transitionnorthfield Mailing List: Fwd: ATD Symposium

[Paul Sebby (info]

Transitioners,
Here's an interesting message and event notice that came to the "info [at] transitionnorthfield.org 
" mailbox.  The symposium she mentions is in White Bear Lake on the  
afternoon of April 18.  Their web site says the symposium has the  
support of Paul Hawken and Joanna Macy, so those are good  
recommendations.  And it supposedly helps people jump-start their  
local awareness raising activities.  I thought it might cost something  
but their web site says it's free, donations accepted.

I'll respond to Kaye to let her know that I've notified the group and  
then we can think about whether some of us want to attend this.

   Paul


From: Kaye Kirsch <kayekirsch [at] gmail.com>
Date: March 23, 2010 1:53:45 PM CDT
To: info [at] transitionnorthfield.org
Cc: katheryn.l.schneider [at] gmail.com
Subject: ATD Symposium

Greetings, Transition Northfield,

I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and share a networking  
opportunity with you.

First of all, I have been following the transition movement for awhile  
now and am thrilled to see the first one popping up in MN!  I was able  
to do the transition training in the UK last year and want to link up  
with any regional initiatives here in the US.  I've been living  
abroad,  I'm not sure how long I will be here, but would love to offer  
whatever support I can.

Secondly, I am also a facilitator for the Awakening the Dreamer  
Symposium and I wanted to let you know that there is a symposium  
scheduled for Sunday, April 18 in the Minneapolis area.  (www.awakenthedreamer.org 
).  The symposium is a one day workshop to help people stop for a  
moment and examine what is really happening in the world, how we got  
to the position we're in, to understand what is possible for the  
future, and activate them to become change agents.  One key part of  
the symposium is helping the attendees figure out "what is yours to  
do" and we like to have people from local initiatives share what is  
going on.

I think the ATD symposium meshes beautifully with the Transition Town  
awareness raising element, and could be used very effectively in the  
initial phases of your project, or in helping others in the Twin  
Cities area begin to think about their own transition initiative.

I'd love to speak with you further about cooperating on this symposium  
in April or on other future events.

Cheers,
K