The out-of-control manmade BP oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico adds an action-inducing insult to injury of the massive Chevron-Texaco toxic oil spills here in Ecuador as well as other ecological destruction and distress worldwide. Humanity is poised at the edge of a terminal worldwide disaster unless responsible people in developing countries find new ways to preserve and regenerate our ecosystems. It is also essential that we let indigenous and other communities find their own solutions through innovation and other sustainable practices, free of international economic pressures. The end of the Oil Age and the beginning of a New Energy Age are upon us, and we need to take decisive action to ensure that this transition moves forward. The mandate for sustainability is clear here in Ecuador: We must oppose plans to drill extensively in the one remaining most biodiverse rainforest on Earth: The Western Amazon. We must end the exploitation of nonrenewable resources and we must create economic sovereignty through sustainable innovation. We must not let this opportunity pass.
Next in our Crisis and Opportunity series, we are gathering leading-edge innovators of sustainable technologies that work with nature not against nature. Collectively, these technologies could begin to produce a more harmonious environment throughout the planet while generating income and employment on a massive scale. We are honored to present the award-winning Awakening the Dreamer Symposium of the Pachamama Alliance, a motivating visual workshop to participate in saving the rainforest and its indigenous peoples. Come join knowledgeable innovators and activists in creating a sustainable future!
- Gunter Pauli, www.zeri.org; International author of The Blue Economy: 10 Years, 100 Innovations, 100 Million Jobs, the 2010 groundbreaking catalogue of nature-friendly technologies that could be implemented immediately. An outstanding example is the productively sustainable rainforest of Las Gaviotas, Colombia, restored through an ingenious blend of soil and plant regeneration.
- Dr. Brian O’Leary, Vilcabamba, Ecuador: Author and scientist; director of Ecuador Affairs, UN-affiliated Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization; fellow, World Innovation Foundation; former Apollo scientist-astronaut; former senior consultant, U.S. Congress on Energy; former Physics faculty, Princeton University; co-founder, Global Innovation Alliance.
- Leonardo Wild, Tumbaco, Ecuador: President and co-founder, Logichem Solutions S.A.; author, marketing consultant and industry advisor; director and co-producer of feature documentary on the Yasuni-ITT Initiative (to leave the oil in the ground); co-founder, Global Innovation Alliance.
- David Yurth, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Director, Nova Institute of Technology, inventor-integrator of new energy technologies; author of the Y-Bias model of scalar physics; R&D project administrator; author; co-founder, Global Innovation Alliance.
- Tarsicio Granizo (invited), Quito, Ministry of Patrimony, ITT-Yasuni Project, Government of Ecuador; former director for South America, The Nature Conservancy.
- Joel Segurola and Dan Ecklund, M.D., Vilcabamba: Coordinators, Los Visionarios and Global Genius Trust; inventors and integrators of innovative energy, mining remediation and breakthrough medical technologies.
- Nati Greene, Quito, Pachamama Alliance, facilitator of the internationally-acclaimed Awakening the Dreamer Symposium and advisor to the Ecuadorian government on environmental issues.
- Jaime Santin, Vilcabamba, Ecuador: Forester, co-director of the Vilcabamba Community Center; coordinator of reforestation projects in the Vilcabamba area.
- Larry Wilhelm, Vilcabamba, Ecuador and Texas, USA: co-founder of the EarthCare Institute, award-winning educator, photo-journalist and developer of sustainability programs nationwide.
Registration: Tuition for the conference is $35 each day, payable in cash at the door. A special four-day rate is $120. Please register no later than Thursday, August 12 in order to have an accurate head count for meals. You can register by writing us at info@montesuenos.org. Note that your tuition will defray the travel expenses of some of the presenters as well as for the delicious food.
