Press Release for Evolver Vancouver Spore on 11/11

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 28, 2009

Contact:
Sobey Wing

Regional Evolver Coordinator
(778) 321-9434

sobeyone@gmail.com
http://evolver.net/group/evolver_vancouver

VANCOUVER PARTICIPATES IN WORLDWIDE “COUNTER-SCREENING” AGAINST SONY PICTURES CATACLYSMIC PORTRAYAL OF 2012

Wed, November 11: Two days before the release of director Roland Emmerich’s 2012 disaster epic, 28 cities around the globe will host “counter-screenings” to discuss the positive transformations postulated for the Mayan Calendar’s end date on December 21, 2012. While Hollywood spends $250 million on the aesthetics of planetary annihilation, members of the local Evolver Vancouver community will discuss how 2012 could represent the coming-to-consciousness of the human species, in which we take responsibility for our role as agents of conscious evolution.

Entitled “2012 or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dimensional Shift,” the worldwide counter-screening is hosted by the online social network Evolver.net and the media outlet Disinfo.com. From Stockholm to Seattle, Capetown to Chicago, Evolver Regionals will show a 10-minute teaser of Mangusta Productions upcoming feature-length documentary “2012: Time for Change,” directed by Joao Amorim and starring “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl” author Daniel Pinchbeck, along with a section of Disinfo’s DVD “2012: Science our Superstition,” produced by Disinfo’s president Gary Baddeley. Bestselling author John Major Jenkins (“Maya Cosmogenesis 2012”) will also give a short video presentation for those participating in the screenings. The local screening and community discussion will take place at 6:00pm the SPEC Building at 2150 Maple Street.

“A 5,125 year cycle of the Classic Maya ends on December 21, 2012, representing a shift from one ‘World Age’ to the next,” says Evolver.net co-founder and ‘2012’ author Daniel Pinchbeck. “It is up to humanity to decide if this transition is destructive or celebratory, depending on our actions. ‘2012’ is an opportunity to disseminate a new paradigm of cooperation and interdependence, along with a new system that promotes equal access to resources and elevated consciousness, while recognizing the importance of indigenous cultures for our shared human future."

The event is part of Evolver Vancouver monthly “Spore” gatherings, which bring together members of the community to discuss issues like food security, alternative money systems, holistic health, peak oil, and renewable energy. Evolver Vancouver is helping to catalyze a growing movement of local Bioneers, “Burners,” Guerrilla Gardeners, Open Source Programmers, and Transition Towners who are developing cooperative networks that can provide sustainable solutions to our currently unsustainable economic and political systems.