Watch: Oil’s Deep State with Kevin Taft Livestream Broadcast
Thanks to the more than 300 people who attended this inspiring evening by multi bestselling author Kevin Taft and Elizabeth May. For those who missed it, or want to hear all the gems shared, here’s your chance. There is a wealth of incredible knowledge here.
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We Don’t Pay The Full Cost of Goods and Services
We need to create a societal system that is perfectly designed to enable all the people of the world to live good quality lives within the bounds of the Earth and its ecological systems. What might such a system look like?
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We need to reform our electoral system, with proportional representation
Beyond my 15 years as an M.L.A. and Cabinet Minister, I was a party activist for another 16 years. I am deeply committed to democracy and, on the basis of experience and commitment, I urge British Columbians to affirm the move from our current ‘first past the post’ system to some form of proportional representation.
Read moreWatch Now: Creating a One Planet Community Event
Everyone wondered how we could possibly feature more than 20 presentations in less than two hours, but we did it! Inspiring stories of innovation, collaboration, community and creativity were shared with both a live and livestream audience worldwide around the theme... Read more
My Journey of Compassion
I love that the word passion is in the word compassion. My compassion for the underdog has become one of the reasons why I volunteer thousands of hours to my passion project, Creatively United for the Planet, in support of our community. I suppose I’ve always related... Read more
City of Victoria Honorary Citizen Awards 2018
What a huge honour to receive a City of Victoria Honorary Citizen Award today at the Victoria Conference Center with so many lovely and well-deserving people as: Marika Albert, Mark Ashfield, Fiona Bramble, Diya Courty-Stephens, Denis Donnelly and Siobhan Robinsong,... Read more
Population Growth Only Part of Our Ecological Problem
My recent columns about the ecological crisis we face and the need to reduce our ecological footprint generated emails from several people saying I should address the issue of population growth. They have a good point, but the issue is complex, and the solution is not just a matter of family planning.
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Finding Hope For Our Planet’s Future
Finding hope can be challenging these days, what with the global ecological crisis, high levels of poverty and inequality, nasty xenophobic and nationalistic politics, and the general failure of governments and societies to respond effectively to these and other challenges of the 21st century.
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One Planet One People Please!
The serious issues facing our world – climate change, pollution, ecological degradation, poverty, etc. are global in nature and require a global response. The challenge is how and when the peoples of the world will make this happen.
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A Roman Catholic Response to One Planet
The ecological crisis that we are facing is the degradation of life as we know it. Our vary survival is at stake. It raises questions of meaning for us. Who are we, where did we come from and why are we here? These are questions that are central to all religious communities.
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National Indigenous People’s Day 2018
Creatively United was honoured to be invited to take part in the 2018 National Indigenous People’s Day at the invitation of the Victoria Native Friendship Centre (VNFC) at their fabulous Regina Avenue location in the Burnside/Tillicum area. The drumming, dancing,... Read more
A Jewish Perspective for One Planet Region Conversation with Faith Communities
8 Jewish Practices to Help Mitigate Humanity’s Impact During the Anthropocene 1). Who is happy that tomorrow is Friday? TGIF! For Jews, it’s TGIS: Thank G-d it’s Shabbos (Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath, runs from just before sunset Friday to an hour after sundown on... Read more
One Planet Conversation
How is my faith tradition (the Christian tradition) equipping myself (and others) … to live into this vision of the Greater Victoria Region “achieving social and ecological sustainability, with a high quality of life and a long life in good health for all its... Read more
Springing in to Festival Season with Two Amazing Events
What a celebration of community these past two weekends have been! Creatively United was proud to help sponsor two inaugural festivals to launch. Starfields – A Festival of Hope, featured a wide variety of amazing speakers, Juno award-winning musicians, and... Read moreWatch: New Interview with Frances Litman about Creatively United
Airing this week! Television host/author, Guy Dauncey, discusses what it takes to step out of your comfort zone and become a leader with Frances Litman, founder of Creatively United for the... Read moreWatch: Change the World with Guy Dauncey
Have a concern for the future? Do you want to build a better world? Join host Guy Dauncey and meet inspiring individuals who are motivated to make meaningful changes in our community. Change the World host Guy Dauncey discusses new economics and a community economy... Read moreA Poem For You & Me
Trees provide beauty, shade, fresh air, habitat for birds and animals, ambiance, sequester carbon and help fight climate change, plus provide chemicals that we inhale that have a calming influence. Now, when we need them the most, trees are being treated as disposable... Read more
Book Excerpt: Conversations With A Tree by Jane Warren Campbell
The book explores Jane’s communication with trees, revealing that what they have to share is deep wisdom and pure love. Jane not only shares the heart-felt messages from the trees, she shows you how to experience for yourself the guidance and healing that the trees have to offer.
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Poem: A Letter from Your Earth
I strongly feel that Humanity’s recognition of our Earth as a sentient, responsive Being, is the key to moving forward in a healthy, positive manner! Please enjoy this original poem.
Read moreA Reflection on Being
I was moved to deep silence when I heard April Hambley share this piece at the Church of Truth – Community of Conscious Living’s regular 11 am Sunday gathering, at 111 Superior St. I love co-creative, collaborative projects and envisioned putting some of... Read more
Open Innovation Challenge
Are you ready to unleash your most innovative ideas to help solve Greater Victoria’s real-world challenges and have the chance to win $15,000 in prize money? On November 25, the South Island Prosperity Project brought together residents, local leaders, First... Read moreSolutions Episode Two: Artists As Change Makers
Our second episode covers how an internationally-renown filmmaker, photojournalist, singer/songwriter duo, and a fine art photographer are all creating change through their craft. Featuring striking imagery and insight into the power of art.
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Canada C3: Honouring the past and looking towards the future
Canada C3 is an epic 150-day sailing journey from Toronto to Victoria via the Northwest Passage. Through this unprecedented journey, Canada C3 is celebrating our environment, sharing the stories of coastal communities and connecting Canadians from coast to coast to... Read more
Community Uniting for Common Good
There is an emerging community-based movement in the capital region — and elsewhere around the world — that recognizes that ecological, social and economic conditions and human well-being are not separate issues but are inextricably linked. In Victoria, some related initiatives have sprung up, mostly in just the past couple of years, that are working to address these intersecting issues holistically, but in different ways.
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Making History Together!
Thank you to everyone who came out in support of Creatively United’s Sixth Annual Earth Day Community Celebration & Sustainability Showcase. The crowds were steady, the displays interesting and meaningful, the art and music beautiful and plentiful, and the... Read moreSHAW TV Pilot Debut
This is the pilot episode of an upcoming six-episode series to air this fall on Shaw TV by This IS Leadership, a program dedicated to showcasing local leadership and changemakers in action!
Read moreCreative Upcycling
Creative Upcyclist and SaltSpring Island textile artist, Jaime Murdoch, leads this fascinating workshop that explores the question: Where do T-shirts come from? And where do they go?
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Shaw TV Pilot Training & Launch
This Is Leadership, an initiative of the Creatively United for the Planet Society, will be launching a community television series this April that showcases and celebrates local individuals, organizations, businesses, institutions and groups in our region. Produced in... Read moreGrowing Awareness & Interest in All Ages
There is definitely a growing awareness and interest in curbing fossil fuel expansion and moving towards a carbon neutral economy that puts people and planet first.
Read moreNaturally Inspired
Thank you to everyone who came out in support of our recent fundraiser at the Robert Bateman Centre, featuring Sherrill Miller’s inspiring presentation The Gift of Change with images by landscape photographer extraordinaire, the late Courtney Milne. Big thanks... Read moreHow a bowl of soup helped me get to know 100 neighbours
How bowls of soup helped me get to know 100 of my neighbours!
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When Inequality Becomes Unacceptable
One of the key principles of population and public health is social justice and equity. We recognize that inequalities in health exist, but that when they are unfair, unjust and preventable, they are unacceptable.
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TV Training for This Is Leadership
We are so fortunate to have the opportunity for community-led television programming with Shaw TV. Thanks to community leaders like Daphne Goode and the incredible camera/tech team led by Chris Weatherhead and Orlando Carillo at Shaw, our enthusiastic volunteer team... Read moreUrban Sanctuaries Project
The Capital Regional District (CRD) has teamed up with many regional partners to celebrate the 2017 centennial of the Migratory Bird Convention Act. The CRD is home to 3 of BC’s 7 bird sanctuaries, in Shoal Harbour, Esquimalt Lagoon and Victoria Harbour.
Read moreLeadership and Change Management
The pace of change is much greater today than it was a century ago, and in order for organizations to be successful under these changing circumstances, the presence of strong leadership is needed.
Read moreIs Housing A Human Right?
Taxpayer money is being spent on policing and on health care that would not be necessary if everyone had adequate housing. Not only is housing each person what a just society should provide for its citizens, it is also the most socially responsible thing t
Read moreLeadership in a Dark Shaky Time
I’ve been feeling shaky – off centre recently. A friend’s comment that I am blessed to come down where I ought to be got me back on solid ground.
Read moreYouth Leadership In Action
Our names are Franny and Rupert. We are nine and twelve years old. We are environmental rights advocates who work with the Blue Dot movement. We believe that every Canadian has the right to clean water, healthy good, clean air and access to nature.
Read more20 Tips To Organise Your Neighbourhood Hot Soup Event
20 tips to organise a soup event in your home as a way to get to know your neighbours. As a result of our efforts, I currently know the names of at least 100 of my neighbours in Victoria and had lots of benefits as a result.
Read moreHeroWork – Leadership In Action
HeroWork is fastly becoming a household name in Victoria with the many Radical Renovation projects founder Paul Latour has completed with his community-styled events that are akin to a modern day barn raising “where dozens of companies and hundreds of volunteers come together with exceptional cooperation and common vision.”
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A Little Forward Thinking
True leadership is seeing beyond the obvious in both business and personal endevours. Finding a way of taking what you do to for the betterment of all to a larger audience. It is the way of finding a better path than already exists.
Read moreA Leader Is Someone That Other People Follow
Our rapidly developing understanding of mirror neurons means that we are all leaders. Yes me. Yes you.
Read moreJourney To The Future
In futurist Guy Dauncey’s inspiring and timely novel, 24-year-old Patrick Wu journeys to a future world brimming with innovation and hope, where the climate crisis is being tackled, the solar revolution is underway, and a new economy is taking shape.
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Neuroscience Helps End Dyslexia
Using my own resources, I’ve been on a mission this past year to bring public awareness to the fact that we now have the neuroscience-based knowledge to understand dyslexia much better and the evidence-based programs to end it. Fortunately, current advances in... Read morePearson Seminar on Youth Leadership
The Pearson Seminar on Youth Leadership (PSYL) has developed out of the values and mission of the UWC movement. Each summer, we bring together youth from around the world for a three-week UWC experience that gives them the opportunity to build an international... Read moreFish Eye Project: Live Dives
We entertain, engage, and educate by connecting people to the world’s ocean through interactive Live Dives. Participants can see, hear, and talk to scuba divers, in real time, without getting wet.
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