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This audio file is an excerpt from the IDG (Inner Development Goals) Summit of 29th April 2022.
Learn more about the five IDG categories (Being, Thinking, Relating, Collaborating, Acting): https://www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org/
Purchase a reduced-cost ticket to access all of the recorded IDG Summit content: includes 8 hours of Concert Hall talks and 5 digital tracks offered by 29K Foundation, Harvard University, Karolinksa Institutet, Presencing Institute and Stockholm School of Economics.
IDG recorded content will be available for viewing until 29th July 2022 17:00 CEST: https://idg-2022.confetti.events/ (use community code: Celebrate-IDG-2022 for extra 22% discount)
This audio file is an excerpt from the IDG (Inner Development Goals) Summit of 29th April 2022.
Learn more about the five IDG categories (Being, Thinking, Relating, Collaborating, Acting): https://www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org/
Purchase a reduced-cost ticket to access all of the recorded IDG Summit content: includes 8 hours of Concert Hall talks and 5 digital tracks offered by 29K Foundation, Harvard University, Karolinksa Institutet, Presencing Institute and Stockholm School of Economics.
IDG recorded Content will be available for viewing until 29th July 2022 17:00 CEST: https://idg-2022.confetti.events/ (use community code: Celebrate-IDG-2022 for extra 22% discount)
A poem inspired and in support of feminist activists against the war in Ukraine text and voice of Ilaria Olimpico
FeministsAgainstWar
https://thealbero.wordpress.com/2022/05/15/gravide-di-pace-pregnant-of-peace-feministsagainstwar/
The Ubuntu. Lab Institute is a Presencing Institute School in Africa, having generated many prototype projects in different parts of the Continent. In this conversation, Martin Kalungu-Banda, senior faculty of Presencing Institute and co-founder of the Ubuntu. Lab Institute interviews Egyptian
Mohamed El-Mongy, founder of the Nile Journeys Project. The Nile Journeys works to unite the diversity of African cultures and communities that live and depend on the Nile River, with a total of 11 countries sharing its course. At the political level, leaders may want to fight for their boundaries, but the communities and ordinary people who live along the Nile have a unity and a connection to the land, through the river's waters. Listen to this revealing dialogue offered by the Ubuntu. Lab Institute.
League of Intrapreneurs Community Intrapreneur stories - League of Intrapreneurs introduction to intrapreneurship and intrapreneur stories.
This is an interview with Chesline Pierre-Paul, Haitian-Canadian anti-racist innovator, activist, coach, consultant, speaker and thought leader about her work 'acting as the hyphen' between worldviews and perspectives related to equity, diversity and inclusion.
This audio file is an excerpt from ChangeNOW 2022, The World's largest event fot the planet, held May 19-21.
Learn more about ChangeNOW at www.changenow-summit.world
MORE ABOUT NIELS VERMEERSH
Niels Vermeersch is a Belgian micronationalist and the founder of the Grand Duchy of Flandrensis: the only country in the world that doesn’t want any humans on its territory.
Flandrensis (official: vzw Groothertogdom Flandrensis) is an environmental non-profit organization that focuses on climate change and Antarctica. Flandrensis is committed to informing, raising awareness and mobilizing citizens about climate problems and encourages them to implement climate-friendly and sustainable measures in everyday life. To achieve this objective, Flandrensis uses the concept of a “micronation”. It means that the organization has the characteristics of a “state” (territory, national symbols, citizens, ministers, ambassadors, etc.), but which as such is not recognized under international law.
On the basis of an interpretation of the Antarctic Treaty, Niels claimed in 2008 five Antarctic islands to raise awareness on ice melting. The concept of micronationalism is applied to draw attention to climate change in a creative way and has no purpose in gaining recognition as a country. In 2022 the micronation has more than 800 citizens worldwide.
Niels is one of the first who introduced the concept of environmental micronationalism, using micronationalism to raise awareness for climate change.
Due this unique concept Niels is frequently asked for interviews for academic papers and as a speaker he gave several presentations on micronational conferences.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niels-vermeersch-b86977146/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flandrensis_gov
MORE ABOUT SHOOKA BIDARIAN
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shooka-bidarian-8b2797a8/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShookaBidarian
Instagram: @shookabidarian
Members of Team 972: Chantal Audet, Helio Borges, Mary Dettmers, Jean Hartmann, Muktananda, Paola Perini, Ashley WeltyTeam reflection of prototyping experience. Voices in order: Jean Hartmann, Mary Dettmers, Muktananda, Chantal Audet, Paola Perini, Helio Borges, Mary Dettmers
This audio file is an excerpt from the IDG (Inner Development Goals) Summit of 29th April 2022.
Learn more about the five IDG categories (Being, Thinking, Relating, Collaborating, Acting): https://www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org/
Purchase a reduced-cost ticket to access all of the recorded IDG Summit content: includes 8 hours of Concert Hall talks and 5 digital tracks offered by 29K Foundation, Harvard University, Karolinksa Institutet, Presencing Institute and Stockholm School of Economics.
IDG recorded Content will be available for viewing until 29th July 2022 17:00 CEST: https://idg-2022.confetti.events/ (use community code: Celebrate-IDG-2022 for extra 22% discount)
MORE ABOUT YANN LECHELLE
Yann Lechelle, CEO of Scaleway, is shaping what is the leading cloud alternative provider with unique European attributes and values. Previously, he has founded, grown and exited a total of five tech startups, many specialized in developing alternatives to the world’s largest tech giants. More recently, as COO, he grew Snips.ai, a leading voice and AI deeptech startup from seed to exit in a trade sale to Nasdaq-listed Sonos. Yann is also a founding member of France Digitale, HUB France AI (as well as board member), and GAIA-X.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ylechelle/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ylechelle
MORE ABOUT NORA GHERBI
Nora is the Founder of WHo CAREs!? Chronicles and a co-founding partner of the ChangeNOW summit.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noragherbi/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhocaresCSR
Instagram: @whocareschronicles
Created by Karolina Iwa; Featuring: u.lab Hub Climate Ambassadors Katarzyna Baluck-Debska, Kamal Tribak, Marina Kovari Of this moment: children, parents, families of walkers, all bathed in the wind and spring sun. The trees that accompany us dance under a clear blue sky.
This audio file is an excerpt from ChangeNOW 2022, The World's largest event fot the planet, held on May 19th-21st.
Learn more about ChangeNOW at www.changenow-summit.world
MORE ABOUT NORA WILHELM
Nora Wilhelm is a social innovator and systems entrepreneur dedicated to a world where people and planet can thrive. She has been a changemaker since her teenage years and has a background in youth engagement and active citizenship. She presided the European Youth Parliament Switzerland from 2014-2016 and organised an International Session of the EYP in Laax (GR), under the Patronage of the then Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter. In 2017, she co-founded 'Collaboratio Helvetica', an initiative that catalyses systemic change towards the Agenda 2030 in Switzerland by cultivating a cross-sectoral innovation ecosystem, running different capacity-building programs and facilitating open knowledge sharing. She was recognised for her outstanding contribution by Forbes (30 under 30), UNEP, UNESCO and the Swiss government, and spoke at events such as the Conference of Swiss Development Cooperation and TEDx.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nora_wilhelm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nora-wilhelm/
Instagram: @nora.wilhelm
MORE ABOUT SATISH KUMAR
As a former monk and long-term peace and environment activist, Satish Kumar has been quietly setting the global agenda for change for over 50 years.
He was just nine when he left his family home to join the wandering Jains, and 18 when he decided he could achieve more in the world by campaigning for land reforms in India and working to turn Gandhi’s vision of a renewed India and a peaceful world into reality.
Inspired by the example of the British peace activist Bertrand Russell, in his early 20s, Satish embarked on an 8,000-mile peace pilgrimage. He was carrying no money and was depending on the kindness and hospitality of strangers He and a colleague walked from India to America via Moscow, London and Paris to deliver a humble packet of ‘peace tea’ to the leaders of the world’s then four nuclear powers. In 1973 Satish settled in the UK becoming the editor of Resurgence magazine. He held this position until 2016, which made him UK’s longest-serving editor of the same magazine. During this time, he has been the guiding spirit behind a number of now internationally respected ecological and educational ventures. He co-founded Schumacher College in South Devon, where he is a Visiting Fellow.
At the age of 50, Satish undertook another pilgrimage – again carrying no money. This time, he walked 2,000 miles to holy places of Britain, a venture he describes as a celebration of his love of life and nature. In July 2000 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education from the University of Plymouth.
In July 2001, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Lancaster, and in November of that same year, he was presented with the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award for promoting Gandhian values outside of India. In 2009, Satish was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) by the University of Exeter. In 2013, he was made Doctor of the University by the University of Suffolk. In 2014, Satish was appointed an Oxfam UK Ambassador. Satish is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Gross National Happiness Centre of Bhutan.
His autobiography, No Destination, first published by Green Books in 1978, has sold over 50,000 copies. He is also the author of You Are, Therefore I Am: A Declaration of Dependence, The Buddha and the Terrorist, Earth Pilgrim and Soil, Soul, Society.
In 2005, Satish was Sue Lawley’s guest on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. In 2008, as part of BBC2’s Natural World series, he presented a 50-minute documentary from Dartmoor, which was watched by over 3.6 million people. He appears regularly in the printed media and in a range of radio programmes including Thought for the Day and Midweek. In recognition of his commitment to animal welfare and compassionate living, he was elected vice-president of the RSPCA. He continues to teach and run workshops on reverential ecology, holistic education and voluntary simplicity and is a much sought-after speaker both in the UK and abroad.
Ми група українців, які творили переклад статті Отто Шармера . Після цієї роботи в нас була можливість двогодинної персональної зустрічі з Отто, яка нам показала, що багато білих плям в його розуміння України (як і в багатьої інших інтелектуалів світу) повязана з незнання України та її історії, культури.
Ми прийшли розказати вам свої історії, щоб заповнити цю білу пляму і краще зрозуміти феномен успішної колективної дії з спільним усвідомленням, яке дає українцям силу відстоювати себе у цій війні і мріяти про майбутнє.
Коли відбувається травматична подія, людина часто мовчить, втрачає здатність говорити. Діти, які пережили вибухи, смерть батьків, були зґвалтовані, не розмовляють багато днів. Уявіть собі, що таке траплялося багато разів у нашій історії. Тому українці змушені були стати тихою нацією, ми ледь не втратили свій голос, цінність навіть для себе, почувалися самозванцями на своїй землі.
Війна стала поворотним моментом для багатьох із нас у усвідомленні нашої свободи, власної цінності та цінності країни. Ми почали говорити зі світом про нашу країну, про те, хто ми є. У цьому діалозі з різними людьми та спільнотами ми краще усвідомлюємо себе.
Травматичний вплив працює як на індивідуальному, так і на національному рівні. Нас зробили мовчазною нацією майже 100 років із синдромом самозванця на нашій власній землі. Але історія повертається з уроками, яких ми не засвоїли.
Нашу історію та культуру замовчували навіть для нас. Покоління з повною амнезією щодо минулого. Відновлення історій наших предків відкрило можливість віднайти себе і впевненість у собі. У їхніх історіях ми знайшли підказки до ефективних дій із захисту, виживання та життя під російським нападом.
Голос особистий та нації ми почали повертати з часу Ревелюції Гідності 2014 року. Цей голос додав нам сили брати відповідальність за стан крахни та умови життя в ній. І наші історії про те, як кожна з нес робмла свій внесок в цю зміну.
Війна як продовження Революції для нас є новим витком дослідження “Хто ми є” і яке наше призначення у творенні кращої країни. Кожен робить посильний внесок обриючи резонуючу діяльність на підтримку країни у війні. Але те, що поєднує змінотворців України - ми бачимо силу змін не в містичному керівництві країни, а в нас самих. Ми діяли на підтримку біженців задовго до ООН та Червоного Хреста. Але і раніше за державні установи країни. І ми вдячні, що так само прості люди сусідніх країн почали приймати наших біженців до урядових рішень їх країн. Це свідчить про можливість за певних умов швидкого мультиплікування ефекту спільнодії в спільному усвідомленні.
Ці історії не про навчання інших, а про пошук спільних відповідей. І якщо ви готові допомагати нам в цьому, то дайте знати про готовність приєднатись до окремої події укрїнської спільноти після червневої конференції для обговорення і дослідження.
MORE ABOUT ADAM McKAY
Adam McKay, born April 17th, 1968 in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), is an American director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his film collaboration with the actor Will Ferrell. In 2016, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Big Short. Adam McKay wrote and directed Don't Look Up, which was released on the Netflix platform in late 2021 and was a major international success.
MORE ABOUT AVI DAVIS
website: https://avidavis.net/
Twitter: @avidavis
Written by Helio Borges Narrated by Mary Dettmers This is a short story inspired by "The Shambala Prophecy" of the Buddhist tradition. A monk and a woman have a conversation about, how, by traveling a spiritual growth path (the U journey), any one of us can become the warrior of the prophecy.
This audio file is an excerpt from ChangeNOW 2022, The World's largest event for the planet, held on May 19th-21st. Learn more about ChangeNOW at www.changenow-summit.world
MORE ABOUT MELATI WIJSEN
Melati is a 21 year old full time changemaker. In 2013, ath the age of 12, she has founded 'Bye Bye Plastic Bags' with her younger sister and has been leading this movement driven by youth eversince. She has also started the movement 'One Island One Voice' and the social enterprise 'Mountain Mamas'. Melati has given two global TED talks before she turned 21 and has spoken on world stages such as the UN. She has been selected as FORBES top ten most inspiring women in the country. Melati graduated from high school one year early and has since been honored by TIME as part of the annual list of most influential teens in the world along with CNN Heroes Young Wonders and FORBES 30 under 30. Recently, Melati has co-chaired the World Economic Forum GPAP committee, sat on the inaugural Expert Advisory Panel for the Earthshot Prize, and has had her film, Bigger Than Us, premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival 2021. Today, Melati has launched her new company, YOUTHTOPIA, which is all about youth empowerment through short and meaningful peer to peer programs and providing them the tools they need to be changemakers. Melati believes that young people can accelerate change and her vision is to make YOUTHTOPIA the go to platform for young people to learn about frontline skills.
More information about Melati Wijsen:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melati-wijsen-282057187/
Instagram: @melatiwijsen
MORE ABOUT HARRY WATERS
Harry Waters has been buried deep in the TEFL world for over 14 years. He is a trainer for the ELTon award winner Pearson and BBC Live Classes project. He is also the learning guide for Pearson and BBC Studio’s project Speak Out for Sustainability.
Recently he’s been working hard with the Macmillan ESDC team in their quest to help build a more sustainable future. He’ll be their speaker at this year’s IATEFL in Belfast.
His passion for teaching and dedication to the planet have led him to create Renewable English, an online English course providing free classes and materials aimed at raising climate change awareness across the globe.
Outside of work he is a devoted dad and husband to the two most wonderful ladies alive (in his opinion of course). He is the trustee for the British charity 'Kids Against Plastic' and a radio presenter for 'Teacher Talk Radio'. He describes himself as an imperfect environmentalist with a love of flags and funky second-hand shirts.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harry-waters-5750ab139/
Twitter: @Renewablenglish
Instagram: @renewableenglishCheck out Melati's changemaker programs for free at: https://www.youthtopia.education/
Featuring: Portia Brown & Jacklyn Chisholm This story is a leader's experience of using all her intelligences to move through 6 phases of holistic awareness to a higher consciousness of leading.
This story describes my experiences during a month of intense listening - listening to the world, the other and myself. It is a story about the voices of the earth that I discovered and the awareness they offered to me. It is a journey into the adventure of storytelling and the wisdom of the world.
This story describes my experiences during a month of intense listening - listening to the world, the other and myself. It is a story about the voices of the earth that I discovered and the awareness they offered to me. It is a journey into the adventure of storytelling and the wisdom of the world.
This audio file is a reading by Nora Bateson, from her book "Smaller Arcs of Larger Circles - Framing through other patterns".
MORE ABOUT NORA BATESON
Nora Bateson is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute, based in Sweden. Her work asks the question “How we can improve our perception of the complexity we live within, so we may improve our interaction with the world?”. An international lecturer, researcher and writer, Nora wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary, An Ecology of Mind, a portrait of her father, Gregory Bateson. Her work brings the fields of biology, cognition, art, anthropology, psychology, and information technology together into a study of the patterns in ecology of living systems. Her book, Small Arcs of Larger Circles, released by Triarchy Press, UK, 2016 is a revolutionary personal approach to the study of systems and complexity.
Blog: https://medium.com/@norabateson
Website: https://batesoninstitute.org/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nora-bateson-b4a2456/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoraBateson
Instagram: @norabateson
This audio file is a reading by Nora Bateson, from her book "Smaller Arcs of Larger Circles - Framing through other patterns".
MORE ABOUT NORA BATESON
Nora Bateson is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and educator, as well as President of the International Bateson Institute, based in Sweden. Her work asks the question “How we can improve our perception of the complexity we live within, so we may improve our interaction with the world?”. An international lecturer, researcher and writer, Nora wrote, directed and produced the award-winning documentary, An Ecology of Mind, a portrait of her father, Gregory Bateson. Her work brings the fields of biology, cognition, art, anthropology, psychology, and information technology together into a study of the patterns in ecology of living systems. Her book, Small Arcs of Larger Circles, released by Triarchy Press, UK, 2016 is a revolutionary personal approach to the study of systems and complexity.
Blog: https://medium.com/@norabateson
Website: https://batesoninstitute.org/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nora-bateson-b4a2456/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoraBateson
Instagram: @norabateson
Created by: Yulia Burlakova & Olga Gurova Featuring: Yulia Burlakova On February 24th everything changed for all Ukranians. Russian president Putin unleashed full-scale war against the independent neighboring country, destroying cities, killing thousands and turning millions into refugees. The war is a terrible tragedy for many Russians as well. St. Petersburg-based coach and organizational consultant Yulia Burlakova tells her story of dealing with the new reality and developing a project designed to heal the collective trauma of war.
Maxim Timofeev talks about his Moscow-based consulting company Deep Mind and its transformation after the start of the war, and the role of Theory U and other awareness based methods in his journey.
This audio file is an excerpt from ChangeNOW 2022, The World's largest event fot the planet, held May 19-21.
Learn more about ChangeNOW at www.changenow-summit.world
MORE ABOUT TATUM CONDON
Tatum is a founding member and operations director of Austrian Environmental Litigation NGO AllRise. Tatum comes from a communications and marketing background where she worked on a number of international brands. She has spearheaded The Planet Vs Bolsonaro public communications campaign which accompanied the complaint filed at the International Criminal Court against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in October 2021. This is the first time a public campaign has accompanied the filing of an international complaint.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatum-condon/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tatum_Condon
MORE ABOUT NORA GHERBI
Nora is the Founder of WHo CAREs!? Chronicles and a co-founding partner of the ChangeNOW summit.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noragherbi/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhocaresCSR
Instagram: @whocareschronicles
Collective leadership is a base practice for awareness-based social transformation. It's an aspiration for our world in turmoil to thrive in social harmony in service to the whole, the earth and future generations. But what is it about? And why does it matter? For the visual sensing artwork, words and contact, click here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6937011774495850497-3Cni
This talk was originally recorded at the Collective Trauma Summit in 2021.
Learn more at https://collectivetraumasummit.com/
MORE ABOUT THOMAS HUEBL
You can learn more about Thomas Huebl's work and upcoming programs at: https://thomashuebl.com/
Anastasia Totok from Moscow, longtime member of the Presencing community and key supporting member of the Presencing Institute in Russia, shares her thoughts, concerns, and hopes for the future
Created by: Martin Kalungu-Banda & Sharon Van Schalkwyk with Ubuntu.lab Institute Featuring: Martin Kalungu-Banda & Sharon Van Schalkwyk A conversation about the meaning of Ubuntu between Sharon Van Schalkwyk, executive director of Ubuntu.lab Institute, and Martin Kalungu-Banda, founder of Ubuntu.lab Institute and Senior Faculty of Presencing Institute. Martin talks about the Ubuntu philosophy, how it can be found all around the world in different civilizations, and what is the purpose of Ubuntu.lab Institute in Africa.
Featuring: Rachel Azaria, Yael Bar-Lev, Danielle Shani.
We share the story of our work with the former member of the Israeli Parliament, Rachel Azaria, in her search to offer a fresh and non-dichotomous narrative for Israel as a Democratic and Jewish state. Using Theory U principles and tools, we worked with two groups Rachel convened (which included former ministers, supreme court judge, senior researchers, and others) to move from restating old arguments to uncovering collective knowledge that can help Israeli society move forward.
This audio file is an excerpt from ChangeNOW 2022, The World's largest event fot the planet, held on May 19th-21st.
Learn more about ChangeNOW at www.changenow-summit.world
MORE ABOUT DR. CHRIS JOHNSTONE
Chris Johnstone is a co-director of ActiveHope, a non-profit organization offering online courses that help people grow their capacity to make a difference in the world. He is also one of the United Kingdom’s leading resilience trainers, having taught resilience skills for more than thirty years and pioneered the role of such training in mental health promotion, in coaching practice, and in relation to addressing concerns about the world.
After completing trainings in medicine and psychological therapies, Chris worked as an addictions specialist in the UK National Health Service for nearly twenty years. In recent decades, he has focussed more on training and writing In this work he is exploring what helps us face disturbing situations (whether in our own lives or in the world) and respond in ways that nourish resilience and well-being. His book Active Hope, co-authored with Joanna Macy, is published in 14 languages and has a new edition coming out in July. He is also author of Seven Ways to Build Resilience.
His video-based online courses reached thousands of people, with participants in more than sixty countries.
War in Ukraine from the first person perspective. Advanced theories and communities of intellectuals: working out the solution for the complex challenges that we are facing. Why Ukraine should win, and what it can bring to the world.