February 13, 2010
Intro to ‘7 Stages to Sustainability (7SS)’ in Maui!
Date/Time: WED February 24th 2010 ~ 8:30AM – 4:30PM
Location:
Mail Box 
*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”.
TRIZ, in contrast to techniques such as brainstorming (which is based on random idea generation), aims to create an algorithmic approach to the invention of new systems, and the refinement of old systems. Initially applied by specialized consultants, spiritual technology researcher, Anja-Karina Pahl simplified the TRIZ methodology in her PRIZM Game/ Method which operationalizes 7 steps of creation in human activity, as well as 36 principals common to both human and biological innovation processes. In Fall 2009, in studying the Prizm Method with its inventor, Anja-Karina Pahl, it turned out that EW “7 Stages to Sustainability” follow the same 7 Steps of PRIZM, in effect, the universal process of human creation. Where PRIZM can be applied to everything from the development of aerospace patents to marketing campaigns, and is simple enough for teenagers or engineers, 7SS distinctly harnesses the process of innovation to build sustainable communities from the ground up.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
