And for those who can't make it (or want a taste even before tonight) she has video on the web at http://www.turntowardlife.tv/
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Eric Banford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A weekend with Joanna Macy!! > > Hope to see some of you there! > Eric > > > The Great Turning > > Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 7PM - 9:30PM Cost: $25 Children under 17: > $10 > (NO credit cards accepted. Just cash or personal checks, please.) > > First Presbyterian Church 315 N. Cayuga St. Ithaca, N.Y. 14850 > > This evening, combining experiential work with lecture and discussion, > will focus on the larger context of our lives and work: the shift from the > industrial growth society to a life-sustaining civilization. This > revolution is the essential adventure of our time. Joanna will reflect on > the character and dimensions of this "Great Turning," and the many ways we > can take part in it. Joanna will share concepts and methods from her work > empowering social and environmental activists around the world. > > > Taking Heart in Tough Times > > Sat.&Sun., Sept. 27-28, 2008 9AM – 4:30PM Cost: $175. (At > Nature's Song, 217 Peter Rd., Willseyville, NY 13864) > > (Must attend Friday night since that is the beginning of the workshop. > Friday night fee will be applied to the cost.) > To ensure an intimate environment, attendance will be limited to 70 > people. > > There are powers for the healing of our world, and they have nothing to do > with military might or military technology. These powers arise directly from > the self-organizing and life-generating relationships of Earth, our deep > ecology. In our days together we will learn to apply the power of our deep > ecology to guide and sustain us in our work for the world. > > The most remarkable feature of this historical moment on Earth is not that > we are on the way to destroying our world--we've actually been on the way > for quite a while. It is that we are beginning to wake up, as if from a > millennia-long sleep, to a whole new relationship to our world, ourselves > and each other. > > The Work That Reconnects is a pioneering form of group work which brings > direct experience of our interconnectedness in the web of life and our > authority to take action on its behalf. It has helped many thousands around > the globe find insight, solidarity, and courage to act, despite rapidly > worsening conditions. > > We will draw insights from systems theory, deep ecology, and movements for > social change, as well as ancient teachings (primarily Buddhist). > Interactive exercises will help us see more clearly the changes we want to > make in our lives and the roles we can play in creating a just and > nonviolent world. Spiritual and social practices that sustain during tough > times will be shared. > > Full time attendance is required. Come prepared to fall in love again with > life. > > -- "A backward poet writes inverse." _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
