Posted 0n 13th November 20001

Towards
Economic Democracy

Place: Tapu Te Ranga Marae, Island Bay, Wellington

5pm Friday 7th December - 5pm Sunday 9th December 2001



There is an increasing recognition of our need to live more holistically. An extension of this is the need to establish a holistic social and economic system - one that takes physical, mental and spiritual dimensions into account, and nurtures the people, plants and animals living on Planet Earth.



The movement to realise such a vision has become global. This seminar seeks to focus a movement for economic democracy within Aotearoa/New Zealand. Those wanting to help build such a movement are urged to attend.


Programme


Friday evening



5.00pm Powhiri, Meal

8.00pmSHARING OUR VISIONS NB People who may not be committed to attend the whole seminar are welcome attend this session. A koha welcome.



Saturday



9.30 - 10.30 Sohail Inayatullah. Questions to ask of New Movements/Organisations/Revolutions/Policies

10.45 - 11:45 Workshopping scenarios.

11:45 -12.00 Action steps, what we can do for each future.


12.00 - 1.30 Lunch.


1.30 - 2.30 Nicky HagerEconomic Alternatives



2.30 - 3.00 afternoon tea



3.00 - 4.30 Oneness and division workshop- "Human society is one and indivisible". Uncovering the oneness and bringing it to economics, education, culture, spirituality Dada Jitendrananda


4.30 -5.30 break


5.30 - 7.00 Consciousness for activists<bold>; Meditation, yoga and chanting to open inner resources. Uniting people from differing spiritual traditions. - Didi Ananda Laghima, Dada Sarvabodhananda.


7.00 - 8.30 Meal


8.30 Diverse cultural programme



Sunday


9.30 -11.00 The economics of all round wellbeing. This workshop will provide a brief overview of PROUT - Bruce Dyer.

11.00 - 12.00 Tree planting and games


12.00 - 1.30 Lunch


1.30 -3.30 The development of a strategy for NZ and the scope, value and need for wide participation - open space to lay the groundwork for a Movement for Economic Democracy.


3.30 - 4.00 Closing session



People wishing to learn about vegetarian cooking are welcome to help out in the kitchen.

Note also that the programme will include opportunities foryoga and meditation.


Profiles



Sohail Inayatullah

Professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan; Sunshine Coast University, Maroochydore; and, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. Co-editor: Journal of Futures Studies, Associate Editor: New Renaissance (www.ru.org). mailto:s.inayatullah@qut.edu.au s.inayatullah@qut.edu.au, http://www.metafuture.org/ www.metafuture.org. Born in Pakistan and raised in the USA, Geneva, Islamabad and Kuala Lumpur.



Nicky Hager

Wellington-based activist. Author of Secret Power and Secrets and Lies.


Bruce Dyer

An activist and student of PROUT who manages the Nelson Enterprise Loan Trust that makes loans to people who can't get money from banks.



Didi Ananda Laghima and Dada Sarvabodhananda

Didi who is Japanese-born, and Dada who is from the Philippines are both dedicated full-time teachers of Ananda Marga meditationwho share a wealth of knowledge and an infectious enthusiasm for life and the practice of meditation.



Dada Jitendrananda

Irish-born Dada managed Global PROUT office in Denmark for 4 years before becoming an Ananda Marga monk in 1984. Spent 14 years in Japan teaching meditation, organising tours for Ravi Batra, and conducted workshops on Prout and Neo-humanism. Since 1998 has been teaching meditation in Australia and New Zealand. Has just finished writing a book on Neo-Humanism.



Further information: about the seminar, please call Dada at (04) 382 9662 or Bruce at (03) 548 7284.

email: bdyer@prout.org