[Indigsol] FW: Failsafe update re Ottawa events

[Pei-Ju Wang]

I am not sure which prophecies, but here is what Margaret said:

-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret
Sent: October 29, 2008 2:08 PM


Hi:  The Indigenous prophecies will start coming true in 2014.  These were
told 500 years ago before the arrival of the Europeans.  Tell everyone.




--- On Tue, 10/28/08, Pei-Ju Wang wrote:

> From: Pei-Ju Wang 
> Subject: [Indigsol] FW: Failsafe update re Ottawa events
> To: "Indigsol - IPSMO" <Indigsol at lists.resist.ca>
> Received: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 10:51 PM
> _____  
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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
> 
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> Author has upcoming Ottawa and Kanata public events 
> 
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> 
> 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.  
> 
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> 
> 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.
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> 
> Dr. Prattis/Failsafe Ottawa/Kanata events: 
> 
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> 
> 
> 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
> 
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> 
> 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. 
> 
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> 
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> 
> 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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