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Evolver wants to help Indy attain planetary consciousness

For the past couple of months there’s been a buzz around Indy about something called Evolver. Very off-beat films, discussions of unified field theory, raw food workshops … we at Provocate love these kinds of events. But we discovered that Evolver is even cooler than very cool events. It is part of a social movement trying to nurture an emerging planetary consciousness. We fished out our copies of Teilhard de Chardin and Philip Dick, checked on visa requirements to enter the noösphere, and asked Maria Renner to explain what Evolver is all about.


So what is Evolver, and how did something this cool take root in Indy?

After several years of seemingly parallel travels and adventures abroad, assimilating into exotic cultures, foreign lands and colorful intentional communities, both Margy Stoner and Maria Renner returned stateside  (respectively) to their homeland of Indianapolis. Meeting post-travels through the CouchSurfing.org network, they quickly bonded by their similar international journeys and interest in counter culture, intentional community and alternative health.  Deeply moved and motivated by what they experienced during their travels, (Margy while in Spain and Israel and Maria while in Guatemala and Indonesia) they both felt something missing, a gap in their local city living. Upon returning from the annual Burning Man festival in the deserts of Nevada, Maria had the realization that instead of waiting for things to change, instead of complaining, or moving to a larger city, to instead build or create your own community. September 2011, Evolver Indianapolis was born under the leadership of Margy, Maria and David Hedriana.

Is Evolver only an Indy phenomenon, or part of something bigger?

Evolver Indianapolis is part of the Global Evolver Social Movement with the mission to create the scaffolding for an international consciousness network and foster an emerging planetary culture based on ecological values and creative collaboration.

How does an international consciousness network reproduce?

Evolvers are hope fiends and utopian pragmatists. We see the creative chaos of this time as a great gift and opportunity to rethink, reconnect, and reinvent. Evolvers appreciate pristine mountains, open source economics, and the precocious laughter of small children. Evolvers belong to the regenerative culture of the future, being born here and now.

evolver.net

In nature, Spores can land anywhere, find the right spot, and quickly develop an abundant above ground and underground network that supports many types of life through symbiosis. A critical component of the Evolver Social Movement is the local “Spores” events that are held monthly in cities around the world. The Spores are monthly community meet-ups, creative salons, hubs of ecological activation, cultural incubation, and social inspiration. The Spores bring together diverse individuals and groups to share their gifts, wisdom, talents, resources, and visions to manifest tangible changes in their communities. Our goal is to facilitate conversation and activation around issues that the mainstream culture often ignores, that we consider important. Value is seen in synergizing intentions and synchronizing efforts across the network, coming together as one, at least for one night every month.

What have you been up to since the first Evolver Spore landed in Indy?

While commencing in September 2011, past events included a presentation and discussion of the Unified Field Theory, Raw Food Workshop, Film Screening and Cooking Demo and an upcoming Evolver Film Series set to screen at the Earth House Collective at the end of February and March. Films include 2012: TIME FOR CHANGE, WAKE UP, MY REINCARNATION and I AM.  Other topics of interest and discussed in monthly “Spore” events include permaculture, consciousness, alternative health, sustainability, intentional community, artists-writers-musicians, environment, new technology, social networking, culture and spirituality. While still in initial growth phases, Evolver has been rapidly growing, with over 70 people in attendance at the last event. The group plans to organize events that brings focus and awareness to natural health and conscious eating and living, personal growth and community development.

Give us three reasons why you think people should attend the Evolver film series, especially since we can all stay home and watch them on TV.

  1. Sure you can watch some of these at home with one or two people, but seeing it screened with a room full of like-minded people?  It’s hard to find something to bring people together with the goal and intent of conscious transformation and community building.
  2. This is a unique opportunity to meet and create the community you’ve always been looking for.
  3. Evolver is still relatively young in our city. Come get involved early so you can say you were there when it began!

Here’s the series of very funky, thought provoking films Evolver has scheduled for the spring.

dates & films

Saturday February 18th — 2012: Time For Change
Friday, February 24th — Wake Up
Friday March 2nd — My Reincarnation
Saturday March 10th — I AM

when & where

All films show at 7:30 pm

Earth House Collective
237 North East Street

tickets

To purchase tickets: 7$/ticket, 24$/all four films
Single Admission (http://www.eventbrite.com/org/1838750783?s=6702995)
Full Series Tickets (http://evolverfilmseries.eventbrite.com/)
CASH ONLY @ the door.

We asked Maria to say something about the films, and why we should attend each.

February 18 — 2012: Time for a Change

synopsis

“2012: Time for Change” presents an optimistic alternative to apocalyptic doom and gloom. Directed by Emmy Award nominee João Amorim, the film follows journalist Daniel Pinchbeck, author of the bestselling 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, on a quest for a new paradigm that integrates the archaic wisdom of tribal cultures with the scientific method. As conscious agents of evolution, we can redesign post-industrial society on ecological principles to make a world that works for all. Rather than breakdown and barbarism, 2012 heralds the birth of a regenerative planetary culture where collaboration replaces competition, where exploration of psyche and spirit becomes the new cutting edge, replacing the sterile materialism that has pushed our world to the brink.

3 reasons Maria says “go!”

  1. Breakdown or Breakthrough? It’s completely up to YOU! (& me = us) [less me, more we]
  2. To be able to discern between Ancient Apocalyptical Prophecy and our ‘modern’ forecast of Armageddon.
  3. To gain a “bird’s eye-view” on the converging crises that we may avert disaster.
Watch the 2012 trailer

February 24 — Wake Up
3 reasons Maria says “go!”

  1. Preview multi-dimensional consciousness!
  2. Learn more about the Global Consciousness Project
  3. Hear about one man’s no holds barred spiritual journey and awakening and gain insight to free your mind.
synopsis

Jonas Elrod was leading an ordinary life until he woke up one day to a totally new reality. He suddenly could see and hear angels, demons, auras and ghosts. The documentary Wake Up follows this fascinating story of an average guy who inexplicably developed the ability to access other dimensions. With his loving but skeptical girlfriend by his side, Jonas crisscrosses the country as he searches for answers and delves deeper into this thrilling world of the phenomenal and spiritual. Wake Up is a call to consciousness to everyone who sees it; an invitation to accept that there is more to this life than meets the eye.

Watch the trailer for WAKE UP
March 2 — My Reincarnation
synopsis

Filmed over twenty years by acclaimed documentarian Jennifer Fox, MY REINCARNATION chronicles the epic story of the high Tibetan Buddhist Master, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, and his western-born son, Yeshi. The film follows Namkhai Norbu’s rise to greatness as a Buddhist teacher in the West, while his son, Yeshi, recognized at birth as the reincarnation of a famous spiritual master, breaks away from his father’s tradition to embrace the modern world. Can the father convince his son to keep the family’s threatened spiritual legacy alive? Never before has a high Tibetan Master allowed such complete access to his private life and it is doubtful that another ever will. With her signature intimate entry to both family and icons including the Dalai Lama, Fox expertly distills a decades-long drama into a universal story about love, transformation, and destiny.

3 reasons Maria says “go!”

  1. East meets West!
  2. View a film that was created over TWELVE years of footage.
  3. Budget money came directly from crowd funded Kickstarter website (www.kickstarter.com )

Watch the trailer for MY REINCARNATION
March 10 — I AM
3 reasons Maria says “go!”

  1. Gain insight into the “modern malaise.”
  2. Because the “American Dream” isn’t all it’s hyped up to be – from the perspective of someone who “made it.”
  3. Tom’s story of ‘having it all (materially) & yet feeling empty (spiritually)’ is honestly told and relatable.
synopsis

I AM is the story of a successful Hollywood director, Tom Shadyac (Liar Liar, Nutty Professor, Bruce Almighty), who experienced a life threatening head injury, and his ensuing journey to try and answer two very basic questions: What’s wrong with our world? and What can we do about it? With a film crew of four, Tom visits some of today s great minds, including authors, poets, teachers, religious leaders, and scientists (Howard Zinn, Lynn McTaggart, Desmond Tutu, Thom Harmann, Coleman Barks) searching for the fundamental endemic problem that causes all of the other problems, while simultaneously reflecting on this own life choices of excess, greed and eventual healing. We started by asking what’s wrong with the world, and ended up discovering what’s right with it.

Watch the trailer for I AM

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