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The mission of CES is to offer a vision of an ecozoic society and contribute to its realization through research, education and the arts. CES emphasizes critical reflection, story and shared dream experience as ways of enabling the creative advance needed to bring into being a new mode of human civilizational presence, and also of discerning the practical steps leading to the Ecozoic. CES understands the universe as meaningful, continuously evolving, and relational. In such a universe, the Ecozoic is not something to be arrived at, but something ever to be created. Its hallmarks are inclusiveness, interdependence, and appreciation; communion, differentiation, and subjectivity; and sensitivity, adaptability, and responsibility. It involves more just and cooperative relationships among humans, as well as transformed relationships of humans with the larger community of life.
Tasks
• To provide education on the meaning of the Ecozoic;
• To support research, education and artistic expression concerning an Ecozoic Society;
• To assist in the sharing of critical reflections, stories and dream experiences of an Ecozoic Era;
• To provide resources for individuals and groups engaged in the Great Work.
The “Ecozoic Era” refers to a geo-biological era of mutually enhancing relationships among humans and the larger community of life. The Ecozoic Era could also be called the “ecological age.” Its promise is one of a viable mode of human presence and the flourishing of life on Earth. Bringing into being the Ecozoic Era might be called the epic task, or the “Great Work” of our time. Both terms were coined by Thomas Berry, a philosopher, cultural historian and ecologist.
Activities
CES conducts activities in the following areas:
Publications (E-PUB) – CES publishes The Ecozoic: Reflections on Life in an Ecological Age
and CES Monthly Musing and sponsors an electronic mailing list and website.
Support of Artists and Writers (A WE) – CES offers support to aspiring artists and writers who are interested in ecozoic subjects through networking, referral of resources, and offering of venues for publication.
Wisdom Project (WISE) – CES supports the Wisdom of Women (WOW) project and other efforts to transmit the ecozoic wisdom of various traditions and groups of people.
Education and Events (E-ARC) – CES sponsors and supports educational programs and other events concerning the Ecozoic.
Global Services – CES conducts programs and projects internationally, sustains a network of Members, and provides administrative support for its various activities. |
