> > An Evening with > > JOHN SEED > Founder and Director of the > > Rainforest Information Centre > > which successfully campaigned to save the sub-tropical rainforests > of New South Wales. He is also a prominent figure in the deep > ecology movement and co-creator of the Council of All Beings. > > CLIMATE CHANGE: > > Despair & Empowerment > > Monday, May 7th 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. > > Tompkins County Human Services Building 320 W. State Street > Beginning with video presentations to quickly recap the issue & > explore some of the solutions, the focus will then shift to > confronting public and personal denial and despair. We’ll discuss > how these feelings can be transformed into the fuel for inspiration > and positive change." > > Since 1979 John Seed has protected rainforests in South America, > Asia and the Pacific through providing benign and sustainable > development projects with their indigenous inhabitants. It became > clear that the planet could not be saved one issue at a time. > Unless we could simultaneously address the underlying psychological > or spiritual disease that allows modern humans to feel separate > from nature, the destruction of species and life-support systems > would continue. He is referred to as "the town crier for the global > village". He co-authored THINKING LIKE A MOUNTAIN - TOWARDS A > COUNCIL OF ALL BEINGS which is both an exposition of this > philosophy and description of an experiential workshop that can > bring deep ecology to life as a lived experience as well as a way > of thinking. > Donations beyond expenses go to John Seed and selected local > climate change efforts. For more info: Mesa @ 256 - 0224 > Sponsored by: BeingChange.org > >
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