Thrive Symposium
The Thrive Symposium is a powerful and provocative experience which addresses our world's social and environmental challenges, and inspires us to think about our response as individuals and as a community.
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Next Event
To be announced!
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Handouts
References and Sources
The Thrive Symposium is based on the Awakening the Dreamer: Changing the Dream symposium created by the Pachamama Alliance. Detailed references for the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium are available here.
Selected Slides from the Symposium
Social Justice
Related Materials
Articles and Interviews
- 12/10/2011: The deliciously eccentric story of the town growing ALL its own veg
- 11/7/2011: Older Americans are 47 times richer than young
- 11/7/2011: Poverty rate rises under alternate Census measure
- 10/29/2011: Bottom of the Heap (New York Times)
- 10/29/2011: Here's the graphic graphic from "Bottom of the Heap." Note that the USA is in the bottom 5% of OECD nations in most categories.
- 4/19/2011: The Truth About American Exceptionalism - Scroll down to see the slides.
Videos
The Wombat
Remember: All is one!
The Story of Stuff
Excerpts from Annie Leonard's "The Story of Stuff" appear in the Symposium. Here's the full-length version.
The Story of Broke
"The Story of Broke" is Annie Leonard's timely follow-up to "The Story of Stuff," which appears in the Thrive Symposium. Enlightening and inspiring!
The High Price of Materialism
"The High Price of Materialism," by Tim Kasser, encourages us to build lives based more on intrinsic values.
