The Long View: Thomas Berry’s Instruction on the Reform of Religion, Law, and Culture in His Later Books

Thomas Berry, Evening Thoughts: Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community, ed. Mary Evelyn Tucker (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books and Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2006; reissued by Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint Press, 2015) ______, The Christian Future and the Fate of the Earth, ed. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2009)…

Rising Earth: Transformative Permaculture Immersion Ten-Week Program for Young Adults, Fall 2019 Eco-Institute at Pickard’s Mountain, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

If one were to imagine a perfect program for young adults, ages 18-28, to prepare them for life and change-making in the difficult times ahead, it would probably look very much like the residential “Rising Earth: Transformative Permaculture Immersion” training program that will take place at the Eco-Institute at Pickard’s Mountain, Chapel Hill, North Carolina…

John B. Cobb, Jr., Ecological Academy: A Different Education Is Possible — Sunshine Ecovillage, City of Jiande, Zhejiang Province, China

We all participate in and contribute to the times in which we live, as we aspire for our own destiny. With reflection and discernment, our minds free us from concerns, yet doubts still trouble our hearts. Where is the distant poetic beauty? There is a rural life, where traditional wisdom listens to the wind and…

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…