I believe the following event is relevant to the geo community even though it talks mostly about a burgeoning civil society movement. Some of you might get a lot out of this:
- a ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stewart Brand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jun 4, 2007 3:04 PM Subject: [SALT] Paul Hawken 7pm FRIDAY June 8 (for forwarding) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul Hawken's new book, BLESSED UNREST, and his compelling new talk spell out "How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw it Coming." Globally distributed, loosely connected, powerful in aggregate rather than through convergent focus, some* 1 to 2 million*organizations are pushing environmental, social justice, and indigenous rights causes. Hawken is building a collaborative database of them at Wiserearth.org <http://www.wiserearth.org/>--- it's now up to 105,000 documented organizations worldwide. Something transformative is afoot... *"The New Great Transformation," Paul Hawken, UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center,* San Francisco,* 7pm, FRIDAY, June 8. * The lecture starts promptly at 7:30pm. Admission is* free* (a $10 donation is always welcome, not required). We'll be in the Robertson Auditorium at* UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center*, 1675 Owens St., San Francisco. Map here<http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=1675%20Owens%20St&city=San%20Francisco&state=CA&zipcode=94143%2d5803&country=US&title=%3cb%3e1675%20Owens%20St%3c%2fb%3e%3cbr%20%2f%3e%20San%20Francisco%2c%20CA%2094143%2d5803%2c%20%20US&cid=lfmaplink2&name=>. It's just off of 16th St., near 3rd St. Parking is handy in the adjoining garage; do take along your parking ticket to get it validated for the $5 rate. Come early for dinner, if you like, at the pub downstairs from the lecture hall. Adrian Cotter from the Sierra Club points out: "The New light rail T line runs past UCSF Mission Bay. Here's<http://nextmuni.com/googleMap/googleMap.jsp?a=sf-muni&r=T>a link for it." This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. All previous talks are available for download from the final link in this note. If you would like to be notified by email of forthcoming talks, go here<http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/SALT>to sign up online. Any questions, contact Simone Davalos at Long Now--- 415-561-6582, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Talks coming up: *June 29 - Francis Fukuyama,* "'The End of History' Revisited" *Oct. 12 - Juan Enriquez*, "Mapping the Frontier of Knowledge" *Nov. 9 - Rosabeth Moss Kanter*, "Enduring Principles for Changing Times" *Dec. 14 - Jon Ippolito & Joline Blais*, "The Edge of Art" Long Now Members can see high-quality, tightly edited videos of the SALT talks online. Membership costs $8/month ($96/year) and helps support the series. Joinable here <https://secure.longnow.org/members/>. The North American Premiere of* Brian Eno's 77 Million Paintings* will be held at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on the last weekend in June for three evenings only. - Friday, June 29th from 8:00 pm - 2:00 am - Saturday, June 30th from 8:00 pm - 2:00 am - and the* Long Now Member's night on Sunday, July 1 from 7:00 pm - midnight* - For more details see http://www.longnow.org/77m/ This event is presented by The Long Now Foundation and Brian Eno<http://www.longnow.org/people/board/eno.php>, and is a fund raiser for Long Now. You are welcome to forward this note to anyone you think might be interested. --Stewart Brand -- Stewart Brand -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Long Now Foundation - http://www.longnow.org Seminars & downloads: http://www.longnow.org/projects/seminars/
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