talkin' 'bout me and my generation: why Boomers should claim the past and fight for the future

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The Baby Boomers: the first generation to unite globally with music, culture and action to challenge the personal and political power of those in authority. Growing up in a post-war world but living with the daily shadow of the Cold War and the growing horror of the Vietnam War, the Baby Boomers protested. They were loud. They were visible. They weren't going to take it anymore. And they made a difference. So what happened to all that juice and energy, that passion to change the world for the better that marked many of those who grew up in the Sixties and Seventies Were they just a bunch of hippies after all Activist, creative entrepreneur and counsellor Robin Woodsford is a Baby Boomer and in this moving reflection on his life and times he discovers that his personal story is also a universal one. More, he says the job's not done yet and calls on fellow Baby Boomers to remember their passionate youth, to dust off their placards and join their grandchildren on the front line as the world faces the new monster at the door - climate change. Baby Boomers: it's time to make your legacy count.

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Robin Woodsford was born in Auckland in 1949 and grew up in Christchurch. After spending almost three years at Christchurch Teachers College training to be an art teacher, he left three months before graduating and took up a job as a youth worker. From 1971 to 1977 he worked with the Young Christian Workers movement, helped set up Youthline, trained as a youth counsellor and became involved in local and national community politics. Robin continued on this path with ongoing training as a counsellor/therapist focusing mainly on family therapy, gestalt and psychodrama. He also trained as a mediator and worked for the Community Mediation Service. In 1987 Robin was introduced to Breathwork and following a 12-month training programme, he went to the USA to complete a year-long leadership programme in Breathwork and family therapy. He followed this up with becoming a trainer for Breathwork for the Loving Relationships Training group and worked all over Europe facilitating Breathwork and Relationships seminars. In 1995 Robin returned to New Zealand and set up Tussock Hill Vineyard, built a passive solar house, trained as a Family Constellation facilitator and ran a general practice as a therapist specialising in Breathwork. In 2020 he and his wife, Julie, moved to Redwood Valley near Nelson. Robin's current passions include writing, seeing clients and helping find solutions to New Zealand's housing crisis with radical factory pack quality portable modular housing. Robin is deeply connected to his children and grandchildren and retains his lifelong care and concern for the world we live in. His dream with this book is to start a global conversation about how we can all play a part in building a truly sustainable planet, and in particular, what Baby Boomers can do to complete the work many started when they were young and passionate about positive change to make a better world.