In our latest episode of the Journey of the Universe: 10 Years Later podcast, Sam King speaks with Dr. Missy Lahren about her groundbreaking work in integral education and environmental law. Trained in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Dr. Lahren published a middle school curriculum for Earth Day bridging Earth science with philosophy, rights of nature, and activism. As a lawyer she also serves on the boards of Planetary Advocates, Eleanor Lives, and the Earth Law Center, where she works on rights of nature campaigns around the world.
Homecoming Farm Annual Spring Awakening
April 23, 2022, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm EDT
Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Celebrate the Ten Year Anniversary of the film, Journey of the Universe. Join us for a film screening and discussion with Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, Sam King. Box lunch included.
Register online here.
For more information, contact S. Jeanne Clark, OP.
This reflection was offered by Brian Edward Brown for the Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue in its Contemplative Ecologists Circle for February 17, 2022, based on the complete essay “Reinventing the Human” in The Great Work: Our Way into the Future (pp.159-65). Read more reflections by Brian Brown here.
Building on the work of Teilhard de Chardin, the New Cosmology integrates scientific facts and theories, including discoveries about the expanding universe and evolution, and proposes that creation is developing into greater complexity. But how are we to understand concepts like “original sin” and “redemption” if creation isn’t complete and humanity is still in process?
“Applying the New Cosmology”
Module 2: Deeptime Leadership & Personal Empowerment Program
10-week course: January 12 - March 25, 2022
Presenters include Stephan Martin, Brian Swimme, Ursula Goodenough, Coleen & Duane Elgin, Gail Worcelo, Herman Greene, Robert Athickal, Yona Frenchhawk, Matt Cobb, Mary Evelyn Tucker, and many others.
“Deeptime Leadership Practicum”
Module 3: Deeptime Leadership & Personal Empowerment Program
10-week course: April 6 - June 17, 2022
The program started in the first module with an introduction to the New Cosmology and moved in the second module to applying the New Cosmology in fields from education, therapy, activism, and more. The third module is a practicum in which participants work in their own programs individually or in groups. The synergy of a global deeptime community continues to grow as people give and receive support across the world. Registration is open to people who have already had experience with the New Cosmology. For more information, contact Jennifer Morgan.
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