Climate Change and the Human Prospect
A 2 1/2 day intensive discussion with global and local thinkers to define a path to restore and revitalize local communities in the face of climate change: held at Thinkers Lodge September 28-October 1, 2017 on the 60th anniversary year of the 1957 Pugwash Conference on Nuclear Disarmament
Link to trailer of documentary from Centre for Local Prosperity on the Retreat
2017 Conference on Climate Change
Thinkers and Contributors at the Peace Hall (formerly Masonic Lodge)
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1957 Conference on Nuclear Disarmament Scientists at Masonic Lodge
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Recordings of speakers from Public Events at Drawdown Thinkers Lodge Retreat Weekend
Media Coverage and Relevant Articles
Robert Cervelli of the Centre for Local Prosperity gathered "together a group of international thought leaders, scientists, policy makers and community organizers at the newly restored Thinkers Lodge – 60 years after the 1957 meeting – to discuss climate change and the impact it is having on local government, policy, business, and individual lives. The Centre hopes to take away from this retreat a collaborative way forward that empowers municipalities, local residents, and innovative businesses to formulate their own path to restore, revitalize, and regenerate their local places.
Gallery of Thinkers, Artists, and Volunteers attending "Climate Change and the Human Prospect"
Students from Pugwash District High School hosted Chad Frischman from Drawdown, Robert Cervelli from Centre for Local Prosperity and artist Regan Rosberg at the high school. After presentations, the students asked thought-provoking questions showing their understanding of the dangers of Climate Change. Other students waited tables at the Lobster Factory Friday and Saturday night. Students created art that was displayed on the walls inside the Lobster Factory and on the deck. One student with her mother made Baklava for the participants and another students baked delicious baked goods as part of the baking business she has started. Click for names of some of the student volunteers
Artists shared their art work, music and poetry to help us embrace the heart-power that will help us heal the planet and face with honesty the terrible destructiveness of Climate Change. A PDHS student read a poignant poet written by fellow students. Others students painted small canvases depicting Climate Change that were stapled to Thinkers' lunch bags as a gift to take home and remind them of their responsibility to tackle Climate Change. Mi'kmaq Rebecca Moore drummed a welcome and Richard Dittami read his poems on the stage in Eaton Park.Timothy Habinski played his hand-made harp at the Saturday dinner at the Lobster Factory. Chef Carol from Jubilee shared her culinary art for delicious meals through out the conference.
The documentary Albatross was shown at the Peace Hall www.albatrossthefilm.com/
"ALBATROSS is a powerful visual journey into the heart of a gut-wrenching environmental tragedy. On one of the remotest islands on Earth, tens of thousands of albatross chicks lie dead on the ground, their bodies filled with plastic. Returning to the island over several years, Chris and his filming team witnessed cycles of birth, life, and death of these magnificent creatures as a multi-layered metaphor for our times. ALBATROSS walks us through the fire of horror and grief, facing the immensity of this tragedy — and our own complicity — head on. And in this process, we find an unexpected route to a deeply felt experience of beauty and love for the miracle of life on Earth. TRAILER
"Stepping outside the stylistic templates of traditional environmental or documentary films, ALBATROSS takes viewers on a lyrical guided tour into the depths of their own spirits, delivering a profound message of reverence and renewal that is already reaching an audience of millions of people around the world."
Albatross is a shared grief, a collective prayer, a mirror into our own complicity of the suffering we have caused through our religion of consumption. Chris Jordan asks us through his lens of attention and compassion, “How shall we live?” This film is a reckoning of this moment in time. Do we have the courage to not avert our gaze? Albatross shows us the way.”
-Terry Tempest Williams, author, conservationist, and activist
"ALBATROSS is a powerful visual journey into the heart of a gut-wrenching environmental tragedy. On one of the remotest islands on Earth, tens of thousands of albatross chicks lie dead on the ground, their bodies filled with plastic. Returning to the island over several years, Chris and his filming team witnessed cycles of birth, life, and death of these magnificent creatures as a multi-layered metaphor for our times. ALBATROSS walks us through the fire of horror and grief, facing the immensity of this tragedy — and our own complicity — head on. And in this process, we find an unexpected route to a deeply felt experience of beauty and love for the miracle of life on Earth. TRAILER
"Stepping outside the stylistic templates of traditional environmental or documentary films, ALBATROSS takes viewers on a lyrical guided tour into the depths of their own spirits, delivering a profound message of reverence and renewal that is already reaching an audience of millions of people around the world."
Albatross is a shared grief, a collective prayer, a mirror into our own complicity of the suffering we have caused through our religion of consumption. Chris Jordan asks us through his lens of attention and compassion, “How shall we live?” This film is a reckoning of this moment in time. Do we have the courage to not avert our gaze? Albatross shows us the way.”
-Terry Tempest Williams, author, conservationist, and activist