Evolution of Passion Series
Since year 2000, I had a recurring thought to host a live talk show featuring various artists, thinkers and teachers in the community. At the time, I knew very few people but the idea was very enticing.
Over the years, I’ve become friends and peers with many brilliant souls in the Vancouver area so when the idea resurfaced strongly in 2008, I wanted to shine some light on all the creativity and ingenuity happening in our own circles. (which is one reason I have been producing my newsletter since 2004) That summer, I started collaborating with someone to develop this talk show project into a video series called “Alchemy of Passion” for webcast. Alas, other circumstances took priority in his life and we had to dissolve the collaboration.
In late 2008, I hosted 2 episodes of “Alchemy of Passion” on Conscious Living Radio at the invitation of the amazing Andrew Rezmer. The 5 featured guests were: Joel Bellenson (geneticist, futurist, entrepreneur), Sobey Wing (nexialist, neotribalist and catalyst), Jeet-Kei Leung (multi-disciplinary artist, culture-crafter & visionary explorer), Dolly Hopkins (conceptualist, innovator, and artistic advisor) and Mitch Anderson (geologist, activist, writer, entrepreneur, musician). These are all people that I admire greatly for their incredible work in the community here and beyond. I really appreciated the experience but radio was not the right venue for what I had in mind so I focused on other projects.
Since I’ve been quite busy over the last 3 years with teaching, performing and community building, the “Evolution of Passion” series has taken a back seat on my shelf of ideas. After I’ve had time to rejuvenate this winter, I will consider hosting some version of this project. Nevertheless, on January 6, 2012, I am presenting it at least once as a live talk show, featuring the great Joel Bellenson whom I interviewed back in 2008!
Background for the First Live Version of EVOLUTION OF PASSION:
I met Joel Bellenson in June 2006 when I performed in his house as part of the In the House Festival. We posed together for a photo/article in the Georgia Straight and became close friends over the years. I discovered his fascinating history and astounding talents as an intellectual, scientist, researcher, systems thinker, futurist and geneticist. Without mentioning any of his past epic projects, his latest focus is the writing of a game-changing book that will blow your mind and inspire your aching heart if you have ever felt overwhelmed by the state of the world.
Title: Equal Watts: The Solar Emancipation of the Third World.
Impact: Life-affirming, Inspiring, Mind-blowing, Paradigm-Shifting.
Audience: If you are an activist, entrepreneur, scientist, teacher, philosopher, historian, artist, investor, consumer, worker of any creed, color and collar… you’ll want to be at this special event where Joel will present the main thesis of his book.
Whether you are mainstream or outside of the mainstream
whether you are conservative or radical
whether you are political or apolitical
whether you are the 99% or the 1%
the information in this presentation will give you an exciting understanding of the next great revolution on our planet…
I am honored to host this very special event before I leave the country, as a service both to Joel and my beloved communities. I will interview Joel in a talk-show format, followed by a Q & A period. His incredible research, knowledge and ability to synthesize vast stretches of data into meaningful information will not only floor you, but will open your mind to what is about to happen in the next 20 years.
More About The Presentation:
“Equal Watts” challenges the prevailing belief that we will need 5 Earths to enable the billions of people to live like Americans. Instead it asserts that the only limit to the “carrying capacity” of the planet is whether the creative capacity of the Global South is unleashed by the Solar Revolution. Joel, a former Stanford biology student who revolutionized life sciences when his company assembled, annotated the human genome and put it into the public domain to prevent it from being patented – repudiates the longstanding ideology of scarcity and despair spread by Stanford biology professor Paul Ehrlich with his 1968 screed, the Population Bomb.
The runaway exponential development of solar power, LED lights, desalination and hydroponics will soon render all the debates about climate change, peak oil and population growth moot and usher in an era that turns the current global geopolitical and economic order upside down! This revolution will empower and emancipate the Global South – radically restructuring cities, the division between town and country and the family itself.
“Equal Watts” uncovers a longstanding pattern (dating back at least 600 years) of economic, ecological, political and military crises and the exponential development of the technologies that overcome these crises. As Mark Twain said “History may not repeat itself, but it rhymes a lot.”
About Joel Bellenson:
Joel was the co-founder and CEO of Pangea Systems/DoubleTwist, which assembled and annotated the first draft of the Human Genome, provided low cost access to academics and kept it from being patented. He was also the co-founder and CEO of Upstream Biosciences which used artificial intelligence software to discover new medicines against drug-resistant tropical infectious diseases such as African Sleeping Sickness, Malaria, and Black Fever. Joel and his companies have been featured on the cover of Wired Magazine, covered in the New York Times, BBC, Fortune and Forbes, appeared on ABC, CNN, CBC, won Best New Technology Awards from Saatchi & Saatchi, gave a keynote address at an African Union conference, and chaired a World Health Organization bioinformatics conference.