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Thanks for the welcome message!

Thanks for the welcome.

Thanks for the welcome. Was sorry to miss the event last night. Was there a good turnout? Community bartering seems like a pretty awesome concept.

Thanks!

  Thanks for the welcome. Just like  say I am from England and want to share my experiences in Transition (transitionleamington.ning.com) with folks in Ottawa. I am in Ottawa as part of a of North America from  19th to 21st September 2012. My details of offer of a  talk on Green Spirituality are below and also my travel schedule. If any members want to host a talk I am not bothered about venues,size of audiences, selling books just believe in international solidarity in the green movement and sharing ideas and experiences. If you know of any folks on my travels that would want to host a talk that  would be great! Thanks

Best Wishes

Chris

chris@greenspirituality.org

Green spirituality is a book for our times. It explores the relationship between spiritual values and the current global environmental problems and  world poverty. It outlines 12 ancient and modern spiritual traditions and shows how their teachings can guide us out of our present crisis. It provides up to date and easily accessible information on the causes and effects of  climate change, water shortages, food shortages, species loss, air pollution , waste and world poverty.  Published by Authorhouse. See www.greenspirituality.org 

About the Author

Chris’s involvement as educator activist in the green movement goes back 30 years. Chris is a regular campaigning organiser and participant in local and national issues as wide ranging as climate change and recycling as well as an initiator in biodiversity projects with children, local grow-your-own, local exchange trading or LETS, the local Transition Town as well as meditation, inter-faith and green spirituality groups. He has carried out projects in schools to promote the work of Agenda 21.

He has given talks on Green Spirituality for many years on a local and national level  at UK Green Party national conferences, the Big Green Gathering, the Climate Camps, the Campaign against Climate Change Forums, the Glastonbury festival , Transition Town groups , Inter-faith  groups and churches.

Other hats Chris wears include workshop leader, public speaker, musician  and classic clown with which he entertains youngsters.

His research for Green Spirituality took 13 years and included visits to a UN

conference in Johannesburg and a countrywide tour of  India where he spent

time with 130 spiritual leaders from Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Muslim, Christian and

Buddhist traditions whose wise words are woven throughout the book.

CITY                                         DATES VISITING

New York                                Tuesday 4th to Wed 12th Sept

Boston                                    Wednesday 12^th to Friday 14th Sept

Montreal                                 Sat 15^th to Tues 18^th Sept   

Ottawa                                    Wed 19^th to Friday 21^st Sept

Toronto                                  Sat 22^nd to Tues 25^th Sept

Buffalo                                    Wed 26^th Sept

Philadelphia                           Thurs 27^th Sept to Monday 1^st Oct

Washington                            Mon 1^st to Fri 5^th Oct

Atlanta                                    Sun 7^th to Wed 10^th Oct

New Orleans                           Wed 10^th to Sat 13^th Oct

Chicago                                  Wed 17^th to Tues 23^{rd Oct}

Denver                                    Wed 24^th to Fri 26^th Oct 

Sacramento                            Mon 29

Great site for Canadian Organic Growers Ottawa to participate in and enjoy!

M

Thank you for the welcome! Glad to be here!

Regards,

Marie P-M