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Hello Mother Nature lovers!!
We finally have it!
The time has come to announce that the documentary is ready. Here you have the trailer for the movie.…
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The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative (www.cpcsi.org ) provides research and analysis for critical challenge alerts, and research and support for collaborative problem solving and community education initiatives which seek to maximize citizen participation, and accelerate solution-oriented activity.
The…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Press Release in “Letter to the Editor” format)
May 16, 2015
Contact: Stefan Pasti
Cell: (703) 209-2093 (US)
stefanpasti@gmx.com
(511 words)
Proposal for new section in small to mid-sized town newspapers: the Neighbor to Neighbor Community Education (NTNCE) Project
I am writing to share information and resources with you about a proposal for a new section in local newspapers, especially newspapers…
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This “Now Seeking Collaborators” outreach message includes the following sections:
Introduction
Details about the Survey Design
The Three Most Important Goals of The ROMC Survey Project
Why The ROMC Survey Project Could Make Especially Valuable Contributions
What the ROMC Survey Project is Currently Seeking
ROMC Survey Project Documents
Concluding Comments
Introduction
The ROMC Survey Project is seeking advisors and collaborators for a…
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The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative (www.cpcsc.info) now has a proposal ("Tipping Point Action: Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges") in a contest at the MIT Climate CoLab Platform. The Tipping Point Action Proposal is entered in the "Shifting Behavior for a Changing Climate" contest.
There are opportunities to comment on the Tipping Point Action proposal--and to give it a "thumbs up"…
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Press Kit for Tipping Point Action Campaign
Citizen Participation in Times of Unprecedented Challenges
[a campaign of The Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (CPCS) Initiative]
(www.cpcsc.info)
Contact: Stefan Pasti, Campaign Coordinator
Cell: (703) 209-2093
Email: stefanpasti@gmx.com
Note: a February 14, 2014 Press Release, and the full text (with resource links, etc) of…
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An Introduction to Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability
I am making this post to share with readers a new website: Community Peacebuilding and Cultural Sustainability (at www.cpcsc.info ).
The new website consolidates four websites (which have been archived), and thus includes “homebases” for The Interfaith Peacebuilding and Community Revitalization (IPCR) Initiative, Community Visioning Initiatives Clearinghouse, Community…
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New Approach to Collaborative Problem Solving and Citizen Peacebuilding
(being introduced by two companion websites and four key documents)
The websites, the documents, and the approach
We are in uncharted territory, for there is no culture or association of societies that ever existed on planet Earth which has had to resolve the kind of challenges the next few generations of people will have to resolve [see “A List of Ten Critical Challenges” (also accessible from the…
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By Lisa Hymas
E. O. Wilson thinks you should get out there and make some noise. We had lots of questions for acclaimed biologist and conservationist.
Edward O. Wilson when he dropped by the Grist office recently while touring to promote his latest book, The Social Conquest of Earth.
But Wilson directed the toughest question of the day back at us: Why aren’t you young people out protesting the mess that’s being made of the planet?
As we squirmed in our seats,…
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Full video of this speech is on the National Endowment for the Humanities' website here.
The essayist, novelist, and poet Wendell Berry, shown at…
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Some of you may have been following the case of Michael Schmidt, biodynamic farmer in Ontario who is currently on a hunger strike. I think it is day 19 now....
What is he protesting? Our very basic right to decide for ourselves what we put into our own bodies.
In both the US and Canada, judges have ruled that we can't drink milk right from our own cows. Canada and the US are marching in-step towards a future where our food is completely controlled by…
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The Westside Food Security Collaborative and Kitsilano Neighbourhood House invite you to a vegetarian potluck (please bring a dish to share if you can) on August 3, 6-8 pm at the Neighbourhood House Hall, 2305 West 7th @ Vine. If you grow it, eat it, sell it, make it, serve it, throw it (or just plain love it) please join us. ...The evening will be an open space; come talk about what’s important to you about food on the…
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Hey all!
Interested in helping plan future Kits Village activities and direction?
Good things are cooking in our village -- figuratively, as well as literally! Currently, activities include monthly potlucks/garden parties, movie nights, and dropin spaghetti nights.
Last year we gardened collaboratively at Kits House and this year we're looking to start a new garden at Billy Bishop Legion Hall -- and perhaps in other locations as well.
We just had our 1st Soup…
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@ Ross and Laura Lee's
Share some good food and conversation with members of Kitsilano Transition Village.
What would a more sustainable and resilient Kitsilano look like? How can we take steps towards this?
There will be plenty of time in this visioning session to meet other…
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Regular activities:
Interested in participating in a VV garden? We have collaborative gardens/garden spaces in 5 neighbourhoods. Contact us at gardening@villagevancouver.ca. Gardening now in progress. New gardeners welcome (space allowing).
Kits Village Recycling Depot (Kits Community Centre) Next depot: Thursday, June 15th
Main St. Village monthly gatherings (1st Tuesdays Little Mountain Neighbourhood House) Currently on hold due to COVID
Permaculture Vancouver Meetups (3rd Wednesdays VV McBride Park Fieldhouse (sometimes elsewhere) Next meetup: Special date Thursday, July 29th
West End Community Potluck/WE Urban Garden Club (3rd Sundays West End Community Centre, in July and August 4th Thursdays - July 22nd and August 26th.
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