Happy Holidays from NextNow Collaboratory

Last year we posted a card from 1Sky.org. This year, it’s from….Starbucks?!? “Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Here’s wishing everyone, everywhere, a happy holiday season and a Very New Year, full of the energies of Love.  Love is All We Need.

Klimaforum09 (..and COP15)

NextNow Collab is a partner of the WorldShift Alliance, and participated in the 2009 Great Shift Gathering in France.  Among the “transactivists” we met (those of us who choose to transcend and include differing perspectives in their activism, rather than operate from the traditional “us v. them” paradigm) was Gareth Strangemore-Jones of WorldShift 2012 (a new global movement dedicated to co-creating the foundations of a peaceful, just and sustainable world by the end of 2012), Club of Budapest, and Events4Change. We’re inundated with sobering reviews of COP15.  You don’t need to read any more here.  Read Gareth’s informal report below. …

Save the Date: NextNow Collab Presents VISIONS OF A UNIVERSAL HUMANITY Berkeley Premiere at the David Brower Center January 13, 2010 (Updated)

Revealing a Positive Future for Humanity Full of Infinite Possibilities For Immediate Release: “Visions of a Universal Humanity” featuring social innovator and luminary Barbara Marx Hubbard will be presented by the NextNow Collaboratory at the David Brower Center in a One Night Only Berkeley premiere to benefit the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. A post-screening Q & A and discussion with Barbara Marx Hubbard will be followed by a wine and cheese reception. WHEN: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 – 6:30pm WHERE: Goldman Theatre and Hazel Wolf Gallery, David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley TICKETS: $15 includes movie and reception.  Pre-purchase…

COP15: Accepting Responsibility (Huffington Post)

Forwarded by Jim Garrison, State of the World Forum, NextNow Collab collaboration, as, in his view, “an excellent perspective on the reason for the breakdown in Copenhagen today.” William S. Becker, Executive Director, Presidential Climate Action Project HuffingtonPost: December 14, 2009 COP 15: Accepting Responsibility Imagine you’re a well-to-do person attending a dinner of your peers. The food is top-rate and there’s plenty of it. Course after course is laid upon the table. A group of less-advantaged people has been watching from the sidelines. When the dinner is done, you invite them to join you at the table. After the…