state of union | transform. | january 2011
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Goodbye 2010. Hello 2011!
YES! to Transformative Change
January was named after Janus, a two-faced Roman god who looked back at the old year and forward to the new year. Even then, people were sorting out how well the previous year had gone and making resolutions for the new one. All around the world, every culture has its own version of how to start the new year out right, whether they follow a solar or lunar calendar. The Chinese, for instance, clean their homes to sweep out bad fortune. Black folks, with ties to the South (and white Southerners for that matter), eat collard greens for money and black-eyed peas for luck. In Japan, people begin the new year with laughter for good luck.
support of young leaders who
So, how do you want to start things out? Some of us go full steam ahead from midnight on the 1st of January until midnight on the 31st of December. Some of us figure it out as we go along. Almost all of us consider how we used to be, what we used to do, and how we can do it better. In this issue, we include some of the best articles of 2010 from transformative change organizations. These were a few great things about 2010. Here's to the fabulous stories of 2011. Happy New Year!
YES! is known for its global strive to make internal, [image: Filomena Scalise]
interpersonal and systemic social change real. CXC is known for
making inner practice accessible to activists so that the way we do change will change. After Ocean Robbins, who co-founded YES! (Youth for Environmental Sanity), stepped down after twenty years as the organization's director, CXC and YES! decided to develop a strategic partnership, one that merges the best of each organization... Read more...
in SIGHT Harmony—A New Way of Looking at Our World
Harmony Movie Trailer from Balcony Films on Vimeo. "Jambo" Kibera Community, Nairobi, Kenya. image: angel Kyodo williams
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State of Union:
Dubbed the "green movie of the year," Harmony aired
resolution for revolution
reveals himself to be a powerful advocate not only for
INcite with angel Kyodo williams
during NBC's Green Week. Great Britian's Prince Charles the environment, but for a "new way of looking at our world." The film takes a realistic look at the environmental challenges we face but also shares compelling solutions, including a peek into the understatedly transformative approach of Forest Ethics. Forest Ethics
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