Link
to my Facebook home
I heard Elizabeth May, environmentalist, activist, author,
lawyer, and Chair of Canada's Green Party, speak June 7th
at the World Issues Forum and she was eloquently laying it on
the line about climate change. When I asked her what she would
like to see people do to get the word out, she recommended among
other actions, sharing a 4 minute video with everyone you know.
It is:
The
Big Ask: Climate change, "ACT NOW!"
Elizabeth said:
1. Spread the word. (I have very specific, convincing notes from
her presentation. Please google "Elizabeth May on climate
change"-- to learn more.
2. Write letters to big and little newspapers, and keep writing
them. Comment on some specific story.
3. Barack Obama raised this issue: We need to see the USA in
the lead in Copenhagen. This meeting is all important now.
She said Copenhagen is our last chance and we've got to get
it right. We need to get this on the radar. Obama is trying
to get all the countries inside the tent, she said, and the people's
voice is needed now--to help him.
4. Join www.350.org - Bill McKibben's project and blog. ...more
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I also visited Jun Akutsu and the Indra's Rainbow IONS community
group in Seattle twice recently for discussions with special IONS
guests. What wonderful evenings!
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April 16, 2009
Jadzia Imani and I and other members of the local Move On council
presented petitions from local small business owners for support
for Clean Energy and Green Jobs to Patty Murray. I asked her to
take a look at the first ones-- from Sustainable Connections,
ReSources, Terra Organica, A-1 Builders, Adaptations and others.
About Lynnette
As a long-term member of the steering teams of the Bellingham
Institute of Noetic Sciences community group and Sustainable Bellingham,
I am devoted to contributing to building wisdom community locally
and globally.
I am a founding member of The Open Question Institute, which develops
the Open Question Approach, a process that allows every participant
in a group to communicate and connect empathetically by tapping
into their shared values.
My many years of personal
growth education has included extensive training in Marshall Rosenberg's
Nonviolent Communication, Daimon Sweeney's Emotional Freedom Technique
sessions, and training in The Acorn Model, an oral tradition taught
by the Wilderness Awareness School. The Acorn Model is a nonhierarchical
model, for organizing groups and teams, organizations and communities.
I am grateful to Alan Seid and Tricia King and their community
for sharing this with me.
In my community work, my vision
is to use my group process and communication skills to bring local
organizations working for wisdom community into partnerssip to
coordinate in their common goals.
My experience has included
teaching dance as a teen and young adult. I taught Physical Education,
Dance and English and developed Dance Clubs and Children's Theatre
productions in public schools for eight years. On receiving an
MA in Dance from Mills College, I interned in Dance Therapy. Moving
to Santa Fe, NM, I worked as a consultant dance therapist while
taking art, yoga and tai chi classes there for three years. In
the 70's I taught yoga and tai chi classes and developed a successful
wholesale jewelry business in Aspen and Vale, Colorado.
In Bellingham on KUGS radio
at Western Washington University, I hosted New Voices, New
Options for two years, interviewing guests on local issues,
the healing arts, local music, and guest speakers at Western.
Activities I enjoy include
walking in nature, tap dancing, choreography, folk dancing, activism,
the Internet, blogging, social networking, writing, interviewing,
attending movies, plays and the local arts, and volunteering with
local community-building organizations.
The Bellingham Institute for Noetic
Sciences community group has grown and we are organinzing many
inspiring, informational events (www.bions.net)
At Sustainable Bellingham I am a founding member and on the Vision
Team, helping to network a sustainable local community.
Personally, my path is as an idea-person
and communicator-- particularly networking for partnerships in
creating wisdom community. I am a citizen activist and a social
activist.
Update: June 7, 2009
I'm now volunteering with the local MoveOn council, and with a
new group I love, Whatcom Progressive Grassroots Network, and
helping with A New Way Forward. Projects I've worked on recently
are:
MoveON - Getting and delivering petitions
for the Clean Energy bill personally, to our Senator Patty Murray
Lynnette Allen Here are photos of myself, Jadzia and Patty Murray.
My friend Kaye took them. Thanks, Kaye!
MoveOn - Clean Energy Rally - May 28, 2009
A New
Way Forward - Break Up The Banks rally - June 10, 2009
Bellingham IONS - Navigating
the Great River of Change
My Young
At Heart Basics 1 Tap Dance class at the Bellingham Senior
Center is growing and I'm planning a Basics 2 class and eventually
a Beyond The Basics class. I'm having a lot of fun with this.
I love having Carl,
pianist, accompanying the classes. He is the best! I'm really
enjoying the spirit of the students and the class.
Website
Design
I design brochure-style web sites.
A brochure style site is a good choice if you have a limited budget
and want to feature information that does not change frequently.
When changes are needed, I can maintain and update your website
for a nominal charge.
Here are
links to websites I've made:
Relocalization.net
Young
At Heart - Tap Dance - with Lynnette
Cyndy
Sheldon - Gestalt Therapy
Bellingham IONS
Skye Burn
Sustainable
Bellingham - I made the original, but this one has been completely
redesigned.
Young At Heart
- Tap Dance
Whatcom Network
for Compassionate Communication
Siam Was Our
Home
Emily Farrell
Webdreams
Webdreams:
High Use of Web Technology for Sustainable Bellingham
