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CLIMATE More than three billion people watched as rising carbon dioxide levels and consequent flooding of low-lying areas were depicted during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics: Amsterdam, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Florida, Shanghai, Lagos, and Rio de Janeiro were shown disappearing under water due to a warming climate caused by human…
Editor’s Note: This is one of our favorite articles. We usually repeat this article once a year during gardening season This week was explosive. My garden produced cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, potatoes and the first cherry tomatoes. I was overwhelmed and since I can’t share the fruits, I share the reflections. I am not sure…
By Peggy Whalen-Levitt Communion at the Heart of Reality In The Dream of the Earth, Thomas Berry writes: At present…we are in that phase of transition that must be described as the groping phase. We are like a musician who faintly hears a melody deep within the mind, but not clearly enough to play it…
Sometimes many of us feel isolated and wonder if anything is going on that matches the challenge of the ecological crisis. We can take heart from the work of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and what has just occurred at their 2016 World Conservation Congress. The Congress, titled “Planet at the Crossroads,…
Eco-Institute at Pickards Mountain (Chapel Hill, NC) The Eco-Institute at Pickards Mountain is offering a full schedule of fall programs, including Wisdom of the Elements: Fire (Sept 17) The case for permaculture (Sept 17) Energetic Outdoor Yoga (Sept 17 and 24) Principles of Design (Sept 24) Building from Our Surroundings (Oct 22) Wisdom of the…
In the fall of 2016 Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, Senior Lecturers and Research Scholars at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, will offer four six-week online courses. These will be featured as a specialization under the theme of “Journey of the Universe: A Story for our Times.” This will include two courses on Journey of the Universe, a course…
We are living in a time of immense challenge on every front—socially, politically, ecologically, and spiritually. As Thomas Berry suggested, we need a new story to reorient and ground ourselves to meet these challenges. Mary Evelyn Tucker tells such a story—an epic of evolution—that has the potential to bring together the best of modern science…
CES has received this invitation, which we pass on to you. Allies, We are thrilled to announce our new Climate Year program. As part of our strategy to ensure that the US federal government commences a WWII-scale climate mobilization to restore a safe climate by July 4, 2017, we are looking for brilliant, talented, dedicated…