BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4670368:Event:103892 DTSTAMP:20260428T002055Z SUMMARY:*Nicole Foss and Laurence Boomert Lecture: Revitalized Communi ties as the Pathway to Facing Approaching Limits and Building a New So ciety DESCRIPTION:Nicole Foss returns to Vancouver for the 1st time in over a year and a half in collaboration with Laurence Boomert.\n \nWe are approaching many limits to growth over the next several decades, and a re consequently facing many challenges in our immediate future. Financ e, energy, environment, resources and climate will all impact on the s ingle-minded, one-dimensional trajectory human society has been taking in our era of growth imperative. Our current path is unsustainable. I t cannot and will not continue, so we must adapt our societies in orde r to build a new future.\nThe first challenge is being presented by th e on-going global financial crisis, which is far closer to its beginni ng than it end. Recent events in Europe, particularly in Cyprus, repr esent a major wake up call that financial crisis is about to resume in earnest. We must therefore anticipate and navigate a period of rapid contraction, while also planning to restructure our societies from the bottom up, so that our recovery can rest on a solid foundation. That foundation requires the resurgence of resilient communities and the de velopment of true human capacity.\nNicole will paint a comprehensive p icture of where we stand today globally, how our human operating syste m functions, how and why it is acutely vulnerable, and what we must do about the predicament in which we find ourselves. The focus will be p rimarily financial and social, reflecting the priority of impacts like ly to be felt in the relatively short term. She will conduct a world t our, using different countries as illustrations of different points in a cycle of economic and societal expansion and contraction, setting  New Zealand in up-to-date global context. She will highlight the crit ical factors for change and outline the possibilities that exist withi n the scope of the emerging reality.\nLaurence will explain how our cu rrent crisis reflects an unprecedented opportunity to create a better future. We are presented with the most expansive cultural possibilitie s in human history, and the power to deliver positive change rests wit h an increasingly empowered global grass roots. Laurence will present a wide range of working examples of how neighbourhoods and wider comm unities have woken up to their power to create a smarter, kinder world , using a myriad of both sophisticated and simple social innovations, along with super networked, yet decentralized, systems for meeting hu man need.\nHumanity stands on the edge of a precipice, and where we go from here is in our own hands. Nicole and Laurence believe that there is both considerable danger and tremendous potential to address a cha llenging situation constructively. We are the first generation with th e ability to learn and apply the lessons of history. This is an unprec edented opportunity we simply cannot afford to waste.\nPart of the Sus tenance Festival and an allied event of Living the New Economy.\nBy d onation.\n\n \n\nFor more information visit http://villagevancouver.o rg/events/nicole-foss-and-lawrence-boomert-lecture-revitalized-communi ties- DTSTART:20131019T020000Z DTEND:20131019T040000Z CATEGORIES:"langara college", stoneleigh, "the automatic earth", lectu re LOCATION:Langara College, Theatre A136a (near entrance to main buildin g and cafeteria) WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT:RSVP here or to fosslecture@villagevancouver.ca or through Lan gara 604.323.5322 (CRN 70691) ORGANIZER:Village Vancouver (Ross Moster) and Langara College Sustaina ble Communities ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Micah Wa skow":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/MicahWaskow ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jane McN eil":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/JaneMcNeil ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Lorna Me rtz":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/LornaMertz ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jodi Pet ers":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/JodiPeters ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Hendrik Beune":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/HendrikBeune ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jane Wil liams":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/JaneRitchie ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Gayle Mo rton":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/GayleMorton ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Gregory Allen Greene":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/GregoryAllenGreene ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Stephen Bohus":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/StephenBohus ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Susanne Talkington":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/biophilia ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Mitch Gi ffin":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/MitchGiffin ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jill Sch roder":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/JillSchroder ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ferenc De Dalnoky":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/FerencDeDalnoky ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Terry Ha dford":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/TerryHadford ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Rosemary Cooper":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RosemaryCooper ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Vern Bak er":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/VernBaker ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jill Ine son":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/JillIneson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ann Pace y":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/AnnPacey ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Sharon Z vonar":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/SharonZvonar ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Joy Joli e":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/JoyJolie ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Evan Lo" :http://villagevancouver.org/profile/EvanLowe ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ross Mos ter":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RossMoster ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Bonnie Glassford":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/BonnieGlassford ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Dana Wi lson":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/DanaWilson ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Randy C hatterjee":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/RandyChatterjee ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Alex:htt p://villagevancouver.org/profile/Alex ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jordan B":http://villagevancouver.org/profile/JordanB END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR