This is a cross-post from the consbio list which I thought some ECOFEMers might be interested in. Please contact the people listed at the end of the e-mail, not me. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Hello People, Last year I had the opportunity to participate in the pilot program. We had a wonderful time and are still in contact over email. :-) Please do check this out. I can send you more information. Full and partial scholarships are available. SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: Integrating Experiential and Intellectual Work to Build a Sustainable Future This summer two intensive leadership training programs are being offered for graduate students from a variety of academic fields and cultural backgrounds who are seeking to devote their professional lives to building a sustainable future. The purpose of these programs is to fill a critical gap that exists today in most academic ecology programs. Traditional curricula are imbued with scientific and economic models of environmental problems, but the larger cultural and spiritual dimensions of the ecological crisis are generally omitted. These programs have grown out of the successful pilot program organized last summer by the Center for Psychology and Social Change, an affiliate of the Department of Psychiatry at The Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Boulder Institute; and Positive Futures. The three organizations decided to expand the work by holding two programs, one on each coast, in 1996. The pilot program was highly acclaimed by the graduate students who attended. One wrote: "Run, don't walk to this Institute! Deepen what you know, learn new ideas, meet and connect with people of integrity and heart." Each 1996 program will have its own distinctive nature and set of leaders and guests, and both will integrate experiential work (meditation, solo time in nature, Holotropic Breathwork - a technique for inner exploration) with recent intellectual developments, exploring such new paradigm thinking as chaos theory and the gaia hypothesis. One program is being offered on the east coast, north of Boston, and is entitled the Leadership Institute: Building Sustainable Communities. This Institute will run from June 17-23, and is organized by the Center for Psychology and Social Change and Positive Futures. Facilitators are Fred Abraham, author and acclaimed leader in the application of chaos theory to human psychology; Sarah Conn, Ph.D., a practitioner and theoretician of ecopsychology; Diane Haug, M.A., L.P.C.C., a certified practitioner of Holotropic Breathwork and a member of the Grof Transpersonal Training staff; Honey Black Kay, M.Ed., a Holotropic Breathwork instructor who has trained intensively with Dr. Stanislav Grof; James Thornton, J.D., Executive Director of Positive Futures and formerly one of the nation's top environmental lawyers. The other program is being offered June 11-16 on the west coast, outside San Francisco, and is entitled New Directions in Ecological Activism. This Institute is being organized by Boulder Institute and the California Institute of Integral Studies. Facilitators are Will Keepin and Johanna Johnson, directors of Boulder Institute; Tara Strand-Brown, Executive Director of Institute for Deep Ecology; Duane Elgin, author of _Voluntary Simplicity_; with guest faculty Andre Carothers, Chair of Greenpeace USA; Richard Tarnas, author of the landmark book _Passion of the Western Mind_ and others. Preference will be given to applicants living near these locations, so that ongoing networks can be established after the Institutes. You can contact me for more information on the participating organizations and faculty and how to apply at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Application deadline is April 15th! Cheers, Claudia P.S. Please indicate which event you are interested in: West Coast or East Coast. <-- V. IMP.! P.P.S. Feel free to pass word along to others you think will want to know. * + + + + Join ECOPSYCHOLOGY at [EMAIL PROTECTED] + subscribe ecopsychology yourfirstname yourlastname + "Integrating Mind and Nature" >|< >|< ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Centre for Resource Management/ Department of Resource Management Lincoln University Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (64) (03) 325-2811 x8377 Fax: (64) (03) 325-3841 ************************************
