INVITATION

UK LAUNCH OF WORLDSHIFT 2012 

With Dr Ervin Laszlo

Author of “WorldShift 2012: Making Green Business,

New Politics, and Higher Consciousness Work Together” 

9/9/9 (Wednesday 9th September 2009)

17.30 for 18.00 

The West Foyer & The Stevenson Lecture Theatre

British Museum,

 Great Russell Street,

London WC1B 3DG 

You are invited to the UK launch of WorldShift 2012, a new global movement dedicated to co-creating the foundations of a peaceful, just and sustainable world by the end of 2012. 

17.30 Reception featuring interactive display and information from WorldShift 2012 Partners 

18.00 An introduction to WorldShift 2012 with Dr Ervin Laszlo (Founder & President of the Club of Budapest / Author of WorldShift 2012) and Dr Jude Currivan (Author and Cosmologist) 

• First public reading of The WorldShift 2012 Declaration 
• Panel session featuring Dr Laszlo and Dr Currivan and members of the WorldShift 2012 Alliance, including Polly Higgins (Founder, The Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights),
• David Woolfson (President of the Club of Budapest Canada / Co-Initiator of WorldShift 2012), Charlie Gay (CEO, Humanity Unites Brilliance), Masami Saionji (Chairman, The Goi Peace Foundation) and pre-recorded messages from supporters 
• Moderated by Dr Robin Wood (Founder, Renaissance2) 
• Audience participation and dialogue 

20.30  Complimentary drinks and refreshments served in the West Foyer 

• WorldShift 2012 book signing with Dr Ervin Laszlo 
• Creative networking  
• The WorldShift 2012 Global Consultation – highlights from a Videoconference    filmed earlier in the day featuring Dr Laszlo, Barbara Marx Hubbard (Social Innovator, Speaker, Author, Educator), Hazel Henderson (Futurist / Evolutionary Economist), Jose Argűelles (Planet Art Network / First Noosphere World Congress), Steve Killelea (The World Peace Index / Soldiers of Peace) and others Interactive engagement from The Lifeline.  

22.30 Close 

RSVP To reserve your place in the limited capacity Stevenson Theatre, please RSVP as soon as possible to rsvp@worldshift2012.org.  The Declaration and Discussion will also be screened live in the larger West Foyer. 
 

Event produced by Events4Change in association with Positive TV 
 

info@worldshift2012.org  www.worldshift2012.org

WorldShift:

Shaping the Emergences Arising out of our Global Emergency

There is no doubt that we are now in a state of global emergency. This unprecedented worldwide crisis is a symptom of a much deeper problem - the current state of our consciousness: how we think about ourselves and our world. We have the urgent need, and now the opportunity, for a complete rethink: to reconsider our values and priorities, to understand our interconnectedness and to begin a new direction - living in harmony with nature and each other.

The Crisis And The Opportunity

Every person, community, and society in the world is already, or will soon be, affected by the crisis, through climate change, economic breakdown, ecosystem collapse, population pressure, food and water shortages, resource depletion, nuclear and other threats. If we continue on our present unsustainable path, by mid-century the Earth could become largely uninhabitable for human and countless other forms of life. However, total system-collapse could occur much sooner caused by eco-catastrophes or escalating wars triggered by religious, geopolitical or resource conflicts.

These threats are real. The underlying causes of the present global crisis have been building momentum for decades and could soon become irreversible. Estimates of when the point of no return will be reached have been reduced from the end of the century, to mid-century, to the next twenty years, and recently to the next five to ten years.

The window of opportunity for pulling out of the current crisis and breaking through to a peaceful and sustainable world may be no more than a few years from now. This timeline coincides with the many forecasts and prophecies that speak of the ending of the current cycle of human life on this planet, and the possible dawning of a new consciousness by the end of the year 2012.

Today, forward-thinking groups and individuals all over the world are addressing the many opportunities presented at this critical time. Designs for sustainable systems, structures and technologies are being developed and implemented in all sectors, at all levels and in every society. This global awakening is a hopeful sign of the vitality of the human spirit and our ability to respond to the dangers we now face with insight and creativity.

The totality of our current efforts does not yet match the scope, scale and urgency of the necessary transformation. But if we collaborate and act with vision, foresight and commitment we can lay the foundations of a global community that is both peaceful and sustainable. We may then ensure our survival and wellbeing, as well as that of future generations. While the window of time is still open, our top priority, as global citizens, is to accelerate our evolutionary shift to a planetary consciousness and, together, lay the foundations for a peaceful, just and sustainable world.

An Urgent Call

We accordingly issue this urgent call to all the peoples of the world to deepen our awareness of both the dangers and the opportunities of the global crisis. We declare our firm commitment to work together to bring about a timely and positive WorldShift, for the survival and wellbeing of all the peoples of the human community and the flourishing of all life on Earth.