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Program
Program
*all timings in AEDT - Sydney/Melbourne timing
FRIDAY 5 FEB - INAUGURAL SESSION
FRIDAY 5 FEB - INAUGURAL SESSION
6.20 - 6.30pm Join
6.30 - 6.50pm Welcome & Acknowledgement of Country
6.50 - 8.00pm Panel Discussion & Break-out Groups - Restoration - What? Why? How?
8.00 - 8.05pm Message from Charlie Hogg, Director of The Brahma Kumaris Australia
8.05 - 8.15pm Closing & Introduction to Saturday Morning's Program
SATURDAY 6 FEB - MORNING SESSION
SATURDAY 6 FEB - MORNING SESSION
9.20 - 9.30am Join
9.30 - 9.50am Welcome & Acknowledgement of Country
9.50 - 11.05am Panel Discussion & Break-out Groups - The Rights of Nature vs The Rights of People
11.05 - 11.20am Break
11.20 - 11.55am Interview and Q & A - Art as Activism
11.55 - 12noon Stretching Exercise
12.00noon - 12.45pm Presentations and Q & A:
1. Being in Right Relationship to Our Planet
2. Falling in Love with the Earth Again
12.45 - 12.55pm Closing & Introduction to the Evening's Program
SATURDAY 6 FEB - EVENING SESSION
SATURDAY 6 FEB - EVENING SESSION
4.30 - 4.40pm Join
4.40 - 4.45pm Welcome Back
4.45 - 5.10pm Presentation and Q & A - The Spiritual Ecology Leadership Program
5.10 - 6.20pm Panel Discussion & Break-out Groups - Building Community Resilience & Food Security
6.20 - 6.30pm Break
6.30 - 6.55pm Presentation and Q & A - The UN Global Compact Young Professionals Program
6.55 - 7.30pm Meditation for the Planet
7.30 - 7.40pm Closing & Introduction to Sunday Morning's Program
SUNDAY 7 FEB - MORNING (FINAL) SESSION
SUNDAY 7 FEB - MORNING (FINAL) SESSION
10.00 - 10.05am Join
10.05 - 10.20am Welcome & Acknowledgement of Country
10.20 - 10.45am Presentation and Q & A - The History of Consumerism
10.45 - 11.10am Presentation and Q & A- The Effect of Consciousness on Our Ecosystem
11.10 - 11.15am Break
11.15 - 11.20am Stretching Exercise
11.20 - 12.35pm Panel Discussion & Break-out Groups - Restoring 'Normality' - What Can Be the New Normal?
12.35 - 12.45pm Closing
Speakers & Panellists
Speakers & Panellists
Jimmy Cocking (CEO Arid Lands Environment Centre & Alice Spring Town Councillor)
Anthony Hill (Founder, Plastic Pollution Solutions)
Naomi Lacey (Community Gardens Australia President)
Janine McBurnie (Associate Head of School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University)
Emma O’Neill (Climate change and water expert)
Naomi Edwards (Campaigns Manager, cChange)
Joshua Gilbert (Indigenous Consultant, Agriculturalist & Innovator)
Dr Michelle Maloney (Co-founder & National Convenor, Australian Earth Laws Alliance and Co-Founder & Director, New Economy Network Australia - NENA)
Joanne Ludbrook (President, Australian Coastal Society)
Dr Johanna Nalau (Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Research Fellow)
Nafisa (Award Winning Artist and Founder of Animal Works)
Brenna Quinian (Permaculture Illustrator)
Rosemary Morrow (International Permaculture Teacher and Author)
Dr Tamasin Ramsay (Research & Policy Advisor to Andy Meddick MLC, Animal Justice Party)
Lakshmi Gandu (Member of Toowoomba Youth Peace Group)
Heeta Lakhani (YOUNGO, the official youth constituency of the UNFCCC)
Renata Himiona (Company delegate for the United Nations Global Compact Young Professionals Program)
Juan J. Vázquez Milling (Representative to the UN & former candidate for the Green Party of Canada)
Sonja Ohlsson (Founder and Coordinator Brahma Kumaris Environment Initiative)
Sieta Beckwith (Narrative Director, CERES)
Kirsty Argento (Community Development Professional)
Charlie Trindall (Senior Project Officer, Healing and Government Relations Directorate, Aboriginal Affairs)
About the organisers
About the organisers
LCOY Australia 2021 is hosted by the Brahma Kumaris Australia.
The Brahma Kumaris is a worldwide organisation dedicated to personal transformation and world renewal through the power of meditation. It has an ongoing interest in developing programs that empower the individual.
To see how our organisation is involved with the environment you may find further information here.
To read about the Brahma Kumaris involvement in LCOY in other countries you may find a summary of reports here.
For further details, meditation tools, and events at our local meditation centres & retreat centres, visit our website here.
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