Events

Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Workshop

September 10 at the Florence Filberg Centre, Courtenay, BC

This workshop, built around a very powerful series of videos, explores new opportunities and challenges to promote an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on this Earth.

Location: Seniors’ Lounge, Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay.

Date and Time: Saturday, September 10, 10:00am to 4:00pm

Cost: $20/per adult or $10/per student, which includes lunch catered by Zocalo Cafe. Tickets are available at Laughing Oyster Bookstore in Courtenay and Blue Heron Bookstore in Comox.

Contact: For more information or for subsidized volunteer tickets, call 250 338-1947.

Via the film, participants hear from far-sighted community leaders – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Julia Butterfly Hill, Van Jones, Paul Hawken, Maude Barlow and many more. The workshop also includes quiet reflection, lively breakout groups and practical tools. As one participant commented, “No matter who you are, it would be difficult to experience this workshop without both feeling hopeful about the future and changed in some way.”

This event is presented by World Community who brought the symposium to the Valley, with help from Be the Change Earth Alliance and the folks who created the symposium, the Pachamama Alliance, whose mission is to preserve the Earth’s tropical rainforests – and contribute to a new global vision of sustainability and equity for all. Visit www.awakeningthedreamer.org to see a trailer of the symposium or go to our local TideChange group page: www.tidechange.ca/show38s/Be_the_Change__Awaken_the_Dreamer .