Canberra Chapter News
Hot off the press issue #5 of Spirit of the Times focuses on shifting the cultural paradigm, and is packed with news, analysis, comment and critique, as well as reviews of socially conscious media. You can read it right here on the website, download the pdf version by clicking right here, or even drop us a line to order a hard-copy to your home at cost only. We hope you enjoy reading this as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together!
That’s right – you usually hear the phrase “think global, act local”, and we’ve decided to take it a step further with our globally networked Movement of local community-based action.
When we act locally and network globally everyone can be an activist. Believe it or not it takes more than people like Martin Luther King and Gandhi to change the world - it takes little people like you and me! Taking small steps, making strong connections, and telling new, more positive stories are things we can all do to be the change we want to see.
The Zeitgeist Movement Australia’s latest Global Issues Awareness Campaign revolves around exactly that – local actions, globally networked. This month we’re kicking off a series of monthly local events, hosted by you! Yes – that’s right – hosted by you!
Well, April and beyond actually….
Now that the hectic haze of Z-Day is behind us we’re moving forward through 2012 with the momentum of a Movement that means business! Here’s how we’re doing it…
Since our inception in 2009 we have established 9 fully functional chapters around Australia in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast and Southern New South Wales. Now coordinator responsibilities are up for grabs in 5 more locations – Central Coast NSW, Far North Queensland, Newcastle, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. By the end of 2012 we aim to have at least 14 fully functional chapters established and networked together. If you’re interested in setting up a chapter where you live – in your town, village, university or even high school just drop us a line.
If you’d like to keep up to date with news and events from your local chapter or any other just sign up to the mailing list and you’ll get to hear all about what we’re up to.
Chapters are busy with a range of activities from public screenings of socially conscious documentaries to organized public lectures to assisting with projects building Earthships. We’re even taking part in a systems design studio with a coalition of other systems design initiatives to get the Resource-Based Economic model the recognition it deserves beyond the academic sphere, where it already enjoys considerable support. Want to get involved in the fun? Join your local chapter.
There are now lots of opportunities to put your skills to use in the Zeitgeist Movement including volunteering for our linguistics team helping to translate materials for our international supporters and researching global issues and their sustainability-focused solutions. Regardless of where you live it is possible to volunteer your time and skills to the Movement from a distance with the online coordination of our projects.
The Zeitgsiet Movement Australia has just launched a program that aims to reach every corner of the country with socially conscious activities and events. It is possible for anyone in any part of the country to host an event with the support of the Movement ranging from hosting a documentary movie screening at your local pub to a freeshare event in a public park. All you need to do to host an event is drop us a line and we’ll send you a support package to assist with promoting your event and helping it run smoothly.
The documentary chosen for the coming month of April is Into Eternity, an expose of the long-term impact of the dilemma of disposing of radioactive waste generated from nuclear power initiatives. A sobering wake-up call Into Eternity promises to raise awareness of an issue that is of contemporary urgency here in Australia, and highlighted by a major upcoming event in July, The Lizard’s Revenge, a music and art festival protesting the expansion of the Olympic Dam uranium mine in South Australia.
To support Uncle Kevin Buzzacott and ANFA in their campaign to stop the disastrous rape and pillage of our land for current and future generations get involved in the Lizard’s Revenge, host a screening of Into Eternity, even be present for Uncle Kevin versus BHP at the Adelaide federal court on 3rd and 4th April – do what you can to reclaim the sustainability of our landbase.
There are many ways in which we can all engage ourselves in being participants in the changes we wish to see. Check out our website section on walking the sustainable talk and perhaps offer your support to the sustainability drive by contributing to our blog team with your own sustainable living advice.
“The time for the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”
– attributed to an unnamed Hopi elder
Hopi Nation
Oraibi, Arizona
That’s right guys – the Z-movies are coming to telly! And very soon!!
It’s just a regional kick-start via WTV in Perth, but it’s a start…. so – if you’re able to please tune into channel 44 WTV on Saturday 10th (yup – international Z-Day!) 9pm WA time for Addendum, and on Saturday 17th (yup – TZM AU Z-Day – couldn’t be better!!) for Moving Forward!
If ratings are high it will set a great precedent for approaching other TV stations with a good prospect… I’ve a feeling 2012 could be the year we meet the 100th monkey… or at least the 12th one!! And what could be an easier form of activism than organizing a dinner and movie night with friends?
For further details of the WTV screenings please check their website.
Welcome to the latest issue of Spirit of the Times! Hot off the press – you can either read it online by clicking on the magazine for the pdf, print the pdf and read from the comfort of your sofa or on the bus to work, or even shoot us a line with your name and address for a hard-copy.
This issue is dedicated to the individual – the force within us all that says “I can” – and that which inspires and empowers us to be the change we wish to see.
We’ve had a great time putting this together and we hope you’ll have as much fun reading it!
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Communicating the ideals of TZM is not something easily brought up in discussion, especially with people who haven’t seen Zeitgeist: Moving Forward or Addendum. For some people it may be difficult to articulate the logic of a RBE through conversation. It’s not that the idea of an RBE is complex or irrational it is that it is so simple and rational that some people find it difficult to comprehend such a reality in our conditioned culture which accepts current complexities, inefficiencies, institutions and values as unchangeable static norms. People often dismiss and undermine TZM ideals because their perceptions are based on narrow frames of reference based on pre-existing political and cultural ideals and the distorted perception that money has value in our physical reality when in fact the only value money has is in our imagination and the artificial value is reinforced by culture.
Happy New Year from the team at The Zeitgeist Movement Australia!
Our first offering of 2012 to the awakened community is the latest issue of our home-grown magazine, Spirit of the Times.
Issue 3 centres around contemporary economic issues and the concept and process of transition to a much-needed alternative economic zeitgeist. This issue is packed with analytical investigation of how we got to where we are now and solutions for moving forward to a more sustainable future.
We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting it together!
Here’s to a sustainable-solutions start to 2012 – may your year bring hope, inspiration and a sense of empowerment.
Click on the image below to download the magazine and Take care,
Kari McGregor & the TZM AU team
