[Scpg] Creating a Sustainable Future: Ecology, Ethics and Design. in new environmental education series on consecutive Thursdays in February and March from 7 to 9 p.m. Santa Barbaar CA

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

www.biosbcc.net
Distinguished guests featured in  new environmental education series
Participants include Michael Lerner, Matthew Fox, Amory Lovins and Dame Anita
Roddick
On Thursday, Feb. 10, SBCC Continuing Education, the Walter H. Capps
Foundation, the Institute of Reverential Ecology, the Walter H. Capps Center
for Religion, Ethics and Public Policy and a host of other community
organizations will launch an inspirational new discussion series, 

Creating a Sustainable Future: Ecology, Ethics and Design.

At a time when national and international politics offer little hope, people
around the world are using ecology as a new paradigm to transform their
habitats into communities of promise and possibility. Encompassing every facet
of life, from the psychological to the social and environmental, popular
understanding of the deeper meaning of interdependence has grown into a
worldwide grassroots movement of enormous implications for the future. 
This class, moderated by Philip Grant, Ph.D. will explore the diverse yet
complementary strands of this new way of thinking and living. Weekly panel
discussions will bring together a bevy of distinguished guests, local leaders
and students who are working in different ways to make this new paradigm come
alive.
“For the first time in the history of our Environmental Education program,
students from SBCC and UCSB have been a part of the working group. They are
bringing energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the cause. Their involvement
bodes well for the future of the earth,” notes Continuing Education program
coordinator Kristine Power.

The class meets on consecutive Thursdays in February and March from 7 to 9
p.m.
in Thornton Auditorium at the Wake Center, 300 N. Turnpike Rd. except for Mar.
31 when it meets in Room 1004 in UCSB’s Girvetz Hall. Admission is free and is
open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

SPEAKERS & THEIR TOPICS
FEB. 10: “Water, Ecology and Healthy Communities.”
¨       Len Duhl, Professor of Public Health, UC Berkeley, Founder of Healthy
Cities Initiative
¨       Michael Lerner, President and Founder of Commonweal, MacArthur Fellow
and Author.

FEB. 17: “Local Economies and Democratic Decision Making.”
¨       Katy Mamen, International Society for Ecology and Culture.
¨       Adam Wolpert, Occidental Art and Ecology Center.

FEB. 24: “Seven Generations: Thinking of the Future”
¨       Tiahoga Ruge, Mexican Minister of Sustainable Education and
Development.
¨       Matthew Fox, President, University of Creation Spirituality.

MAR. 3: “The Wisdom of the Watershed: Natural Flows and Natural Design.”
¨       Brock Dolman, Occidental Art and Ecology Center.
¨       Penny Livingston, Regenerative Design Institute.

MAR. 10, “Troubled Waters: Politics and Ecology.” 
¨       Dame Anita Roddick, Author, Philanthropist.
¨       Robert Wilkinson, Water Policy Consultant.
¨       Carolee Krieger, California Water Impact Network.

MAR. 17: “Aquatic Cycles and Planetary Health.”
¨       Richard C. Murphy, Ocean Futures Society. 
¨       West Marrin, Author, Universal Water. 

MAR. 24: “From Cradle to Cradle: Creative Pathways to Sustainable Living.”
¨       Ianto Evans , Applied Ecologists and Landscape Arctitect
¨       Amory Lovins, The Rocky Mountain Institute.

MAR. 31: “The New Alchemy: Transforming Water and Soil.”
¨       Dr. Chiu-Nan Lai, Director, Lapis Lazuli Light Institute
¨       Bob Cannard, Restoration Ecologist/Organic Farmer

The series was created through an inspired collaboration with the following
community groups: Walter H. Capps Foundation; Institute of Reverential
Ecology;
Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Religion, Ethics & Public Life;
Occidental Art and Ecology Center; El Capitan Canyon Campground; SBCC Student
Sustainability Coalition; Ocean Futures Society; Institute of World
Culture; La
Casa de Maria; University of California Education for Sustainable Living
Program; and International Society for Ecology and Culture.

Contact : SBCC    www.biosbcc.net 
Student Sustainability Coalition   Lief Skogberg  lief_forest at hotmail.com  or
Shawn Jacobson sbccssc at yahoo.com 805-252-3031

Retreat  May 29-May 1 
In addition to the lecture series  there will be a weekend retreat with select
faculty members offered in Santa Barbara . Organized by Institute of
Reverential Ecology , the retreat will include morning seminars , afternoon
hikes and evening panels exploring ways in creating a sustainable future.

Contact  Institute of Reverential Ecology  Philip Grant 
phil at reverentialecology.org

Philip Grant, Ph.D. has taught politics and global affairs for over 30 years.
He is the founder of the Institute of Reverential Ecology in Santa Barbara
which explores the connection between spiritual, social and environmental
issues

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
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