Both the Learning & Engagement Guide and the Sourcebook are
phenomenal resources -- congratulations to you and your team in
completing both. I am blown away. It is so rare that one comes across an
encyclopedia of resources for social and environmental action, which is
why it ties in so perfectly with the mission of the youth program this year.
— Kaelyn Ramsden, Head of Bioneers Youth Education program
WOW, I’m impressed and many thanks and congratulations to you for this
major most useful project. This Engagement Guide is a real work of action,
insightful, user friendly and done with excellence from you, and associates.
— Chantal Krey, Business Development Consultant
The Guidebook is so inspiring...as soon as I started reading it, I wanted to
start journaling, doing the activities, looking up the resources, etc. It is
truly wonderful! I think this will be useful in many contexts.
— Carolie Sly, Ph.D., Director of Education Programs, Center for Ecoliteracy
Wow! You guys are amazing--this is so thorough, accessible, well-thought out, freeing, and inspiring. A major contribution, something that people have been wanting for a long time.
— Ruel Walker, Training Program Director, The Pachamama Alliance
I've just read through the Learning and Engagement Guide and I want to say that I'M BLOWN AWAY BY IT! It is forceful, brilliant, important work. It's exactly what's needed for post-Symposium engagement. The Sustainable World Sourcebook is a valuable contribution to the ending of the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium. Seeing it along with the Learning & Engagement Guide has made that really clear to me.
— Tracy Apple, Designer, Awakening the Dreamer Symposium
Engagement Circles
Gather friends or colleagues into an ongoing Engagement Circle to make a powerful difference in your lives — and in the world. Based on our new Learning & Engagement Guide.
The Sourcebook Learning & Engagement Guide
Translating Inspiration Into Action
The Sustainable World Sourcebook is a rich compendium of information designed to awaken and inspire you.
The new companion Learning & Engagement Guide provides an interactive curriculum for use with the Sourcebook, and makes its rich content come alive in your life.
The Learning & Engagement Guide – intended for a study circle, class, or practice community – connects your daily life choices with your impact on the world. Its questions for contemplation, themes for discussion, videos to watch, experiential activities and community action ideas provide diverse, intriguing and inspiring ways to engage. Get inspired, explore issues and create community as you take action for planetary change.
For maximum impact, gather a group of friends or colleagues into an Engagement Circle to support each other’s commitments – using the Learning & Engagement Guide as curriculum. To request a copy of the free Engagement Circles Facilitator Guide, click here!
Why Use the Learning & Engagement Guide?
Shifting to a sustainable lifestyle may feel daunting on your own. Joining with others makes it fun and synergistic—and supports commitment and follow through. Engaging in the Learning & Engagement Guide's experiential activities with a group of friends - especially in the context of an Engagement Circle – can catapult you into action and help you appreciate the gift of being alive at this time of unprecedented challenge and opportunity.
Co-creating a sustainable, fulfilling, and just world is possible, but it will take daily application of tools and principles of sustainability such as those presented in the Sourcebook, working both individually and collectively.
Who Is the Learning & Engagement Guide For?
- Students (late high school and up) in or out of the classroom
- Study, discussion and service groups
- Activists, spiritual seekers, and change agents
- Newcomers to these topics as well as veterans
Bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just human presence on this planet is the underlying mission of both the Sourcebook and the Learning & Engagement Guide.