GLOBAL CHANGES AND YOU final

GLOBAL CHANGES AND YOU
Come hear the ideas of an eco- futurist and a yogi
VIU’s Nanaimo campus, Building 356, Room 109, from 4 to 5:30 pm both days
Monday, March 23 - Guy Dauncey – “Faith in the
Future: Activism and Global Change.”
There are so many things in the world that call out for change, but
how can we sustain our confidence and have faith in the future?
Guy Dauncey is a speaker, author, activist and eco-futurist who works
to develop a positive vision of a sustainable future, and to translate
that vision into action. He is founder and Communications Director of
the BC Sustainable Energy Association, co-founder of the Victoria
Car Share Cooperative, and the author or co-author of nine books,
including the award-winning Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable
Epidemic and The Climate Challenge: 101 Solutions to Global
Warming. He is currently completing a new book titled Journey to the
Future: A Better World Is Possible. He is an Honorary Member of
the Planning Institute of BC, and a Fellow of the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland. His websites are
www.earthfuture.com and The Practical Utopian.
Monday, March 30th - Kavita Maharaj
“Change the World and Stay Sane!”
Kavita will speak about approaches to citizen engagement from a
Gandhian perspective.
Kavita Maharaj is a Yogi, a teacher of Yogic Philosophy, and an
internationally recognized registered yoga teacher and trainer. She is
the director of The Red Door Yoga® School Studio in Nanaimo
and the publisher of The Yogic Way® Magazine.
Hosted by the Global Studies Program and VIU's Consciousness
group