Free Access to Online Courses on Journey of the Universe and Thomas Berry

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, Yale University, are offering four six-week online courses. Brian Thomas Swimme provides introductory comments. These are featured as a specialization under the title:  “Journey of the Universe: A Story for our Times.” They are available in English and in Chinese. This specialization includes two courses on Journey of the…

Two-Part Salon on Journey of Universe Film in San Francisco, March 6 and March 13, Berkeley, California

On March 6, 2019, there will be a private screening of the Journey of the Universe film in Berkeley, California. The event begins with a vegetarian potluck at 7:00 pm On March 13, 2019, there will be an interactive dialogue with the co-creators of the film—Mary Evelyn Tucker and Brian Thomas Swimme. The event will…

Religion and Ecology Summit, March 15, 2019, San Francisco—Cosmovision: Thomas Berry and the Great Work

The California Institute of Integral Studies will hold a religion and ecology summit on March 15, 2019 at Namaste Hall, 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, California, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The cost of the event is $10. Featured speakers are Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, Brian Swimme, and Drew Dellinger. For additional information…

Bringing Back the Milk Man and Returnable Containers: The Loopstore

In general Ecozoans tend toward deep ecology. Deep ecology stresses the inherent worth of all living beings and the need to reduce human impact on other species. Deep ecologists favor “down-scaling”: The [principles of deep ecology] can be reduced to three simple propositions: Wilderness and biodiversity preservation Human population control Simple living (or treading lightly on…

The Philosophy of Organism and Process: Books by Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the Modern World (1925; 1stpaperback ed., New York: The Free Press, 1967)  ______, Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology, corrected ed., ed. David Ray Griffin and Donald W. Sherburne (1929; corrected ed., New York: The Free Press, 1978)  ______, Adventures of Ideas (1933; 1stpaperback ed., New York: The Free Press, 1967)…

Green New Deal: Making It Work

At last a proposal for a Green New Deal has been introduced in Congress by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY (AOC), and Senator Ed Markey, D-MA, as a joint resolution with an outline of basic principles. The intent of the Green New Deal is threefold: First, reduce carbon dioxide emissions close to zero by 2030. Second, pull carbon…

Return to India

Sometimes in my life I have stumbled into lessons that seem unusual and unconventional. On my recent trip to Mumbai, India I found myself a student once again. The topic was acceptance. I had returned after almost three years for what I hoped was a final round of major dental work, to an exceptional clinic and…

When Enough Is A’Plenty

An angel of a’plenty summoned my first garden plot. She came to me from the other side at a time when I needed a nudge to get out of bed. I’d been in bed metaphorically for a few years, from the profundity of my discouragement in human behavior. I was feeling the holes rather than…

CES News

Delay in Publication of 2018 Journal on The Ecozoic Way: CES Foundational Papers  We made a big push to get this issue off to the printer at the end of December 2018. At that time we sent the manuscript to several leaders in Thomas Berry’s work and they suggested important changes which involved additional writing….