploring.com/rawatsea
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    Hi all, We have rejoined the boat in Cagliari, having deserted it in October 2010. This is our next leg of the journey that will hopefully end in Greece. 2009 we sailed from Plymouth, UK to France, across Biscay to Galicia, down Portugal to stop in the Algarve at Olhao, near Faro. 2010 carried on ea
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      • Sophie Allen Look forward to joining you at some point!
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      • Mark Ganzer PULL EASE - keep posting - I am breathless
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  • Arrived in Cagliari Easter Sunday, no wifi connections til now. Have recorded first impressions on attached link. Offexploring have a new Beta site, may need to doctor it a bit. Hope all's well with everyone. We fine, boat fine, place as chaotic and Italian as ever!
    April 29 at 8:56am · · ·

      • Philip Webster Richard, you've missed a bit!
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      • Mark Ganzer ‎"we fine, boat fine, place as chaotic and Italian as ever!" WHAT PITH MITH EFFER!
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    I am SO embarrassed because, of course you know how to pack light, plus you were always uber-intelligent. Sail boats have infrastructure requirements and a 4-5 month trip requires LOTS of stuff. I tried to e-mail my apology, but it got bounced back. I have a schooner story I want to share - can you forward me your e-mail addy? Thx, Happy Easter & Bon Voyage!!
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  • Happy Easter to all. Our suitcases are overweight - it is all the boat spares kit - may have to ditch the non-essentials like shoes and that extra pair of trousers.
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      • Mark Ganzer Oh Wendy - you must remember what it was like to travel light, as in back in the day, when we'd hitch hike from Macomb to Barrington - back pack with smokes, a 6-pack, cash, change of socks, couple of shirts .. but then, I don't know how long you're going to gone. My prescription is if you're going on a short trip - like one month.
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      • Anne Donald Wylie Hope you have a great season, will be following the blog...
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