Dear ECOFEMers: This message didn't get through the ether initially, so I'm resending it now. I think it speaks to one of the current topics: what to do to change the world--how to do it--what kind of education, if any??? I do not have further info on this, so please contact those mentioned in the message if you wish further details. Peace, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Subject: Radical Home Study Degree Program Lets Earth Teach Psychology Academic Degree Program blends Nature, Ecopsychology and Wellness While Earth and its people are increasingly at risk, far too many of us are dancing on the deck of our sinking ship. Now a distance learning degree program enables anybody to introduce a new dance, one that restores the ship and its passengers. The program offers education, counseling and recovery techniques that tap into nature's ability to create balance. Students learn these techniques and teach them to others. They become experts in an enjoyable way of relating that sustains responsible relationships. The Learning Process: The degree program offers hands-on courses, internships and research that blend wellness, psychology and ecology with sustainability. The natural world becomes campus and teacher, the internet a vehicle for instruction, communication and shared study. Students learn how to create moments that let Earth teach. They master methods and materials that incorporate personal and team learning and engage in research, internships and teacher training. Nature-centered thinking abilities develop that catalyze balanced relationships. Each student's past credits and life experiences are transferred into their program. Accredited courses that may be transferred into other degree programs are also offered. Program Description: The framework of this program is a proven Natural Systems Education Model described in the book Reconnecting With Nature by Dr. M.J. Cohen. Natural systems sustain balance. They do not produce our runaway problems. We too contain that intelligence, for we are part of them. Students learn to use and teach this intelligence by participating in it. They discover that, in backyards or back country, unmediated sensory contact with nature lets nature nurture repressed natural senses and sensibility. The process unites our thinking with nature's balanced ways. An enjoyable healing of self results. It guides people to personal, social and global integrity. For full details visit: http://www.rockisland.com/~process/ The Institute of Global Education, A United Nations Non-Governmental Organization. in cooperation with Greenwich University and Project NatureConnect Post Office Box 1605 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rockisland.com/~process/ /\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x/\x\ We psychologically produce our runaway personal and global problems because we don't honor the beautiful, intelligent illiteracy of Earth. Nature-connecting methods and materials reverse our troubles. We learn to think with nature, non-verbally, using 53 senses we inherit from nature rather than words that separate us from Earth's wisdom. Next workshop: San Juan Island, September, 1996 Learn how to apply ecopsychology by sending an e-mail, with "info" as the Subject and Message, to [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project NatureConnect: eco-wellness programs, methods and materials P.O. Box 1605 Friday Harbor WA 98250 (360) 378-6313 http://www.pacificrim.net/~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 ************************************
