[sustainable_tompkins-l] Sign up for community and relational skills through group work

2017-08-26 Thread Eric Clay
in community, where individuals become stronger, more skillful persons to expand their circle of relationships. -- Eric Clay, Ph.D., Community Catalyst Community & Belonging—Personal Communication Skills to Benefit Each Other Do

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Check out a skill-building group: Seeking a community? Leading a community?

2017-04-29 Thread Eric Clay
esdays, 10:30 am - noon Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D. Shared Journeys Seminars and Groups, Coaching and Counseling Made of Clay Interviews--Lives of Local Residents sharedjourneys.net 607-592-6874 For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please vi

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Seeking a community? Leading a community? Join a continuing group

2017-04-23 Thread Eric Clay
This group of men and women in their late-60s, 70s and 80s has been active for 12 years, and new members are welcome. Participants get feedback on challenges in their lives and create a supportive community. Wednesdays, 10:30 am - noon Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D. Shared Journeys Seminars

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Final Signup, START NEXT WEEK: The Search for Community in Troubled Times

2017-03-03 Thread Eric Clay
y, Starting March 8 --5 to 7 p.m., Thursdays, Starting March 9 Check out our new website: www.sharedjourneys.net We are now offering individual coaching and counseling in addition to the groups I've led in Ithaca for more than 25 years. About Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D Eric is a clinically t

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] "The Search for Community in Troubled Times." Register for a NEW SEMINAR

2017-02-20 Thread Eric Clay
Hi Jane-Marie, There is no required fee. We suggest donations of $10 to $20 per session, more if you are able, less or none, if you are not. The decision is the participant's. Eric Eric Clay Shared Journeys 832 North Aurora Street Ithaca, NY 14850 607-592-6874 wericc...@aol.com

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Strange times yield novel opportunities: Thoughts on the latest iteration of a carbon tax?

2017-02-08 Thread Eric Clay
OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS A Conservative Case for Climate Action By MARTIN S. FELDSTEIN, TED HALSTEAD and N. GREGORY MANKIW Our idea would reduce carbon emissions, limit regulatory intrusion, promote economic growth and help working-class Americans. Eric Clay Shared Journeys 832 North Aurora Street

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Upcoming Events! 1) Affirming Friends Across Differences, Jan 21; 2) Prayers for Peace Vigil Jan 19 - 22.

2017-01-17 Thread Eric Clay
and fair ways for all people. We will have a time of reflection and light refreshments as we share what is essential about these friendships that make them rewarding and, at times, tough. Eric Clay, M.Div, Ph.D., of Shared Journeys, will facilitate these conversations and punctuate them

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Decision-making in Turbulent Times: Engaging Science, Religion and Culture, Jan 12, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

2017-01-09 Thread Eric Clay
"Decision-Making in Turbulent Times: Engaging Science, Religion, and Culture" January 12, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, BorgWarner Community Room, Tompkins County Public Library Presented by Eric Clay of Shared Journeys This interactive seminar explores how we might reconcile the

[sustainable_tompkins-l] What does it mean to be human? Decision-making in turbulent times.

2016-12-05 Thread Eric Clay
nteractive seminar about how we can work together to reconcile the strengths of science, culture, and religion as we address issues of moment. December 8 and January 12, 6:30 – 8:30 PM "Decision-Making in Turbulent Times: Engaging Science, Religion, and Culture" Presented by Eric Cla

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Decision-making Tools for Turbulent Times: Engaging Science, Religion, and Culture

2016-11-27 Thread Eric Clay
Opportunities: Science, Religion and Culture as >Essential Decision-making Tools for Turbulent Times Presented by Eric Clay of Shared Journeys This interactive seminar explores how to reconcile the strengths of science, culture, and religion. We will: identify and own the perspectives we value

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Question about raw food diet

2016-10-29 Thread Eric Clay
associated with those approaches. A couple of working groups would like contact information for local participants in the raw foods movement. Any leads? Eric Clay Shared Journeys 832 North Aurora Street Ithaca, NY 14850 607-592-6874 wericc...@aol.com sharedjourneys.net For more

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] For your thoughts/reactions to "redneck urbanism" in the form of trailer parks

2016-08-03 Thread Eric Clay
was that a local critic of gentrification predicted our current housing dislocation in the early mid-1980s, due to the then increased lot sizes for homes and preventing any additional trailer parks, (what he thought was the County, but in actuality was the towns). Eric Clay Shared Journeys 832 North

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Power to Help, Power to Hurt -- July 6, @ 6:30 p.m.

2016-07-05 Thread Eric Clay
open dress rehearsal on Wednesday, July 6, @ 6:30 p.m. at the Ithaca Youth Bureau! Make sure your child gets a chance to see Power to Help, Power to Hurt this summer at camp! Ask your camp to book now by contacting Nancy Kane at the Ithaca Youth Bureau (nk...@cityofithaca.org). Eric Clay

[sustainable_tompkins-l] "Confidence in Community" Group Forming

2016-06-25 Thread Eric Clay
) Experience and learn from a community of diverse, caring people Return to the people in your life with greater confidence Facilitated by Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D. Schedule: Thursdays, 6 - 8:00 p.m., July 7 thru August 25 Limited to 8 participants. Fee: Practice generosity by finding a balance honoring

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Reclaiming Our Confidence: Engaging Others in an Unstable, Diverse Environment

2016-05-03 Thread Eric Clay
investment and intensity of a graduate seminar. Past participants have been diverse, some with high school educations, others with PhDs, construction workers and community activists as well as academic deans and vice presidents. Facilitator: Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D., Shared Journeys. Eric

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] The Great Grief: How To Cope with Losing Our World

2016-04-25 Thread Eric Clay
meaningful patterns and what we need to know. Action born of grief is not heroic. But it does seem to attract others, nevertheless. Simply because a calm purpose and honest actions are winsome. The problem of grief is the problem of suffering. Eric Clay Shared Journeys 832 North Aurora Str

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Final Notice: Avoid resignation or rage: Find your bearings with "Money & Politics -- What to Know in 2016"

2016-04-02 Thread Eric Clay
ents. Facilitator: Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D., Community Catalyst with Shared Journeys. Eric is a clinically trained chaplain with more than 30 years of multi-faith and secular experience. Eric’s specialty is working across differences—managing complex relationships among religious and non-religious pe

[sustainable_tompkins-l] NEW COURSE: Asking the Right Questions: Money & Politics -- What to Know in 2016

2016-03-28 Thread Eric Clay
hool educations, others with PhDs, construction workers and community activists as well as academic deans and vice presidents. Facilitator: Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D., Community Catalyst with Shared Journeys. Eric is a clinically trained chaplain with more than 30 years of multi-faith and secular experi

[sustainable_tompkins-l] NEW COURSE OFFERING: Money & Politics -- What to Know in 2016

2016-03-19 Thread Eric Clay
well as academic deans and vice presidents. Facilitator: Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D., Community Catalyst with Shared Journeys. Eric is a clinicallytrained chaplain with more than 30 years of multi-faith and secularexperience. Eric’s specialty is working across differences—managing complexrelationships a

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] info meeting on COMMUNITY SOLAR for non-profits & houses of worship - 3/15 @ 6pm

2016-03-07 Thread Eric Clay
Hi Karim How has the response been? Would it be time to blast it out again to Area Congregations Together, Ithaca Area Clergy and the Evangelical Ministerium? Eric Eric Clay Shared Journeys 832 North Aurora Street Ithaca, NY 14850 607-592-6874 wericc...@aol.com sharedjourneys.net

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Last chance to enroll--New Course: Reclaiming Our Confidence

2016-02-01 Thread Eric Clay
workers and community activists as well as academic deans and vice presidents. Facilitator: Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D., Community Catalyst with Shared Journeys. Eric is a clinically trained chaplain with more than 30 years of multi-faith and secular experience. Eric’s specialty is working

[sustainable_tompkins-l] 'Tis the Season…for Improving Relationships

2015-12-29 Thread Eric Clay
fee (not eligible for insurance reimbursement). Ask about alternative, donation-based payment. For more information contact: Eric Clay, M.Div., Ph.D. Shared Journeys e...@sharedjourneys.net 607-592-6874 Make a charitable contribution to support the work of Shared Journeys: To make an online

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] PRESS RELEASE: Fall Creek resident announces run to fill Luz-Herrera county seat

2015-09-18 Thread Eric Clay
No self-righteousness there. Just calling it as I saw it. And when you warned me that I "did not know who I was dealing with" I think you did the same. And the NIMBY issue was a real issue in that debate, as was the effort to push it aside. Eric Clay Shared Journeys 832 No

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Creative forces behind SAFETY receive award

2015-02-21 Thread Eric Clay
, Eric Clay Shared Journeys 832 North Aurora Street Ithaca, NY 14850 607-592-6874 wericc...@aol.com sharedjourneys.net For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Abundant Clean Renewables? Think Again!

2014-11-16 Thread Eric Clay
We could also live with much more densely populated existing homes, an more densely built structures, to cut costs. Eric Clay Shared Journeys 832 North Aurora Street Ithaca, NY 14850 607-592-6874 wericc...@aol.com sharedjourneys.net -Original Message- From: Tony Del Plato tonydelpl

SUMMARY of ALTERNATIVE Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] What is Synthetic Biology? New animated video explains

2014-11-15 Thread Eric Clay
and don't know that we don't know. and have never sensed in the first place. Science and religion offer such mutually corrective points of view that it seems silly to me that we don't do them both better. Eric Clay Shared Journeys 832 North Aurora Street Ithaca, NY 14850 607-592-6874

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] We need to talk. The People's Salon: Why are we stuck in climate denial? April 17, 7 pm

2014-04-14 Thread Eric Clay
beings and the problem and blessing that comes from profound differences) When you don't care about people, you try simply try to convert them or wipe them out, so you can have it your way. I am tired of the conversion or dismissal or denial rhetoric. I all smacks of the same problem. Eric

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Sustainable Turkey Carcass, and potato peels, corn husks . . .

2013-11-27 Thread Eric Clay
My guess is that poverty forces such efficiency. Poor in the sense of modest, not requiring or wasting much. We will have to shake the affluenza bug first. In that sense, green development is an oxymoron. And, as you suggest, surviving may be the driver. -Original Message- From:

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Ithaca's Sidewalks

2013-09-08 Thread Eric Clay
that. The street still floods at any heavy downpour with about 6 inches of water during a heavy rain. 12 inches of water on August 8 when the major flooding occurred. Eric Eric Clay Shared Journeys 832 North Aurora Street Ithaca, NY 14850 607-592-6874 wericc...@aol.com sharedjourneys.net