The Great Turning 2009
Last May 2009, over 300 change agents gathered to engage in intimate “circle talks” with a large and diverse group of citizens to inspire, connect, brainstorm, dialogue, and move forward with actions to change our world. Below is a list of the phenomenal special guests that joined to co-create this amazing event with us!
Organization | Speaker | Topic |
Daughters of the Drum | Cross-Cultural Reconciliation | |
Squamish Streamkeepers | Salmon & Fish Farms: The Bare Bones | |
Wilderness Committee, Deputy Mayor | Homelessness, Dignity & Empowerment | |
Nature’s Path | The Compassionate Diet | |
Wilderness Committee | Our International Trade Relationships: Gateway to What? | |
Eco Granny | The Extended Family Regroups | |
Canadian Memorial United | Ecology, Spirituality, & The Evolution of Consciousness | |
Car Free Vancouver | Going Car Free | |
Conscious Planet | ||
Workless Party | Working less - Living more | |
SPUD | Creating a Sustainable Food System | |
Vancouver Public Space Network | Community Gardens | |
Sierra Club BC | Climate Justice: Equitable Approaches to Carbon Policy & Pricing | |
KDO:Dialogues on Drug Use | ||
Lighthouse Sustainable Building Centre | Green Homes - Making An Impression Without Leaving One | |
W2 Community Media Arts | Revitalization 2.0: Inner-City Change Making | |
Toxic Free Canada | We All Live Downstream | |
OXFAM Canada | Affects of Climate Change on Women | |
PIVOT Legal | Awakening Justice | |
Be The Change Action Circle | The Two Block Diet | |
Check Your Head | Green Jobs for a Real Economy | |
Tribal Harmonix | Alchemy of Inspiration | |
Recycling Alternative | Garbage, Our Gateway to Action | |
Better Environmentally Sound Transportation | Shrink Your Footprint - Use Your Feet | |
Purple Thistle | Bottom Up Urbanism - Citizen Engagement | |
Be The Change Earth Alliance | The Great Turning | |
Carbon Offsetters | Confessions of a Former Offset Skeptic | |
Eco-Justice | Defending our Wildlife | |
CDN Memorial Eco-Team | Reconnecting with Nature for Wellbeing | |
PowerUp | Climate Crisis and Being The Change | |
Dogwood Initiative | Oil Tankers Down Our Coast |
"The Great Turning is our essential adventure, as we shift from an industrial world view to one that engenders a life-sustaining civilization." - Dr. Joanna Macy
Keynote & Round-Table Speakers from May 2009
Be The Change thanks Global Oneness Project and OXFAM for their sponsorship
