The symposium will examine issues of environmental sustainability, spiritual fulfillment and social justice on Earth today. Participants will gain new insights into opportunities to positively shape and impact the planet’s future with their everyday choices and actions through the use of video clips by respected scientists and thinkers, short films, information and dynamic group interactions.

The Pachamama Alliance is an international organization born in response to a request from the Achuar, an indigenous people living deep in the Amazon region of Ecuador. More information on the organization and the symposium are available at www.pachamama.org. Additional information is also available from Dr. Ross McCluney, the conference host, at 321-783-4161.

The symposium will be held in the CCTS Conference Room of the Florida Solar Energy Center at 1679 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, Florida, on the campus of the University of Central Florida/Brevard Community College Cocoa. Directions are available at http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/about/directions.htm. The $25 registration fee includes a catered lunch, refreshments, and symposium materials on a CD.

You can register online at www.pachamama.org (click on Calendar of upcoming symposiums and select the Spacecoast Florida program) or at http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/atd or contact joann@fsec.ucf.edu.