A few short weeks ago our new Hawaiian friends from the Earth Foundation told us about a new tele-precencing - ultra low-carb conference called “The Climate Summit”.  Great name! We at Empowerment Works love the idea, and are exploring how we too can walk the talk with a smaller footprint by collaborating more online leading up to and during  The “Global” Summit II (Nov. 8-10 in SF!!) — Stay tuned for more info!

FOR now, to register online for The CLIMATE Summit, go to:  www.theclimatesummit.org

INVITE INFO FROM DIRECTOR, STUART SCOTT:

Please join The Climate Summit’s first 2-hour ’strategy session’ to discuss and divise action on moving to a low-carbon world.  It will also be an exploration of the medium in anticipation of a larger, higher visibility Climate Summit tentatively scheduled for late May.

The Climate Summit - Strategy Session begins 9:00 AM in California (PST), and local times can be found the following link: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=16&year=2010&hour=9&min=0&sec=0&p1=283

Also, MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence has created a custom portal for their use within their Climate Collaboratorium.

http://climatecollaboratorium.org/web/guest/theclimatesummit

To interact with these debates you must create a login on the MIT website.  The Massachusetts Instituted of Technology (MIT) does not sell or spam, so have no fear there.  You can view without creating an ID and logging in, but to vote, suggest, comment, etc. you must be logged in.  Please do spend that time.  This is work for our future, our children’s future, and the future of life on Earth.  That is not empty rhetoric.

For the Earth,
Stuart Scott, Director
The Climate Summit

For events in Burbank & Santa Barbara see:  http://empowermentworks.org/inspired/?p=119

See www.blueeconomy.de for more info!

Coast: $ 5.00 Donation. For RSVP please contact happyhappykati@yahoo.com

Location : Universal Dance Design Studios 6009 Olympic Bl, LA 90038

Join Kati Hernandez for a film screening and photographic exhibit.

 “An open window to the mysticism and power of Afro-Cuban dance and music”

 The energy and intensity of my people has been capture through the lenses of Catherine Calderon and Larry Shapiro.

        

Date/Time: WED February 24th 2010 ~ 8:30AM – 4:30PM

Location: Kipahulu Community Center (better known as the Triangle)

Mail Box 160 Hana Highway, Kipahulu District, Maul, Hawaii

*Farm grown, organic lunch provided by Chef Krissta Caldwell

$25 all fees included -

Call 808-268-9161 to RSVP / camping info.

Join sustainability entrepreneur, Melanie St.James, and co-facilitator/chef, and permaculturist, Krissta Caldwell for a special day of solutions in action!

Tap into your unique passions and talents to create the change you wish to see in the world, earn and Introductory Social-permaculture Certificate from Empowerment Works! (EW) and nourish your body with da kindest cuisine in the jungle!

8:30am ~ Visualization 

9:00 ~ Exploration to Co-creation 

11:30 ~ Farm Grown Lunch!

1:30pm ~ Mutual Sustainability

4:30 ~ ALOHA

7SS One Day Seminar

Embraced by the fertile native lands of Kipahulu, we embark on a rediscovery of our deepest passion- if money were no object—or let’s say it didn’t exist at all- what would you most love to be, do, and create in this lifetime? 

What is SOCIAL Permaculture? 

Just as Perma-culture (~permanent agriculture) integrates the most synergistic plants for lasting, healthy crops and soil, SOCIAL Permaculture sees and weaves people, organizations, and businesses — across six sectors of Partners in Empowerment (PIE) — into a thriving eco-system of human society.

7 Stages to Sustainability (7SS) was created in 2001 as a process for grass-roots communities to co-create sustainable solutions, through honoring and protecting indigenous heritage. Developed into a curriculum in 2009, it now offers an opportunity for mass-global collaboration amongst participant/students.  

Harnessing the Power of Innovation for Sustainable Development

Starting in 1946, Soviet engineer and researcher Genrikh Altshuller and his colleagues, through comparing 250,000+ patents, identified the 40 common principals of human innovation.  This and other findings became the foundation for what is known today as the TRIZ theory–literally a Russian acronym for “theory of solving inventors problems”.

Through practicing 7SS, in addition to aligning with our inherent capacity to innovate, we will realize our highest purpose by using practical, hands on tools to create change.

Learn more about 7SS: www.empowermentworks.org/approach.html 

About facilitator, Melanie St.James, http://www.empowermentworks.org/aboutuspeople.html