[Indigsol] FW: Failsafe update re Ottawa events

[Pei-Ju Wang]

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From: iprattis at cyberus.ca
To: iprattis at cyberus.ca
Subject: Failsafe update re Ottawa events
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:13:35 -0500

Carleton professor's new book says the planet will be fine.

It's the people we should worry about

 

Author has upcoming Ottawa and Kanata public events 

 

Ottawa, On - Humanity is hurtling towards a series of cataclysmic economic,
social and ecological events that will take us to the brink of destruction,
says a new book called Failsafe written by Carleton Professor Emeritus Dr.
Ian Prattis.  Our hardwired instinct for self-preservation can save us, but
only if it triggers new ways of thinking, being and interacting the book
contends.  

 

Making appearances across the country in support of his book, Dr. Prattis
will be giving free public talks and book readings in Ottawa on Monday
November 3 hosted by Singing Pebble at the Green Door restaurant from 7pm to
9pm and at Chapters Kanata on Sunday November 9 from 1-3pm.  

 

Dr. Prattis/Failsafe Ottawa/Kanata events: 

 


Monday November 3, Singing Pebble at the Green Door 7.00pm - 9.00pm


Talk and Book signing - open to the public

Green Door Restaurant, Main St (Opposite St Paul's University)

 

Sunday November 9, 2008, 1pm - 3pm at Chapters, Kanata

Talk and Book Launch - open to the public

400 Earl Grey Drive, Kanata, ON K2T 1B9

 

Failsafe is being released this month (Manor House Publishing, October 2008,
$24.95) just as, coincidentally, the world's economies flirt with collapse.
The book is available in Chapters/Indigo stores across Canada as well as on
their website and that of Amazon.  

 

With a forward by David Suzuki, Failsafe is a critical response to James
Lovelock's The Revenge of Gaia, which paints a darker picture for the future
of humanity than does Prattis' Failsafe.  Prattis believes that while the
situation is dire - and will likely get worse -- human beings are programmed
literally with a failsafe, which will ultimately kick in, unleashed by our
very will to survive.  The book provides an in-depth understanding of global
eco-crises and issues a call to change the existing world order by arriving
at a deep spiritual understanding of what needs to be done. Step by step
methods are laid out on how to usher in a new era of planetary care, social
justice and peace. 

 

"Can we fix the planet?" asks the author. "This is the wrong question. Our
present values and patterns of consumption are the architects of the present
global emergency. The right question is can we fix ourselves?" 

 

Failsafe describes how human ignorance will rule until the global situation
deteriorates to a breaking point.  This breaking point will then act as a
catalyst, activating consciousness so it is propelled into expansion,
deliberation and change. 

 

"In Failsafe, Ian Prattis offers a way to a perceptual transformation that
is absolutely critical if we are to find a truly sustainable future," says
iconic science broadcaster and environmental activist, David Suzuki.

 

The book shows that we have the capacity to make positive changes: That
there is hope for future generations to occupy a healthy planet and faith in
the human consciousness to save the planet. Failsafe provides examples and
guidance for transformation and change.

 

 Besides being a Professor Emeritus at Carleton in Ottawa, Dr. Prattis is
also the founder of Friends for Peace - a coalition of environmental groups
that works for peace and planetary care. 

 

 

For further information and/or to book an interview, please contact: 

 

Deborah Keegan

Babble On Communications

Tel:  416.691.5168

Cell: 416.525.5177

Email: deborah at babbleoncom.com

Web:  www.babbleoncom.com <http://www.babbleoncom.com/> 

 

Susan McLennan

Babble On Communications

Ph: 416.699.1846

Fax: 416.699.1847

Cell: 416.568-5974 (Please note new cell phone number) 

Email: susan at babbleoncom.com

Web: www.babbleoncom.com <http://www.babbleoncom.com/> 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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