Drawn Together Through Visual Practice by Brandy Agerbeck & Kelvy Bird & Sam Bradd & Jennifer Shepherd (ed)

Author:Brandy Agerbeck & Kelvy Bird & Sam Bradd & Jennifer Shepherd (ed)
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780692726006
Publisher: Visual Practice Publishing
Published: 2016-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

A Learning Journey

Connecting self to planet

Stina Brown

I was on a conference call last year with 600 other people, listening to (and taking part in) a conversation on “Shaping a New Narrative for a New Economy” with David Korten and Otto Scharmer. The number of times the word mystical came up surprised me; I’ve never heard the economy and the mystical discussed simultaneously. There are—in some conversations now—people discussing their inner and outer worlds as congruent, or at the very least related. The Dalai Lama has said, “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.” This principle is showing itself in my meetings as well.

In late 2014, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives asked me to design a series of four full-day meetings over the course of two months as an engagement aspect of their Climate Justice Project (CJP), led by Marc Lee, Senior Economist. The CJP “asks how we can tackle global warming with fairness and equality. Our challenge is to build a zero carbon society that also enhances our quality of life.” This series of “deliberative dialog sessions,” which took place in the Metro Vancouver area, was intended to advance the outreach work of the CJP and deepen understanding of effective engagement processes. It also held the potential for expanded activities across BC and Canada to spur climate action.1

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