This week I find myself in Costa Rica, presently at my former University, the University for Peace. I'm up very early to participate in another session of Earth Charter Global Learning Opportunity (EGLO), for which I am a facilitator. I will be facilitating a session on Environmental Documentary production. I have been producing documentary videos for several years now and have had a modicum of success, some awards and festival selections.
It's great being back in Costa Rica and at the UPEACE. The vibe here is wonderful and it's physically beautiful too. There is something exciting about being in an atmosphere of learning and growing, and EGLO is also a space like that. I always feel a sense of euphoria and elation whenever I get into the EGLO classroom and am connected to people all over the world. Several years ago, I heard a speech from an Information and Communication Technology guru in which he said that the present developments in tech were collapsing time and space. That didn't mean much to me until my first EGLO session.
EGLO and the Heart in Action tech platform is wonderful. Part of the the elation I experience has to do with the extensive array of simultaneous communication methods. These allow for a person such as myself to truly be myself in the interactive digital space. This I find amazing. I have a large personality and presence and it is not uncommon for me to dominate a room with my voice and humor. I had not imagined that this would be possible in a digital space, but I have noticed that I have done exactly that in the EGLO room. This blows my mind.
Part of the euphoria I experience I believe comes from the sense that I have that by participating in this digital space, collaborating with people with common interests and goals, with people from many countries, religions, latitudes and longitudes, and time zones, that I am on the cusp of human evolution.
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