Gunter Pauli December USA Tour CANCELLED due to unexpected and urgent family situation. Update November 24, 2009: SUBSTITUTE TRAINING OFFERED WITH MS. ERIN SANBORN TEACHING on same dates (December 3-5) as original training and in same location (Orella Ranch), lowered fee of $475 (includes tuition, organic catered meals, and onsite camping), please contact Kolmi Majumdar at [email protected] or call 805-886-7239 with interest.
After the suggestion from one of registered participants that a substitute teacher would be desirable in order to keep the ZERI training going in light of Gunter Paulis cancellation, we have developed an offer of a ZERI training on the same dates (December 3-5) and location (Orella Ranch), with a similar agenda as what was planned by Gunter Pauli in providing an introduction to ZERI systems approach - with a substitute teacher, Ms. Erin Sanborn. She would have been the assistant teacher with the original training, and as a substitute teacher, she would work with Gunter Pauli in preparation. Please learn more about Ms. Sanborn below. About Ms. Erin Sanborn: I one of the first ZERI Certified persons in the US who has completed the certification in 2003. (See attached Resume.) Since 2003, I am a new mom of a beautiful daughter, I have been working in my local community supporting local agriculture, farming, running a goat dairy, and developing the Taos Food For All Initiative, Recycle Taos, and the Taos Youth Collaborative's first cooperative owned, non-profit organization for positive youth development. My background is in organization development with a focus in systems design and public-private partnership creation. This is the perfect background for the emergence of the Blue Economy in the US. Currently, I am Director of Publicity for the book, The Blue Economy. This substitute training would be offered at a lowered rate of $475 (including tuition, catered meals and onsite tent camping as before). For the substitute training to run, we would need at least 10 of you to indicate that you would stay on board. If we receive notice from 10 or more of you by Friday November 27, we will run the substitute training. Also, we intend to reschedule Gunter Pauli with the Carbon Economy Educational Series in spring or summer of 2010. Please indicate your interest in a future training in the Santa Barbara area by emailing Kolmi Majumdar at [email protected]. For interest in Gunter Pauli's upcoming book "The Blue Economy" to be released in April 2010, contact Erin Sanborn at Paradigm Publications [email protected] . The ZERI approach: seeks sustainable solutions that are practical, affordable, and informative. challenges the dominant mind set rooted in the scarcity principle and poverty consciousness. builds a new kind of leadership, stimulating creativity and innovation. affirms the creative potential of each individual and their unique contribution towards the development of themselves and their communities. explores the deep science that informs the workings of nature through fun filled stories; and thus paves the way towards the creation of a new breed of scientists, business leaders, and citizens working with nature. ZERI's worldwide network of vigorous operators and high performers, creative minds seeking solutions, from all ages and all cultures assemble fascinating insights in the sectors that will be part of the solution to the present crisis. What is ZERI ? ZERI is contributing towards the creation of a global consciousness rooted in the search for practical solutions based on sustainable natural systems. >From an environmental perspective, the elimination of waste represents the ultimate solution to pollution problems that threaten ecosystems at both local and global levels. For industry, Zero Emissions means greater competitiveness and represents a continuation of its inevitable drive towards efficiency. For governments, the full use of raw materials creates new industries and generates jobs even as it raises productivity. Moreover, it provides the means to feed, clothe and house their populations without destroying the ability of future generations to do the same. ZERI has a total of fifty projects worldwide. It is inspired and aided by a number of leading scientists, spread across a hundred or so countries, making their vision, knowledge and services available, together with pioneering research done inspired by ZERI's desire to do more with what we have. ZERI three day training In this course you will learn how to evolve from a model of sustainability that requests you to invest more, save some and then earn back, to a model where you can invest less of your purchasing power to achieve multiple benefits while building social capital. Diverse case studies will demonstrate that this model for sustainability is not only possible, it has been implemented in the North and the South, in rural, peri-urban and inner-city environments. A dialogue will emerge around the characteristics of the economy that operates "on what we do not have" (loans, mortgages, credit cards, energy sources, mineral deposits ...) and an economy that is capable to respond to all basic needs with what is locally available. The methodology is case study based arriving at insights on how we can create a pathway from one to the other by applying principles of production and consumption, societal organization and desire towards the promotion of life and living conditions. Whereas we desire to change the world around us, nothing is more pervasive and necessary than changing the world inside us. How can we want society to be sustainable when we are not sustainable ourselves? The course will evolve from mere "sustainability" to making "health" our priority. The shift from energy and material saving to health without infringing on sustainability will be clarified with concrete examples. _______________________________________________ Sdpg mailing list [email protected] https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/sdpg
