Transitioning to A Better Way: A Panel on the Transition Movement Dec 10th
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A Panel on the Transition Movement
Hosted by Humanity Rising
Thursday Dec 10th 8-9:30am PST
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Around the world there has been a quiet revolution taking place--a grassroots, movement of ordinary people doing extraordinary things to rebuild and reimagine the way we live together on the Earth and in our communities. This movement is building resilience through a great diversity of activities, sharing skills and collaborating on projects from growing food to alternative governing, economies and organizational practices. This is all part of this great time of Transition away from the unsustainable practices of the fossil fuel economy and towards regenerative and life sustaining cultures. Join us for this informative and inspiring panel of leaders in the International Transition movement.
Panel Speakers:
Filipa Pimentel Transition UK
Don Hall Transition US
Monica Picavêa Transition Brazil
With Panel host: Jul Bystrova Transition US Collaborative Design Council
Don Hall has had the good fortune to participate in the Transition Movement in a variety of capacities over the past decade. Initially serving for two years as the Education and Outreach Coordinator for Transition Colorado, he went on to found and direct Transition Sarasota from 2010 to 2016. During that time, Don delivered more than 60 Transition Talks, screened over 40 Films for a Future, hosted dozens of "reskilling" workshops, led an effort that harvested nearly 250,000 pounds of organic produce from local farms for those in need, organized six annual community-wide Eat Local Week celebrations, and compiled an Eat Local Guide with detailed listings for more than 250 related businesses and organizations. A certified Transition Trainer and experienced facilitator, Don was named Co-Director of Transition US in 2017 and now serves as Interim director. He holds a Master's degree in Environmental Leadership from Naropa University and currently lives in community in Sarasota, Florida.
Monica Picavêa, is Brazilian educator, with a Masters in Sustainability by Getulio Vargas Foundation. She is an official trainer of Gaia Education and Transition Towns and fellow of Rockefeller Foundation on their social innovation project with Stockholm Resilience Center and Bertha Center. She facilitates Transition Brasilandia, which is the first Transition Town project in a favela in the world. She has worked since 1989 with low income and traditional communities looking for their development as volunteers in social and humanitarian projects. This work was the inspiration to her company the Oficina da Sustentabilidade, that today helps companies to have a better relationship with their stakeholders working in co-creating their development on a shared territory. Monica won 19 prizes of sustainability in Brazil, wrote two children books with themes of inclusion, and is mother of two twin girls.
Jul Bystrova has been involved in Transition work since the founding of her local initiative in Sebastopol, CA in 2008 and on to many other related community building projects since. She now is a member of the Transition US Collaborative Design Council, has produced and hosted numerous events and founded the Inner Resilience Network, which works toward culture change through personal and interpersonal healing and wellness. She is an active member of the Transition Social Justice Working Group and is now serving in the Inner Transition initiatives for the International Transition Network. She writes, facilitates and supports frontline activism wherever she can, especially Indigneous rights and decolonizing work.
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