The Sustainability Symbol

SALT SPRING COMMUNITY ACTION  on SUSTAINABILITY

Professor P! (Philip McMaster) tells us that the McMaster Institute for Sustainable Commerce is looking for passionate people who have the skills and talent to create an exceptional web presence, animators, documentary film makers, educators, illustrators, cartoonists, photographers, translators, writers, administrators, legal experts and any individual who considers themselves to be part of the solution to global warming and climate change and wants to share their passion for the planet with others.  Action groups, Advisors and Active Contributors and Collaborators will be formed in the first two weeks of November here in Salt Spring -   All ages can be involved, and you can become part of the “Optimistic Truth” team by dropping into the I-SEA Centre at  124 Lower Ganges Rd. or by dropping your business card with the words “Optimistic Truth” in the Sustainability Challenge boxes around Salt Spring. Readers can participate at any level that suits them – join www.Rethos.com/Philip to join an on-line alliance of sustainable change agents,  or find out more about various programs and get help in learning how to profit from sustainable attitudes, by contacting the McMaster Institute for Sustainable Commerce (Hong Kong) through Margery Moore, Executive director of Institute for Sustainability Education & Action (I-SEA) in Salt Spring at (250) 537-4400 or offer to help Philip McMaster directly by leaving a comment on this blog (Please mention the Driftwood Newspaper in your call, email or blog comment)

WHAT YOU CAN DO HERE ON SALT SPRING ISLAND!

How you can become part of the Optimistic Truth, and the solution to Global Warming: 

A. Share the Sustainability TEST with 3 other people in your travels, at your school, work or community gathering.

    To Review,  here’s the Sustainability TEST! 

1. Ask – “What’s this symbol mean?” (hold up the Peace/Victory/two finger sign)     Ask – “What’s this symbol mean?” (hold up three fingers, Peace-plus-one) 

2. Teach – “Three fingers represents SOCIETY – ENVIRONMENT – ECONOMY and the balance between the three” “use this thinking and S.E.E. the change” 

3. Share – “Now that you know what the 3 finger Symbol means, do the exact same test (repeat 1,2,3) with three other people” 

B. Take a creative photo, make a drawing, or post a YouTube video of your friends who have completed the test (showing 3 finger Sustainability Symbol) send it in, drop it off at I-SEA, or any of the Sustainability Challenge Boxes around Salt Spring. (don’t forget to attach your name, phone # and e-mail to the image.) 

C. Pay it Forward - Enter the names of 3 friends you would like to see win the prizes in the Sustainability Challenge (add your name to the nominations for special recognition) Ballot boxes for the Sustainability Challenge are located throughout Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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www.traveln-on.com - Washington D.C. Radio shares Sustainability Symbol with the world

At the Adventure Travel World Summit in Whistler B.C.  earlier this month, I met Tonya and Ian Fitzpatrick, two incredibly well educated and well traveled tourism professionals. Tonya and Ian are also the hosts of Travel’n On Radio, a local Washington D.C and international broadcast via internet

The interview we recorded at the Summit in Whistler airs Saturday (10.20.2007) at the top of the hour on 630 WMAL from 1-2 pm ET.  http://rope.wmal.com/aud_archive/TN071020.mp3

Please consider listening to the show live or over the Internet or you can wait for us to put up a link to the archived copy of the interview.

I’m hoping to “check in” with Travel’n On Radio from time to time with some interesting stories to keep their listeners informed about the progress of the Sustainability Symbol around the world.

 Here are the details to find the interview:

LINK to Interview: (Within the first few minutes, after the ads!) http://rope.wmal.com/aud_archive/TN071020.mp3

Travel’n On Radio

www.traveln-on.com

Following the story of Dawa Steven Sherpa and his father Ang Tshering Sherpa, I attendend the 2007 Adventure Travel World Summit in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from October 4th to 8th 2007.

Attending this gathering of the world’s adventure leaders, communicators, and providers of connections with the Earth’s beautiful and exotic environments was another fantastic opportunity to share the Sustainability TEST and the 3 finger Sustainability Symbol with the worlds best communciators.

Posted on Flickr are a few of these people who THINK sustainably: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=3fingerw&w=7300793%40N06&s=rec

Beautiful Salt Spring Island, among the Gulf Islands near Vancouver Island B.C. has embraced the 3 finger symbol of sustainability.

On my first visit, mid September, there was a sense of synchronicity in the air - Salt Spring Island is a community of people who are making an effort to THINK about the way they live - the 3 finger Sustainability Symbol (DragonTHINK) is no surprise for them.

I’ve met more wonderful individuals on Salt Spring than any other place on Earth - people who appear to live what they talk (Walk the Talk) and largely live in harmony with Society, the Environment and the Local and International Economy.

I intend to post my experiences with:

1. Salt Spring Coffee Company and the 3 fingers of Sustainability

2. Kaz and her Salt Spring Retreat

3. Julianna and the kindness of Salt Spring community

4. Mt. Maxwell and a celebration of people, environment and entertainment

5. Margery Moore and the Institute for Sustainability Education and Action (I-SEA) on Salt Spring Island

6. Salt Spring Centre School and the next generation of Sustainable Citizens.

and many other experiences.