I got last week and email from Canada. It was an invitation to join an online conference on ning. I did!

The conference is about city- community development and to co-create our common desired future. The online conference is organized by Islands Institute and is synchronized with Vancouver Conference, October 10 through the 13th, 2007.

Go to this link and find out more: Art of Engagement. It is a great way to connect with people dedicated in community development. The creative city network of Canada is indeed great! Every country should learn from the initiative!

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Then, in my real life it was this great opening concert to celebrate the Ormen Lange gas field outside Molde where I live. A fantastic performance - art at its higheste level with a 360degree multimedia show. You will find it on YouTube - video attached!

Then it is easy to understand that for me there was a connection. I have been commited to the idea of 360HUB Lighthouse, and with an intention to establish it in Norway and to re-start the initiative again. How do we engage people? For sure the concert nor the natural gas field are sustainable in itselves, but it could be they trigger us to do, engage and contribute in the global challenges that we have on eARTh.

The day after the concert, 7 October 2007, I created a private community for 360HUB Lighthouse on ning.

So if you would like to take part and to be a friend of 360HUB Lighthouse, you go to http://www.360hub.ning.com/.

And if you like to take part in an online conference on the Art of Engagement log on to http://islandsinstitute.ning.com/ .

The real-time conference will begin October 12, 9 am Pacific Daylight Time (-8 hours GMT) and continue until October 13, 9 am.

ENGAGE YOURSELF! The green is the new black - fashion and music will manifest the eco embedded trends that we all live. LIVE IT!