Be the Change Earth Alliance is a Vancouver based charity that envisions an ecologically sustain- able, meaningful & just way of living.  We offer Presentations and Symposia, Action Guides, Circles and Gatherings to inspire and support people in making sustainable lifestyle choices and re-creating healthy communities.

   

For more information, visit our website or contact us at 604-269-9870.

Be The Change is both honored and elated to report that we have teamed up with the Pachamama Alliance and its Four Years. Go. campaign to deliver a completely redesigned Action Guide to change agents world wide.     
Our team worked feverishly over the summer to produce the strongest and most visually arresting Action Guide to date, and the results, as you can see, are simply beautiful. The Guide will be published on Amazon.com within the coming weeks, and, for the first time ever, printed copies can be easily shipped  anywhere in the world.

The latest and greatest version of the Action Guide includes: 

• A colorful and striking new visual design;
• New and expanded Actions and Values;
• A "tiered" Action structure that makes it easier than ever to change your personal habits and engage others;
• A new introductory section that effectively sets the context for the Guide as a whole, and walks readers through the process of setting up their Action Circle;
• Updated explorations and measurements to help readers expand their knowledge and better appreciate the real-world effects of their actions;
• And much more!

Pre-order your copy on the Be The Change website in the coming weeks so that we can make it onto Amazon's best seller list!

Since September 2010, Be The Change has delivered its groundbreaking Student Initiative program to hundreds of high school students across the Lower Mainland, engaging them in collaborative, experiential education with a focus on environmental sustainability and social justice.

 

The program's successful pilot year was highly experimental and an incredible learning experience. Over the course of the summer, we have been working in close collaboration with teachers and students to catalyze the feedback we received into the most effective high school engagement program possible.

The STUDENT LEADERSHIP in SUSTAINABILITY program that has emerged is a truly unique and comprehensive offering, featuring a combination of assembly presentations, teacher lesson plans, multimedia resource kits, certificates of achievement, and student "Action Packs" that inform and empower students to take on the world's most pressing social and environmental issues right here in their home communities.

 

Be The Change will be rolling out the Student Leadership in Sustainability program to over ten different schools throughout the Lower Mainland this semester. To find out how you can help bring the program to your school, please contact program coordinator Erin Leckie by calling 604-269-9874 or via email at:
erin@bethechangeearthalliance.org.

Be The Change has embarked on an exciting journey of community engagement through a synergistic new partnership with the Municipality of Mission, bringing Action Circles to its Social Development and Restorative Resolution programs.

This partnership presents a wonderful opportunity for Be The Change to use our citizen engagement program to help Mission's Social Development department develop a community-supported Sustainability Plan. Being able to work with the generative foundation of citizen leaders who are trained in dialogue and circle process by the Mission Restorative Justice program is an honour and privilege. This work will help the Municipality of Mission to foster deeper community connections between its public servants and the general public.

To help introduce our program to the community, Be The Change will host an information booth at the upcoming Celebrate Mission Event, taking place Saturday, September 17 in Heritage Park, and will present an Awaken The Dreamer-Be The Change Symposium in Mission on October 15.

What is a Symposium?

Thanks to the multi-media work of the Pachamama Alliance's Awakening The Dreamer Initiative,this informative and compelling workshop provides visually rich A/V materials featuring international luminaries like Julia Butterfly Hill, Paul Hawken, Brian Swimme, Maude Barlow, Desmond Tutu, and Van Jones.

Trained facilitators lead participants through engaging activities and four critical questions about our relationship with the planet: Where are We? How Did We Get Here? What Is Emerging? and Where Do We Go From Here? 

This inspiring Symposium ends with an opportunity to channel your passion into action with a Be The Change Action Circle - a concrete program of facilitated weekly or biweekly gatherings, bringing together like-minded people to grow, learn, and make inspiring lifestyles changes in a supportive community environment.

Event details:

Date:  Saturday, October 15, 2011
Time:  1:00pm to 5:30pm
Place: Cafetorium, Heritage Park Centre
            33700 Prentis Avenue, Mission, BC
Cost:  Free! Hosted by Mission - Space is limited

          Click here to pre-register!

Why am I here? Knowing your life purpose is powerful. Join a Be The Change Action Circle to clarify and deepen your commitment to living life on purpose. We will meet for 5-7 sessions and use the wonderful What's Your Tree? curriculum. For more information, contact Kate at kate@katersutherland.com or 604-708-3093.

"What is it that calls you to stretch beyond what is comfortable into places that are uncomfortable, and to realize that you are more powerful and more magical than your mind could have believed? -- Julia Butterfly Hill

Make Light Work of Change -- Tools for Inner Knowing
 
You have an inner guidance system that can help you be more effective and more personally sustainable. If you are like most change agents, you have never read the instructions. Jumpstart your ability to access your inner knowing by learning practical "inner work" tools you can use on a daily basis. BTC collaborator Kate Sutherland is offering a FREE tele-seminar introduction to inner work tools on Wednesday October 5 at 10:00 PST. For more information, and to sign up, click here.