Be The Change is looking for new ways to collaborate to collectively create a life-affirming future for humanity and planet earth. As a Member of Be The Change, we are inviting you to an open conversation to consider ways that we might work together to further this mission. The purpose of Be The Change is […]
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Project DrawDown
Project Drawdown : the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse Global warming Project DrawDown is a world-class research organistion that reviews, analyses, and identifies the most viable global climate solutions, and shares these findings with the world. The organisation partners with communities, policy-makers, non-profits, businesses, investors, and philanthropists to identify and deploy science-based, effective […]
What will it take to provide real hope for young people?
I think there is only one thing. Young people will have hope when they see that society as a whole is passionately committed to transitioning to a life-affirming global culture, rather than continuing on our present course of ecological self-destruction and societal breakdown. How would they know that this commitment exists? Just as in wartime […]
How volunteering transforms our life
Volunteering at a charity can be quite a humbling experience and can reach deep into your own life, as you reflect and think deeper about the wider world. In a recent volunteering experience at Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, Stuart Barrett was transformed at one of the largest support centres for homeless people in Sydney. This is […]
What will it take to provide real hope for young people?
Inspiring Transition Founder Andrew Gaines believes hope for young people comes from a massive social transition to a life-sustaining society: The daughters of friends of mine have learned about global warming an ocean acidification in school. Frightening stuff! On current trends they will certainly experience traumatic societal breakdown as global food supplies unravel and ever […]