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Welcome to BIL

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Saved by Laurie Cornell
on March 15, 2014 at 10:29:30 pm

There are so many people out there with great ideas on how to shift many different areas of our society to make it sustainable and nurturing for us all. What I have to offer is of a very personal nature...to change or transform ourselves so we can do what we came here to do. How? By clearing emotions that hold us back from all that we can be. When we clear the emotions, it is easy to see how the story disappears as the energy that was driving the behavior is released.

Organizers Roster

BIL 2014 is an ad-hoc participant powered unconference.

What is BIL?

Perhaps its best described by a slight play on the famous story of six men and the elephant.

A Jain version of the story says that six blind men were asked to determine what an elephant looked like by feeling different parts of the elephant's body. The blind man who feels a leg says the elephant is like a pillar; the one who feels the tail says the elephant is like a rope; the one who feels the trunk says the elephant is like a tree branch; the one who feels the ear says the elephant is like a hand fan; the one who feels the belly says the elephant is like a wall; and the one who feels the tusk says the elephant is like a solid pipe. Continue reading...

More info can be found on our FAQ page

STEP 1 - Get tickets! or Donate

STEP 2 - Needed! - Bring it, pitch in, relay the message!

STEP 3 Pick your role(s):

Speakers - Sign up to speak
Attendees - Tell us about yourself
Organizers - Help us help others

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION

Needed - Please help bring these items
Speakers - Who says what, where.
Activities - During or around BIL time
Parties - You know the drill...
FAQ - Got Q? Get A!
Sponsors - People who are nice to us.
Traveler Info - Carpools, Hotels, General info
Organizers Roster - List of folks heading up the organizing

WHERE:

Club 560 - Downtown Vancouver, 560 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3J5

WHEN:

March 22nd and 23rd: Morning to Afternoon (plus afterhours high-jinx around Vancouver!)
Setup March 21st at 4PM-ish with party afterwards.

WHO:

Open to all! Register at the bottom of this page.

COST:

Free, but donations are helpful. Labor/participation is required.

Donate with Paypal OR

Donate with Bitcoins - After all, it's 2014!

Support BIL in Social Media
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Artists Wanted

We will be presenting art submitted on the walls and screens of Club 560 during the event.

Please submit your art to derek@fileservers.ca

All media types are welcome but need to be submitted in digital form to fit the projection medium.

Themes to consider, (but not restricted to): Abundance, BIL, Unconventional beauty, Unconventional thought, Unconventional behavior, sustainability, cooperation, Vancouver.

Please include artist name or pseudonym on the artwork itself.

Format 1080p or 4K preferred.

Volunteers Wanted

Please contact derek@fileservers.ca directly or comment at the bottom of the page if you are interested in volunteering. Yippee!! Thanks for your help.