Greetings and Happy Fall from Wilderness Youth Project
We are honored to bring you two very special guest speakers this month- mark your calendars!
See our website for many more details about these speakers and other upcoming events:
Mala Spotted Eagle: Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves
"There was once a time when people walked this land, treating it with deep respect. Their ways were simple and yet almost magical. Kinship with all that is; the animals, the nature, was a way of life. Nature was not "the wilderness" -- nature was their home."
Mala Spotted Eagle Pope is a Western Shoshone and Cherokee Native American. He has studied with many different medicine people, spiritual leaders and native elders throughout the country.
Thursday October 25 7-9pm Santa Barbara Central Library: Faulkner Gallery
Sliding Scale Donation $10-$25
David Sobel: Global Warming vs. Ecophobia
"If we want children to flourish," says
educator David Sobel, "we need to give them time to connect with nature and love
the Earth before we ask them to save it."
Through his writing, speaking, and teaching, David Sobel plays a major role in what has become a national movement promoting place-based education, an approach that has blossomed from studying biology in the school yard to creating mapping businesses and other neighborhood services. Each is an exercise in changing the way students learn about the environment and their place in it.
Tuesday October 30 7-9pm Victoria Hall
Free admission. RSVP requested but not essential to sobeltalk@wyp.org
Co-sponsored with Antioch University, San Roque School, Progressive Educator's Alliance
Stay Tuned for details regarding Jon Young's visit in November!