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SUMMARY:Suzuki Elders and Environment Forum - preregistration required
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday November 24, the Association of Suzuki Elder
 s is hosting the second Suzuki Elders and Environment Forum. This is
  an all day event taking place at the downtown branch of the Vancouve
 r Public Library. The registration flyer is attached.  \nThe theme 
 - \"What can I do?.....Start Where You Are!\" \n\nThe goal -  to enc
 ourage and empower participants to address critical environmental issu
 es \"starting where they are,\" and to dialogue, network, learn and sh
 are with others in the process. \nThe cost: $55 - this includes lunch
  and refreshments.\n\nTo register (pre-registration required, please a
 nd thanks):  \n\nOnline registration:  http://suzukieldersforum/ev
 entbrite.com\n(Note that if you click on \"other payment options\" the
  form is set up so that you can mail a cheque rather than use your cre
 dit card on line, if that is what you prefer.)\n\nPeople can also acce
 ss the registration information at:\nthe Suzuki Elders website  http:
 //sites.google.com/site/eldersdsf or through the David Suzuki Foundat
 ion website,  www.davidsuzuki.org (click on events and follow the li
 nks) \n\nPROGRAM: What can I do? Start where you are!\n8:15 am: Regis
 tration opens 9:00 am: Introduction (Conrad Guelke, Chair, Association
  of Suzuki Elders) and Welcome Address (Peter Robinson, CEO, David Suz
 uki Foundation). 9:30 am: Start with your message. Keynote speaker: Te
 rry O’Reilly,\nadvertising authority and CBC broadcaster (The Age of
  Persuasion). 10:45 am – Noon, repeated 1:00 -2:15 pm: Choose betwee
 n four discussion/action groups being offered concurrently in morning 
 and again in afternoon sessions:\nGroup 1. Start with what we eat. Fac
 ilitator: Herb Barbolet, Associate with the Centre for Sustainable Com
 munity Development at Simon Fraser University and co-founder Farm Folk
  City Folk. Group 2. Start with where we live. Facilitator: Amanda Pit
 re-Hayes, Director of Sustainability, Sustainability Group at the City
  of Vancouver. Group 3. Start with a story. Facilitator: Lindsay Coult
 er, David Suzuki’s Queen of Green is a spokesperson, blogger, voice 
 of The Suzuki Report and syndicated columnist for the Metro News.\nGro
 up 4. Start with our selves. Facilitator: Jackie Larkin. Using a deep 
 ecological perspective, Jackie co-facilitates \"The Work That Reconnec
 ts\" Workshops which help us to explore our deepest feelings about our
  troubled world.\n2:45 – 3:15 pm: Start where we are – standing on
  elder ground, Closing Plenary speaker: David Suzuki, Scientist, Broad
 caster, Environmental Activist and Co-founder of the David Suzuki Foun
 dation. Pauline Le Bel, singer-songwriter and Suzuki Elder, will sing 
 us into and out of the forum.\nBreak refreshments and lunch will be pr
 ovided, along with great opportunities to dialogue with others, networ
 k, and learn about the Suzuki Elders. Bring your experience. Bring you
 r hopes. Together, we will start where we are.\n\n\nFor more informati
 on visit http://villagevancouver.org/events/suzuki-elders-and-environm
 ent-forum-preregistration-required
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CATEGORIES:downtown, forum, sustainability, empowerment, suzuki
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library - Downtown Branch - Alice MacKay Roo
 m
WEBSITE:http://sites.google.com/site/eldersdsf/
URL:http://sites.google.com/site/eldersdsf/
CONTACT:604-733-1058
ORGANIZER:Suzuki Elders
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